Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-02-01
On ofth1m said that quite . number
of psarls we're LETT In there. ,,
|i inapanns. Two men and Q COlOrod


q psss we're LET. in there. .,o..,
1&D1gsons, Two men and coloret
voo 1veee taken to the Chambers
1apital. The colored woman
Mistress for one Of the Oficet
1lding already mentioned iI
t, She sustained q fracture
SSo OF the skull, and died short
ords. Her name was said tt
~ I1p Bull.
|s79 G(vO men jumped from the burn
til9tug, and are now in the hos
l2fai. 9ro Richard s. Tracy, 40 years
3 rFinter on the Scottish American,
K 8 hSotained . fracture OF the thigh,
Gd w0Nnds of the face and inter.
M Siufies, and Robert Berrett, aged
K VS1Sp, and also printer employed
III 0cottish American Office. He IL
1ns from numer GUS mi juries about
In and internally. 1t is thought
I Jkxy the injuries of these meh will
7 SidS)ovo fatal.
~ loss of life in the light of intor-
naA&trn held by the police at p. m,
ntn1njses to be much less than was
lu1ISd 1t Is not at this hour thought
thnt more than five or six perished, and
of the tireInen who were at the
flfU from the start, reduce even this
6Gure to 4. The fifth or top floor was
NQtenanted. There seems no reason to
doubt the jud sment of the steadiest Oh
neeyers, that nearly all got out safely
by the stairs, windows or roof.
M Colonel Leslie G. Bruce, Of the Turf,
iH}e1d and Farm, confirms this view OF
ne Losses. He was in the office OF his
paper, Oh the third floor, when he heard
the ory of fire looking out at the City
Hall dock he saw that 1t was 1910 a.
II. Fourteen persons W were in his office,
bqtfSll got ont safely by the stairs. He
sfas ed to throw the su subscription books
uus into the street and was overtaken
~ the fire. He, however, succeeded in
t9cking the door of the safe and es
Capod through the window.
The prOprietors of the New YORK
World desire it to be stated that the
lilisestrous fire which took place to-day
occurred in the building formerly oc.
cupied by the World. Tue building in
which the paper is now located was not
tniured.
& No serious lOs bef1l Mu Ii u Co.,
'of the S ,ieniitic American. They have
yemoyed 10 the Offices corner Of Broad
'Vay and Warren streets, wnere their
Is now in operation. All
their ,rinting was done in an a. !cent
gccncern, hence they suffer no .oss on
lpaper or plates and there viii be no in
terruption OF the regular iss ues OF the
Hcientihc American. The police render
the following as their estimates OF the
losses:
"A New York Betting and Packing Co.
|l1OO, 900; Pettingili & Co., $4,000; New
York Observer, $40, 900; Turf, Field and
Farm, $1,000; SCOTTISH Amer!cani $40
900; Willy Wallach, s5O,OoO; Marks,
tailor, $4,000; RODRIGUEZ * Ponds
cigars, so 900; Orlando Potter, 500 600
e gene Kelly. Bidding, $4,000; Even
ing Mail, Building, $1,000, Morse Build
ing, $1,000: Nash x Cook, restaurant,
81, 700; Times Building, $4,000. The
Turf, Field and Farm that occupied a
portion of the burning building had the
finest sporting library in the country
some OF the books being very valuabl"
The library was the property OF Colone
j. b. Bruce and Leslie Bruce. The
manuscript fer the years stud hook II
process Of compilation WAS destroyed
| The loss of the concern is put at S5O, 600
| The loss of the firm OF j. NJ. PettiDgil
& Co, advertising agents is estimated
at so, 900.
1t h as been ascertained that the fire
began in the engine room situated al
the foot of the elevator in Nassau street
The heat there had been for SOM
time 50 oppressive that it had beel
found necessary to make another ilu'
for ventilation.
Competent Judges sum up the to
tai loss Of all property, including the
building to be over sl,OOO,0OO. 1t i
estimated that in the many offices ottl''
building fully 800 men. women and boy
found employment. 1t is feared hat
heavy loss of life will be found to have
taken place. The most exaggerate
reports are flying around at the presen
| writing, AS to the number OF person
lost in the tire.
Tracy, one of the men who jumped
from the third.story window OF the
burning building, and was taken Il
the hospital, died there at three o'clocI
| this afternoon.