New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-12
OVERCOME BY SMOKE.
FIREMLN HAVE A HARD FIGHT WITH AN
EAST SIDE BLAZE.
BURNING STORAGE WAREHOUSE FILLS THE
AIR WITH PCNGENT ODOEs-DANAGE
ABOUT $50 coo.

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AIR WITH PrNGENT oDoEs-DAMAGE
ABOUT $50 coo.
Chief Bonner and his men had "A long and hard
fight yesterday with OF the hottest fires
they have encountered in many months. The blaze
in the old fve-Story brick building Nos. 2o6 and
2os south-st with frontage of 100 feet and running
back seventy-fve feet through Clinton to Watcr-st
The place is owned and un storage warehouse by
George Il. Hobby. who inherited I'll" business from
his father. James H.. the firm title being J. II.
Hobbv's SON In the building stored as
sortmcnt of merchandise consisting OF tobIcco coffee
pepper tea. cotton. rattan mating and printing
paper. owned by about twenty different firms.
How or where the fire originated is unknown. The
house employed day watchman and the building
was closed when. at half past O'Clock, some
sailors and loneshorcmen lounsng on the steamship
piers facing the building smoAc rolling from The
windows on the top floor at the northeast corner.
They ran 10 tho ireboX Oh the opposite corner and
as they crossed the street the cracking OF glass in
the upper windows showed That the fire inside
RACED Hcrcey. When the ircmcn who responded 10
the first call reached the spot tongues of flame were
curling around the corners OF the iron shutters
that covered every window on the lower nOofN, anu
the shutters were red hot.
The close proximity of the bic coast steamboat,
and the great briggs storage hou>c to say nothing
Of thc infammable material stored in the building,
Obliged tie frcmcn to send ont three alarms. and
Chief Eonncr presently in command and directing
the operations
The iron shutters were the worst OF all the OBJ
,taclcs the hremen had TO meet. For nearly IN
hour the hook and ladder mon beat with hatchct and
axe at these shutters In the endclvOr to fore, an
openng As the shutters were forced open one
By one water was poured through the window ANA
after "A time abou, thirty streams were playing III
the building To add 10 the diihcnliy c ma ol
suroca,ng smoke combining the elements o tobacco.
htrst from
streets choking and binding everybody it reached.
Mr. Bonner, in the hope OF getting Il more elective
play Oh the flames, had sent a number ol men To
the roof to force opening. BIT the Smoh" was Inc
stronger. BrveH the men bailed TO get their
lines in position until II last sickcncd, and only
half conscious, they driven be TX and compelled
TO scramble the ladders to The ground I" save
their lives No one, however suffered any serious
injury except one man attached TO Engine NO. L. VINO
after being treated by ambulance surgeon from
tiouverne,r Hospital taken back to the sta-
tOn.
While the frcmeu hard at work powerful
,einforcements reached the spot Tn" New YORKER
the uayemeyer and the police boat Patrol steamed
up the rirer and took positions directly mci"s 'h'
roR1 oN Of ,1s % CSsYs came five biz .ucamonc
of those rising high abovc the toh & OF me puds ,i
hntcd three streams and The aro & 'M" Wono.r c,n,a
that two noors-thc fourth and NTH mad been 'i
tircly burned out. While the building all through -
practically a wreck. Tn. damage TO III" STOCK Ahu
nuding covered by Insurance. WI pioJaDN ho'
exceed :lJO.0o IN
At O'Clock this morning Chief Eohncr was sun
In command OF the fire. At that iiEi' th"F" Wet"
ten lines Of hose playing from III" rooi "i i&it ~ 'lu
ing on the north. These line, w'r' snpiI' from
thc two frcboats. New lortcr and lia,en">cr.
Chief Bonner expected that al any mom'h' tn'
walls of the building would fall. ana not Il man
was allowed TO enter the burning building.
The number Of men overcome by snloh, l. 50 sf'i'
k1 fnr
day upon uptown companies 10 NIL th" Vachhci"s
made.