New-York tribune., 1885-08-14
ACRES OF FLAME IN JERSEY CITY.
SEVENTY FAMILIES MADE HOMELESS.

MANY BUILDINGS BURNED BY THREE FIREs-rHE
LOSS ABOUT NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Jersey City had several fires in the nine hours
between p. m Wednesday and a. m. yesterday.
The first on occurred in fancy In Newsr-ave.
the second at 30 a. in Edward Gibson's foundry IL
Firstst and the third at 4:45 IN in thickiy popu
lated part city bounded by Newark ave., Warren
st. and Railroad The last fire destroyed great
deal OF property besides making largo number OF
families homeless Neither the cause OF this fire nor the
place in which IL started definitely determined.
Thomas Brockhurst. sixteen. was In warren-st.
about 445 q. IN. when lie smoke aud fame ascend
ing from tho centre OF group OF wooden buildings near
the head OF Plymouhst He to the First Precinct
Police Station and gave alarm The fire companies In
that part OF the city responded. but when Chief
Engineer Farrer arrived te snw that an extensive con-
aagration was threatened and he sent out general
ALARM which brought out the entire fire department. In
the meantime the flames had gained great headwoy and
were making terrible havoc with the collection OF
wooden buildings which stood in their The innam
mable nature OF the stock In OF the buildings such
asa cooper shop furniture factory and stable tended
10 aid the progress OF the fire and In less than half an
hour there was sea of fame extending area OF
about two and half acres
In another hour that entire territory had been laid
waste and was heap of smoking ruins. A nearly "a
can be ascertaned tho fire started In the rear of Samuel
thence tc two-story frame building belonging to the
Mulone estate and occur fed by Mrs Jobson ne beer
shop and dwelling large frame bull ding In the reas
which belonged to the Muone estate and was occ
pied a cooperaeeby oDonnei Brothers. was tho nexT
In burn The c0oporage shaped nnd adjoined an
other large building the north which was occupied BY
George Luppert as furniture uauufsctory This was
curied the upper floors of these buildings Michael Dag
had cool shop in the rear Of No. 2sI Warren st. the
Kindng Wood Company. White Co., managers, and on
the top naor Of the same building Lynch 20 had
storage room Occupied iy Charles Anse.s stove dealers
and in which he had nearly 100 stoves and other soSds
by James Perry .ho lost ALI hi: household eocds and
ssssy stable was boarding house for the Employs
Of the furniture manufactory kept by Jane Ellison
widow She lost everything that % she had . Inc cesm
$50 Warren ST. and adjoining that was the dwelling OF
JoEn W. O'Bren Justice OF the Peace and agent for
From Iuppsrs factory the flames svep. With in ess,i FL.
ss rsris houses IN their destructive embraces
Six houses were destroyed and seventy families made
only rev hsm Sd ns sseapsd With s
lives. The frame houses destroyed we're NO. 2, atwo
"a. 200; No o. two stories owned by Thomas fsoni.
loss $1,000; No also two stories owned BY Thomas
the estate Of Thomas Magan loss $1,000; No. is. three
stories owned by Mrs Mary Kelly loss soooo NO ~:
5000 There was house OF similar sze In the rear OF
each mentioned and the losses cover both houses
estimate cOuld be formed OF the lo-scr
the tenants the southwest side tile fire spread 10 the
rear OF several stores In Newark ave-. and rnally
reached the Arcade largo building on the Hoffman
estate which had been occupied mp 20 the close III the
season by BupnelIs Museum. That building was Ole
stroyed and several other buildings Ia NeNafk- ave.
belonging TO the Hoffman estate more or Ices dam
aged The entire loss the hoffman estate Is estimated
Ak $40 600 ON which there II no Insurance.
The business places In Nevark-ave In which the stock
was damaged were Darcy Mccarthy's bG room;
Wc-selrs hat store. Hoilmans clothing store. Eaw-
thornes clothing store. Drnchinanns millinery store
Sullivan's shoe store strait A Sons clothing store
Pow ellis shoe store McBrdos grocery store aud Warner
Carscaen- feed store The loss In any OF these cases
will not exceed 81 900 and In the majority of them
will not he $500. George Lurpert lost slsopo and
the Mullone esfnie $4,000: only small part ot TIC
bnrned district insured. the risk beng considered
too great by some Of the insurance companes ana ,he
by other companies being considered too nigh
by the rough estimate OF the total loss nncs
it at $4,000. The origin 0f the nre in Gib-or's
foundry has not been asccrainci. The building was
frame structure and was nlled with castings and
patterns Thomas Flannigan the wachman. closed The
place nj D. m and there fire then except under
tho boiler Mr. Gibson said that the fire seemed 10 burn
from the top Of the building The loss II $1,000 and j.
fully insured In the London. Liverpool and Globe and
the London Assurance Companies The nre IN Lisoer.
manns millinery started IN the show window from
gas Jet and Mr Lcbermann fixes his loss In stock nt
81 200 Chief Engineer Farrcr seys that the loss VIII
not exceed 100. II Is fully insured.