New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-04

barely holds together. The adjoining parlor in the
front is in a much better condition, and the
names evidently went in the direction of the
hall and up the main stairway In the second
'front.' paror some few pictures are still hanging
on the walls and number OF chairs and sofas
are left, only slightly burned. Back Of these
rooms is large parlor or reception room, where
comparatively little damage was done. The
furniture is still intact, although greatly damaged
by water and smoke Still further
back is the dining-room. where the main
damage also was done by water and smoke
The table stands in the middle OF
the room. not damaged in the slightest
The walls are smoked and all the furniture
drenched by water, but the flames seem not to
have reached this room. Adjoining at the rear is
small buffers pantry. where everything is as in
tact as if terrible flames had not been raging
around and above. The streams of water even
seem not to have penetrated into this little re-
treat
The bedroom occupied by Secretary and Mrs
Tracy is a rear one on the second floor, and must
have been beautiful apartment With the heads
toward the west, two single brass Ledsteads
stand side by side, and on these Mr.. and Mrs.
Tracy slept last night The brass is tarnished
and everything around is black and soaked with
water The room is a huge cinder. Pictures
are charred and smoke-stained, mirrors cracked,
sver-backed hair brushes and the hundred and
one little toilet accessories ruined completely.
The French clock on the mantcpece was silent,
its pendulum having ceased to swing at 90
Dirt and dirty water had ruined everything not
impervous to heat and continuous moisture
In the adjoining bathroom was Miss Tracy's pet
poodle, with his usually snow-white wool be-
grimed. He was dead. A fireman found him
near the window of the Secretarys room, and be-
lievng him to be still alive, put him the
bath room window in order that he might have q
chance to revive The dog had probably fol
lowed his mistress from her the floor
above and, like her, had been surocated by the
smoke. Between the Secretarys room and the
spare room in front is a cosetful of the most
expensive attire, Mrs. Tracy's garments. These
are uniniuIed, not even the smell of fire being
upon them. but the floor and scattered around
on two three chairs were many articles Of
clothing, most of them almost unrecognizaple.
The two front rooms on the second floor were
occupied by Mrs. Wlmerling and her daughter
These apartments are wrecks. From the win
dows which face I-st., these two ladies dropped
TO the grass below
On the third floor, in the central front, was
the room occupied last night by Miss Tracy. This
was a ruin of the most thorough description
chsrred in every corner, the ceiling gone, the
doors burned out. Cinders, ankle deep, covered
the floor; what the flames had spared was de-
stroyed by water.
Adjoining this room on the east was the apart
ment which was TO be Miss Tracy's permanent
room, and there was scattered all around the
room evidence Of preparation On couple of
chairs were artists materials, paints and brushes.
On one side Of the wooden bedstead.
the only one Of the kind in the house. and on It's
headboard the skilful fingers of the pretty girl
now dead had shaped festOOns of poppies and
morning glories. The fire had been kinder here
than elsewhere, and there were still to be traced
the floral FORMS now a dirty white, on the smoked
ground The brushes and palette were Just where
they had been dropped by the artist The ser
wants rooms in the rear were filled with the ruins
of the fallen roof, and whatever may have been
In them is destroyed.
CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS OF EYEwIrNEssES.
Everybody was panic-stricken, OF course and
the accounts of those who saw the fire in
many instances strangely conflicting. 1t seems
clear that the first actual attempt at rescue was
made bv Policeman Catte He heard the cry
~ fire shortly after o'clock and ran as fast as
he could from a neighboring street to the scene
Of the excitement. There crowd there,
hut no engine had yet arrived. The whole front
~ the house was ablaze. The policeman tried
70 ret in at the front door. but that WAS locked.
He then ran to the basement door. and found it
omen Pushing into the basement hallway which
was full of smoke he gropeJ 10 the staircase and
slowly made his way up to the parlor floor. and
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