The evening world., 1890-04-03
Six Horses Perish In a $4,000 Fire
In MOrriSania.
Bryan's Carriage Factory and
Three Houses Destroyed.
A Doctors Fortunate Sick Call
Saved the Block from Do
struction.

James 3. Bryanp carriage factory. 713
East One Hundred and Forty-fourth street,
was burned to tho ground early this morn
ing, and with IL nearly . score of finished
wagons and nearly as many more vehicles
In course Of construction, besides valuable
machinery aud tools.
Six horses belonging to Contractor Noah
H. Hoyt. which were In . stable in the rear
Of the factory, were roasted to death. and
three frame buildings adjoining the factory.
were wholly or in part destroyed, the entire
loss being estimated ut nearly $50. 900.
DIR. DAILY. Of One Hundred aud Fiftieth
street, was called out OF his bed shortly after
midnight to attend q patient.
He was returning home at 1. I5 o'clock
when he saw flames issuing from the car
riage factory, which In deep frame build
ing. one story high; and with front OF "a
Alongside in the tvo-story. cottage, No.
Il5. lived Mr.. Bryant with his sop-in-law.
Jesse Gibbs, and his family. Where No.
block.
In o. also q two-story frame cottage,
lived Samuel Bryant, brother Of the carnage
nmithing work In tho factory.
The doctor knew that his folks slept on
the lower floor, while upstairs were housed
Blake. The small cottage OF Michael
Amaraso, an Italian shoemaker, adioined
James Bryant's house. 1t Is numberSd
Back Of the carriage factory. st the end OF
the alley, were the factory, paint-shop and
Contractor Noah H. Hoyts stables, full OF
hossss The & stable fronted on onsHundred
The hre. when the doctor saw Il, was
blazing from the rear door Of the factory.
The wind bore the flames towards the dwell.
ings. but the doctor reached them first and
hammered on James Bryant's door with all
The family tumbled out in haste to ask
ready full OF smoke, and so swift was the
sweep OF the fire that the people had barely
time TO get out without saving D shred OF
anything before their house was also burn
In less than five minutes the flames: had
reached across the alley and 71e Was on fire,
tory Sns ts snfs and tSe
stable had caught.
The police and the neighbors were stirring
by this time time and the fsneP were COMING
what was already burning. Their efforts,
backed up by every fire crew, within reach,
were directed towards checking the spread
other end Of the block.
Even the horses in Contractor Hoyt's
stable. six in number. could not BE- rescued.
and buried under the wreck Of the falling
building with their harness and feed The
paint shop alone was saved.
The factory was burned TO the ground
with all IL contained and with the rear store
houses that contained nearly . score OF I'm
ished wagons, . big furniture van and q
struction. The machinery alone in the fac
tory was estimated by the owner TO be worth
s26, 900. His insurance amounts to only
The loss is put at $40. 900. The DWELLING
houses 7i5, no and 7l0A were wholly or
in part destroyed. with the furniture In
them. The loss ON this score is over S5, 900
and Contractor Hoyt's e2, 500. Had the
Eind blown StronFly from the east the whole
Half AorrisAniA woke up and made for the
scene OF the hre before 1t was out. and the
and Keep the siSht-ssers from running dan
Rerons risks.
How the hre started Is noe known. Tho
fires were banked under the boiler In the
factory, and In some way IL Is supposed 70
have spread from there