New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-07
FIRE on CONEY ISLAND.
THE BIG WEST End HOTEL DNSlRolLU

p>yIL1oNs BrRHFp AND THE on'EEvAroEh
n,v,crp-r.1>, SAID TO RI OVER $1,000"
Xey.Y York., great summer pleasure ground ny Tho
20, Coney Island. was visited by fire hf
nigh, and before the namcI were under con
troll they had swept AWAY n nunner " Ia
mlliar landmarks. The fire started on tn' ,'u
~ IN. island most familiar to Ncv orhors' ah "'
v tlr hish wind and the tlndci lihc oh'ro'''" VI
bo ,nildlncs soon turned the deserted s"c'i'n h'o
,urr,co Among the building, which were destroyer
-r,e ,l. We,t End Hotel Joseph EarmpurS batAhS
r,oyll,n Dr. Albert Chambcrs's dru; STORE III VIM"
vas the rostonicc. Ten small b"hhlAH' "o'c as,
bnrnod 10 the ground, and the "oN'"o'A VI " Va
iron observatory WI, consumed Al 'h's UNIV VI "V
c,r coucy Island Is almost deserted. nnd everything
o ,,,ict there la4t night with the exception Of Ia"
t,a which was blowing gale whcI me alarm oi
Geo ,cus riyen The West End Hotel was twost"rS
ard basement frame structh'" 40 hy "o' 'c'''
-cparatcd from IT. by n narro" stree WIS Wv ~
- the Concy Island Athletic Cnb. 1t was saved ann
g. vos remarked that the Grcmcn displayed particular
,c,I and determination in the heht to preserve IT,
At the northwest corner oi snri ave "nu T'7"'"
, vo. rrodcrlcl, rurchamt's ha'room ana store.
rar, of IL stood Elcriard's barber shop. lh'h
oor,. pr Chombcrs's drug store WyaIrs candy store
and Mrs Gallaehcrs photograph gallery 10 the
oas. Of these stood the West End Hotel The ONLY
person in the hotel was the "a'cnian' '"!us
.nouck At G O'Clock DR.. Albert Chambers the
or,cc,st who IS also the postmaster, ana his w1fe
uont ont leaving tho drug store IN charge oi '"y'
Iy,o fire broke ont In the Doctors laboratory sho''N
ror ne went away Dr. John T. Ward, who ha1
ecu ,hn blaze pulled alarm from loN near bH'
or, three hos. companies and Nook and ladder re-
.nopdcd but tho flames urged on by the hcrce west
wind sprcad ~ though carried along by powder
,ro,n The drug store went up Ike IA lish, ana III
ct,cen uinucs the big hotel was burning. Ihe elc
vo,ors ond WOO work OF the observatory caught mr.
eor the aying sparks and conssmsd. Tn irnm"
+. of IRON and IS apparently unnjurcd IN" "'lO'r
eror, the orervniDry fcr upon Joseph Harm"nrN
,a,hinp uayilion which stood next to The east ann
,,os enecduy devOured. -Four or FIVE snaI buiiu'hR'
obout IT, which nrc used only In the summer uh''
went with IT, The now iron pier and its approa h'
Min adl0nrd the lsrncd space, were saVcu, uu'
I, locke. at one time Nhcn tre big hotel "h' n"'"
Inc n, If the whole place wonl go , .,,,
Ward was sent 10 n"ielihOiine VHhSc' ~" ~
mani. nj Bremen nnd apparatus went - "" nIe' i"'
T-,e n au were vigorous. lut mad" liue dnrrenen;
,hnr vent out All ;ho bIrned buildings except ",
mo,,r,s unvilon snd the observatory hcohs 10 '1"
~ ucKane For the last two Schs ons tit nntel nt3
- nIr, the management or Frederick W. ihrI "''s
r., nnrtner Mr. Childs, who has IA huihoei VI
, @ rants I'm this cty AZ the close VI !;st Ae1son
NJ pfu.r commit ed suicide In the ohcI OF Ir ios,
DIT M WcESnc sa,d after the IRE that his enuie os'
s ahnut Fl 80 900 He had abonl 5000" HiNiI"n
- everything burned The other loser "r ~ " Dr.
UW.ador,ck Uruchharit $500 + erhnrd sIo'p 49,
iomhnrs - 900: Andrew j. culver, on liz, hc ~ IT,
, ~ 100. Joseph Earm0ur, S2oooV' n"rIf ,s -, 10
io' al 900: Mrs Gallagher. S1oO All are '"o W ~
PARTIALLY Insured