The evening world., 1892-01-21
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MILLION CONE
Condagration in the
Tiffany Block on
Union Square.
Brentano's Big Stationery and
Book Store Gutted.
TIifany's and Mrs. Lynch's Jew
eIy Stores |mperil|ed.
Schneider & CampheII's BrIc-a.Brac and
Art Rooms Destroyed.
Half the City's Fire Force Trying to
Save the Block.
TIifany's and Mrs. Lynch's Jew
eIy Stores |mperi||ed.
Schneider & CampheII's BrIc-a.Brac and
Art Rooms Destroyed,
Half the City's Fire Force Trying to
Save the Block.
Five Alarms, Twenty-Five Engines
and q Great Force OF Police.

Five alarms OF fire following each other in
quick succession brought score or more en-
gines, the water tower, three hook and ladder
companies and several trucks to a great con-
Migration on Union square Just after 12
O'Clock to-day.
The large building which Is sandwiched In
between Tifrany's and the new Lincoln Build
Ing at the corner Of Fourteenth street on the
west side OF the square was on tire.
The flames had broken out in the basement
or subcellar Of Nos. Z and Union Square,
which is occupied by Schneider, Campbell &
Co., manufacturers OF gas fixtures, clocks,
bric-a. brac and artistic bronzes, whose sales
room is on the ground floor.
No. 8 Union square is occupied by Brentano,
the well known bookseller and sJationer.
Jeweler o. X. W. Worms also occupied
part OF the ground floor.
II was said that the fre started among
some packing material away back in the
basement, where It seemed to be burning
iurlously, for It made dense smoke which
penetrated every part OF the building and
quickly drove out all the tenants.
The location OF the fire is very difflcult for
the bremen t. get at It, and their efforts
seemed to have no effect IN checking the
headway OF the flames.
TWO FRONTS OF FLAME.
The building has frontage OF about 10
feet on Union square aud extends back into
the block for nearly l75 feet
There 1t forms IN a." and comes out at
No. 20 East Fifteenth street. 1t Is OF brick,
with n light brown.stonc front, and had a
uniform height OF iiye stories, on both Broad
way and Fifteenth street sides.
The other occupants OF the building are
Louis Rhcim, importer OF millinery cords, on
the second floor; Charles Bentley, msnufac-
turer of decorative needle work, on the third
floor, and samuel Green, importer and dealer
IN dress trimmings, on the fourth floor. The
top loft Is vacant.
As soon as the flames started the smoke
burst ut the same time from tho cellar gra-
tings on Union square and In Fifteenth
street.
The centre OF tn 20 flre seemed 70 10 nearer
the Fifteenth street end ; as nearly rs the
firemen could locate It II was right In the
angle OF the " l. already described.
The smoke was so dense and poured out In
such volumes that the men were not able u
get single stream upon the flames, though
water was poured into the cellar from both
ends OF tho building in the hope OF drowning
out the fire.
BKESrANo's GONE.
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