New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-10
GOOD WORK BY RESCUERS.
NARROW ESCAPES AT AN EAST NEW'lohn
FIRE.
BENEFITS CASINO AND SOME ADJoiNlN' Doi"D
INGs BURNED-woMEN CARRIED DOWN
sTMRs-LOss ABOUT 100000.

STAIRs-LOsS ABOUT 100000
disastrous fire occurred yesterday AFTERNOON
at East New-York. destroying the ouhuine Az,
as Benefits Casino. at East New-forK anu ~ 40
bama aves and causing a loss OF nearly s'"oO
The Casino was a variety and burlesque thea.re'
but fortunately there no performance ye''
day afternoon, and only few employees "e
the building Some of the members OF the ro,
rester Rurlesoue Company were asleep III an a'
ioining boarding house, but were rescued as were
the employees no one being seriously hurt'
The fire was discovered by John Epstein, VINO
had charge OF the furnace In the bulldlhg anu so"
the flames bursting forth under the stage he ran
TO the office and told A. W. Lucas. the manager
He called to John Bennett the proprietor "',0
sent In an alarm. Second and third alarms 'pee
lily followed, and number OF engines anu 'i
were soon at work The flames were reaching
above the roof by the time the hremeh appeai.u
John Schwartz the assistant janitor' was III INC
lodge rooms on the third floor. and the harnes cut
off his escape. He finally ran to winao" anu
was about to spring out when Fireman Ca"poe'
told him not TO jump. A ladder was run up ou'
it would not reach the window where ochwdi|A
was on account of trolley wires. Fireman flelu
hurried up and, leaning over the top or the iao-
der seized the endangered man and puiieu MIN
over to the ladder and so saved him.
Policeman Perkins. who was on duty nearby
rescued Peter Dougherty and his wife, VINO were a'
work in the building. He then went to the poaru-
Ing house kept by Maud Banter over .he "fuoi
shop OF John Ieidy, at No. l3 Alabama-ave, ad-
Joining the Casino. Thirteen girls boarded there
and five of them were asleep. They were hastily
carried downstairs by Perkins ard some hremen
Only a portion Of their clothing was saved. MAUI
FAINTER had Mysteries and carried out OF the
building
While going to the fire, Clarence Hamilton, fifteen
years old. of No. l,2OS Herkimer-st' ran III IRON.
OF a trolley car In Fulton-st and was struck ana
bv bricks from a falling wall and was taken home
Hv duigcnt efforts the fremen confined the names
10 the building they broke out In ana some
smaller ones south of II. Muellers Hotel and the
stables of the Brooklyn city Railroad company
were scorched and slightly damaged
Bennet,'s ca sino four-story bricK ouiu
ing. with i2j feet frontage and 90 feet deep with
en- extension in Alabama-ave.. 40 feet IN length
II was built four years ago and contained 'he
theatre. blliard-hall. lodgerooms pai oo','"
md Offices The site formerly occupied ny ''e
car stables Of the Broadway Railroad COMPANY
and after these were buried a few years ago.
Police CAPTAIN French purchased the property Tor
$4,000 William Bennett erected the CASINO at
cost of $4,000 He afterwdrd sold IL 10 ms pro'nei
John who claims to have since expended S''V"
upon t. otto Huber. the brewer, mad mortgage
for $4,000 on the property. The insurance was was
IN eJ The theatre wCuG seat about l9O per
sons. Its reputation was not OF the oesi. WI, WI,
lam Bennett Kept Darroom on the Aldpanaad Ad1iad
ave side OF the structure. a barber shop adloned
this ana "A confectionery shop stood next: Oh 1 .r,g
second floor over these was billiard paror ana
over this lodgerooms and business offices AZ AZ
No 1s Nlabama-ave.. adjoining the Casino was
three-storv frame building. owned by flegespan
the brewer. and John Leidy had liquor ,na snnoP
On the first floor. The upper part was thea.rSai ga
boarding house. The loss on the place was sZvu.
At No Is Alabama-ave building ,,od owned shoy oy
hv Iohn Victory was burned, with loss OF
81 500 Considerable damage was done also s 70
80 ho,,.e nvrned nv Martin Place, at No. East
New"York-ave by falling wall. The minor
losses amounted to about $4,000 making total
loss OF $65,OO