Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-10-26
COSTLY CONFEDERATION.


The Most Destructive Fire In New York
City Since 1S58-The Entire City Hunt.
mated by tho Light of Burning FactorIes
dences-The Losses Will Reach Into the
Millions.
NEW YORK. Oct 19.-One of the most
destructive fires this city has seen since
the great fire of 1858, occurred last
evening. The fire extended from St
RaphaeTs Roman Catholic church, on
Fortieth street, west of Tenth avenue,
to the north side of Forty-second
street. The loss will amount well up
into the millions The fire was discov-
cred at $40 p. M. by a Waterman en-
ployed by William Campbell & Co.,
wholesale manufacturers of wall pa
pers, at 512 to 51S West Forty-sec-
ond street, and SIS to 51s West
street The fire started in the
boiler house, and had gained
great Roadway before it was
discovered. 1t spread to the adjoining
building, occupied by Nevins & Havi-
land, wall paper manufacturers, on
Tenth a venue and Forty street.
Both firms were entirely burned out,
Other buildings burned were $50 West
Forty-second street, occupied by DIR.
Leighton; So West Forty-second street,
occupied by ]. Whelihan; the ST. Ra-
phael club house; $40 West Forty-sec-
ond street, a dwelling, and 524 West
Forty-second street, occupied by NJ. C.
Guier, all of which were totally de.
stroyed. The boarding house run by
Cronick at 500 West Forty-second
street was also partially destroyed.
The loss sustained by Campbell &
Co. is estimated at $500, 900, but Mr..
Campbell says that it will, as near as
he can figure up, reach $4,000, 900.
Messrs. Nevins G. Haviland lost S175,-
600. and George A. Shirley s. Sons, s25,
900.
The fire illuminated the whole city,
factories. tenement houses and private
dwellings were burned to the ground
and the efforts of the fremen were di-
rected entirely to preventing the spread
over larger territory.
The fire originated in the engine
COON of Campbell Bros. Bexton, the
Waterman, who discovered the fire,
ran for fre-alarm box. He fell in
the hallway overcome by smoke. and a
policeman pulled him out into the
moment the whole building was in
flames, for its inflammable con-
tents presented the easiest kind of
fuel. The building was eight stories
in height, and was built of brick. In
to the height of forty feet above the
roof, in which was clock.
When the 6remen summoned by the
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they had hard battle to fight and
five alarms and the famous ''two-
Mines in succession were rung.
On either side of the Campbell fac
tory were q number of dwelling
houses. The occupants of these left
their homes, taking what portable
articles they could, for few minutes
were sufficient to tell them that their
homes were doomed. The flames
spread in both directions.
On the east, Immediately adjoining
the factory. was the ST. Raphaers club,
attached to st. Raphael's church.
Next to the club was the house of DIR.
Leighton, So, private dwelling, and
the remainder of the block to Tenth
avenue was devoted to the fve-story
wallpaper factory of Nevins & Havi-
land. Within halt an hour after the
fire started it had licked up all the
houses between the two large factories
and the Nevins & Haviland building
was ablaze. 1t burned like finder, and
there was no hope of saving it from the
very first.
The Campbell factory extended back
TO Forty-frst street, and before the
firemen fully appreciated the situa-
tion other buildings on Forty-frst
street had taken fire. The walls of
the factory and the lofty tower with
its clock toppled over in successive
crashes. and loud explosions of burning
chemicals sent sparks flying in every
direction.
The walls of the Nevins & Haviland
factory fell one after another shortly
after those of the Campbell factory
had gone down. On the west side of
the Campbell works was a row of pri-
waite dwellings, 522, 524, $50 and 52S, land
occupied by F. N. Buskirk, Arthur
Short, Mrs. McGuier and Mrs. Cronin,
respectively. ALI were completely de-
stroyed save the two last named. The
damage by the fire on West Forty-first
street in the rear of the Campbell fac
tory was about equal to that ia Forty
second street
The immense six-story cabinet works
of Geo. Shastey & Co. Manufacturing
Co. on the south side of that street was
caught by the flames in the early stages
of the conflagration and succumbed
completely. Loewers' Gambrinus brew
cry, on the north side of the street,
was saved, but the engine house con-
nected with it was destroyed. Loew-
ers' stables and fifteen horses were
burned, while two tenement houses on
the north side were consumed.
Selling Captives Into Slavery.
LONDON, Oct. IA special to the
Times from Calcutta says it is stated
that the Ameer of Afghanistan is SELL
ing as slaves the prisoners who were
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