New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-28
ANOTHER BIG FIRE STARTED.
SEVERAL PEOPLE HURT. ONE FATALLY
| SEVEN BUILDINGS DEsTRoYED-A LOSS OF $780,
| Ooo-sCENES AND INCIDENTS.

SEVEN BUILDINGS DEsTRoYED-A LOSS OF $780,
ooo-scENEs AND INCIDENTS.
Seven rimsy buildings at Prince and Wooster
ats. were destroyed By fire soon after 10 a. III.
Yesterday Property valued at about SS5O,OOO
was destroyed A number Of persons were In
jured, five of them seriously and one fatally
The flames started mysteriously in the base
mcnt Of the building. No. l24 Wooster-st'. one
Of row of old fvestory structures. j. Gold
berg manufacturer OF picture frames. occupied
the first story and basement Of the building
and also of the connecting building, No l2o
Woosterst. The second stories were occupied BY
Mr.. Boomstock, capmalser, and J. Kelly, publisher.
The upper stories Of the two buildings were oc-
cupied by r. H. Wagner. manufacturer Of paper
boxes who employed 1870 girls and young women.
Following is O list OF the dead and injured:
DEAD.
HAlEY, MARY ELLEN age twenty-taree, OF NO
20 Henry.st worked in the building, no. ia WOOSTER
ST., and rescued from the top roo after her cioh-
ing had taken fire. She was burned on the race,
and body badly that she died IN the afternoon
at st. Vincsnts Hospital
GUINNIZZO. MARY, age seventeen, OF NO. Il? Ihomp-
son.st worked In the building No i4 Wo0ster-st,
and fell Us she escaping. She was bruised, and
her head, neck and arms were burned seriously.
Company NO 33, knocked of ladder. BY falling
wall and bruised severely the head Removed to
his home In ambulance.
Mccoy, WILLIAM, a fireman Of Engine Company
No. ., fell in the building No i2o woosterst' ana
was bruised severely lie went to his home at No.
26l Divlsion.st
sPERRY, WILLIAM D.. seventeen years old, OF Tomp-
kinsave. Brooklyn employed tie building No.
l2i wooster.st, burned seriously the face and
arms. He removed TO st. Vmtents Hospital.
STACK NORRIS, age thirty.nve, a fireman of Engine
Company No 27 whose home In Vandam-st, was
buried under falling wall and was crushed AFTER
being dug by his comrades, he was sent TO st'
vincents Hospital In supposed dying state but In
the evening the surgeons at the hospital said theie
slight hops Of his recovery.
The flames quickly rose to the roof through an
air shaft and spread In the upper stories of both
buildings. There was panic among the employees,
who fed wildly and fell over each other in their
efforts to escape Some went to the roof, others
went down the stairs Some fell and were bruised
Mary Ellen IIawey was rescued after her cloth
ing had caught fire. She was burned 80 seriously
on the face. arms and body that she was said to
be dying when an ambulance carried her TO St
Vincents Hospital She was twenty-three years
old and lived at No. 26 llenry-st.
Mary Guinnzzo, aged seventeen, Of No. 2l9
ThOmps0n-st., was burned seriously also, and taken
TO the hospital William d. Sperry, OF Tompkins-
ave, Brooklyn, youth employed IN the cap fac
'>~SN>
lie was burned seriously on the face, hands and
arms before he could escape 1t was said that the
She had fled to the roof. In the excitement it was
feared that a number of the employees had lost
their lives in the buildings
The flames spead to three buildings in Prince
st. small structures, mainly occupied as dwellings,
and four alarms were rung 10 call additional
fire engines The reserves were sent from the
Prncest. police station, opposite the burning
I'm iings aud policemen were called from several
other precincts. Large crowds gathered Ill the
stncts TO watch the flames which made a great
show. -
l22 Wcoster-st., soon caught fire, and the pre-
men directed streams OF water into them Inose
buildings were occupied by Belt, Butler q Co.,
dealers In wool aud furs. Several noors In eacA
building were laden heavily with wool. When
tho wool had absorbed many tons OF water the
weight Was too great for the floors The rSo,s S
noon noo ANU and I'd several Of the hremen were
On hIe-escape at the thiFa SI9ry h OF Soa,nS uSG
WOOL caused the floors 10 fall Al the faue mo-
ment the front wall fell outward into the street.
The men on the tre-escape were nung INT? me
heap Of hot bricks One OF them was buried In
the pile OF rubbish. His companions escaped
serious injury and they quickly set 10 work TO
dig him out. They were joined IN the work py
other fremen and by policemen who had seen the
wall fall 49,
In a few minutes the man was raised out Of the
heap Of bricks lie was Morris Stack, of Engine
Company 40. 27 From head to foot he had been
burned and bruised by the bricks which fell
mpon him. but he was still alive. He was carried
into the police station and the rev father ",
Driano. of ST. Authony's Church, was sumlnonei
there TO administer extreme junction. Stack was
believed to bc dying when an ambulance carried
him TO the hospital.
no. >, fen inside the building No. l2O when the
next building went down: He was bruised by
some bales OF wool which fell upon him. but
after he had been rescued and attended by an
NH sur hp able TO home. jacob
Iangwcsscr, n fireman of Engine Company No. 50,
fell from ladder and was hurt so seriously that an
and Winters, of Engine Company No. -. who fell
with Stack from the lireescaIc got OIL with slight
bruises and remained Mt work
The four buildings in Wooster-st. were wrecked
before the fire was under control They belonged
70 Henry Brunuer, Of No. 80 Broadway, whose
loss was said to be about 100000, covered by
insurance. The firms who occupied the DulluingS
lost about $500. 600. They were said TO have their
stocks insured for nearly that amount.
The three houses, Nos. l20 l22, and ia Prince
st., were destroyed alS9 They beonied to Jane James
IT, Sicock of West Thirtethst., and were worth
about $4,000. They We're occupied by Charies
Kern, liquor dealer: J. Pardon, shoemaker ana
Catharine Wciman, dealer in stationery. whose
combined losses amounted 10 S!O,OOV. lhfy al
were said 10 have insurance. ..
Four streams Of water were Kept cQnstantV
playing on the smoking ruins durlns the ai,cr-
noon and evening. Ii had been reported 70 the
ircmen that three girls, Clara Norcz, aged sever
teen, of No. so Shcrit-st Iillic Mcknight, OF
No. 237 Madison-st and Maggie Flood of NJ.
9O2 Madison-st, this city, were missing ana were
supposed to De among the ruins, ana they made
every effort to clear away the pies OF bricks ani
ironwork in .arch of the bodies. The heat was
=. intense however, that the liremen could make
little progress, although they worked with wall,
md they were finally Obliged to abandon the
tasl, for a WHILE In order 10 facilitate the
work and 10 prevent injury to the men
while working. the dangerous walls of the build,
ngs in Prince-st were torn down and additional
II irno,ns of water were turned the heated mass.
Meanwhile the police kept busy holding
back the crowds which had collected and in
answering the inquiries Of the distracted friends
and parrnte of the missing girls. Every moment
il was expected that the charred remains Of some
victim would be- exposed TO view, bat no bodies
were discovered Late in the afternoon the ruins
had become somewhat cooled in parts, and the
piles of bricks were removed as fast as possible.