Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-19
REVEL OF FLAMES.
New York Visited by a Great
Corllagration.
TWO WALL PAPER FACTORIES RAzED

Large Number OF Residences aud Tene-
ments Also Swept Awsy-Tenants Driven
Into the Streets With Little OF Their
Property-A Church Club House Des-
troyed-four Lives Perhaps Sacrificed
Losses Foot Up over a Million.
NEW YORK. Oct. l9.-One OF tn. most
destructive fires this city has seen since
the great fire OF lS5s occurred last even
ing. 1t extended from st Raphael's
Roman Catholic church on Fortieth street.
west of One Hundred and Tenth avenue
TO the north side of Forty-second street.
The fire originated in the engine
room OF Campbell * Co. manu-
facturers of fine wall paper In
twinkling the whole building was in
flames. for its intlanmable contents proved
the readiest kind of fuel. while a strong
breeze helped on the destruction. The
building was eight stories in height and
built OF brick Ia the center was a lofty
cupola rising 10 the height Of forty feet
above the roof. IN which was clock.
When the firemen summoned by the first
alarm reached the scene they saw they
had hard battle u fight and five alarms
and the famous Two mines" in succession
were rung.
Some of the Buildings Burned.
The flames rapidly spread 10 the aajoin-
ing buildings occupied by Nevins & Havi-
land, also wall pape~ manufacturers, on
Tenth avenue and Forty -second street.
Both firms were entirely burned out
Then ii destroyed all the buildings on
W est Forty street from 506 TO go
inclusive, mostly all tenemen;s or resi-
deuces and including st. Raphael's club
house, besides partly destroying 52S "a
boarding house. The occupants Of the
dwelling houses left their homes. taking
W hat portable articles they could, for a
few minutes were sufficient to tell them
that their nonses were doomed Within
half an hour after the fire started it had
licked up all the houses between the two
large factories and the NevIns * Haviland
building was ab!aze 1t burned like tin
der and there was no hope of saving It
from the very first.
Extended over to Forty-first.
The damage by the fire on West Forty
first rect, in the rear OF the Campbell fac
tory, was about equal to that in West
Forty-Second street. The immense six
story cabinet works of George Schastey *
Sons Manufacturing company, on the
south side OF the street, WAS caught by the
flames in the early stages of the confiagra-
ton and succumbed completely. V.
Loewer's Gambrinus brewery on the north
side of the ST. eet was saved but the engine
house connected with il vas destroyed.
Loewer's stable and fifteen horses that
were stabbed there We're burned, while two
tenement houses on the north side were
consumed.
Eour Lives May Have Been Lost.
When the lire started there were in the
Campbell factory four men who were
working overtime These were Richard
Stegers. James Bar brick, John Brill and
a man whose name i not known. Whether
they escaped with their lives : not known
for Sexton. the Waterman, was overcome
while attempting 10 warn them. The
widest excitement prevailed among the
tenants in the many tenements near by
during the progress of the fire. A number
of children and old women were taken out
bodily from one OF the houses on the north
side of Fort y-srcond street when It was be.
lieved that block would 20 Town.
over n Million ia Lusses
The estimated lyssrs are: Campbell &
Co, $500, COO, although Mr. Campbell, who
was on the ground. sHid that his loss was
not less than $2,Oo0,0OO, and was covered
by only 500. QUO insurance; Eevins & Havi-
land, 900. UOo; the private houses on Forty
second street, Sl5n,O0l; Schastey & Sons.
S25, 900; Lowers brewery. $50, 900; two tene-
meut houses. $50, 900; buildings on Tenth
avenue between Fortieth and Forty-second
streets, principally tenement houses and
stores, SlOOu0G; houses, tenement and fac
tories on the north side of Forty
street. on the east side of Tenth avenue
and the sout" side of Forty first street
which were blistered and cracked by the
heat, $4,000 This makes a grand total OF
81, 1875, eco