New-York tribune., 1885-02-06
THE FIRE RECORD.
THE FLAMES OF WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
IFrICULTY IN AsCERTAINiHG LOSSES ~ woosTEf

THE FLAMES OF WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
DIFFICULTY IN AsCERrAINiNG LOSSES IN WOOSTER
sT.-fHE DEAD FIREMAN.
The fire which burning In the six-sto-y building
Nos los TO ia woostor-st when THE TRIBUNE
went to press yesterday not under control until the
entire building and ts contents were destroyed When
It became certain that the big building must be lost
the police drove all the occupants out of the tenement
houses across the street About fifty families were
congegatcd in the police station at Prince and
Wooster sts. Soon after a. m the north portion of
the iron front fell the street. crushing the front
of the small frame carpenter shop No. 100. little
later part of the north wall fell upon the thrce-sory
brick building No. 49, and crushed the roof and all
the floors into the basement. At q. the middle,
rear and south walls and part Of the iron front of the
biz building remained standing and partly inclosng
a mass of burning rubbish. All danger TO adjoining
structures over then bat the naDes ~ tue runs
kept burning all day. Chief shay OF the Fire Depart
ment had h. leg severely in ured by fragment OF IRON
when the front of the building fell and Pclce Captain
Mcdonnell OF the Eighth Precinct was injured slightly
on tho head by piece Of glass at the same time:
Large columns of iron lay across the street railway
tracks in Wooser-st. all day and the Broadway cars
going down town obliged to Use the Sevcnth-ave.
tracks below Fourteenlh-st. Much difficulty was ex-
perienced yesterday in ascertainnS the losses by the
fire. Ii said that the insurance companies had
refused TO take large risks in the building more than
TWO years ago and that the losses of the occupants
were heavy 10 seriously enbarrass of them
The building owned by Drummer ~ moore, lne
Fourteenth-st furniture dealers. Mr.. Drummer sand
that the building cost @21OOOO sixteen years ago
when it built on the site of a synagOgue The
building was insured for SS1,75O. dillis
Geoghegan. manufacturers Of steam heating fixtures
owned and occupied the building No. llB WoOster-s
Their loss about 80 900 and the insurance stock
and building amounted TO 100000. The damage to
the carpenter shop the side Of Wooster st.
about 800. IL "a that about 500 men aud
lost employment on account of the tire. The
following table of losses made up yesterday. most
of the losses eng estimated by the remen and police
In the absence OF information from the firms:
Drummer Moore slO0O0p soot Rowne. 900
seinhardt BIohers. $1,000 heshowcr& co 10000
GOODYEAR Rubber IN ooo 'patoa ;'----.-.... s00go
A Nnsmann .... 1000 Res, Tenncr ;mh &
ellis eeoyheran. 300 co................- 10000
- Totai................ 100000
IL Is thought that the total insurance did not exceed
5000 900 William T.. Randall. secretary of the New
York Association OF Fire Under wrtcrs ctimates the
losses at about $3.50, 900 The stock of the GoOdy
Company Insured for $500. Committees
appointed to al ju-t these losses yesterday
The heaviest losses by the tire on Wednesday night
at Nos ol and 81 Barclay ST., and % aud % lark
place, Major ~ Knapp. who estimate the value OF
their stock AT S250OoO. IL Insured for $4,000.
The building owned by 5. u. Chittenden insured
insured for 81 300. John Wygand's stock was
insured for T67 900 and that Of Frtrscao N br"ther-
for s13625O. The stock OF Ba.sett ~ Co, ~Lo
occupied adjoining building, was insured tor
adjust the losses appointed yesterday at meeting
of the Fire Underwriters. james l.. Smth. tho fireman
who killed by falling from ladder at thi- HE,
was unmarried and lived with hls father at No 3ss
Madison-st lie eating supper with the family
when he heard the special call An hour later he was
dead Hundreds Of his comralc, and friends called
at his home yesterday. lie wall bo buried at o'clock
on sunday