New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-19
BIG BLAZE ON THE EAST SIDE.
A NUMBER OF BUILDINGS DESTROYED.
THE LOSS NEARLY $3.50. .OO0-CAUsE OF THE FIRE
NOT KNOWN.

THE LOSS NEARLY $3.50. .000-CAUsE OF THE FIRE
NOT KNOWN.
Flames burst from the boiler-rOOm of ex-
Alderman Peter Kchrs American Dssk mandatory q
few minutes after IL O'clock last evening. The boiler
room is small oue-story building in tho rear OF the
workshop. Mr. Kebr's property consists OF
a store-room ami wareroom In Mancn-s
running No 1913 to 1875. 1t is hvestory building
About fifty feet in OF this the workshop.
fve-story building $50 feet long and 80 feet wide
Peter Delany. the watchman. WAS in the yard when
the flames burst through the boiler-roCm windows
and out TO the street and gave
an alarm The fire preceded BY a
rumbling sound that seemed to indicate that
there explosion OF some knd The fires were in
two large boilers they had been banked by the fire
men before tney went home In the evening. How the
fire started is mystery as the hreroom was Dut VIII
every precantlOu against fire.
A second alarm had been sent out few moments De-
fore tue fire broke out In Mr.. Kehrs place;
for small blaze that appeared In the
stable OF John Young at No. Us Corlears-
at The engines that should have answered the hre In
Mr. Kehrs place were at the Corearsst fire. aud this
caused enough delay to give the fire great heaiway
before iremen got to Mr.. Kehrs place.
Tho fire spread with remarkable rapiditv
and in few minutes had extended westward TO the
three-story bui ing running from No. l24 TO l3i
Goerck-st, occupied by L. Otman & Co., e1-
tension table manufacturers; stemourg & Unger.
cigar-bOx manufacturers and L. Tyson, maker
OF show figures and signs. This build
ing full OF light wood and boards
and contained large quantity OF cigarboxes aud the
flames leap from the first story aed poured out
OF the roof in a huge sheet
The heavy clouds that hung in the sky were
brilliantly illuminated by the flashing light
and huge banks of sparks were carried by the
strong east wind high IN the air and fell
on the houses blocks away, Across the street
from this building row of three
pad hvf man yhp
in the shops iu this Deighborhood. The flames,
driven by the strong wind, leaped across the
and made it dangerous for the inmates OF the
tss 10 bens that there no
until the windOw-framos aud doors had caught
carrying half naked chidren and vafious articles of
furniture. There was weeping and wa,ng, ont ali
Wss Ts pIaY pIe' upon sS' Hs 'front.' OF tue buildings
Id s the ncv haes p oers in front Of the burning
building that the clothing OF the nremen was set
In the OF the boiler house the lire extended |" me
WORKSHOP OF Mr. KThr Ine psec was neu wt
Ins' Tns pSssr SesTs could sol he protected readily
efforts the rrmen being malnly directed Under the
q nS cGf T5d in 10 mi. ."r% "r woS
been impossible. the hat was ntense that the
building mnst certainly have been consumed.
Ihe hames spread also on the south side,
IN the direction of Stanton-st., aud
ihreatened several large tenement.house..
there Firemen fought the flames from the top OF
these and kept the walls saturated with watrr
Adjoining the burning binding on the north SIDE
was small frame building occupied bv Sciai
d. Morton, TIN metal wnrkers, aud Charles lehn ms
carpenter shop. Although The VIVID was DiO"-
ing away from this huiiding, the IN
tense heat set 1. fire. and IL was partly
lot OF lumber in vacant lot VS. also set
fire, and the several special calls Tor englnes
were sent upon the timber aud other prop
erty.
At o'clock the fire under control and there was
no LANCER - the neighbOrng houses
The loss ia follows Peter Kohr owner OF all the
buildings destroyed, loses on buildings 100000 on
stock and M ich nery $4,000: Ottoman Co, stock,
$4,000: siernDerg & Unser, $1,000; l. IyrOp,
81, 900, and Attaman & Mrtz $4,000
(For other Fires second pd1e-)