The evening world., 1893-10-19
WAS A MIGHTY FIRE.
The Flames Did Enormous
Damage Last Night.
Property Worth Millions Destroyed
Families Made Homeless.
Locking for Missing 3ien This
Mornins,

A crowd of at least fifteen thou
and people Was congregated this
morning around the block bounded
by Forty-irs. and Forty-second streets
and Tenth and Eleventh avenues. gaz-
ing wonderingly at the blackened ruins
Of one OF the largest, most destructive
aid costliest fires that New York has
suffered in over a decade.
Buildings. some OF them OF recent con-
%struction. covering q total area OF over
81, coo square feet. were totally destroyed.
Fifty families were rendered homeless
and many of them destitute, and over
! 900 hands were thrown u of employ
mont just at the beginning OF the most
trying season Of the year by the confia-
grafton.
A conservative estimate places the
loss at 5000, 900, over one-hah Of which
Is sustained by William Campbell. the
millionaire wallpaper manufacturer, and
Haviland & Nevin, who were in the
same business.
Five flreme1 were injured, several Sc
riously, but SO far as can be ascertained
there was no loss OF life.
The injured are:
81 Robert q WaIlaee, t%hirty.ave years old,
~ ~ ~
Engine Company &c, hip broken and
BENJAMIN i: Hadas, tw%enty.nine years
attached to Engine Company Is. has his
knee d~isloeated, head and arms cut and
Fire Captain CARNEY. engine 20, body
Edward Lone, engine 20. jaw bone
fractured and head cut.
All the injured men were attached to
~ ens, the ef sillns IN 2st., They GOAL ws sSed hurt on
the ..ai fire. .H N the Sei rear s's y 5t W Pssy' Fert Sn
first street shortly after midnight.
as JShn Brill. John yanbrick ana Rich.
Ing when the fire broke. ont. They could
me- ing % and a9u1 me up pu a1 y ''ea slhed th eur marn,
that they had been burned to death,
but police investigation failed to add
90 sSnh not believ to t the r meS we rse ii 0, lice
building; but are making a thorough in.
v~estiga ton notwithstanding.
The fire broke but in the engine-room
Of $40 West Forty-second street and
near West Forty-first street. at $40
II was d,s.ov.r.d hv po,,,.,,., uor,
Of the West Thirty-seventh street sta.
windows of the building 563 West Forty.
frst street. He tried the doors. found
alarm. Before he engines came ~rattIIng
up to the scene the entire mandatory,
which extends from 500 to b26 West
i tSrf fees ON t sstres stev with s z sfrSS nta .S Of
through to Forty-first street from 500
along for nearly half the block.
me buildings and machinery had just
and the stock and storage rooms were
full Of manufac tured paper and mater.
ials; They ignlted almost with the
i IaRisaas Of ser 4 p0g " Su trhin and %ea al 6 The
complete mass OF muiti-colored flames In
less than thirty mlnuets.
rlre alarms were turned In, but be.
firemen summoned had arrived at the
scene, the paper factory plant was
nearly Destroyed, and other buildings
We're abiaze nc sending out threaten
ing tongues OF Name towards contiguous
The next building to shoot out flames
81 mre was the factory of Haviland &
This was also stocked with paper, Chem.
icals and other infammabie materials,
n II burned with lightning like rapid
In less than an hour both factories
were totally destroyed, representing a
total investment Of over 81, hoo, 900.
IL was a veritable carnival of flames.
seeding edifasaH IN e exfent nnd r ai,sIlInS: e n
beauty the grandest ever produced by
superficial products.
The army OF fremen seemed powerless
to prevent the spread Of the. flames,
were burning. notwithstanding that a
water tower and twenty engines were
pouring cataracts of water upon them.
| TWO tenements In Forty-first street,
one on either side of Campbeli's fac
tory fell prey to the consuming mon
One was of brick and three stores
high. and was occupied by six fam
lies. That was on the east side and
was a roaring mass OF flames almost
before the tenants could get out into
me street with their clothing and a
The, furniture, excepting a few chairs
and bedticks, was all consumed, and
is a total loss to the owners, none OF
whom had any insurance.
and three stories high. The basement
was occupied as a saloon by Jacob
Johannes. n the remainder of tho
building by five families.
Both. these houses were owned by
Nj. Campbell. and the mar were
To the west OF this was the little one
story brick office building OF Vaientin,
Loewer's brewery.
The magnificent grewery building was
Itself was next and right in the line OF
tho marching flames, which had marche'
for nearly $50 feet. At this point 8 en-.
CINE company stationed themselves, viii
Chief Bonner In personal command.
They fought with might and main for
nearly an hour before they Withdrew
cent structure Of brick and granite
was safe. Had this building caught lire
nearly another million dollars might be