New-York tribune., 1886-07-06
ALTON HARLEM LIGHTED u
. n,Sp,,y NOT PUT ON THE PRoGhA''"1'
FLAMES CAUSED BY FIHrwoNKs THAT DA'
sLAMhe ,,r Sooo 900 OF PROPERTY.

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.,r,otscbnic display to take place Oh wv .nccsss
big pyro'een"'. ~,ns and was entire suooo''
su''' a.,,, EARLIER than the appoihtoo ~ ,,.h,s
~ A'' . =. ON, 10 see IL, and when 'hc ." o,o
-.n, ont a considerable portion OF .no 40 was q
,s-oa and.tventy ffth-st ana in'' .ooo 600
.movIder,ng ruin and properly "o''n 80, A,,olays
"a v.nisb.d 1t cost more than pyto'o0" 1,on until
, " a., ,ut the .,gnt WAS the talk OF h"'
long after midnight. ,o. .o,.e of the exhibition
-. .,or. at No 2293 Tbird-ae'' .,,,o,
.,,o, affair and anything that Tue 49,, r,ral en-.
vanted coald be got AT strauskys w., and opened
,oror,.a re wanted TO utilize the ' no' ue did a
MS s'o'o 'o' IN keeping table coh'a'"'"e
too - ,,o sidavalk In front OF ms s'" -
nre ai,hough repeatedly ordered oy -
,ooSor ~ the One.hundred'and't"en''''. .o,,,nr of
:. ,ste II IN. Boys hau 49,, ra at
70 'aAr al around strahsky, anu AZ
frecrachers . one threw large cannon
o'-o ," - the shopkeeper's temporary stanu. '
er'oe, made every one laugh In the heiehoo'"oo"'
sn tn a moment after things took on serious "'pe a,
Y ,,. nile OF things on the stand were so'' - - =.
-. a, ssvrockets and Roman candies ine'e '0s"" "
~s0' ns 70 av in every direction. Several rockets
.h.a through s,rausky's window SET "ro "
,.,,s and exploded box OF large hre-er"eae'' ~
,.,.ox Mr. Strausky in the store WIN io''
-,,,. who were assisting him In the sale OF RoouS'
s,aral oustomers also there, auu 'ho'o vas
80, confusion among them Inc o"'Ao
80 ,.nd,nr and they did not know which way
nro 70 yet out The Of the explosions increased
and . poceman who standing near the store al .ne
80 ,n.hed into IT and guided the people out Inc
r,d os the dre.craokers had hardly died away when
onantity OF loose powder suddenly hashed with "i
fed BOOM aud Immediately afterward the snarp mss Vi
nvrocsets was heard. Several flew into the streets
danced around against the ROAD anu houses
n, the opposlte side OF the numoer OF persons
w.. strurk by pieces OF broken sticks, but In moment
vsrv one was out OF harms way and few only were
injured .pd these slightly
s,raoskys store Was IN a fonr-story brick building
7, ran backward nearly one hundred feet aud iheh
branenei 80 the north making L. which opened upon
On.bu ndrec- tpG twenty- -ffth-st IL c1sehueu hi''
,.t IN twenty ffthst. aud twenty
ovs feet in Thrdave The bulk Of the explosives new
IN the direction the part OF the store ana i'll al
exceedingly short time the Thrd-ave. store was In
flames and the filled with shooting darts OF hre
"a the various py roechnics were discharged In inc
rear o' the store was large quahN Seu S,, snnS
THESE we're ignited and flew through tue ouins s,ns
on hnsL ma sraan ~ an soa
stream of water 10 do work upon the buidne
tne nre nsr neb ,b roo The draft caused by the
uecular shane OF m, building was terrnc ahd swept
everything before IL without resistance. , .
