Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15
The Greatest One, Occurring in Syra-
cuSe, Causes a Loss of. at
Least $1,0O0.0O0.
MANY BUSINESS BLOCKS BURNED.
A Branch Store Of the Big Pittsburg Steel
Firm Of Parks Brothers Among
the Heavy Losers.
AN ASYLUM HORROR NEAR NASHVILLE


SYRACUSE. March 14-Syracuse never
opened lis eyes on such a spectacular drama
as reused her from her morning slumber to-
day. Hardly were the early risers astir
when the whole population was suddenly
reused by cries of "Firel The Hogan block
is going, and all Fayette street is goingp'
The first show of fire was at $50 o'clock,
and in less than half an hour the splendid
new Hogan block was only ghost of its
former self.
The fire soon spread to the north side of
West Favette street, and Chief Reilly
quickly saw that the threatened destruction
was too great for his apparatus to fight He
wired 0swego apd Rome to send aid, and he
had hardly done so when the danger was
suddenly doubled. Fire and smoke burst
without warning from the top of Roscoe
Brothers iye-story block in East Washing
ton street. four blocks away.
A Second Confiagration Started.
A flying brand from West Fayette street
had caused il, and before the overworked
fremen could send relief this second fire
also was beyond control, with only single
stream playing upon 1t.
At $50 o'clock fierce conhagration was
raging in two upper floors OF the Yates
block, along the entire Genesee street front,
and was rapidly making its way around the
Montgomery street corner. A moment or
two later there was tremendous crash, and
an immense volume of smoke was thrown
out from the burning building, while the
flames rose high above the ruins below.
a cry of horror went up from the crowd
and everybody felt that a man was lost.
The wall for about the distance from the
10 fha
building had fallen in, crushing the floors
below and bringing them with it to the
ground. When the smoke cleared away, as
it it did in moment or two under the
sweeping action of the flames, the man was
seen in the act OF raising a window, which
he Immediately closed and as quickly raised
again.
A Man Perishes in the Flames
The fire was raging all about him, and
the feeling was that he was doomed beyond
all possibility of escape. He was not seen
TO emerge from any other part OF the build
ing and it is thought that he persisted in
the flames.
About o'clock the Oswego relief came
by special train, having made the run from
Lamsons, 19 miles, in IL minutes. Half an
hour later the Utica engine, with hose
cart and company, came In and began play
aUg on the w dS01Qgt0n street IRE.
The flames, urged on by the gale, were
hardly checked BY the fremen, and two
locomotive fire engines from the Central
shops were sent to the Vanderbilt House cor
ner. They probably saved the hotel. The whole |
loss is estimated at s., 600, 900, and at II A |
n. the fires were under control.
In the West Fayette street fire the Hogan
block, a si1-Story stone front building, was
first destroyed. The center store was occu-
pied by Hier & Lighton, cigar manufact-
arers, and the next by NJ. P. Walsh, hard |
ware dealer. T. P. Hogan's loss on the |
block is $50, ,00O with S25, 900 insurance.
Hisr & Lighton lose SIS, 600, with S12, 900
insurance. Walsh has $4,000 insurance,
and his loss exceeds this.
The Losses in Other Blocks.
The four-story building next, east, was
burned, 1t was also owned bv Hogan, was
valued at S, 1000, and the insurance is Sc, 900.
The furnace compang loses $4,000, nearly
covered bv insurance. Chryst & Sehl have
so, 600 insurance, and claim that their loss
will exceed that Justin Zubert's cigar
factory was damaged by water. His stock
was valued at S1OO, 900, with SIS, OeO insur-
snce. John H. Link, dealer IN wholesale
liquors. suffered some damages. The United
States Hotel, which was burned. was owned
bv Daniel O'Keefe, and his loss is put at
$4,000
On the north side OF Fayette street the
Van Reunsaeler block, owned by William
Ayers, first burned, and the Seneca House
next, east, also burned. The loss on build
ings is 500, 600; insurance, so, ,0C0. Several
tenants lost small amounts. David Davis
owned the next building east, and the loss is
put at $40, 600. John Kaufman owned the
three-stOry brick block next. His loss is
$4,000. j. L. Davis, broker, lost Sc, 600,
with 81, 500 insurance, and w. c. Tucker,
furniture lost $4,000.
One Pittsburg Firm Loser.
The brownstone Fay block also went, The |
block was valued at 5000, partly insured. |
The Syracuse Supply Company had stock |
of S35, 900, insured for S25. 600. The branch |
of Park Brothers, OF Pittsburg, had stock |
of 81, 900, insurance $4,000. Other losses
here amount to $50, 600.
In the Montgomery street fire the blocks
burned were the Journal, the Roscoe, the
Yates and Montgomery flats, and part of
the Candee House. Among the individual
losses are that of Kinney & Doolittle, Ii
quors, SIS. 600 to $50, 600; insurance, $4,000.
The heaviest loss in the East Washington
street fire is on the Montgomery. The
buildings were owned bv the Yates estate,
and the loss is put at $500, ,001, with insnr-
Rnce of $100,0O0 The 100 tenants lose $780,
600, partly insured. The Journal Company's
loss is $50, 900; insurance, 'two-thirds. The
loss on the Christian Cook block is $40, 600,
partly insured; e. W. Roscoe, wholesale
fruits, loses $4,000, partly insured. Other