New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-17
BURNED OUTTWICE IN A DAY.
TWO FIRES IN COOaAN's STORES


TWO FIRES IN COOGAN'S STORES
rBE powExY BLOCKED BOTH MORNING AN" "'"'
NIxG-A TENEMENT HOUSE Dhs'no
Smoke issued from the basement " 49,,
story brick building, No. lso Do"ery. -, -
as,o-,av and attracted the attention OF
p,;,,n xnntz a washington Market butcher, VINO
$3.50 ON tho corner of Grand-st and yelled rie'
r.1 a number of other persons thought NC was
.rn,v His cries were heard by pohcen,ah III
shs Rowerv and by the foreman OF Engine No -
Who happened to be on passing street car OWN
-, 20 the signal box ut Hestcr-st 10 SEND out an
alarm. ,,at.ri-
Flames had started among some PACKING n'a'e,r
.,s In the basement of the building, which was o"o
furniture factory Of Coogan Brothers. Inc eh''io
hu;ldinp was ablaze in a few minutes, the names
having found o way to the top story throusn al,
.,.,,a,or shaft in the rear. About forty men ana
hnrs were at work on the upper floors when tho
a. started They dropped their tools and ran Ior
.he,r lives A few got down the stairways, Out
most of them went to the roof and got down
throu Oh the adjoining buildings, Nos III ana iZs,
which were occupied by the offices, salesrooms anu
storage-rooms of Coogan Brothers. third alarm
was sounded as soon as the dangerous character
Of the fire was recognized.
The engines were slow In responding but py
following the car lines in the Bowery ana IN
Grand-s ST. they managed to get to the hre III ''iio
TO be of service. Some OF the tenders %et ts v
runners. and they kept in the streets where clicle
was snow until near the fire. 1hen tney VIZ "
little USE as the firemen were opngeu " 1 ILL.,
the hose and carry 1t on tneir s1ou i; - and
No was stuck for time in Catharine-st, anu
WAS pulled out after extra horses were procutre9.
The Marvin Safe Company loaned ten Oh In zen
large truck horses to the Department. 10 pun 'No
engines
UPTOWN AND DOWNTOWN TRAINS STOPPED.
Tho 6remen took possession of the elevated rail-
road tracks and the trains were stopped Ior aoou'
two hours while the work OF eXtlngulshlng 'he
flames went on. Passengers on the Ihird-aVe
elevated trains going downtown were kept waitihg'
and at some of the stations passengers were al
miffed to the blocked trains because the raiiroau
employees did not appear to know how long tne
trains would be stopped. Many men who were III
n hurry to get downtown walked across to tie
Second-ave elevated road as soon as they coulo
get of the Third-ave cars
The fire was not permitted to 40 much aalnage
outside the building in which it started. A great
part of the best furniture belonging to The Coogans
was in the buildings, Nos. l2l and l23 Bowery,
and was scarcely damaged at all. The nrms loss
was about $50, 900, and one of the brothers SAID
that the property was not fully insured. fireman
rescued a handsome old cat which belonged 70
at one time by Owney' Geoghegan. The build;
ing belonged to the Brush estate, and was damaSe1
about $4,000. Fire got into the top OF ~ and md
damaged it abut $1,000. There was lo~s Oh sSoVS
in Kalschs tailor shop in the % story o ana
water caused loss Ct si99q 1adelphia ' printers G
If cioar bcx Iabe,s' on TIE second floor. Other
losses by water amountOd to about 50 GOO, divided
snSCn os ' eisars M f. LeSerf hair and E. B.
Levy, jewelry who occupied small shops on the
first floor. - l.. a.. D.
erv . fire was discovered in the old rear tene
ment-honse No 100 Mulberry-st, occupied by
nnd tod GSef Bonner Of
fre. Battalion Chief Purroy was sent to look
after it, but no engines were available Just tnen,
twenty minutes before any water was thrown on
the flames. Engine No. o. which had been he
lated was sent to Mubery ana INV two snsnie
alarms All the Italians IN the adjoining. rock
cries fed to the street. and piled most OF their
furniture on the snowbanks Old teneme ent
honscs in the rear Of No III Mottst; caught fire;
bnt were saved from destruction. The losses OF
the Italians amounted to about sl.ooo' samuel nrod
sbout 81 300 The damage to the Mottst.
houses amounted to $500 more
TIE FLAMES BREAK eUTAFrEsH
Ali the fremen did not leave Coogan's place
until after 5 D. m, two or three companies nav
inc remained TO wet down the ruined factory
building after the flames had ceased TO make
any show About $3.50 p. M. when several men,
bors of Insurance Patrol No. were looking about
The buildinrs. fire broke out In the basement
~ 80 1a3 che middle one Of the three houses
which the Coogans occupied. Insurance PATROL
man Bgfns discovered the blaze, and he had hard
work to attract the attention OF other members
If che company, because he could not get OUT OF
sne basement by the stairway: His shouts We're
heard at length, and he was helped out through
the grating In front Of the basement mucn-
scared but unhurt man. A third alarm was
runa again. and the tired firemen returned 70
give battle to the flames The building No. l23
Bowery, like the factory building burned IN the
morning was five stories high. IL was uSeo
partly for storing furniture. but there We're safes
rooms on the first floor Two floors were nearly
empty The building was soon ablaze from TOOL
TO cellar and the frcmcn were compelled 10 leC
n burn out while they protected the adloinlng
houses Again the elevated trains and the stfeeg
ears in the Bowery and in Grand ST. were stopped,
and the blockade lasted until long after DARK
fhe Cooeans stood on the sidewalk, and appeareq
IN he greatly excited the hre. james J'
Coocan the senior member Of the firm, was wor,,
rying about the letters and papers whicn NAG
heen left in No 12l. That building was nileo
with smoke and was well flooded with wafer
Mr. Coocan declared that he could not tell wnas
the firms losses would be. or how much lnsurS;
snce there was on the stock. 1t was pslleVeu
that the second fire added about $50. 600 loss on
tbe frr,s stock The building No. 1873 Bowery
heIon God to the estate Of Mary Anderson, ara was
DANA eed about $4,000. Little damage was Done
10 the building No. l2l, owned by Hosea ferKnss.
The insurance patrol lost 100 tarpauhns, worm
sbout SO 500 which had been spread on furniture
In the middle building in the morning
HEAVY LOSS IN PHILADELPHIA
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