sent out Wnen Battalion Chief Reilly OF me Eeventl
chs winch brought thirteen engines and three
trucks TO the nt snot mecsbe 'nSl1 ssn, G' oas ' sc
alarm and nine more ensines ana four Trucks trucks
rafting up 10 ne re Ihe enis sst can aue n W p
H,rlem aud he lOned in the rnsn 10 the lrc. Oho
lsnce At the fire led Chet shay conclude tha some
ans had Tccome slightly rattled send out the 36
alarm the fire had nos yet assumed great Importance
md ,prared as If it could bc readily controlled. and
WAS no ly aly means sufficient to justify tie calling OF
Nil the engines from Seventeentbst. to he Harlem
River this place, thus leaving he whole upper part
OF the city without The pro.ecton OF TIE
Ere pepsrmeDt upon break "oa oat "I1" in r1s any
Tsr Il the city He would the blame upon any
one !, evident from MS manner thtt some one
h.A made mistake, aul fast the engines on the
last cs arrived lie ordered them hack to their houses
When the haues went leaplng skywlfd. lighting up
tbe mist winch had gathered over the cry WIN pr
liant crimson tint, and vast volumes OF dense p"ck
smoke went ,ing westward carving huge masses oi
SPARKS people thousands hurried in the direction OF
iho fire. and II took all OF Captain lockers reserves 10
s,ono. running about $40 above one. hundred andsix
tecaih--i., the passengers who came uptown joined
with alarming rapdty to the adjoining bnldlnss on
Onc-huudred- al d-twenty.s tn-s, 400 ~. oman,
ole were ny Ju,tus Cooke as furniture store
room and auction sales-roo M, 1oose so uS9I ' Ie
two upper stories above StrtusAys store III IhTu,
ave. About 200 people had their iurnture stored
WIN him Every hnt IN 80 ~ WIs .Jras ,t,er
In ire or water William Green jr, occupied the whOlr
stable and stoielopse for Carriages. There was
danger that TINS building woud ue DESTROYED
and an the horses. about forty II numner were tiacn
ont and removed 10 place OF safety some OF th' +
rage also run intoihe street The Ireneh WORKED
d ntly keep The livery stable irom hdiies ana
after long 5d,r succeedcd th0u~h everything III tue
hu llin- was drencae with water Coni's chop'nonse
M. 2,Ig5 adiored the burning building IN Third
ave anu next to ms Tie Was krauSss mar
A.t Cohl's plac, burned out ant aso the rear o
TIE market. These we're WOODEN nu u,ihis On @ tne
south sii- Of StrIusky's stOrc NO 2l9l, was IOur
tie Ars and end stories Ine floor used by
George Euppe dealer decatcssenan the upper part
printing lie Lo,di Reporter office, the uptown oihe OF
M Day Ae M KIN ly non f9F@"fe occp ID Tf he efrss francs
hurg next 10 kpausSs market In One hnndredand
twenty n.tA-s as a cluJ.OOn. his place was eutleu.
Ii had been recently lifted up
About $50 there was a scene OF dazzling spiendor
TIE entire roof on ravskeys and Cooks stores le
and there loud shout from the spectators as
bright made enormous leap as II TO get entirely
sheet Of sparks. Ihe hrrnen, who we're
,nen standing near the 9uiiding' were warned
that some,hing going fall, aud jumped hastIy
icnsaaw anu Cuatles NcGinn OF engine No SO; Cap
tam Comm and Fremen slOlne and McGarrcR. OF
ami wood. hut none OF them were seriously
injared. when the ines spread to Kuauss's Market
t0n. lie was carried out nearly unconscious from
shock and taken TO tue house OF friend, IL was ru-
III red that Mis- Ham ton one o! Strauskys employees
hal been caught IN the cellar and burned stranksky
By 10 o'clock the tire was under control and several
OF the engines and trucks sent home. There
of The burning buildings There = number Of
fats there and exceedingly warm. the
moved their property Into the erpec;a
tho tops of these houses and fought the flames and kept
III Ia from beiue fire by tue flying sparks At
ni0nIght street was deserted. a single engine
p.ayed upon tho smouidering heap OF ashes
The estimated losses by the ire ami cutting
follows:
buildings burned and damaged 10000
Justus Cook persona property 2iUUO
ktun IN OOks store ........ 100000
Maurice k 10000
Kelly HOns chop house. ............ 10000
yOhn J. ONT restaurant observation-disclosures. 1900
George kupplcs dcllci stock 5000
j. g. Grams LocIi Hep.rfer and JyiOiCH 900
Nauss BIOS. butcher shop. l,5OU
TOa ....... s9l55OO
All tue buildings were owned py L-wls Ranger. cot
ton broker, who lives at No. II West Fifty ysXtn-st.
ana has "a country house at MOrristown. y. j. lie
bought the houses with he land they eighteen
months ago for $4,000. lie aferward offered
sfgr SUN ot the bargain, but declined It. Mr.. Ran
ger was out OF town last night, but his tenants
ssld tnat tho buildings were well insured.
sustus Cook lived in part Of No. 2l2
East One.Lnl red. md. lMcniy a. and lot per.