New-York tribune., 1886-08-28
THE FIRE RECORD.
A PROSPEROUS TOWN BURNED OUT.

THE FIRE RECORD.
PROSPEROUS TOWN BURNED OUT.
ONE HALF OF MoSrRosE. PENNSYLVANIA, DE-
sTRoYkD By FIRE.
DiSdHAMToS. N T., Aug. 81 (Spcdap.-Fr broke
out this evening in the toy factory Of g. w. Cranda
& Co., In the town Of Montrose. Penn. twenty-five
miles distant from this city and tho building with its
contents was destroyed. A telegram was ssns
to this city for help and tho department here VA
getting ready to depart when another message was
received saying that the Ere under control Later
however, another dispatch received saying that
the fire had again broken out and tonight the Ioow'
ing buildings are known to re destroyed:
Crandalls toy factory. Boyd Cooley's general
store; e. N. Stoddarts shoe store @. +. Fordhams
barness shop. Posts double stone block containing
bakery. laundry and miners grocery store the dwell
Turrei. b. C. Fordhams grocery William Cores mar,
ness shop w. b. Deans bookstore. tailor store ana
esntents Edward Stebbinss millinery store, Dennis
Kerrigan's boot and shoe shop. Charles Fordb.m:
:ho. store, Isaac Billiards grocery store, D1vio
Lttles stove and general hardware store, H. r. Iur-
sad d"ss .sns
Brewsters carriage shop and dwelling the Exchange
Hotel. kept BY NJ BALDWIN and small dwelling house
hardware store occupying . large brick block wM
elso destroyed Sparkss drug store ana e. T. heeos
dry goods store arc believed 70 be destroyed low
estimate places the loss at not less than s25OOOO.
Montrose 10 beautiful place and beng summer
resort OF note not less than $50 sfaugers are there
ground WA burned over thirty ysArs ago Crandslrs
toy factory was noted one Of the most complete
establishments Of its kind in eIistenoe Tho factory
Hoel WA valued At s6 900 Nearly all Of the prop
erty destroyed was insured. There u known 20 have
been an insurance Of $25. 900 on the toy factory.
Fully half OF the buness houses Of Montrose are
In ashes.
ABLAZE IN AN AWNING FACTORY.
THE TLAMEs THOUGHT To HAVE STARTED IN
PILE OF RAGS
A sheet of fame leaped into the air from the
windows OF the top noor OF fourtory brick building
st No EOS Fulron.sI at llG5 O'Clock lAst night
An alarm quickly given from Engine House No 49,
which 10 but few doors east Of the building;
The nte had started among . lot OF paint ana OIL
and with such ionammable material to feed
upon It made rapid headway. When Battalion Cher
Bon nsr and the i've engines, two trucks
and water tower. which responded to the alarm. ar
led, the flames had spread TO all the noors
and II looked though they would
make their way TO the adjoining buildinFa
Water thrown into tho fourthstory windows
from tho front and rear and In swenty
minutes after the hrs pipe laid the names were re-
duced to heavy volume OF smoke.
Tho building in which the nre started To-
eether with that adjoining It on tho eass ana
the upper lofts Nos l9s and col Fulton-st. occu.
ooy tue vsi. arc &. standing Va: the pant
hal s origin in heap Of rass IN corner There
wsr. quantities. of canvas the doors No definite ds.
9 fair estimate places them at $4,000.
tn. :!oc. The .sore Of Henry l. p.ss Sh0eo.
ar, s:os: dealer cI., q, No. e 's:e' vs.sysI anu
were slightly damaged by water.
BENZINE IGNITED IN A KITCHEN.
TWO SERVANTS rxvELoPED IN FLAMEs-oSE OF
Them DIES FROM HER BURNS.
Rose Garlty and Mary Kane, servants in Dr.
J. ". g. Gouley's nve-story brownstonc house NO. 3|4
adison-ave, while cleaning the kitchen yesterday
morning careessy set wash pan bali full OF oenZne
on the floor near the range, Ia which there wna hot
nre At IL q N. the benzne was isnited In some
way The flames shot up suddenly Rose IAritys 8
dress caught fire. She screamed and ran wluiy
about the kitchen until she was completely
wrapped In namea Mary Kano uisd TO
When h.r hands ana had been burned sevsrsly
che nsd the cellar There she managed to eInga'n
Rose G.rity fell kitchen floor insensible a: pr
Gonisy aud some of hi. family Downstairs
kitchen had taken IRE by that tins. Msssr' P'nnSySr
insu.h tn. nr,. After arassins the pa pan
policeman. who sent alarm from the nearest signal
box AMI summoned an ambulance. Inc cnAfrcu ciotn'
ing torn from Rose GAritJs boiy and sne vas cA.
RED up stairs Dr. Gouley gave her ms perSphs ..
although the house WAS still on nre "hen INC
rAme. Hearing Mary Kane crying In the eehAf % some
OF them went down and carried her out Dr. Sousy
would the Injured servAnts 10 no tken 70
= hospital. An ambulance surgeon. ~no soon s.',veu. M
he pod drsss the burns. ami Other phyncians "s,
called in but Rose Gsrity died IN tho afternoon. on
wa thirty year. old. AMI had been consoerod goo.
Mary Kape's injuries we're not oehsVs. '" 10
dangerous Dr. Goney was obliged TO 90 70 oso Ia tue
Afternoon, nna. Of the house sad having oss.
prostrated by excitement and ovsrwork. Tue aAnAss
to the kitchen did not exceed 93oo
AN EARLY MORNING BLAZE IN BROOKLfS'
An early morning fire lighted up the eastern
par Of Brooklyn yesterday II occurred in the ooroAso
factory OF OF Robert J. Rud 10 Masnoi'asS' near ham
ourxsve and the loss amount teh 20 $500 ,nrna.n
Anco only $500. Toe cAuso OF tue nre ID unAno"'
ESCAPING FROM BURNING COAL MINE
W1LKEsBARRE, Aug. PA fire broke out
in the Nottin Slope at Plymouth this AIe'noon
And 10 stl raging Timbers and cars sro burning 10 AL
directions. There three hundred mon o. worn III
the slope n the time OF breaking out OF the nre sno
great excitement prevailed M the surface ooncorn.s
their possible fate Fortunately however. they s rse
their escape In safety through secono openiuaM
sops 10 owned and operated ey the Lehigh ana w. s
frHm SonSey snan. A.uspsn.on Of several
ranswAys viii BE- necessary and over 500 men Will W
TDs . out St socu .: from the surface The force
OF lighting the flames 10 two hour shits ID oO
ndent that the Ore will under control shorty Anu
appre hends no further danger
LOSSES IN VARIOUS PLACEs
NEw.ORLEAys, Aug. 27.-Bayou Sara was
burned at an early this morning The total 10"
es,mated at over The principal sufferers are
Frahan Co., Ioss on stocK and building 100000 In
sursnse $4,000 NJ Brasssaux, loss on building s>ooo'
Insurance $1,000, JACOB Mlchs loss on stoes ana iur