The record-union., 1892-01-22
Special TO the REcorn-IrxrnN

NEW YORK, Jan. 2i.--Snortly before
noon, when upper Broadway was crowded
With shoppers, fire broke out IN the
! basement Of hugo tive-story stone-1ront
building, running from Fifth Avenue 10
Union Square. Before the tirenlen ar
rived the fire had extended al: through
three cellars, and smoke was pouring OF;
ofevery window. The building is fanked
on the LETT side by Tifany's jewelry
house and on the right by the handsome
Lincoln offices. The lower floor of !
Union Square, is occupied by Brentano's
book establishment.
The fire started in the basement OF
Schneider IL Campbell, gas fixtures.
The fire walls on either side confined the
flames to the building in which they
originated, and within an hour and halt
the firemen had it under control. The
loss on the building was about So, 900.
Tiffany's was protected by pulling down
the shutters. When the fire broke out
| BrentanO'S front was efectually wrecked,
and their loss will be 100000. Jeweler
Arms loses $4,000; Leon Rheims, i'm
porter Of millinery, S300,0Q0; Schneider &
Campbell, 100000; Samuel Green, dec
orator, $4,000. A number of smaller
| loses will bring the total up to about halt
q million; well insured.
AN APPALLING FIRE IN INDIANAPOLIS
! INDIANAPOLIS Ind.), Jan. pa. M
| One Of the most appalling fires in the his
/ tory of Indianapolis occurred late last
! night. The National Surgical Institute.
one of the most famous of its kind in this
country, was burned to the ground. The
fire started at midnight in the Office ofthe
! building. Above the offices were the
| NNra ride hn hos mott IL
was discovered few minutes before mid
night issuing from an advertising room
! believed to have been caused by SpOn-
! taneouS combustion, and in fifteen min
utes the whole lower floor was in flames
The attendants barely awakened ali pa
| tients, and IN the halls and upper rooms
| pandemonium reigned. Shrek after
! shrek for help went up as the inmates
realized their terrible situation. In few
minutes white faces could be seen at each
window of the large building, and the I'M
! fortunate creatures yelled beSeeching aD-
peals to those below for aid. The police
| tiremen and attendants worked diligent-
ly, and many persons were removed from
| the burning building in a short time
The patients who were able to get about
at all assisted nObly in the work ofrescue
The view III the halls and one of the
! stairways before the fire was communi-
Gated to the main building furnished 9
weird sight. Patients wrapped in bed
clothing crawled and helped themselves
along from one floor and one landing tc
another. Cots were hurriedly con
structed from mattresses, and the police
men and firemen carried the rescued
across the street TO the new annex. Those
seriously burned in the hands and limbs
are numerous.
At $50 A. NJ. it was stated that two
women who jumped from the windows
were dead. 1t is also reported that sew
eral dead bodies have been found in the
debris. The fire is now under control.
! LATER.-3 A. MIR. Allen, proprietor
/ of the Institute, at this hour feels certain
that there are several dead bodies in the
main building and several more in the
annex. 1t is also stated that at least six
children were suifocated in one of the
! rooms.