New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-15
TWO MILLIONS DESTROYED.
DISASTROUS CONFEDERATION IN SYRACUSE.
FLAMES CAUSE HAVOC IN THE BUSINESS PART
OF TIE CITY-GUEsTS FLEEING FROM En-
DANGERED HoTELS-FIREMEN sum
MoyrD FROM UTICA AND oswEGo.

Jcr & Lighton's cigar manuactorN' al NO. -" west
rayette--t in the Hogan block, at a. H. To-Day. II
INSTANTLY prcad 10 the hardware store OF NJ j. walsh
and fine Cahill Brothers bakery in the same block and
tre aorco winds made an awful draft between the
tbc, walls Of the building. Within ten minutes every
floor and the whole front of the bHhdihg pre9eh'ed
mass Of flames At 6 80 the roof fell. ana shortly
af-eryard the rear and front walls went uo"h' Inc
wind grew Gcrccr and The efforts Of the hrenen were
rocIIo comparcd TO The greed Of the flames. 1t was
ONLY a short mc after the breaking out Of the IRE III
the cigar store before the old Daniel " A"'e 'n''o
states HOTEL al West Fayeitc and Franklin SIS, was
bcin. licked up. The b0asdcrs escaped III h'>'e aIcF
the alarm in the Hogan block was 'ouhueu' Inc
Hogan block was six stories lHgh WIFI 'if'NaI'
front was built OF stone and was one oi tHe mann
soonest boch, in West Faycttc-st The lnltcd states
Hotel was onIv three stories in height ana was Duil
Of brick. II was one of the landmarks Of the cl'y
ON the east side OF the Hogan block was INC ihfec
story brick building Of John Holiday. The store neat 10
Cahill IrotlcIs' bakery uEGccupled mn NV "'''
store was occupied by Chryst a ScI "h"'cS'" anu
retail dealts in tea. coitee@ an" N"'uS'
Justin Scubuit occupied the next block t. the iioh
day building cigar MANDATORY N w d. "'''
owing to a lack Of wafer this building Caught "rr'
From the Hogan block the fire lcaped across inc
street catching the OsgOod V Tracy block III
Fayete and Franklin SIS. This was handsome
pressed brick front building. three .iorsS hgh' ana
presented a fine architectural appearance Inc
Next east in FaycttcNt., in the same bloch was i'c
pawnshop Of &. solomon.
simultaneously with the catching 81 the IRE w
the Tracy block il caught I'm the blocks on the east
the Newell block coming next. the Tracy ana INC
Fay building, adjoining the Ncwcll block. TIA" Fay
binding wa, of recent construction ahd was brow"
stone front. The Ncwcl block wa occupied b'
william Bctz A. "A saloon ard by Fred !. Davis - a
second hand clothing store. Davis had NJ Insurance
The Fay building occupied by Byron D. Eramer'
dealer in harness and leather ware These buildings
and their contents totally DESTROYED. N"Nt to
the FAY luildng the lit one tory rlci
IRE occupied by J. e. Crawford aS barber shop An
old landmark Of syracuse Wa the brick residence
of cX- NayOr Charlie, Wil>tOn. The Avrc~ BLOCK wa
occupied above The ground hOor by the sleeping rooms
Of the seneca House. which adjoincd IT ON ihc morrill,
facing Frauk'in-Si. The seneca llou~", th"c story
brick double front. also part If Tie Ayrc, prop
erty. II Wa ran hy !. ". shipman. II had fifty ono
sleeping rooms forty Of which occupied q; the
time Of the fire The bolrdcrs had ample tiUc - get
ont with all their effects. The rdvagcN of lie namc-
were stopped los the north wall between h, block and
the mansion House. In tie Newell building Wa
another pawn ,hop owned and run by l.. solomon IH
conjunction with lis other store M the A}rr~ block
The upper floors Of hi, block were occupied 80 nat>
by five or six families. Little, If any, property Wa
saved from these floor. The j. +. kaufman block,
tine east Of the Newell. vas occupied JOS \ ~ DAVIS
paWnbrohcr and " {. ruoncl. dealer Iu Second hand
furniture. The upper hoor- were occupied by White,
lodging house and by Thicker for waIcroom.. Tire
Fay aud Golden building. which w., hi"vn'oHe
front. the eat of the kaufman hlocl. was occupied
on cI,,,ud floor 10y The Syracu-c liaruc-- supply
Company aud the H.ack Diamond steel Company. Of
which Grant Green j, manager. The upper floor, We're
occupied by Clark Rice job printing Establishment and
iudividurI dwelling room.
