New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-13
y. M. KELLEY SUSPENDED.
REPORT OF THE BUILDINGS BUREAU.
SEEKING TO FIX THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
unTET ROYAL, FIRE.


HOTEL ROYAL FIRE.
Colonel Carl Jussen secretary Of the Board OF Fire
Commissioners. gave out yesterday afternoon the
formal report received from Mr.. Brady in regard
10 fre-e,capes on the Hotel Royal This report was
made In writing to the Fire COMMISSIONERS VINO
after hearing it read took up the case OF Inspector
Kelley. The report follows
respectfully report that have examined lle runs
and that part Of we buildings which rennneu hy
lug known d. the Hotel Royal, located al ol4tn"No,
and tortietl ST. and which was destoyeuf W. psrnIs
February T. 1867 and a. which NUMBER oi 49,. .
lost their lives. / would state that Il! INC uih1
OF my nrst visit, IN SUNDAY February t :, io1
found freescapes on the wall fronting on tWucti.st'
consisting hon balconies with iron ladder connect
ing The lcOe at s sec S n@ af f porO Su' OF H the
building projected BY nIee,capes, cohsh ti1g VI
balconies. at zach story connected Sit iron nn ,
windows of tfat portion OF The building WHICH, IT,
Tle front wall facing Slxth-ave had fallen, except
about twenty feet at the south end 1old ue Wall,
OF the ruins unsafe and with Chef bonner alleeteu
that the dangerous walls be taken down. Haue 1t
careful inquiry to the fire escapes on tie Dnlu,ns
and SEARCHED the records OF The bureau oi & n
OF BUILDINGS with a view determining what hie
escapes the building at the tine Of tie mr.
found thet recscpes had been Reported by spech?r
ScatOn June IL 1855 ~ have been PVVldeu on ms
direction OF Superintendent D0eneh. TAKE In tle
three centre windows on the si1utaVe lohI aso
frc-escape on the FOrtiethst front aning IN wihdOws
to . Inclusive. easerly from siXthavc. also 10 OK
afnd tb the hate fp% on Nc 6ss Which
notice was served the owners of the said building
found that, according 10 the bureau records the
escapes had been provided and That tie case was
dismissed June II, 1856. by Inspector Scatoh'
on February 6, 1892. examined ScatOn Is to his re-
port regard to said fire escapes and he stated posi-
lively that The horoscopes had been pfoVded as al
recteh.
then called Inspector Daniel NJ Kelley. who mas
charge Of the district at the present Tune; and eN,
amincd him o. 10 the tire-cScapes on the hotel ana
found that Keeey had ordered balconies on the For
tiehst front to be connected with stairs He had
examined the building carefully on March Is, 1eoo
and was conversant with the building. lie stated
further that there escapes the Sixthave
front. / then examined officers Cf the uniformed
force to determine whether not there were escapes
the slxtlave. front. They all stated that there
were none. / also called the Central Iron Works,
No. 2O3 East Thirtcthst. who had taken tie contract
on December :, 1885. They had put up irecScape'
TO No. 602 Sixth-avc. They also stated that there
were no escapes the siXthave side. On February
and told him that had evidence that there were no
escapes on the sixthave front. and he admitted TINS
70 be truo and that he had known all along and tat
his report of June IL, 1oS6. was false. preferred
charges against him before the Board of Fire Commits
soners. where he admitted his report to hove been
false in the presence of CHEF Bonner and the whole
Board. HIS dsmis al was then recommended. and he
was dismissed after opportunity to defend himself
In rgard to Inspector Kelley. will state that HE
far a. ! can learn ard hiS a mistake IN
judgment in not recommending additional Mr. eHapeS.
/ have not fully determined his responsibility. lie
has been summoned before the Board of FJe Com
f''''" THOMAS J. BRADY.
Mr.. Kelley ut appeared before the Fire Com
on the Sixthave. side unnecessary The
board Immediately suspended hin pending investiea-
ton.
Fire Marshal James Mitchell has finished his in
vesugations. The report will be filed this morn
ing he says. From the manner OF Mr.. Mitchell 1t
was inferred that something of Il startling nature
might be expected