New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-31
I'd BY FALLING WALLS.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO A FIREMAN
AN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FIRE ON In"
SIDE. oo4

vx.pIy SUNDAY MORNING FIRE oN i
SIDE. ooo 30
The bie building extending from NO. ssnsr ~
No $40 East sixty drst-st and occupied py no Are
Ho,mes A. CO. as furniture factory was No ago
20 q mass Of ruins early yesterday INV arsine house
was 80 hy,,d,ncs were three stories mgn' anu ~.
-, e,a s,o,,es i'm height The fire was nies -, aso
w. amore coming out .of the upper wniuo"s ~ n, ont
.hor,v after O'Clock. An alarm Was Nv ' - oet to
hr, nv tbe time the fremen arrVeo anu 49,, a. xas
-orp the flames had gained such hesd"ay 80 W.. a,arm
deemed necessary TO send out " oh0o :. ,orement
Ius, onposte the factory were NUMBER VI s,ohth
'"s9 oPfo cau,o,n C;upner. of the Twenty
.aa,no, with Mis- reserve squad busied nimsen
.na tenants out of harms way. Tne nrome. rare
n.ro,cally but the buildings conprsins 'o % their
auoa with ipfammable material anu ~ ,,oss NJ
.eor,s the whole factory soon was 80 w. n.at re-
emos The street is narrow and tne 'n'o"'o .,, tan
neaedIy gnted the blinds and WOOD ~oiA mai the
sont houses and IL was only by consu'ns o.', s,s
- ,gore nrevented IRON taking nre h"u '"o' ~.
80 :, wopld have been next to impossible 70 pro'eN'
whole block from being destroyed. 1,rc,ne
Among the first hremen TO reach thc e.one nuo,ou
Cornpany No 8, under command OF Assis''N =, o,~tv
RYAN They took possession OF the hyuran' ~ - ,,sn
frst at inst opposite No. $780, and devoted 'neii -
,on mainly TO saving the honses on the nor'u siNS
-, .,er ~ was found impossible 10 save the purh's
tao,orv The horses had been removed 70 Pi"eo y
a,otv and I've men had worked hard for over an nou.
Th walls Of the three STORY building No. 332 hsa iaoD
,hou, doing any damage, and the side walls sePa'a'
,h, hy,dng from No $50 had succumoed 10 tne neio'
eam.s Tho low front wall Of the latter ouiiuns aP
neared TO be solid enough, and no particular aenNo
ras Maid IN IT, About 7:l5 O'clock however, ASsi''"
roreman RYAN heard an ominous cracking sounu' "n
,ooginp mn saw the wall buging out he 'neds
wurning 10 his and there was tene ,,,sv e.rsnf
for saietv All escaped without serious syesdiert
Esran,an John Euuis one OF the Oldest anu ct
members of the company IN iull.lis, ,an,d ana he.
oanght IN line of hose He fell 10 tne grVunu , tic
sr ha cnud regain lis feet 10 continue hl. hsns 'o
whole weight of the wall had fallen on hlin no ~
Streams of water were poured on the ruins au
ksfnre ,hey became hardly cool ebouen W ~
comraaes were digging for tine uhoi 81 ,o n
when tbey fonnd him his skull mad been crushsu
iy aod mis- ire hat mashed togethef us d aa
ga3 seen put under a powerful press Ine uean inau
was taken TO his home, al No 539 East tlS nnanv
Iirsmau Andrew McDevitt 1lsD Oh thein9 ,;aaa
M n was also caught 10y the falling wall anu i
serious injury about the feet ana legs ho "" ashsd
40 the Presbyterian Hospital. Tie engine was ""o"N
nm an that il had TO be taken 10 the repair shOps
shortly after the fall OF the wall a. no. oov Va" a 1
walls feil in aud all that remained OF tne lhoVoS
smoktnc sIoldering mass OF ruIs me nait pVuso
aud tne walls of an unfinished tenement house ~ 10.
810 were also damaged somewhat Inc entiIo ,ha
Estimated at about 100000, of which S4oVoo Is " a @
building aud S55,OOO TO stock aud Tools Inc InsuI
Is $4,000. factory belonging 10 tue sno - ear
sxtv- and Frsta,e. vas burned ABOUT sh !e9
ago. ... IN al hos haen n
ynember OF ,he Fire Department about thrteh yeao.
For eeyeu years he has been connected Win tSDsns
COMPANY No g. He has always borne the repntauon u
hang an active fireman. quiet and steady In MS hanls
He leaves a and three children About week ago
ne buried his father.