Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-09-16
SERIOUS FIRE IN NEW YORK.
Reminding Those who Saw II Of the Park
Place Disaster.
ny Telegraph 10 thc Dispatch.

iBy telegraph 10 the Dspatch.l
NTw YORK. September l5.-A fire broke
out IN tho old 1omme1Ctdl- Adrcr'iS,,. build
lug. ON the southwest corner of Fulton
and Nassau streets, at 9:lj O'Clock this
morning. and in fifteen minutes the flames
had gained such heldwav as 10 he beyond
control. The flames were first seen to
burst from the windows on the second
floor occupied To- G. bbs's tailoring estab-
lshmcut. There were many people IN the
building. and some bad 10 slide down the
hrc-cseapes for life through dense smoke.
lt ls believed that all escaped. Dense
clouds If black smoke rolled up from the
FIRE. attracting crowds of people who filed
the side streets and surgcd inadly into
Fulton street, giving the police al they
could DO 20 keep n space clear for the FIRE
men. From TIE first II was seen that no.
thing could save the building. and the at
teLron of the hrcmen was directed to-
ward saving adjoining properiv.
From the 'aior-shCp OF John Gibbs,
whore the FIRE Is understood 70 have
. artod. the people came down stars any
way and every way 10 get out On the
second aud third floors was the pr ntIng-
Office OF Douglas Taylor. 1hcre were
heavy presses on both floors aad a. the
flames shot up through tie air-shatt the
oii-S1akcG floor under fhe presses became
Isnltcd and hlaZ@i mp like 50 much tinder.
I he occupants Of the ground floor We're
Ira pcrcgo a Co., John Simpson X Co.,
and q clothing firm Ou the corner Of Mas
sau and Fulton streets. On the second
floor were j. Gibbs. tailor. and Douglas
Taylor, printer, who also occupied the
third door The fourth floor was occu-
pied hv lcWellar, and Opi-cnus. On the
fifth floor was u. Thorn. clio manufac-
turer: Lockmeycr, usurer, and Kelner u
Snyder. printers, also, ". B: Beach. IA
brother Ol the owner Of the building. ibc
sixth floor WIS unocCuplcd.
= De- fact TINT ther" were heavy printing
presses on tlc second and third floors and
that they were expected tc ial through
the ii hl0rs greatly hlndered the work Of
the hremCn. vino. mindful Of the Park
Place disaster. hesitated TO get too near
the blaze. There We're numerous narrow
escapes. J.t.bls. the tailor. who was on
the second floor. came down the fire
escape so RAPIDLY that his clothes Wero
torn of and ms hair slnged. few min
ut-. after 10 o'clock the walls o. the three
upper floors Of the building came crash
lug INTO the street. causing alarm all
around There was no one hurt. however.
There was considerable scarcity of Natcr
az the commencement of the IRE. At
1920 the fire was under control. AZ 1888
the outer walls oi the entlre luitoh-stfeet
front fell with . crash. and SO great WAS
the conclusion that windows were shat
tered IN the Bennett building. but no one
WAS III Jured.
The total loss on stock and building ia
estimated Si00, ,090 most Of winch Is III
-ured. This includes 10000 loss Oh The
stock Of irn Pore-o, gentleuen's furnish
ing good, dealer.
s. far ~, can be learned only two per-
sons were injured ~ the IRE LEY are
William Wilson. tailor. who injured his
ankle while dropping from the hTe-escape,
AID -aa.el f.-iurv. engineer, Who9e
forealms we've burned.
Other o-timatc' place the loss @; between
500. 900 and S5lO.jD'
4 10, Of loose diamonds winch were on
the tables Of the diamoud-woykers IN the
building were lost They were valued AZ
several thousand dollars.
Among the heroic acts performed at the
ire was ou. hv r-Carrer No. 1861.
VINO extracted the mail from the letter
to1 IN front o. tho building. When the
front wall on the building fell Out not
only the l-ttcr-boK tut the lamp-pOat on
which IL hung was demolished.
Douglass Iayior, the PRINTER who occu-
p.ri the third floor OF Nos. ~ and 80
Nassau street. stated TINS afternoon that
le had stock and material valued at SJo.-
900. nut that on account of the unsafe con
dltlon Of the building he could obtaln Only
Sl7 900 worth of insurance. lie had my
ueu employed, but he believes that they
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