New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-05
THE OCCUPANTS OF THE BUILDING.

THOSE WHOSE LIVES WERE IN DANGER-ALL
WERE IN CONFUSION.
The Arcade Building where the disaster TOOK place
rims from Broadway 10 Trinity Place alRg Rectorst
Ii is fvestory brownstone structure and has
frontage OF seventyhve feet in Broadway The build
ing Is an old one, is not feproof, and had blaze
broken out yesterday the structure would have been
consumed like tindep Thousands OF people pass
thrugh the building every day, as passage"ay
from Broadway, 20 the station Of the sixthave ee-
waited road at Rectorst, runs through the bulidlng
Mr. sages Offices are on the second floor, and near by
are the Offices Of Washington E. Conner Co. On
the same floor and on the floor above further BACK
toward the rear Of the building are the rooms OF the
Manhattan Railway Company. Many welknown
brokers and business men also have onoes In the
Arcade. The shock Of the explosion was distinctly
felt In every room in the building from basement to
roof and fully 500 panes Of glass were broken The
damage done to the structure will probably reach
IS 900.
large proportion of the occupants Of the building
were in their offices at the time OF the explosion AN
were thrown into utter confusion, though few except
those already mentioned sustained any injury olner
than the shock The list OF occupants as given In the
directory Of the building is as follows
5,Istin Abbott o. P. Ackerly, Lawrence Aspinwall'
Charles Allen, B. B. Adams, E. R. Adams, Charles F.
Allen AIs4snds GsOrse Bacon. J. Il. bailey, r: NJ;
Bixby, w. II. BOardman, John Boga5t, Board car,
nj OuaTAntn6
Cts W. Booth Alexander Brough, A. W. BurLngame, Dr.
T. n, Bailey j. H. Caldwell, ". {. Calhoun, Joim
Proctor CaTke James Clyne, Common Il Co., 4. ..
Conner. Wellington E. Conner, F. L. Corthei, James
Cotterell Chcamauga Lumber Co., T.. W.. Dahl
: W Cumming Charles L. Eaton the Edison spanish
Colonial Light Co., J. W. Ellis, the Ellis hanuiactur
ing Co the Empire Building Co., the Empire Loan ana
Trust Co Charles F. Field, r. C.: Fraser, X NJ
Gallaway Theodore b. Gates, F. X. Hahn Howard Is.
Haman George L. Harvey, Charles f. Harris, Henry
d. Harris, HascaI Clarke & vanderpoel Theodore
F. Hascall. II. L. Herbert, o. d; Holman J: o; Hoyt
international Investment and Improvement Co.. NJ
Karam Key stone Cement Co., Francis V. King john
B. LOngley, Albert Lucins, r. w. Martin yd e; D.
MeIlen, +. J. Menzie, 6. p Moroslnl James hvylah
W H. Momberger Manhattan Railroad neon CO. A ioS Se
A. Nichols. c. W. Osborne, Charles So+t Pam r q
Pncrey Howard L. Pncrey, NJ. h hIt1r'
n G. Prout W S. Purdy. Renwtck, AspnWS1li
Reuxick W Renwick. Afford ,. Robinson, Ihonas ~;
Robinson ROussell & Hicks, W. H. Russell hu5sen
sage Thorndike Saunders, Saunders, We6p "0r-
cester. s. ID. Schuyler. A. j. p. segus, IhomaS u.
sims ] J. slocum, James MEG. smith, Mrs Gorf'
smith William W. Smith, Edward swami, f. j. ray
ior 9 The Railroad Gazette" William Trenholm 5 d: Z.
Va; Rokkaien. Herman W. VanderpOel. Herbert Van
Dyke. III. b. Van Dyke. Augustus Van WICK, Ro9ert
a Van WICK Adrian VermeIte, G. C. Vermenie Lew
Wallace. r. G.. Creighton Webb. George IS west
Joseph Wood Edward ID. Worcester ana william b.
Young,