Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-06
Narrowly Escaped Death From Fall
ing Walls.
WRECKED IN A FURIOUS GALE.
Another Chapter in the Spring Gar
den Bank Failure.
THE NEW FRENCH CABINET.
FIREMEN IN GREAT PERIL.
Ton . Of Stone and B.ick Fall on Them, blu
They Escape Seriou. Injury.

NEW YoRK. Dec. 6.-The fve-story marble
front building. 80 Reade street. was almost
totally destroyed by fire which broke out
early this morning. Boorum 4 Pcase, bank
book manufacturers. the Industrial Printing
and Binding Company and Frank r. Walker.
paper manufacturer. who occupied the build
INK. we're burned out. Their stock Is total
loss- Olse hundred thousand dollars will prob
ably cover the entire loss. which il believed TO
b. fully covered by insurance. A number of
hremen had a narrow escape by the falling OF
the rear wall. Two were injured -Four alarms
were sent out for the blaze.
The burned building was five stories high and
ran through the block 70 Manhattan allev.
Hoorum 4 Pease occupied the ground floor and
basement stock rooms. They had their Offices
on the second floor. Their factories arc in
brooklyn Frank r. Walker paper manufac-
turer. occupied the part Of the second
floor. The upper stories were used bv the In
dustrial Printing and Binding Company. which
y managed by stock company. Of which John
Gas - the president In the Il extension Of
the building are T. Dewitt; on the ground floor
and upper stories are Milton o. johnson 4 Co,
printers and lithographers On the upper
stories Of No. "a il the American msnnfactur-
ing and publishing house OK which Frederick
and Charles Cav the managers. They sus-
tanned considerable damage.
Charles Hughes. night superintendent Of the
American News Company. discovered the fire
first. He saw smoke coming from the windows
trrld sent out an alarm The nrernen went by
mistake 10 Broadway and Murray street and
let the flames get considerable Roadway.
When the fourth alarm was sent out the
flames were burning through the roof and out
OF both ends OF the building They were so
fierce that they shot clear across the stree. in
heade street The water tower was put to
work and poured two streams on the flames.
while the fremen carried lines of hose up to
the roofs Of the adjoining buildings and
turned the streams into the flames from every
available point. The fremen had some diff
Guilty IN saving the big building at rs Duane
street. When the fiTemen were at work thev
were startled by the rumbling noises which
sounded like explosions. These were the print
ing presses OF the press room in GAYS Print
ing Company, on the fifth floor, which came
crashing through the floors to the first story.
The falling presses carried away the floors
and weakened the wall OF the building
which toppled into Manhattan alley The wall
broke above the third story and tons of brick
and stone crashed down on top Of the firemen
at work Nearly all of them we're struck by
some of the debris. but in many cases their
strong hats saved them from injury. At il was
Fireman DIVER hat one OF hs forefngers cut
OF BY brick ard Fireman Os.man had one of
ki- hands badly injured
The loss to the Industrial Printing and Bind
Ing Company IN stock and machinery Is about
s6O.oO9. BOorum 4 Pease lose about so. 900
and Mr.. Austin. the owner Of the building will
lose $4,000 Water caused about $50, 600 loss
TO tenants OF 81 and "a.
How the ire originated ia not known.