The record-union., 1894-05-14

All the wearing apparel mad TO De leIt 10
the greedy flames. From the fifth floor
OF the house Mrs. Loomis. one OF the
guests, and her newly-born babe, had to
be carried down the ire escape to the
street. A woman appeared at the window
OF the eighth floor. shrieking and waving
her hands TO the horror-striclxen crowd
below. She was brought down the ire
escape ia safety.
The heat of the showers of sparks and
enbers had made the situation most
trying one for the fire department, and
one man-George Cunningham OF En-
gine Company No. l0-had to be carried
from his post when the heat was most
intense, but he aiterward returned.
John Lately of Engine No. ID had an
epileptic tit, and was removed TO the
Homeopathic Hospital.
After the flames had died away the sup
ports beneath nearly all the fire escapes
on the north wall of the hotel, and large
portion of the wall itself, fell into the
mass of debris with a roar like distant
cannonade. This was directly followed
by a fall OF the wall, about thirty feet in
hight, on the Berkeley avenue side, and
from that time up to $50 huge masses OF
wall continued to fall.
At last accounts two more firemen. Ed
ward Sheridan and John Kelly OF Truck
No. q, had been prostrated by heat.
The furniture in the hotel, which cost
from $780, 900 to $3.50, 600, is entirely de-
stroyed, the total loss on the building and
its contents footing up in the neighbor-
hood of $3.50, 000. The loss falls upon the
Brooklyn Hotel Company.
The list of the losses apart from the
tabernacle and the Hotel Regent are
about as follows: Thrty-e Clinton
avenue, occupied by Louis Hirsch, -,
500; 2lS Green avenue, DR.. McMonnies,
$4,000; l30, Green avenue, 5. w. Reeve,
81 500: corner Green and Waverly ave-
nues, j. H. Pepper, 81 800; 14l Green ave-
nue., corner OF Waverly. Joseph Hart,
81 900; 143 Green avenue, Mrs. Catharine
Crawford, building house, $1,000; 145
Green avenue, unoccupied, Sl,509; l55
Green avenue, Mrs. Margaret Crawford,
81, 800; 404 Washington avenue, George IL.
Harvey, 10000; 400 Washington avenue,
unoccupied, owned by George III. Har-
vey, s., 900: 390 Washington avenue, cor
ner Green. q. r. Smith, 81, 800; Summer
field Methodist Episcopal Church, corner
Washington and Green avenues, Rev. h.
WEIGH, s., 900; 81 Waverly avenue, c. w.
Evans, 81, 800; 399 " Waverly avenue, unoc-
cupied, Mrs. Ainsbury, $500; 335 Waverly
avenue, stable of ii. w. Childs, $500.
Other buildings We're slightly dam
aged.
The loss on the Hotel Regent is placed
at $3.50, 900 by the manager, but this will
be largely increased by the individual
losses to the guests. The loss on the
church is not far short of S50O,000.
Russell Sage, who has mortgage OF
Sl25,000 on the church property, and is
also the owner of the site on which ii
stood. is fully insured. lie said this
evening: "It is probable the people oil
Brooklyn will come forward with Il big
subscription. The insurance will cover
the rest. If they want to rebuild | will
put no obstacle in their way. In other
words. l will let the debt and interest
stand over for an indefinite period. and
let them rebuild on the insurance money
apd what they can raise by subscription.
| have the deepest sympathy for the
church and its people, and above all, ]
am imbued with the deepest affection and
interest for DR.. Talnage, who is my close
personal friend. On his account | will
do all l can to help them"
The Trustees OF the Tabernacle met to-
night and decided to rebuild the church,
but not on the same site. The insurance,
the receipts and the money realized from
the sale of the present site will enable
them to pay off all their debts. Then,
according To the plan, they would raise
500, 900 and within a year would begin to
build. About S70, ,000 it is thought, would
be sufficient to pay for site, and a less
expensive building would be decided
upon.
1t was decided that DR.. Talmage's tour
of the world should begin tomorrow, as
arranged He will start in the evening
for Philadelphia, and proceed from there
to Atlanta. Ga. After visiting some
Southern cities, he will go to San Fran
cisco, and sail from there TO Honolulu
and afterward to New Zealand, Australia,
India, Spain, England other foreign
countries.
1t was impossible tonight to ascertain
the amount of insurance. 1t was learned,
however, that there was 100000 on the
Tabernacle. The residences damaged
were full covered.
FIERCE FIRE AT BRADDoCK, PA.
BRADDoCK (Pa.). May 13.-The barrel
house at Emery's refinery took fire to-
day noon, presumably by spontaneous
combustion, and was destroyed. The
loading racks and five tank cars standing
on sidetrack OF the Buffalo, Rochester
and Pittsburg Railroad were also burned.
The fire was a fierce one, and attracted
immense crowds of people from all over
this locality.
While the firemen were making final
stand, and the thousands of people were
watching, there was tremendous explo-
sion, caused by tank car holding 4, lOt
gallons of benzine, which had let &c
with a mighty roar. fortunately the
burning benZine, which was thrown into
the air of sheets in liquid fire, consumed
itself before settling down over the crowd.
Blind, unreasoning, pitiless instinct ol
MISREPRESENTATION, showed itself. and the
weak went down before the strong in
muititudes OF cases, i'll the frantic rush to
escape, from what seemed horrible
death. In the stampede men as well as
or n nn n nt N
and trodden on by the surging mass that
came up from behind. Thirty-five fire.
men were burned. The skin peeled OF
their faces ana hands. Many others were
slightly burned. There was no record.
and the total number of those burned and
injured i'll the stampede will probably
reach 100 persons. The property loss
will not exceed -, 200.
A crowd of sightseers were within loo
feet when it exploded. Matt Benan. a
refner, with oil-soaked clothing, was
standing close beside the car when big
tank let go. The concussion stunned
him as If struck with hammer, and i'll a
moment he was ablaze from head TO foot.
He coolly rolled in the grass until the fire
was put, although he was badly burned.
Another man, who was moving mass OF
flames, sprang into the creek and sub
merged himself. In the whole crowd
only four men were burned in this way.
Miss Emma Wheaton and Mrs. Z. Smith
were carried down in the rush, trampled
under foot and sustained serious injury.
John j. Crosby's ear was burned to a
crisp and his hands are roasted. He is
foreman of the Whitney Hose Company.
c. A. Coleman is very badly burned
about the face. neck and hands, and his
lungs are affected from breathing the fire.
lie is in dangerous condition. u. ii.
Mct1aryey and Matt Behan ennloyes
at the refinery, are in a critical condition
resulting from their burns.
Labor Troubles in Austria.
VIENNA, May IA meeting of work
men was held to-day. in which the
sneakers used some violent language
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