The evening world., 1894-04-18
five QUEER FIRES.
All Broke Out in the Easements
of Apartment Houses
There Is Reason to Believe Most OF
Them We're lncendiary.
Nyblom's Irish Setter Gave the Alarm
to Her Master.

The Fire Marshal will to-day invest!-
gate FIVE fires which occurred during
the early hours this morning The flames
in each case broke out in Easements
OF apartment houses and the origin OF
each is shrouded in mystery. In most
of the fires there Is a suggestion OF In
cendiarism.
The first fire was discovered by a
dog. 1t was In the five-story hat-house
316 West Thirsy-sixth street, AXal
.Nyblom, the janitor, occupies the base.
ment with his wife and two children
called Nellie.
Shortly after 3 o'clock Nyblom was
awakened by the dog Juggling ut the
bedclothing and barking loudly. The
janitor got up and found the place filled
with smoke. He ran into the street TO
turn in an alarm, and met John Eta
giotty, a clerk. who lives on :he third
floor Biagiotty sent out the alarm.
The FIRE burned a lot OF boxes and
barrels In the lower hall. The flremen
put II out in ten minutes. Few of the
tenants knew there was fire. Mark
Murphy, the actor. who lives on the sec
ond floor, was the only one who went
down stairs to assist the ilremen.
Biagiotty said he was entering the
house before the fire was discovered
when he saw two boys run out of the
basement hall and disappear down the
street. He believes an attempt was
made to fire the house.
At $50 a fire was discovered under the
stairway in the basement of the four
story brick tenement at 42l West Thirty
first street. Conrad Brantigan has n
grocery there on the first floor. His
family lives In the rear of the store
The grocer was nervous and couldn't
sleep. He got up to get a drink OF
water. when. by the dim light OF
lamp In the store. he saw clouds OF
smoke. Just before that he had heard
some one walk through the hall and
shut the door softly.
Brantigan got policeman to turn In
an alarm. while he aroused the eight
families in the house. The damage done
was only 1900.
In June 1886, n fire started under the
basement stairs in the rear of tn build
ing which was afire to-day. The other
IRE resulted fatally John Falk was
were overcome by the smoke and were
taken to a hospital.
There have been several other disas-
trous HreS IN tne DOCK In Wnlch people
persisted. SO that the place has been
given the name of Cemetery Row.
The next fire was at 8 o'clock. C.
Everard, who keeps a cigar store on
the first floor of the four-story brick
tenement PAT Tenth avenue, smeled
smoke: Mrs. Everard took her two-chil-
dren In her arms and carried them
downstairs. Her husband called the
Fire Department. The III was burning
q lot OF rubbish In the basement 1t
was extinguished before the firemen's
arrival. after doing $40 damages
Tramps who sleep In the basement
hall are supposed to have started the
fire,
The tenants Of the house are exercised
because the owner OF the house refused
to put a lock on the front door The
man Is James Brooks. OF Gil West Fifty
NTH street 1t Is claimed that he owns
Mty-three tenements and that there Is
not lock on the front door of one OF
them.
There was fire in the cellar of the
fve-story brick tenement 1883 Avenue A
at 4.30 o'clock this morning. II was dis.
covered by Charles Mullen. who has a
grocery store on the first floor. The
damage was $3.50. The cause is UNI
known.
There was slight fire In the cellar
Of the five-story brick tenement, l3l'
Third avenue at o'clock. The dam.
age was nominal.