The ncNt brildnc the east. on Fa;c'e ,t ard
separated by narrow ale, way. the two -oN and
dttii as recently
chased bv CuVlc MoH,. grocer. II .outt."t tU"
Dire uahuc room, of Mis- Bailey and uum.i'u- apart
u,rut>. Two small buildings next TO the CI'Ilc "
Morris store occupied los --- Lewis. paViar'Acr.
and hi, brother. who california wine l0-uc-'.
These stores only damaged An alley stopped
the progress # The flame a. thi, point. The lHtci
state Hotel wa run b, j. Nacth un the ,Iu'h
OF tni> hotel the fire stopped by the brick buluc
owned b. Charles !. Grouse. The liquor -i,ic 90 This
building wa, run by l.. Allen a Coz whose wind "
broken by the falling wal'. and who's toch OF
liquors was more lc-- damaged.
Time had just been called boz be- The journal com
posing room at 30 thi- morning when lrc di,
covered issuing from under the coiricc Al tine -outl
west corner Of the Cook blYch. >iN story >tru,t.
uge east Of The journal Office. East Raj
road Tie flames spread with marNellou, rapid
ity, and inside Of fifteen minute, the entire
structure va, burning nom the cellar To- the
The building wa nllrd with gro,ctI"> ouciies
ETC. Within fifteen minute after the flame. broke
ont the c.mpo~itorS were called +" las down thoi.
,ticl.s and vacate fhc journal Building ~" hl.,
book, and some u the property Of IL" company
removed - place ~ ,afcty. Ey o'clo'h ih" wet
wall Of the Cpoh block fell The Journal Eudiuc
crashing through the thrcc floor. down the pr,-,
room. soon the flame licked mp 81" The Journal Eud
ns. and the :our-to.y ,ru,iarc with it. content; and
valuable plant and machinery br,am" Iuu- In.
origin of the h.r In the Roscoe Eulhuc. IL B, .ilG.
va due 10 Il burning cmber which flew into au opr,.
WinGo" iu the uIpr' Moor. n landed against "a pile
sIa-- excelsior used for wrapping purpo.c. aud
h"uc, the rapid prcld oi the nam. Adloiu.- Tho
Journal" binding. on th- wet. $50. th" eat Vu. 81
the Vanderbilt liou-c. owned b' the estate.
The plc-t- w.rr forced to lo.,vc thcr rooms Tho,
needed 40 ugius. The Wall, grew hpl. Lut tlc Hr.
worked with viii and -aycd % from d,.t1i,
ton, although badly damaged by water.
In hc meantime the flames working ncrc.l,
eastward. ana 1t evident that the mn;n...n
Montgomery Ila-, extending from Ia roid Sc {, lay
cite, woud have to ~. Til. on" %: -" hand
,omc-t block, in town, siN ,toro- high. with man.
ard roof The many tenant, were ipicc1 t, ncr.
some -ucca"d'd in saving = portion of their 20 ID.
others gave Them mp to III" elements. on III" ground
floor Of the Montgomery. iu Railroad ,t.. WI the hard
ware and -t0vc store If Gc,ige : Friend u"Nt came thu
whole ale liquor Of Kinney 4, Doolttlc Town,
l..-jauiant, EAtlr' furnishing good. and Lcb
cgm1u, new room. some Of the contents
were removed. In the wet half %! Eo-c....-
store Mouut- confectionery establish
mcnt ON the Mont eomery =. ,dc Of the Montcpmcr,
Fiat, WI, the coal office Of Carrier n Cumc-iorI lie
plumbing establishment Cf GarVcy a robn. and the
Montgomery dining room. ON the faycttc ST. side va,
II. smith, iu-ta!ment store; next came Osborne,
drug store aud Orm-bcc a smiths lquor-stIic
~ O'Clock II seemed as though the whole clty
WouM burn mp. The wind blew like Hurricane.
carrying flame, SPARKS. ashes and smoke far wide
The Mycr, block in TIC greatest danger and u was
only by the supcrhumen effort, al the ircmcn that II
wa, saved.
Adjoining the Montgomery FaNctt" ST. was the
Caudcc House and barn. Mr.. Caudcc removed Ia.
horse. bat none too soon, and before Ions tur entire
area from the Vanderbilt llou,' was burning lt" Z,
furnace. Tie flames higher ANA higher malin.
a grand picture. several OF The nrcncu had narrow
escape, rom falling WALL. The wire, irpr,
were "A source OF danger and annoyance ana hiuGri,i
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