New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-18
A LARGE FAcToRY BuRNEp.

The fyestory factory of the Buffalo Door, Sash
and Blind Company the northwest corner Of Ninth
ave- and onehundred- -and-twent yfourth-st, was do
sfroyed by fire early yesterday morning Daniel
Provost conductor cable car In Ono hundred and
twenty fftbsst saw stnoke issuing from the windows
Of The factory u 40 q M, and he gave an alarm.
The arcmen who Hrst rsached the factory saw flames
bursting from all TIE windows. nom tho basement to
the top story Every extra engine available in that
mart Of the city was called, but 1t was too late TO
ssve the doomed building, and the fremen could only
protect surrounding property. Tho flames were SO
hot before the walls fell that tho hremen were driven
hack from tho factory. Int less than an hour the
factory and It's contents had been reduced 10 mass
OF blazing ruins.
rnmas of fat houses north Of the factory ned from
their rooms and for time the houses were believed
to 20 IN danger, but the fremen kept streams OF
water turned on the smoking roofs ana walls ana
saved them from injury. Similar protection was
given 10 row Of new houses on the SCUM sac Oh
Dnehundred- and twenty fourth st. The burned isc
tory belonged to the company in Buffalo ana Mr hen
dali the SewYOrk agent thought tho total loss M 60
itsveS tSaS the flames started in the boilerroom 10
the basement but the cause OF the ontbreak va wS not
known. The properly was insured ior 9f0'oV'
THREE FAMILIES DRIVEN OUT IN THE NlShi'
A dangerous fire started from overheated nue. N
the basement of the brownstone nat mouse NO iV%
East Fffty-fourth-st, soon after a m Yesterday. ~
oSS~~
ghhe-a is the owner Of the house. and no HVea On
ne first floor with his wife and two children Aiien
warduelI auditor of the Standard OIL Company anu
brother of the Prohibition candidate on the state nce'
IN tbs last election, occupied the second hat Inc
third oor was vacant, and on the top moor hVeo
Policen an James @. Howe, with bis wife ana SON.
Yot Howe was the first person in the house 70 DO
avaakened and he helped his mother up to the rooi'
Us,le policeman Howe alarmed the other families Inc
wardwes ike good Prohbitsongts. placed their trust
In cold water and wrapped themselves In wet biankes
before they started downstairs. They got out Just IN
time TO escape the flames that came up hom below
Mr. Ainsworh put his family into the street through
~ parlor window Neighbors offered shelter to the
scanfy clad occupants while the dromen exnngulsneo
Tho names The two lowtf nas ana pSemens s e co
ana Mr werdweil lost about $1,000 All the prop
sfty insured
SEVERAL BUILDINGS BURNED IN ORANGE
are broke out In Orange n. j., az midnight on
sseday and caused the destrucu don Of $4,000 worth
~ propsrty and laid nearly threequarers OF block
~ buildings in ashes. The fire broke out IN the car
,aptershop of Henry NJ Matthews, In Railroad-aVe
near commerce-st, and communicated from this TO
o.. wood-turning shop Of George W. Cooke ana
Jmstns a Dodd,s box-fsctory. The fire department
was called out by wrongly given alarm, and sent
nearly half mile out Of the way. Whom the engines
arrived the buildings wsre wrapped In names ana
they were totally destroyed. In addition ". a.
Dodd's house. In CoinmerccsL, was paruy aes, ,I,,,
and tho roar of q row Of tenementhouses IN hih-sn
w. hy,,ed The losses were follows; Henry M
ss.ssas,v. h,ndInes tools ard stock, $4,000; in
slirsnce about 81 COO jenkins q Dou1; po,oOV
partly insured yabez p Condlt, mouse ~ nn no0
1900 Patrick Buras ,eose stSss oois and
ssock. Al zoo. partly insured, and W. u. poda
furniture, $1,000. Insured