The sun., 1894-01-17
FIRE 4L.IRuS M'KISE.
He Ties Up se5O.OOO In BOND. and send.
Them TO n S-ighboring Saloon.


There was a are last night In the old gray
stone Hamilton building IN Court and Jorale-
mon streets. Brooklyn. owned by President
Seth Low Of Columbia College.
1t caused much excitement. kept the fire.
men busy for a couple OF hours and incident
ally distinguished itself by frightening John
Y McKHne VINO has his ONCE on The Court
street side oi the blilding and was in confer
ence with Mr. Roderck. his lawyer: Michael
J. Dady. and some OF his Gravesend lieuten-
ants when 1t was discovered.
There we're other people worse scared than
the Gravesend chienaln. They included the
members OF the Amaranth Amateur Dra-
matte Society. who were in the hall on
the third floor OF the Court street
side OF the building rehsarsinG The Golden
Giant Mine" for their performance in the
Academy OF Music to- night and the members
OF Adytum Lodge. T. and A. NJ. who were hold
ing a session on the top floor
IL was lust 10 o'clock when the flames were
discovered running up the elevator shaft in
the rear Of the building on ths Joralemon
street side. and In few minutes the entire
sst ON Conrt sSset @ and i feet S Spo%t on ,S
mon, and is hve stories in height. was filled
The members Of the Amaranth Society
rushed out OF the building. the women NOT
stopping TO put on their hats and cloaks until
Masons followed their example. scrambling
down the stairs in their Tegaia-
the rear Of his main ONCE when no turned
around and saw the blaze IN the elevator shaft.
One Of his friends said that the spsetacle star;
tied him more than the extraordinary Grand
jury and the extraordinary oyer and ler-
miner
Masons and AmAIanth people however. bur
remained in his office until tho hremen had
AS a precautionary measure, however. he
bundled together his bonds, said to amount 10
s25OOQu, aud other PRECIOUS papers and,
tying them up in piece ot CARPET. had them
CARED to a nelghborinG saloon by his friend
Harry Southard.
to the roof, licked un the wooden cuDola and
were rapidly extending to- the framework
on the various floors when the firemen arrived
In force. Two alarms had been sent out. aud
Chief Engineer Aeyins was on hand to direct
Two extension ladders were run up to tho
roof in "a Ii1y and within ten minutes there
were AS many streams OF water directed on
the flames. Within an hour the IRE was got
1t did not reach the front part Of the build
ing. In TACT IL was entirely confined 10 tho
neighborhOod OF the elevator shaft. 1t is
supposed to have been caused by some ore
,hrowing. lighted cigar or cigarette TO the
The building contains many small offices
ant neesippg places fer % %nsATly a score Of ,2 SO
famous aanti'snap organilation, has its
rooms on the top moor IN the Jorale;
most froH the confiagration. other ten
ants .aTe the Catholic Orphan Society. the
Society the Brighton Beach RailroId Com
pany. ClezhOrn. bryant 4 StTatton College the
Fulton Municipal Gas Light Company, and Mr..
T. J. Montague, whose brand OF whisksy
figured 50 eonspleqously In the famous COlum-
bus celebration bills.
The loss il Is said may reach from $4,000
to S2O.OOO, In the division Of the estate Of the
late A. A. Low, the Hamilton building was left
10 Seth Low.
Ii is Mr.. Lows intention 10 pull down the
old fashioned structure aud erect more mod
ern one. Already most Of the tenants had re-
eeiyed notice that their leases would not be
renewed.
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