New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-28
BIG FIRE IN JERSEY CITY.
THE GREATER PARr OF A BLOCK GONE.
COOPER SHOPS OF THE AMERICAN SUGAR RE-
F.NERY COMPANY AND MANY OTHER
BUILDINGS DESTROYED THE
Loss Is ABOUT 100000
Loss IS ABOUT 100000.

The block between Green. Essex and Iudson-sts
and the river ba,i which cuts In at Hudson ard
F,,cx-st. back Of the biz sugar refinery, In Jersey
CITY, was nearly destroyed by fire last evening Inc
flames started In the second floor OF the American
sugar Refining Companys cooper shop In E'sex-st
md the basin. The shop was In fourstory frame
building about 100 feet deep and goo feet wide with
an elbow about - feet In width. extending through
from the northeast corner to EsseX-st. At Essex
and Grccn-S's between the cooper shop and It's eN-
tension was the junk shop OF Philip White and Mrs
Mary Ri!eys three story. frame house. Mrs. Rileys
house adlolncd the elbow.
Tie pnymnstcr Frank Berry, in the Office OF
he ground floor Of the cooper shop at 30 O'CLOCK
wheA a workman found fire among lathes and half
finished barrels the second floor. Time was lost In
ending the alarm as the three or four men about
the building had idea they could put out the fre
when Parolman Faherty was told he Immediately
pulled box No s. The flames spread furiousy through
the building and when the Fire Department arrived the
building was doomed. superintendent Brown gave the
second third and n general alarm. wnich Drought
twelve engines four five trucks, and tho powerful
tugs Of the Pennsylvania Ra lroad Company, the Jun
ctta IIarslmus America and Mamie Lamberon.
For an hour and half this powerful force had
little success i'm opposing the fire. HE immense
wooden cooper shop made n huge and brilliant bon
tire ard threw intense hea block away me
rear Of s. II. Ganticr a CO.'S hrebrck works. on the
speedily caught. The brick works were in long,
two story brick structure. The flames crept through
the elbow 10 Essexst., and Mrs. Riley's house and
Whites junk shop were speedily consumed.
MIS- Riley. Polish family, and Miss Gerte
Chapman, who occupied the house, removed most
II their furniture. East Of the elbow OF the
cooper shop were the thrcestor enement-ho house Of
br,ll Nos 40 and u Essex-st., owned respectively
by Henry Clvncs and Peter Burns VI. j. Russells
machine shop a one-stOry frame building, No. A.
Essex James Campbels charcoal office and yards,
80 - Essex-s; G. Ileidt sons Jersey City Cooper
ag, Works. Nos. Al and i3 ESexst; Martin
BasIus' thrcestory frame tenement. No. 80 Essex St
four story brick tenement house owned by the Thomas
estate wcr, between the Blasus house and Hudson
L. 4 row Of three story brick tenement houses In
Hui,on-st between Essex and the Basin were n great
danger but at late hour the ircmen believed these
buildings would be saved.
The flames spread with resistless force eastward
To Essex st, until at IL O'Clock Its advance WAS
,rrc,tcd bv the brick walls Of the Thomas estate
tenement house. The brick buildings on the north
side OF Essex ST.. crowded tenement houses, caught
mnny times and the ;rcmen had hard work to save
them. Colgate Co.'S. stable on the Easln near
Hudson-st., their lumber yard and 200 barrels OF
tallow on the dock In great danger. The power
fl streams OF the tugs saved the tallow ana the
mmler-ynr1, and the stable only slightly DAM
aged
Gautier & Co.'S brick works were about one-thlrd
consumed The losses were believed TO be about as
follows: The American sugar Refinery Company, on
the cooper shop 10000; Allen Palmer, the con-
tractor and manager Of the cooper shop. on oo'ooo
barrels. about $4,000 on machinery. 10000; Philip
White Junk dealer building and stock, $oooo'
Mrs Riley, on building 81 900; Peter Burns. $500;
Henry Clymes $500; VI. J. Russell. on building,
II 900; on machinery, $4,000; Heidi son. on
building 30 900 on stock and machinery 10000:
,iauticr Il Co.. on building. S2,ooo; on STOCK ana
materials, $4,000. ,, .
the loss OF Mis-. Riley. She had no Insurance. She
Is "A widow There conclusion last night as
to the origin of the fire The cooper shop made a
creat blaze, and thousands OF people collected In the
trcets and along tho docks TO see II. The tugs
topler Mills and NewY Yorker went over M tile re-
nurst o, the agent of the Red Star Line, but when
they arrived the tugs already at work were doing all
that could be along the river and the fire seemed
% be checked.
1t n late hour the fire appeared -to~-.c under con
troll but the tenants In Hudson 81. werc moving Out