Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-01-30
OVER TWO MILLIONS GONE m
SMOKE
Eight 0ussness 8atlatags and Contents
Burned IN New Nsrk shss Nerutag.

Eight 0ussness 0utlatnss ana Contests
Burned IN New Nsrk shss Nerutag.
NEw YORK. Jan. 3o.-one Of the largest nres that
has occurred In this city for many months broke
out In the store Of Henry Rogers co, Al SO
Broadway. early this morning. It extended to
slxes- were sounded and ali the engines below xad
street responded The property occupies the
west sade & 9, Broadway between rriSee % ana spring
No S4a vhere the IRE originated, was nve-
story iron-front double building. the irst moor
fancy sse g ssss Sfi ey
60. fancy trimmings; the third moor by Z. A.
Ss oy sShs and sOy the edssns sSSTs
sSSer,son S ma Kaufman ss dealers nSSr in tS,SSs. Sc.
laces third moor stein. Falk Co, boys ciothingi
fourth floor. by N. ksempfer, manufscturer OF
mont, and the rrst floor Is occupied by 2. Banchl
4 Co, importers of flowers. No. 55sS the walls of
which have Just fallen IN was occupied on the nrsc
door by Louis Metzer importers of millinery trim
mings; second moor, by Jerkowsh Crust, Inn.
porters OF cloth, and the rest OF the building by
BRICK front occupied on the 1rst noor by K Isaacs
Bro, dealers In japanese goods; scond and
neck wear, and fourth fioor by schwah & son. i'm
porters OF fancy goods Nos 90 and so WAS
large douoie iron front The frst moor was occu-
pied by Henry Newman, cotton goods They began
on saturday 10 move 20 their new building On
Broadway, between Houston and Beecker. bus
moved Their loss is very heavy L npman q
Sons, clothing, occupied the rst foor. Z. &. Car
penter occupied the second ioft with heavy stock
were above them. The basement and flrst fioor oe
Sol and J03 a double-front, was occupied BY
stlner, Kahn & Co., novelties and swiss carvings
Smoke and water ruined their heavy stock, worth
$4,000 aud insured. Gotthold & Co.. hat and bon
net Trainers; T. :. Baroer Son, straw goods, and
factory is In Wllmantic, Conn. also suffered
heavily. as did J. X Deesner a Co, Importers e
$4,000, with no insurance. The names spread
Win astonishing rapdity after once breaking out,
ana several accidents occurred About so fresi.
dent Purroy, OF the nre commissioners, aud sew.
eral nremen were standing on the roof Of 54s and
55l, when
THE WALLS WE'RE FELT 10 rREsmE
Inc order 10 retreat Was given and all rushed for
No 5'3 Even 80 several OF the men were bruised
by the falling brick OF the walls. Mike kelley as
sistant foreman OF Hook ana LADDER Company No.
s, fell ana received a bad scalp wound, as well az
dslocating his arm Fireman sheridan. of engine
y, Jumped IRON The burning roof OF S4s 70 547 and
parts OF the wall of the latter tumoled on him
Two OF his men pulled him from the debris under
which he had fallen. He WAS taken 20 the hospital
with badly injured chest and some broken RIBS
lie may die. Foreman Henry, OF engine z, was
hurt on the head ana shoulders tut persisted In
working until ordered home. The walls OF 549
ana Dol fell at o4o, and the ruins covered Broad
way; travel was stopped Tor several biocks. Fire
Insurance adJusters now say that the loss VIII
totally destroyed In other buildlngs facing on
Spring, Prince and Mercer streets there II damage
by smoke and water The buildings On the east
side OF Broadway are also somewhat injured by
smoke and Tying bricks
FIREMAN REILLY DIES.
Fireman Reilly died ut noon from his inIurieA
But little can be learned OF the Individual losses
Neit a Sons estimate their loss at 5000 with
about $lJO, 600 Insurance. The stock u MalcOmeI
Co ana Chas. A Yost a Co. was entirely de-
stroyed-
THR Loss NOT QUITE so HEAVY AS AT FrKsr M.
PORTED.
The buildings destroyed were valued at 100000,
and on these the insurance Is comparatively
small The damage 20 stock Is now estimated at
&l.OOO, 600. The assurances foot up quite that
amount, and are distributed among nearly all the
domestic and foreign insurance companies doing
business In New York In sums ranging from 81, 100
" $4,000