The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-28

Acab. ne men . bufCaLS were par
cched and dry and upon them we're
turned several streams of water. Their
only hope lay in saving the old junk
shop of ''Phil' White. by which they
were partially sheltered. To save
this building was their end and aim,
and for two hours they succeeded in
doing this
While they were engaged, however,
IN protecting Whites shop. the
flames had eaten their way into the
main wing of the cooperage, facing
upon Essex street This portion Of
the building was of brick but it only
furnished fresh food for the flames
and higher and higher they Ieaped
into the air.
TENEMENTs ABLAzE.
The firemen were thrown into the
Widest CONSERVATION, when the old
fashioned three story brick buildings,
Nos. 43 and 45 Essex street, were dis
covered to be on fire. The six floors
We're tenanted by Polish families
Ihese people were panic stricken, and
the police experienced the great
est difficulty in compelling q
them to vacate their threa
ened homes. Beds. bedstee
wash stands, stoves and every e0na
ooAC 1AbIClS VI furniture WN..|..
from the windows. The
children fed about the sire
ing. Terror had seized al
and frantically they rushel. !. i. {
quiring for their husbap{
and parents. The scend
wild pathos and grotesql f
Soon the two buildil
flames.
The firemen who had 6
to save them were now
to Hudson street, and it
apparent that the entire
be swept unless some unfOx #
dent occurred to check the
the flames. 4
During this interval J. II. s.
factory had again taken
rear. This time the blaze VI s {. Il
the reach of the firemen.
FIRE TUGS BAFFLE K
The Pennsylvania fire be,
telephoned for with the h@
they might save the bt
About thirty tugs respond s
amongst them were the Man
berton, Harsimus, New York,
America, Woodruff, PamraIS
Charles Runyon. The boats ste7
up the canal but were sud-
SACOhCA OPO4 tQ6 0ISCOH6IY. bll|@I Iu<
was nearly low water. The Sid
still going out, and the Captains
izing that they would become groi
ed. and perhaps burned up, withd
to safer locality, and threw sire
OF water upon the cooDerage WO
This left the crucible works to Il
fate and in short order they were Ii
mass of flames The fireuen say H.
the works from total destruction
holding stream of water upon th
building, while steady stream WI,
kept upon themselves to keep them
from roasting alive.
This stayed the flames somewhat
but at the same time five row boats ands
car float with several cars upon ii
We're destroyed. l---,...... +
FLAMES AFLoAT.
The car Hoat was owned by J. F
Palmer, who manages the cooperage
works, and wes loaded with several
ceT,ca-us Of barrels ready for ship
ment. Despite the efforts of the fire
tugs 1t was burned to the waters edge
and set fire to the wharf besides.
PhIl Whites junk shop then at last
caught fire. The firemen kept streams
upon it and endeavorsd to save it a.
it sheltered them. 1t burned like
straw despite their efforts, and in half
an hour it fell with a crash. forti,-
nately, inwards. The heat was thus
increased, and a frame tenement
on the northwestern corner of Greene
and Essex streets was next discovered
to be in flames. The inmates were
driven into the street, and then fol-
lowed scene of excitement which
battles description.
FLEEING FOR LIFE.
Babes in arms were carried ont half
suffocated and drenched to the skin.
On three different occasions the
building was in flames; but each tins
the fire was extinguished The buiId-
ing was finally saved but not until
the paint had been burned from the
weather boards and the window
panes destroyed.
The situation was becoming m ore
alarming every minute as the dis
coverY was made that every house on
the north side of Essex street from
Green to Hudson street was being
scorched and was liable to be in
flames at any moment Streams
OF water were turned upon them and
the burning buildings at last aban-
doned to destruction. The tane-
ments were then soaked to such an
extent that ignition was impossible.
MORE FIRE.
But while the houses on the north
side of the treet were being savad
Herts' barrel factory caught Ere.
This was a four story frame structure
with d stable in the rear. The
horses were freed, two escaping.
and creating a panic by rush.
ing wildly about through the ex-
cited crowds. With rush and roar
Hert's factory became mass seethinr
flames. Again the firemen were re-
pulsed. They were driven back
into Hudson street a block and
from this very disadvantageous spot
they still fought the flames. Moth
ing could now save the build
ing and within twenty minutes
after it became ignited the
upper floors fell with crash
the ashes flying in every direction
and setting fire to the storage house
and stables of Colgate & Co.
For an indescribably short space Of
time this building also was an
veloped in. flames and it was onfv
with the assistance of hundred
or more men that the forty horses
stabbed in it were saved. In the bnild-
ing there were stored one hundred
and fifty barrels of tallow and three