New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-25
IT WAS A COSTLY SMOKE.
CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO IN FLAMES.

THE STOCK OF DAVID AND MAX BUCHNER. IN
MULBERRY-sT. DEsTRoYED-TIREE HUN
. DIED PEOPLE oUT OF WORK.
| Mulberry Bend last night was treated to d big
! blaze Within little moro than an hour tobacco
stock worth 100000 went up in flames. The
fire was in the siy-story red brick building Nos.
| 1873 to 137 Mulberry-st.. used by David and
| Man" Buchner tobacco factory. For many
years this bull ling, the home Of the Morning
| Glory The Finest and the Gold Coin y
chewing and smoking mixtures. has been d strk-
ing feature in that district of the city, standing
out in fine contrast to the poor tenement houses
surrounding II on all sides The firm gave en-
ployment to nearly four hundred men. women
and girls, who are out Of work
| 1t about half-past o'clock when the
workers finished the days labor and filed out Of
the building into the street. Ten minutes later
Jacob Braun the old night watchman was
the only person IN the house Braun was ac-
customod to make his first tour of the building
Just after the employees had left it, Yesterday, as
usual. Braun went to the basement and began
possible lighted matches or the ends of half
smoked cigarettes. Apparently he did not notice
the dull odor that hai begun TO fill the building
He might have gone on his way in ignorance Of
the flame now growing fierce had not the shouts
of the children playing in the street outside at
tracted his attention.
James DOYLE and Henry Goldberg two boys
employed By John OxX, who's" stable in Baxter-t
adi ioins the factory, while at work had noticed
three columns of flame winding crooledly up the
rear walls. They hurried to Mulberry-st., whcrc
they almost into the arms OF Michael White.
policeman OF the Tenth Precinct. White
rushed to box No. l6s. at Mulberry and Grand
sts and sent ont the first alarm.
During all this time old Braun stumbling
I'D the stairs to find the fire. lie did not travel
far however. On the north side of the third
floor, near the freight and passenger elevator,
was mass of fame rising 10 the ceiling from
led Of rubbish in the corner. With the smoke
pouring down his throat and forcing tine tears
10 his eyes. Braun somehow got 10 the street
just as the first engine and hook and ladder
company dashed up to the building In
fortunately the wind from tn" northwest stimuli
tancously with the outbreak Of the flames fresh
ened into stiT breeze and famed the iirc
The airslaft had carried tie flames through the
third. fourth, fifth and sixth stories OF the
buildinr. The wind drove them from the north
crn to the southern end, and thence across the
narrow; roadway There within five minutes, the
1remcn were confronted with almost solid mass
OF fire Long before this. Chief Bonner. arriving
on the spot after the second alarm, had sent
out a third. fourth and fifth call. soon water
from twenty three engines and two towers was
fighting with the flames. The extra call, not
only sent extra engines TO the place. bat detach-
mrnts Of police from the Fifteenth Tenth, Sixth.
Eighth and Fifth precincts ran 70 the burning
buildinI ana under the directions of Captains Dev-
cry and Creeden cared for the Italians and Poles
packed like rabbits in the tenement houses adj
joining the building on two sides. Some OF the
| italians filed in Indian fashion along the Side
walks carrying their household goods. IN" women
staggering under the masses of bedding, the men
laboriously carrying kettles and other heavy
utensils
Tn; 4 new DANCER arose Facing the Buchner
house. separated only by the narrow. filthy street,
was IN, sove1-story rcd brick factory Nos. l32
10 1876 l.? Mubcrry--t. occupied by five firms
The windows on the rear AMI sides of the Buchner
house had been protected hy closed iron burglar
rroof shutters Ihcsc dcfcd the efforts OF the men 10
opon them, aad tin" only ground from which the
nancs Coull lie fought was the roadway AZ the
front AGAINST the dens" volume Of fire bursting
through the top OF tb" building, the men were
seemingly helpless. The flames lsaped across the
street from sid" 10 side. forming, aS II we're, Il
roof Of fire There shrek of alarm As the
liamcs, flying over TN" roof of the big building
ON the opposite side, licked the cornic" and frame
work of tine upp Windows, minute later there
was n line Of lir alons the whole front. but ii
was soon under control
>idcnb,rg 4 Co.. collar makers: jaeger \
t>tah photographers: Meyer x Brcyer, paper
box makers: th" CaXton Printing Company and
Gustave l.. Jaeger will not lose more than $500
each.
| At the southern end Of tho building in
| licstcr-st was the stable og Joseph Price, al
mining the tenement houses Nos. 1913 and 49,
| ilrstrr-st Price succeed lcd in removing his
thirty horses. but rot moment too soon. just
a. the last horse left the place the top OF TIE
south wall ON the burning house fell TO the
roof Of the stable
Tho intense heat of the fire had driven the
men from their post on the fire escapes which
ran UP the front Of the factory, and ony when
the floor, and roof had fallen in were the fire
men able To mount the ESCAPES in tho Jaeger
| Euilding and put ont all thTt remained of t~
fire The official estimate of the loss was
$500 600.