Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-30
BIG BLAZE IN p1TTSBURG.
A FURTHER ePREAD AvERTED BY
 NEI0HBORLY ASSISTANCE.

Fearing the Destruction of the Civ, As
 si.tance is Called from Allegheny City
 Men Awakened to be Reconnaissance
 of the Heaviest Losers.
 PITrsBuRa. Jan S0.-A fire originating srom defective fiue on the first floor of the tour story building No. 42 Fifth avenue, occupied by Urling 6 Sons, tailors and deeren Brothers & Co, manufacturing jew ,lers, early yesterday morning, resulted in a greater loss of property than has any one fire n this city in number of years. Every fire ;ngine in the city was summoned, but not for ,hree hours did the fremen gain control of he conhagration, and for time it seemed as hough the city was doomed
 The entire building was enveloped ill flames 'efore the firernen got rightly to work. At his juncture it was learned that two men, c. ,. Theis and c. Neibert, were sleeping on the hird floor. They were employees of Heerin ,ros., who occupied the upper portion of the building A ladder was placed to the window f their room, and the firemen rescued and brought them safely down. They knew noth- ng of the fire until awakened by the firemen. n the meantime the flames had rapidly spread md the entire block was thought to he doomed, md two fire companies from Allegheny City esponded to request for assistance. By the 5inie of their arrival the fire had worked its way into the large grocery store of Haslage & Sons, on East Diamond square, the rear of which reached to the Urling building.
 Once getting started in the Haslage build ing the flames spread with even greater rapidity than in the other. It was soon dis covered that 1t was utterly impossible to save either building, and attention was turned to saving property on either side and along Dia- o1o 1,,,s1l lo, aged to the extent of 2O,OOO, and the stock, valued at slO0, 900. was totally destroyed. The insurance on the building is S50,000, and on tock s10,000. MT. Haslage carried the finest line of japanese goods in the western part of the state, alone valued at S25, ,0OO, occupying two floors. The first and fourth floors were filled with 0 choice line of fine groceries.
 Heeren Rros. 6 Co.,, the next heaviest losers, were engaged in manufacturing and obbing jewelry of all kinds. They occupied 5he second, third and fourth floors of No 42 Fifth avenue, and carried a stock valued at ;110, 0,0O0. There was only S50.O00 insurance. The stock will not be total loss There were five huge safes on the second floor filled with watches and fine jewelry, which is prob .bly uninjured. Another safe, on the fourth loor, fell through to the cellar. It contains ,ver &, 900 worth of jewels and fine stones. Tho firm employed twenty-two men in the .actory. C. G. Hussey, of the building occu- ,ed by Urling, Huren 6 Co, estimates his oss at $40, 900, fully covered by insurance. Jrling 6 Sons lose about SIP, 900; insurance, 10000. Degleman 6 Black, furnishing goods, 40 Fifth avenue, lose S10,OO0 by water; fully insured The buildings were completely gutted. The total loss was s295, 900. The fremen suffered greatly from the cold Fireman James Lawler was knocked off a IoI1 foll lif,cr Sffonv, faof o,,I 4oll l, injured.
 Destructive Fire at Malone.
 MALONE, N. Y., Jan. 30.-Fire yesterday destroyed the Howard House block, contain ing the Howard house, the opera house, the Farmers National bank, Penfield's undertak ing store, Spans hardware store, Crofts fur niture store. Kemplon & Barnums genera merchandise store, Thomas Carpenters cloth. ing store, Sanford 6 Bartlett's millinery store, and the law office of Cantwell & Main Loss on building, about S75, 900, and on stocks about $sO, ,0O0 During the fire Isaac Chesley a prominent citizen, was killed by the falling of some beams.