New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-04
T,1r DDyS WOULD SMOKE CIGARETTES.
THEY ACCIDENTALLY Staff \ FIRE "hiSu
r,r>r> THE DEATH OF ONE OF THEN.

THEY A,tIDt,NTAlsf ~ NJ. ~ TA''''
CAUSES THE DEATH OF ONE OF THEM
match which was struck 10 lG't a cigarette
pr ,.ly also lighted fatal fire III tc factory p'i"
Ing so, 49, AID 80" East .liuy->Mth - 'cHc'"a'
morning Th. building belonged 10 Thomas itasa"'
,n,,,f,,trr., q, metal coriiccS ard roofing. whJ ~
cupicd the grolnd floor add basement tihy men a"a
lam, .up;n,rt. by llagan went 10 the building al
, ~ Yesterday 70 begin WORK, few minutes later
rho IRE ,;ar.ci in the basement. l!asanS tinp"eS
were the OILY pc>on, in the building tl'n' 'o>t Vi
them were on the iIr, ioor. hui e" "i the po'S III"
cou, into the basement II was said later mat 'hey
had ,p. down 10 .rohr cigarette, before beginning
work 4 L,d report. followed by IA cloud 81 sll'oKe
ram the b., yuI"t warned the men on the fist n'"r
that "A lire va, raL,ng under t'c'i'
The. bo,> !nu upstairs. AL cA''p one. Jon" '''e
and I,, Logan vri,. the last lra.c the basement
ard both were ,c"rrlcL slightly b. the hamcN. They
said tina, Daniel Kci!tan. bit,cn years old. wa- still
below. Hot ,inolc rushing mp the stairway al
the front Of ,l building and nobody could s" down
,,,at WAY, ,h.,- t. tho star, was al elevator SHAFT
Sen ran a ladder down through he shaft ARD yrllN
10 kcllan Ia climb up. He managed u rc'th inc
lddcr and get half Way up Onr OF tho ncu caught
hold OF HI Shoulder To help him the rest o. The way
In another ,ccu.d the lad would have been saved Uit
sudden gust ., ho, smoke In the mems faces made
them ,;...cr away from the shaft. Young kclllan
ar,plsd back into the basement and wa> quickly
burned 10 death. HIS body Wa not recovered unti
i've hours later.
Several barrels " oil IN Tie ba ,cmcnt when the
hre started. The oil helped Ia >p.rad the hat'e
rapidly. The flames shot up through The building
rapidly and ,Ilrld each % III" four hoor> before
the .rrinrn arrived -Four altr.' were runs before
there We.r rng.c- rui ~ cope Win the me- Even
then he, irrmcn had all they could 10 IL save me al
io,:,.rG t'Irnrnt houses fiom harm. D'cunaiN ol
In, hou>c, ntd the street. carrying turrtLH ana
clotiing and adding greatly t. The c"l.iu>!Jn Inc
oi the factory lfucd of and c'cry Story Mi'
Quilted before III" flames were Under control liz"
basement no,Si'i to d'pth o nNc feet lirrnrn
down thrr ANA waited mp - lrlr ncrkS. search
| n,g Tor Young kchan~ body. NJ l'ng'h TIC engines
SET work PUMPING the Water cat of the ba>r
| nrnt. About the ircln,' found the luN| oI u"
| boy. II blrncd almo>; beyond t'rocnltOI. Iho
polio" rar:icd II T. Ia Est futl III i 81 't where
| II wa, claimed by the boy, mother. who hu1 been
,umnoncN from her home AZ Fii>i ave. and SiNty
| ninth Il.
The boys who with Krllian IN the basement at
would not cll how the fire started bii finally one
| them said that they had been smoking cigarettes
| and had set lire to the oil by accident.
Hacan'~ loss By the tire about %io,oOO. Ills
property Insured for St!.0O In several companies.
VI. Abraham Co.. cigar manufacturers on the second
floor. lor, about 5000 aud were ilsnrF also. The
| upper stories OF the building wcrO unoccupicd.