New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-07
c1A1rGHTER-HOCSES BURNED
prc; B1.AzE CN THE EAST RIVER.
,,crs FIERcELY FOR SEVERAL HouRs-Loss
-

p,Grs FIERcELY FOR SEVERAL HouRs-Loss
100000
49, .ost eide OF the city was illuminated carly yes
.v morning by a fire which nearly destroyed the
-. s,augltering establishment OF ScIwarzschild "
s-,,hercer occupying all the buildings in the DOCK
rded by the East River First-ave. Forty -thth ana
vU~4vs,xth SITS several Of the buildings were de-
,oyed completely, and the loss Of property was be-
v.rsd 10 be about 100000. The fire followed SO
Ds.s.v upon trouble with strikers that it was sus
...d at first TO be Of incendary origin, but later
there was said to be reason for such Suspicion
ceveral OF the buildings near the river we're used
to- fatrenderng, meat-canning and refrgeraunS p"'
rosss and the firm had expensive machinery in them
On Thursday night the police reserves were called from
the East Fifty frst-st. station TO protect the 1a'-
rendering works against twenty or thirty employees
mostly Hebrews, who were strike. The striRcrs
were said 10 have made threats Of Violence but thes
we're dispersed easily and the police g'mbled because
thew thought they had been needed to protect the
works. Everything WAS quiet about the WORKS "heh
the police returned to the station before muhsh''
Al O. m. q policeman noticed some men lonnging IN
front OF the slaughter house in Firstave ana oroNc
them away when the Waterman said they were strangers
who had no business there.
At Q 80 a. m. flames were discovered III the ial-
rendering works. near the river, IN forN-hl'hs"
Workmen there said later that the flames came from
the kettles the fat having boiled over by accidcht'
n automatic
policeman sent alarm from signal-boX IN the
street The fire spread rapidly, and a second ana
n third alarm were sounded quickly Within twenty
minutes all Of the buildings comprising the fatcnder-
ing and meatcanning works were In hames In the
middle Of the block number OF sheds ana other
Enclosures In which cattle were penned. The cattle
were driven into Forty -sixth-st. and there was a
stampede before they secured In yards on the
north side the street In the buildings fronting In
Firstave the slaughterng went on for time without
interruption, because those buildings were not be-
ueved to be in danger. Flames from the burning
buildings high in the air, making great snow.
A dozen engines were at work in the streets. and the
freboats Zophar Mills and New Yorker were throwing
great streams from the river. Chief Bonner, who was
in command Of the remen, thought the fire was under
control before 4 a. m. and sent few Of the engines
back TO their quarters An hour later sudden change
in the fro occurred. 1t had got into the buildings
next to the meatcanning works, n Forty
ffthst, and 1t began to sweep toward First
ave- at an alarming pace. About 500 sheep were
driven out Of the buildings in time to prevent them
from being burned TO death. The butchers in the
FYrstave buildings driven away from their
work leaving about ZOO sides Of beef in the slaughter
house and refrigerating rooms.
The "two nines,n n signal only used In emergen-
c:es was rung by order Of Chief Bonner, ealing
engines from the middle section OF the city, as lar
South as Bleechest. The fremen worked des peTntely
Or two hours and managed to the buildings in
fYrstaye and most of those in Forty sixth-st from
destruction, after those buildings had taken fire.
several Of the fremen received slight injuries while
"a. work and two OF them injured seriously Fire
man Hannigan OF Hook and Ladder Company NO.
Q. had his ankle broken by falling shutter Fire
man Levin, Of the same company, hsd bis ankle
broken in a similar way. They were taken 10 81,
Luke, Hospitsl In an ambulance. Battalion Chei
Fischer whose hand cut severely BY broken glass,
and Fireman Sheridan, who had four teeth knocked
out BY fall remained at work. The IRE was
under control before q. m. BY that ume Ne
tat-rendering works, meatcanning works and sevesd
colds storage buildings had been laid IN ruins Ihe
buildings were old and not OF great value ranging
from two to four stories IN height One new buildlns
In Forty St. the river, when cOndneu sUtv
costly refrigcrating machines, was NOT injured
by the fire which had ragged Hereby IN tne t1I a,a
m both side, OF it, The slaughter houses In flrstave
werc not damaged so seriously as TO prevent ule
hnArhers from returning TO work there before noon
Ali OF the buildings in the block were ouped s 70
schwnrzschh sulzberger "a memoer we u oovcred
nv Insurance but he was unwilling to make any
Statement regarding the value OF property destroyed
n was said that the total insurance OF the nrm VIZ,
ssMf 3yOO 600. The loss on buildings IN the DOCK
wes believed to be about $4,000 and the loss on
the contents of the buildings, including the machinery
ua. said to be about 100000. inspectors OF the
fiso,,b Department went TO the ruins IN the after-
t@rned beef and canned meat. The work OF removal
%sr take several days, and disinfectants may nave
N be used before all Of the refuse is taken to Barren