New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-18
FIRE THE 0ATAOOnBS."
BROKERS' FIND NEW OFFICES IN HASTE,
MARROW ESCAPE OF CLERK-GREAT cKo"D'
WATCH THE FIREMEN-sA1ALL Losses.

~.ppovy ESCAPE OF A CLERK-GREAT CROWDS
WATCH THE FIREMEN-sMALL Losses
Tho Ncw-York Guaranty and indemnity
nn7inc banor known 10 the brokers and lawyers VINO
hove tbo,r offices i'm 1t as The CatacOmbs, al NO oZ
broadway was the Of fire shortly oeiore ocioo
vosterdav afternoon, which, had 1t not bceh or 'no
work of the fre1ncn, would have swept IXcnHhso Oo
and fired the surrounding buildings john Nooe' inc
iaitor Of fbe building the first person TO notice the
ao,os and he sent ont an alarm from Wall ana NASSAU
81 ouarter of a mile from the building In eohse-
ouence delay was occasiOned and the lire gahe he"
WV Three alarms were rung, ana Dy INC 'no 'i0 GU
arrived dense volumes OF smoke were rolling ON oi
thc basement and subcelars OF the burning p'luins
Iobn Rice. a clerk employed by F. NJ LOCKWOOD q Co..
- whose offices were In the basement was IN a
,roon beneath Exchange Place when the flames nrst
,rat forth and as there was no means OF escaping e
.naediv became unconscious. sponge WIS lo"eIeu
,hrouo grating over his head and pacedOvei DIS mouth
Mn t,e 1remen were able to save him. lie was taken
- ,,,csore In the neighbOrhOod, where he revived AS
tbo reno,t that there fire in Exchange court was
id t,ngb the stock Exchange ana the Offices IN the
,,it, the money market became depopulated ana WINE
e IRE was burning fully 10000 persons STOOD WITHOUT
the police limos and watched the SMOKE
In the rear sub-cellar OF the Broadway wing
90 the bu,lding large quantity of fuel
va m collected for the winter. BY some meaus
- n,gbfit caught Ere and smould"red al night
ana fine following morning. drausht was c4u9eu ny VIZ
of
r,soi Vim with dense Of smoke, the pre-
cnToT of the ire Inc orOkers ha 11eI 1ocuI
ocIg. living about their Offices and the danger
mat they would ne 5urncd lOr UNI ~ 9DoolihS
tIe ,.sbiey frst saw the smoke rolng up rom the
cnHars Securities worth nearly SIOuuOO were ISlug
S .,o ,lesks but with presence OF mind ne
b1ndle6 Them together and putting them III the saie
locked The door, lie tired to rescue hlce Dt Tas Ilfeh
No. Inv fine smoke and then made bis escape BEFORE the
S mid e,C Their way through the flooring Of the
basement ne 1renen had arrived ana prevented Tue
SPsg4 81 engines were working in the streets below,
the tenants IL the building were ou& III inoSs tIr
SalnoLDe Inc frcmcn entered the oiceS or Alexander
70 ~, Son directly above the fire, ana made sad havoc
I1I .oI ~ f,r1rc Tie clerks had already taken the
Win , W. 70 remove the securities om the danger OF
iir zach one of the 100 Offices III tLG oulng poured
f ia occupants until the narrow Exchanee-Court was
mixed With tie crowd and the police were comgeed to
drive il into Broadway. The shQhe asc1nueu 70 the
second floor and made the transaction OF business I'M
,,ossle ON Che basement floor the hremen took pos,
session of the offices OF Messrs owens * MerceI no
Exchsnge-C court which had already been vacated,
and breaking through the noUlnT ROSWELL PSIe
Flower stood on the steps OF his banking Offices, and
wien he the danger OF the spread OF tG nnes; 1l
rccted thai the books ana secom,ies souu oo p
Tho ore of Messrs Wharton Edrdge, at NO ~ Broad
fronting broadway, was oDged NY tns snoAd "
ieoye his securities behind but they were no injured Dy
rho re on the secondstory floor the following brokers
were from their Offices: JohH Maice' My "oI
tnaed his business IN the rooms % de9sIs " III t
Messrs Alien & stead, No. 81 broadway; s A. Walsh
10 j. Hone No 10 Broad-s; j. T. Reese 10 '" a. Perry,
y H. Towerto w. Durkee & CO., OF No 50 Broadway
Henry s Ives d Co., TO No. "a Broadway, ana
No. Eloyd Jones Robinson TO Messrs. Alley Dowd
Field, OF No. $ Broad,st F. LofkwSod 90 1d
WasTs Owens and Mercer went 10 G. Y. Gro0t Co.. OF
no 40 Broadway These changes were poster on tns
foor Of The STOCK Exchange, ana business was cOhneu
at tbe new addresses Many OF ING brokers Ieqve te
Indulgence of Exchange and made Transfers Oh socA
Tor three-auartcrs OF an hour after the usual lime
There we're rumOrs that MeSsrs LOCKWOOD 20 nau
lost West shore bonds worth 10000 IN the nre Dt ts
Their cashier denied. The building, which was bought
IRON the Guaranty and Indemnity Company about eisht
months ago by John Jacob Aston lor sloo9VVVV a t
Ie from which the fire started was valued a s9OO Inc
otheI losses Dimock d Coz dasse 20 ouGe urn
Tao,s sons on furniture al 900, and damage by smoke
In Inc offices IN the upper part OF the uuulHg 9ItOVV
~ IN TotaI loss was SO 500. covered by Insurance.
There many Jokes over the lrg among nne mem
hcrs OF the stock Exchange IL was said Oy SOME OF o
ways that the burning Of some Ontario ana western
stock in Alexander Iaylors sons Office helped materially
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