New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-09
THE WAREHOUSE A CENSER.
QUANTITIES OF GUNS AND SPICES BURNED.
SEVERAL FTREMEN BLINDED BY THE SMOKE
THE loss ABOUT $4,000.

SEVERAL FTREMEN BLINDED BY THE e-uoAH
THE loss ABOUT $4,000
Fierce flames started mysteriously in the top Of
the big storage warehouse Nos, 63 ana "a SO"'-S"'
soon after ! p. yesterday, and RACED TOT tnroo
hours before fifteen companies OF hremen coulo CON
troll them The warehouse was saved from desuuoUo"
and adjoining buildings were protected from INJURY
exceut that which was due by water, yel
tse Bosses by fire were estimated al aoo"e
s155.oO0. Large quantities OF shelac, qulnlne anu
spices were destroyed or damaged The bunu'ne
belongs TO the Goodhue estate. 1t is FIVE stories ns
with a frontage Of 80 feet In Soutbst' ana ueP.i
Of 100 feet and it was built long ago that noboy
now living remembers when the foundations "eie
laid. For fifteen years r. c. layton lr" mas hau
lease of the building, and has carried OH te DuseSs
of storing East India goods In the upper loiVs
When the fire broke out IN the top STORY seSerua''
the building contained large quantities Oh ''a' eo"o'
quinine shellae, spices and other East ihula
Only a porter In the warehouse wheh snioAe was
seen rising from the peaked roof Mr. Layton ana
his clerbs had zone 10 luncheon. They said later
that they could not account for the fire. when the
fremen arrived they found the top story well aOe'
second alarm was ring promptly ana ld'er '''i'u
call was sent out. The freboats New YORKER anu
Havemeyer were brought 70 the Walst ierry sup
and a watertower was stationed in front of the ware
house Iron shutters covered the 'front.' wh1o"s VI
the warehouse and kept out the streams for nearly an
bour Long ladders were set up and iremen WIN
axes banged at the shutters until they managed 10
open them Then the big streams from the water
tower and the freboats began to have some effect
Before that fremen had carried lines Of hose into
The warehouse and up the stairs as far as the fourth
floor only TO be driven back by the flames Of burning
pepper and blue vitrlol Several of the men were
so nearly blinded by the fumes that they required the
attention OF ambulance surgeon. but aitefwau tHeN
resumed work Fremen Martin Stokes and Patrick
CIamer. OF Engine Company No. d. were taken 10 inc
Chambers Street Hospital, suffering from injury 10
their eyes. They remained In the hospital two hours
and then went 10 the cOmpanyS quarters in LberS'sL
At one time the building No 81 sOuthst seemed to be
In danger Mrs Carleton the aged wife of the 1ant0r
was bedrdden the top floor and the fremen carried
her to the roof and down into the building NO o.
where she safe.
The Insurance Patrol went into the burning ware
house and covered up goods on the first second ana
third floors Although the flames did not make much
of show the smoke rose in dense clouds. The roof
OF the building was wrecked ANA the fourth and fifth
stories were wrecked before the fire was under control
but below the third story all the damage was caused
by water. The damage to the building was not far
from 10000. and the fremen thought that the dam
age 10 stock in the warehouse would reach about
100000. Mr.. Layton thought the building and its
contents were well insured. The value If the goods
stored in the building probably about $2j0,OO0,
Mr.. Layton said and about fifty firms were Interested
II might be several days before he could tell who
the losers by the fire The following is partial
list:
The NewYOrk Shcac Company. al No 22I Pearl
ST.. had shellac valued at abOut OO0 In the ware
house, which fully insured.
William Zinsser, No. 1917 William-St., also had a
large quantity OF she!lac In the warehouse but in
formation 10 its value was refused at his Office
KundsOn, Patterson Co., dealers In naval supplies
at No 154 FTOnt-st., had East India gums valued at
$50, 900 and fully insured in the warehouse.
T. X. LeOnOi & Co., brokers. at No 40 ftnest
had yarns and dycstuiiS worth $4,000 III the ware
house, and MIR LeonOr said his stock was insured.
Rogers Pyatt wholesale dealers In drugs al No.
90 Maiden Lane had Sheac and gums valued at
$50 900 stored in the burning building II was well
insured.
Macy & Durham OF No. &C ID Pnest.. lost some
oils and ginger by the fire. but could not tell the value
OF the property.
j. J. O'DonOhue's Sons had forty bags of cofee
I'm the warehouse .
Later In the afternoon. il learned that tho
water had flowed into the ce3rS used 10y G. f. bellows
& Co., Nos. 1875 and 1877 Front 81. The MeSSrS.
bellows are importers TOnka beans, large quantity
Of which stored in these cellars. The whole OF
the stock ruined, causing loss estimated at
S35 900.