Telegram-herald., 1889-04-21

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AIS xelerafllli ssess -le asst e-lA 81 lss
S5stA river e-eal fr.4s flaa EiffT aintl
street, q eaat salla ne ,ixfg sfta stree. u
hat sgrees r4a c. f1s rger it DESTROYED
nire tnau fe loe TDrfL n aral eltl .s-
faEin4 q. .1s SEES l4a- trlt4al ral.rnaai
sad az least 500 $50 e.r.4 al .ar4 ae.r
AMI the ike te..latlg q afaer DeF.ols.
eetaDiy Is y tairtalk. tla Ersal llleseo
L4xd uler A-lt llz l4-ies ue-llsfef frs
$50 rig elevators lal ~ .la
faalstli-1 system ti1 rnfz baLtIas
stretching fron tlftF affh street lo a.r
lslA street. ald occupied :isn.ig av Use
falfoalL lara IeI44rF 4ns tls Eaasi-st
stores ana wiped oll t-e s.l4 property
of ina >eE lerA Central railroad -ss-
ts1a ITDn tiltg-llllA o. past ~iE-T-nlta
strseE a. ieas1 oas maA 4as i..sl in lis
hsaaloag rigAl fr1m the 1re al fhe 1rsl
catoraAk nala8er ~ere i1fared jumping
froA the eInds~s ~ the 94su.s.g 9i,l Gins.
but "a she tsrf0r ~ tae eon1aEr 10 A.
iaposslble % cffaln couplets report ol
tAe casaa-llea Tho Ioi-oslas lst includes
tAe allied and u Jared 70 Tar ~ - known.
Heary eeahlns. single. Goa Islta asea4a. =
Ncrzu4n ~ Falg1aaa's re1ls=g. killed ~
t4Mgiax ceL t1Ird-story sln1os J1nl
Jo1usaa. slT Fest slrtg seccla street. ike
siss a eorzman in t-irl41Es severely ln-
fare1 "a tns aaex ~ Iump.nF from ain39s.
Cnarles Hro4a. 63 Nesl F0rty. lhlrl street.
severe injuries about tas head from tle sal4s
cause ~ .lam j. Nle-- 1remaa cf ellae
No = pr0strsfsa ~ Lae aeat sl--e a. aor4 %
the foot 9f Fifty ailtl street. 1lWaf1 II
T00ia- lrem4l. Aaesis5 pr0strate1 BY t1e
heat
Ean0rs were RIFE al the evening that a
number ~ NgfkInen had been caught and
burned in t1e Ialrhank refinery bac ir has
beea tal8 FAR impossible CD ASCERTAIN the
truth of them At least ziotvo people
turned oat % watch ths BRILLIANT sigac from
beyond tbs police lines GA twelfth avenue
All the west side streets veFe blocked and
the elevated s-ains carried swarms up aad
down town To swell the crowds The
police reserves were called out % preserve
order Eyery hre engine above Fourteenth
street was called oar IN the work of ex-
tuctlon. bat fho ureMan tougl- AGAINST
tremen10us odds first 0Winr % The resist
less rush of the fanes aud second because
OF the coltorme-ien ~ the ground IN the
I1cairy which Is upr q a rugged slope troIa
hiaher ground O. The Hudson river
The IRE broke our ln the southeast corner
az ths Fairhank refinery where Uorkmen
were busy at the time setting up . new
LARD cooling apparatus when The fire start
eel. how NO ONE knew and probably no one
ever Niu kaoN Soaked In grease as tho
old Dailtlng ~as, 10 was adame
a. "A instant From the ground
floor taei FIRE sweTc upward % the roof al
most With The speed of thought The men
a. work ia every story dropped their tools
and ran % ssve their lives The staircases
formed a glowing chimney. throwing oat
Ere through every nOor The windows pre-
nj ~
Pursued close BY flames men flung
themselves oa5 By scores hsaflong. and be
hiud them burst out the flames How
many we're there 10 one could tell
These Who came out were picked
20 and carried away BY their friends
shudLsring ro thinx that some might have
been left Crying wives and mothers
crowded the police lines shouting for their
husbands aud SOUS or begging news Of
them They were turned back and hidden
T. look Ia the throng FOR those they sought.
They would. tho policemen hopefully said,
probably and them there.
The tre Swept on The Fairbank re-
fnsrv ths oil establishment OF the W J.
Wilcox Company, stands upon the water
trout between llfty-uinrh and Sixtieth
streets. occupying halt u q building 20 By
20 feet. that SLED olt the block The re-
nnerv was on rAs south halt. the Rossiter
stores Tor general merchandise on the
north slide.
The hremcn took their stand on brick
wall which divided the buildings anil en-
deavorcd % stop the progress az the flames
The fire bcar against Go aud heated It red
hot Other hricx walls and the root
feu I'm upon it bat it stood Ike a
rccN AIRY thing save such a FIRE is
would have resisted but flames fed by