Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-07-08
WORK or rue FLAMES.
Fire I'm New Yorh-.The Century -
Flooded
By telegraph to the DIspaich.)

lBy telegraph To the Dispa.ch.I
NEW YORK. july 7.-Smoke and fames
poured out Of the windows OF big brick
nuliu,ng on Eighteenth street between
broauway and Fourth avenue shortly after
,nohlght. third alarm was sent out, and
.ne guests OF the Everett House, next door.
were ordered to leave their rooms, Tic
burned building forms the rear Of what is
known as the Century building, as II Is there
mat the Century Magazine Is published. The
IRE started IN the top floor OF Nos. 33 TO 46
east Eighteenth street. which g. W. Alexan-
DER occupied as book-biuder.
The bfe was cot under control ct 1890 A.
NJ. The whole upper floor. extending from
street 10 street. was burned out. The rest
OF the building, including all the 9th floor,
occupied by the Century Magazine Com
pany, was delnged with water. Most all
ot The one hundred guests Of the Everett
House left the building after hurnedly
dressing and took other quarters. Mr. viii
son, In coming down the ire.escape at the
Everett House. with his wife and child.
fractured his leg. There was no other
casualty.
The first floor was occupied by Johnston
q Faulkner, upholstered goods; second
! floor on Seyenteeuth-sireet side was occu-
pied by Thomas Nelson & Sons, publishers
and importers OF oxford Bible and Prayer
I Book; Eightoenth.slree side was occupied
by Northineton & Smith, millinery goods
third noor was occupied by Thomas Nelson
a Sous; fourth floor was occupied by Earl
Il Wilson, collar and cuff. manuiactuI eTs
/ nth by Century MAGAZINE Company; and
sixth by George w. Alexander, book
/ binder.
There was great excitement on Union
al in f,if a
/ OF the late hour.
! Among the guests at the Everett House,
| which adioins the burning building and wa.
! TOO hot for occupancy, was Jose1y the pia.
/ mist and Rev. Mr.. Carter. from Honolulu.
/ The Everett iiouSe was not burned. IL il
about three stories lower tban the building
! burned. and the hremeu did most Of then
/ work from the roof OF the Everett House
/ Flames broke through into the fifth floor
! the Century publishing depaJtment-and
/ then burst through the Roof. A good deal Of
damage was dOHe by water. The fire wa
practically out by 3 O'Clock this morning and
order was restored.
| In Aoxandef's rooms there were bales Of
/ papers stored and the fire is thought to have
bad its origin among these. The watchmsr
who bad charge OF the building said ht
/ passed through the rooms ten minutes before
Z
tect anything wrong. The losses arc esti
mated al $3.50, coo, principally BY water, and
fully insured. The upper floors aud roof o.
the building were dumaged to an extent o.
$4,000.
The occupants and their losses are as fol-
lows: First floor and basement, Johnston 4
Faulkner, dealers in upholstery and fine
decorations, $4,000; second floor, Worth
iugtOn, Smith 4 Co., importers OF flowers
and domestic millinery, $4,000; third floor
| Thomas Nelson < sons, publishers and lm'
pOrters OF prayer.boOks and Bibles, $4,000
fourth floor, Earl & Wilson, Troy Manu-
featuring Company, $4,000; fifth floor, thu
Century Publishing Company. $4,000; anC
sixth floor, q. w. AleSonder's bOOk.Dnde
~, 100000.
FARMHOUSE BURNED-FoUR or rs INMATES
PERISH.
SAUIT STE MARYE, MICH, July THE
farmhouse belonging 10 George Dobbs
located about seven miles from here, on tn
Canadian side OF the river, was destroyed by
fire early Yesterday morning. Fouc Of th'
inmates George Dobbs, aged seyenty-twC
wears; David Merrfed, sged tweniy'one
| Alice Thomson, aged nine, and anoihc
I child-perisbed ia the flames. The lire started
/ from smudge, and when discovered 10y Mrs
/ DObbs, VINO IS seventy years Oh age WAS uo
yond control. Mrs. DObbs quickly awok'
! her husband and Mr.. Merr1ed and de
scended to the lower 1Oor. While eIopin'
about in the sitting smoke she stumble'
and fell through trap'door toto Tn
cellar and from there made her escape {
the open air. Two men, unaole to ilnC
any means OF exit in the dense smoke, fel
hack INTO the flames and were consumed
Some children were asleep in another part
the honse and perlshed without sound
being probably sufiocated. One woman, wn'
had no tiUe to put on any clothlnS' lay eN
posed 10 the chilly air until morning, wheI
| her cries attracted the attention OF the neigh
bors. She is badly burned, aud there is lit
tie hope for her recovery.