Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-09-17
SOON IN ASHES.
a Fierce 0onaagration in New
York City.
Business Property Worth Over Half
a Million Destroyed-ManY
Firms Burned Out.
A COSTLY BLAZE.

NV YORK. Sept. 16.-Eire broke out
shortly before $50 a m. in a building
at the corner of Nassau and Fulton
streets, for many years occupied by
the Commercial Advertiser, and the
building was soon enveloped in fierce
| flames. Since that journal moved
its offices to Park row the building
has been occupied by number of
small manufacturing concerns printing
offices, etc. On the ground floor is the
large gentlemen's furnishing goods
store of Ira Perego. general alarm
was sent out as the flames made such
rapid progress and SO much valuable
property was endangered. Fulton and
Nassau streets were filled for long dis
tances in all directions with engines.
Not since the Park place disaster has
such excitement been witnessed down
town. Broadway, at the head of Full
ton street Fulton, Nassau and Beck
man streets were absolutely impossible.
The crowds even extended to Printing
House square, where great crowds
gathered in the hope of catching a
| glimpse of the flames.
The fire started directly over Perego's
store, and its progress was SO rapid that
| it was feared some of the scores of
employees of Douglas, Taylor q Ed
wards. tailors at the corner who had
one or two floors above the store, had
been lost For ten minutes after the
| first cry of fire came from the building
| the hre-escapes were thronged with
| nj on1 fHharr
clambered out of every window, tum-
! bled down iron ladders to the cornices
OF the stores and then dropped to the
! sidewalk. No lives were lost, but sew
eral persons We're slightly injured in
| the rush to escape.
AT IL o'clock the fire was under
control and the engines began TO leave.
| The Commercial Advertiser building
was entirely destroyed, with No. 81 adj
! jacent. In the latter were the fol-
/ lowing tenants First door, Ira Perego
& Co. clothing department; second
| floor, Douglas Taylor's printing office
and stock room; third floor, Douglas lay
! lor's storage room. No. 81 Nassau
/ street-frst floor, Edwards, tailor;
second floor Edwards, tailor, work
room; H. Thorn, electricians; Charles
f. Usnrei, optician; third floor,
Douglas Taylor's press and job room.
containing twelve presses.
Estimates place the loss between
$500, 600 and $50, 600. A lot of loose
diamonds which were on the tables of
diamond workers in the building were
lost. They were valued at several
thousands of dollars.
FIRES AT OTHER POINTS
CLEVELAND, o., Sept. rs. The coll
cine window glass works at Fostoria,
o., the largest in the United States,
with one exception, burned Monday
night. The loss is S25, 600, with no in
surance. The same works burned
about seven months ago. Secretary of
the Treasury Foster was the principal
owner.
CINCINNATI, Sept rs The hosiery
factory of Klein 81 Sons. at John and
Belts streets, burned after l o'clock =
IN. The loss is $50, 600, with insuranc
covering the loss, Chief Hughes,
of the fire department, was bad
ly cut in the face by falling glass,
and was removed to his home; Mrs.
Col William Sellers, who left her
home near by, fearing that her house
would burn, died suddenly Of heart dis.
ease. aggravated by the excitement.
MERIDIAN, Miss, Sept t6.-The new
and elegant Southern hotel, costing
Sl50,000, just nearing completion,
caught fire at 6:3O Monday night, ere
ating widespread fears of a
general confagration. No less
than five accidents occurred during
the progress of the fire. W. A. Royce,
treasurer of the Meridian Drug Com
pany, fell from the fourth floor, receiv-
ing serious injuries II. f. Davidson, a
fireman, fell five floors through an ele-
vator, fracturing his skull. The others
are not thought to be seriously injured.
The fire originated in the fifth floor.