New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-31

OLD GUARD'S TREASURES GONE.
ITS ARMORY RUINED By FIRE AND WATER.
THE TOTAL Loss $4,000. SHARED BY TIE OR
GANIzATIOX. FREDERICK GERHARD.
". :. II DWoITH AND TWO FUR
NiTUI;, UOrSTS

GANIzATIoX. FREDERICK GERHARD.
W. :. ErDwoETH AND TWO FUR
YiTUKE HOUSES
The Old Guard is homeless To-day the 80
mcmhcrs composing this historical as@Ociailon
viii have TO find a shelter. The !irc which
, last night destroyed the upper floor, of the
foiI--tory building on the northwest corner cf
Tourte,nth-.t and Fifrh-aYc drove them from
I their quarters which thcy have occupied for
nearly twenty years. The flames not only ate
mp property to the value Of 100000. hut IN
them have vanished all the relics and memcntos
associated with the famous corps which can
never b. replaced
The building is No - Tifth-avc' with
frontage Gr - feet, extending back 700 feet
through FOurtccnth-st The ground floor ana
basement have for eight years beer occupied hy
the Fifth Avcru" Furniture Company, in which
Joshua Gregg. whose b.g furniture store i, Oh the
opposite corner. i said TO have controlling IN
torr>t. Or the second floor was the Old Guard
Armory ina, part of the third floor fronting on
Finh-avr was also used by the regiment The
rest of this noor and the whole of the ruans2.d
floor above were occupied by w. :. Budworth
picturc-fianic maker. who kept a storag' houS'
fer valuable pictures belonging 20 his professional
and other customers The Cclluloid fiano kcY
(nmpany hid an onicr in som" odd corner OF
the bgIlding, and 70 fer II known, carried 40
stock
Policeman Rooney. Of th" Fifteenth Precinct
patroing the soutl sid of Fourt"cnth--t. al five
minutes after 8 O'Clock hccamr aware of pungcnt
odor which suddenly filled the air. Looking up
hc noticed Il red. hictcrne Glow, deepening IN
window on the third noor at the rear of III" Old
Guard Building He knew that the light meant
fire In ten jumps Il" had reached tn ih'-
boN at tine Filth-;tvr corner, and sent ont An
alarm But the flames, originating in th" NarnlNh
room Of Budworths workshop, and gathering
fresh strength from th" oil aud WOODEN siav-
ine- scattered over the pac'. rapcd al almos,
one bound through the whole floor, and beior- IL"
frcmcn could reach the scene held po,-,,sion of it,
Deputy Chief Reilly in temporary command
lost no time in sending ont second, third and
fourth alarm
Only fifteen minutes had passed. and III" lamc-
had mounted from th. third 10 the fourth flo
and hurst throueh the rool. 10 ali th" looacr,-on
il seemed that the whole building dry with the
dust of many years, must surely 20. Thirty
streams Of Watcr poured on the furnace without
the slightest apparent effect Water Tower No.
? WIS pat into position, and from III" nozz' OF
ih. ally thcr. poured dcnS', n"r"r-cH-ine
stream. The liIc died ont and smo'" TOOK IT.
place. Iut ia" nozzle "f H." water lower
witchcd round tor another mark IN" flames rallied
ana buTsr ont anew ~ II fresh point A2ain they
w,r. drowned oui. and a.ain they gathered re-
ucNcd -trn.th and forced thri' W., upward
For cNactl, on hour t'" fight wa-cl hot an
d.adlNt thrn sloNlr-alino-t imp"rcrptihlN at
GT>t-thc water dIov. the flames brtor" ~ and
another twenty minut'~ -aw the hIcmcn MASTER
o. the hcld All thou4i the battle In" water
81.
odd Guard below. Lone ago tin fire had burarl |
M 80 handsome uniforms stored in the lock
ca. up~tair~ and the water. drcncIin. the picture,
ami priut- below. completed the ro~t of tho d s
tructi,n. stored ia tie>r rooms wor' oil paint |
iag, of General sherman and General Anderson
presented hy their families. portrait of Captain |
Vincent commander of tie Oh Life Guard. together |
with las hit ard sabre; printing of Mayor |
Gcnrgc W Mclean. the former commander of /
ihr Old Guard. innum"rahr old -abrrs swords |
pouchos AMI otlrr rcc' mauy of th"m nearly |
- century old. while IL III" dr-room ~ th"
rear w-ic nearly all the military accoutfrmrnt-
now u-cd by the regiment. III. los Of tn"
organization IN mpn'S Viii reach $4,000: but |
from the pout oi VI"N Of -cntim-nt. the damage |
l. irrcparallr
In BudNorth- rooms w"fc many yalunb" oil |
paintings belonging to Alexander Harrison. th"
loss here viii No. fall lar short Of SJo.oOo; M"
nth Avenue Furniture Company will los SO
900. mostly 10y water. J IL IIttl" a 90, fur.
1iturc dealers. VINO occupy rooms adjoining the
bJildhlg III Fourtocnth-st., are hUIt 10y water T.
the extent OF $1,000: while the rcpaii, to the
buidu-. owned hy Frdclck Grhhdrd, Will ln-
volvc an expenditure OF $4,000.
liut for the coonc-- and ready vii Of two ward
detectives a panic and los of life would ~ ,babiy
now bo recorded In tie lntcrmi,-or between
hc inst and second acts of ti. new lnr"e at the
Star Theatre, Tia" house suddenly filled with
nlol,c which had Hoatcd nom rh" burning building
,ycr a block away. hr idiot who l. always
III hanG At such times yelled D." ire y with
ne accord the audience lose and turned dS il 10
lah lDr the doors Detectives llmIon and Dun
op. al the rear oi IN" paru@ottc, jumped forward
,cliin. Keep your arat,, there's 10 danger
BE- reht-~tIlctcL creatures used, recovered their
sit, and -at down again.
The OH buud mo,c INTO it, room, ncaily
wcnty years ago. The first floor was then occu-
Jicl bN Brew -tcr the oarrlde" manufacturer and
Iuaul,n'~ NH~ lu-t arrO~- the dNcnur. ii'iuI"
nov lmg 10 Fourtconth--' n had quarters in
.ourju-aN".. I"tNrcn Hrtc"t'ctnih and fIgh-
ccnth ST. Only thos" who hdy" been Tor
,Nrl Ncdr~ Oi In-rr Lpnora1iF connected with 4
Military organization N" IIalii. - FOR member
hip rhr tro most recent occurrences IN tine
lislorv of the rll (nard wcrr the death oi Major
,cnr-r ". Mclean. IN February la-t. AMI the
inngai excursion which was given on Angst 10.
he officers of the old Guard are Major Thomas
Z. Sloan, COMMANDER: captain William Henry
White Captain james !. Wcnunn. Ndlutdnt
.orsc If Wyatt. Quartrrrnast"r lS.ldcn j. Roger.
oumis,aiy Tracy t. Warren. IaNma-l'f t,,oie,
,o"Ii, A~-staut-Quart' rlhd-tcr J.. Frank Bluy.
aptain Edward +. N". &c. l.!"nt"nant lhpma, ID.
zee. Lieutenant Gcors" Chappcil. Lieutenant
ohm j Gl..,s'n. Lieutenant ROiru J. Lyon.
lI.cun H. II. Warner and Acting First Sergeant
.iWard L. Saurdcr>on.