New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-23
A SETTLEMENT FROM G. w. ALEXANDER.
HE DENIES TINT HE WAS BURNED OUT FOUR
TIMES-wHNr FIREMEN AND OTHERS SAY
ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE BLAZE


ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE BLAZE
IN THE BOOKBINDERY.
George W. Alexander. whose big booklindcry at
no los West Eightccnh-st. vas destroyed by fire
on Wednesday afternoon, wishes To contradict the
statement made by some OF the New-lork news
papers OF yesterday that he had been burned out
four times In his business career. Mr. Alexander
says that hc did not occupy the old CnNon Building.
at Centre and Leonard SITS. AZ the time OF Its de-
sirncon by fire. The building. he says, was oc-
c,iplcd ly H. S. Archer. lie also declares that the
booldndcrv In Five Points. destroyed about eight or
ten wears ago was owned by Benedict & Valentine.
The Information concerning the Cenrest.. Five Points
and "Century' Building fires was obtained from fire.
men, Insurance pitrolmen and policemen on duty
NJ the blaze In Elgiteenth.st. Several members OF
the insurance patrol. iremcn and policemen With
whom Tribune reporter talked Inst night 10 the
course Of his Investigation on the subject recalled
fire which broke ont In CeUirrst. between Worth ana
Leonard Sts on . Christmas Eve about twenty
years ago. They assert that one Of the establish
mcnts DESTROYED In that frr hoc'ilan1sry. and
that the boollirdcry was owned 10y man named
Alexander The sin larty OF name may have led to
confusion. In this fire moro thnn twenty girls lost
their vrs. They also recall the destruction OF
book,indcry In the Five Points district several years
later and in this also they that the business
vas owned by a Mr.. Alexander. but they are unable
at this dstanor Of time 70 recnll Mr.. A'exandcr's
initials This may In again merely a similarity OF
name. The destruction n George ". Alexander's
propcrty in the old Century building. North Union
Souarc Is q matter ~ recent record The Tribune
did not say that all OF that any OF these three
fire. had originated IN Mr. AlcXander's premises and
IS anxious t. do any injustice To Mr.. Alexander.
Here Is Mr. Mcxander's signed statement IN full
have not been burned out four stated
DID not occupy the old Ioxton Building az Centre and
Leonard ts al the tine destruction by fire. That
building was occupied by II. >. Archer. never hal an
establishment at Five Points The burned that
locality and referred 10 in your article was owned by
Benedict Valentine. Thi. the nrst fire that ever
originated IN establishment. The boy Irving not
injured and his not In sling. nor Is that Of any
other boy.
Nv foreman and Mr.. Storm. assisted by other men IA
ms employ OF the the risk OF their
own liyes Every was gotten out. ana but that
OF the jumped from the IRE escape there would
have been one injured.
Hannah Van Ordcn. one ~ the women who Jumped
from "A fourth.s.oIy window Of the bo0kbndery 10
snve themselves from being burned to death IN the
building dicd the New York Hospital early yestcr
dny morning. She WIS forty. eight years old. and
lived at 80 3o5 West Elevcath.st. Mary Mcnamara
and Annie 1immchs wrr, nj the hospital yesterday and
their Injuries we're said to be dhnecrous ba, there
wa hope Tor their recovery, Mary fiizpairiek vas
removed 70 her home I'm East twenty ninth ST.. and
wa. said TO be- recovering.
\ number Of thu young women who escaped I'm
Innri from the ~ the ruins oi the building
I'm Eighteenth 81 Yesterday. and said that they might
have escaped without scrcus trouble but thu doors
locked by the engineer. nobi"r the engineer
said that the doors closed 10 keep the dramght
away from The fire bnt moi locked. The wonleil
might have cot put without injury II they had used
tie ire escapes h. added. report that Catherine
,yadl"ica Yesterday. wien II was said that she had
ret y her home