Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-19
BIG FIRE IN GOTHAM
Whole Square Wiped Out in
ke~ York City
VERY HEAVY Loss SUSTAINED
me Firs Ca1xhs ia th~ Es<iae- ttosa
OF w.1-P.p~< Fsetorx--fsar
nsn Frobabis Cren.tsl

ths great drs of ISIS occurred this ssea-
lng. Ii sxtsnded from 81 Raphasl's
Ronss Cafbolic church on Fortisth
strsst. vest u One Hnadrsth avenue. to
the north side - kofty- second street
TIE loss sill aIaoant sell up into the
nalllioos. The IRE &as discovered At s.lo
. IA. by a satchman emploYed - Wal
lam Campbell 4 Co. wholesale manu-.
fsctarofs q eaii paper, az >cs. BIZ % ais
West Forty secund street. ani >o& S0o
- 5l3 West orty fest street The arc
started Ia the Boiler house and bad
xainsd great heaasay befors Il vas dis
covered IL spread To the adjoining
bnilslings occnPip,i BY Nevins ! hasi-
lad. alls1 wail paper manufacturers. on
Tenth avenue and Forty -sscond street.
Both Hfms we're entirely burned out
Other bai.diass burned werc. No. &c
West togty -seeon1 street. eccup.ed By DR..
L-ishtpn, No. - West Forty .sscoud
stree, o.scaPisd by J. Wheelihan: No.
SO West Forty second street. The 81
Rnphaels elab housf. No 5eD West
Forty second strect. dwelling. No. 5@-
Wesf Forty second sheet. occupied hy
r. " Collins. >o. West Forty. second
street. occupied by Arthur Shorts. all
q whica wrre totally Destroyed The
bsa-,ianx house fun ~ Mrs. ~ CronY
a. - Wesg Forty secoad streef was alfo
partially destroyed Tie iass sasiained
= Camrfrii * Go. is estimated at $50
GO BAT Mr. Campbell says that u vii
a. aear - he can figure up reach
s100Coo The zierc of the conlagra.
fioa Illuminated the atois sity. Fac
tories. tenement and private houses were
burned % tfc ground and the efforts %
me hfenlen Ncre directed early % pre-
venting the spread u Ire over the still
larger Territory.
Originated in an Engine Room
The iire originated IN the engine room
of Campbel 4 Co. manufacturers of
fne "a. paper sexton. the watchman
xho discovered the IRE. ran FOR a IRE
alarm box and sent in an alarm. He
then ran back 20 the building 10 warn
four other mcn y ho we're xorking there.
he fell Ia the hallway overcome by
snoke and policeman pulled him out
into the street where he sOon revived
ia a tWinkilug the whole building was
80 flames Tor - intihmmzble contents
proved tha readirst kind Of fuel. while a
sfrons breeze helped on the destruction.
The buildiug wSs eight stories IN height
ard was built of brick Ia the center
was = lofty eupela rising 20 the height
q forfy beet ahose the ROOT, Al which
was clock When the firemen sum
monelf by the tssf alarm reached the
scene they saw they had hard battle
o. tghf and I've alarms and the famous
rive ni1ss~ In succession were rung
On either side n the Cam pbcli factory
were a numher ~ dwelling houses The
occupants % these loft their housss. TAX
inz Nbat portable articles they could.
Or fe0 sainutes we're sufficient 20 tell
them that thcir houses were tlooued.
The flames spread Ia both directions On
the east. Immediately adjoining the lac
tory. was the -. kaphaei's club at
fached 20 81 kaphaeis church in West
fogticth street. No. 505. NEXT 10 the
club. was the house ~ Dr. Leighton. No.
5o@. a private dwelling. and The re-
msin1er q the block to IeGsh avenue
were devoted O. the i've story wall paper
factory u Neyins 8 tiaviiand. Within
hsA an hour after the FIRE started 10 had
hckcd al the houses between the two
large factories and the SevIns 4 Hsvi-
lsaa build * was ahlaxe.
FciI With a crash
Ths walls n TIE fsctory and the lofty
tower Vifh ~ clock lopgled over IN sue
esssive crsslies ard ioud e1plcsioos q
burning Chemicals cent sparks SWING in
sveff d.rect.or. Tbs walls % the Nev.ns
q u4vakni factory felt o1a after an
ether shortly after ihnee - the Camp
he'll iacfary had Aepue down. Ou the
we@f side ~ ths Campbell works
wts rov - rrivats dwellings and all
Nere eompicfslf dattroyei sasstw The
sianagr ~ tBe hrc ou West Forty frat
street in the rear ~ rIe Campbell
ftctsfg sas about equal o. that In
Nsss Forty -sacond streei Tho immense
as story cabinet eofss George 1chastey
. ~ars Manufacturing company on the
south srie ~ that stree. sas caught hy
the hsu~s ir ne early staxee = tbe con.
tsgratsen ard snceumted completely.
v toewfTs Gsmbrius brewery GA the
uerfh siie cf The stfeet SIS saved bat
f1e engine honsr coerected With q vas
siesirnYssl Levers stable and hfteeu
hof~es tbas acre staresi fhcrs were
burned white sNn tensaient houses GA
the nerth st - acre coasnnca
In tne re1f 20 the FBtinef worxs q
SetasieF q Sers Fronting Fortiefh
street. 4 sA kRFhses. charrh ser.
vfa.a xere te.nf held ia thi. church.
T1e priest va r fbe scf - rfenouaring
tar benasiic...a ehsr TIE ghu7eh ri4huht
IRE ffnm fhe rese The et.1Erarstlf.n
dispefss,l aaisfif Fhe buUdirz wa
roT maeh asmtxegl
tssfrnsfe ~ Las<ez
Tte estimated l,sses are Campleli
= Co. tstoDa alfhnuxh Mr. tampreli.
whe Was On he ersaad. aaid that his
foss 49, naf iees thaa s3oo1 af. aad
xss covered ~ enlF &soetl insurance.
>eeina a Hasasad. s1tfoo. tne pri
vsie hseeee en Frrfy ~ecend street
sH0Ho- ~ehasfaq r ~erR S1tlu0.
toeNef. tsewerv. t.fisss. tao irueuant
teates. f1aesh hendines oo Tenth
srssne. hetwe~a tcYtietb ana Forty
trtrat strsets psincipaiiy tenement
frases ara stores sif0lcl hcuefe and
fse'erits oa fhe ncffh sl,ie = Fcsfr.
sfef cn TIE east sAie - feuth snd
the trpfs siN e fsrtg srst ~trret.
whlrh xers tl.-seresf an5 erac k,.,3 I5yrShe
tsat f.st ~urh 49, ths eztimatr q
tha iese srrn ~ a rocservstise msB
Who tfcueh faees txukNs ~ lav
~ ben N l,e sfsrf.f.i fhrra 80 n fhe
Canrceil faftafy fnnr aseu aha sere
fsiae ewes nnse. rkess eule nirh.
49, -teerers ffaa-s Hanhrttx Ietn
tfN ard uaa xtt.@ ea.ise = eot
kset etnrz tsF es s,4l emh
thsir sves EDS snpxa
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80 Bc,ter r~afrL