The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-18
nRENEN IN THE WATER.
4 PLUNGE 70 kS0A1l 4 STORE
HOUSES EALLIN0 VALE.

-~,.. Nrv,ns asa ssus Or ms A9sa RurS-
n.struction OF One o. ths 1uiiAings 81
4 Arrott's stores-Loss ASsut oss0y $50.
nal, A dozen employees IN Arnotts stores
aha foot OF Twenty street, Brook
-, x,re removing cotton from the second
soor Of ono OF the three buildings yesterday
earning when flames suddenly shot up in
.hs passageway in which they were working.
~ :. minute the entire loft was full Of smoke
.rd flames. and It was with difilculty tho mon
..saped down stairs. There had been no IRE
n tho building. and the workmen accounted
ior the flames BY surprising that. while drag
ing bales OF cotton around. the iron bands
s,.shed together and struck sparks. What
.r,r tho cause. the. entire building was blsz-
Inc furnace before an alarm could be turned in.
Arno,t's stores occupy the greater part OF
N, pier which reaches into Gowanus Bay
h,tveen Twenty seventh and Twenty eighth
.,roets. They arc built Of stone. Three build
inrs. each 200 feet long and IS feet wide. are
united in one structure. but separated BY fire.
,rooi wallis. 1t was the most easterly Of the
three which caught FIRE. It had two floors.
both OF which were filled with cotton.
Three alarms which were sent out in rapid
.uccssslon about 8 o'clock brought nine en-
,ipes three trucks. and the flrsboats David
A Body and Seth Low to tho. spot. Tho
s bst Was So used yesterday nevsrthelsss When
the hreIen arrived rna they found the Iron shut
save the building or its stock so efforts were
principally directed to keeping the flames
, from The two other buildings. This was accom-
pssS Soon after the flremen arrived the wall on
III. west side, began to bulge slightly. Chief
about fifteen men under this wall directing
streams Of water on the burning building.
de Of tho pier. SO that a few ste os backward
a hvS Ssn ss int the W WSsb on
STs'n,So the the air at ansie Which allowed
tSeTstor to drop into the midst Of, the flames.
NoEhe great streams n, were directed against
~ sheet q this dsIass e cold water stz!k.
inethe hot wall was instantly apparent the
District Engineer james Cunningham saw 1t
and shouted:
He ran. aud SO did patt Van Cott the fore
man OF Engine 2, and several OF his mon; Tho
others did not hear Cunningham's words. At
and that gave renewed impetus to the bullying
Msalso., Chief Meyins shouted:
With that he ieaped into the slip. Tho others
9 sso s sn We him. 4 S.E least d0f fSe
Mll fell. covering the pier whore they had
stood with fragments of rock, and bales OF
Hs slns f mus% Lafc s y Of Enslne neg; rss
nent Of stone struck him on the hip as he
kaped. ,,. A., o,
body There is dry dock in the clip. and
to it SS S9ss ty Chit Ney
sSSd reach them The Seth Low Steamed d. fore
sysra ab Of a0 f Ssn
fou! 's s Se boats vess PUT out aF from ON
gct one s Else was hurt much Chief Sevins had
got . blow on tho leg which was very painful
work again. District Engineer Doyle had a
pt FD If as c" th Ts
physicians present. however. found that no
one was much hurt except, Laf1erty. He was
One Of his hips was disiocated. The other
bruised men went back to work again but
Of tho
The incident got into town in greatly exag-
e.rated shane; and as result half the ambu-
llo'clock the fire was entirely under control |
Chief Neyins. with IN , oyertoat buttoned over
he mortar, used in, the building was ,respon;
tulge1 and fell. The ruins: indeed: presented
stone. no mattor how small. was totally sep
.rated from every other. and almost no NOR
o.RsSnlar Buddsnsiek mortar that," said
E.ior my having two baths this morning.
Necut,inc. said to a reporter that the loss on
" building would be b about $40 sl%oo9 or ST.
until he saw the hooks to-day. 1Ie thought
ttecotton was all insured by the owners: The
police said there were 5000 bales OF cotton in
the building. worth about $3.50. 900.