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 Incendiary.
Nyblom's Irish Setter Gave the Alarm
to Her Master.

The Fire Marshal will to-day investi-
gate five fires which occurred during
the early hour 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 ive-story fiat-house
316 West Thirs.Hb'xth street. AXal
Hyblom. the janitor. occupies the base
ment with his wife and two Children
The family own a valuable Irish setter
called Nellie.
Shortly after 3 o'clock Nyblom was
awakened by the dog tugging ut the
bed%clothing. and barking loudly. The
janitor got up and found the place filled
with smoke. He ran into the street 10
turn in an alarm, and met John Ella
giotty. a clerk, who lives on .he third
floor. Bagiotty sent ont the tlarm.
The fire burned a lot of boxes and
barrels in the lower hall. The firemen
put 1t out in ten minutes. Few of the
tenants knew there was a fire. Mari
Murphy, the actor. who lives on the sec
ond floor, was the only one who went
down stairs to assist the iiremen.
Biagiotty said he was entering the
house before the fire was discovered
when he saw two boys run u 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 Rrauntigan has a
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 a
smoke. Just before that h a heard
some one walk through the hall and
shut the door softly.
an sT siarHs' w fSfI a bpe policemen sIo%ssa to sbe su, .I.h IN
families In h house. The damage done
In June. 1886, a fire started under the
basement stairs In the rear of the build.
nB which was afire to-day. The other
fire resulted fatally. John Falk was
burned to death, while four other people
were overcome by the smoke and were
taken to a hospital.
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trous fires In the block In which 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 27 Tenth avenue smeiled
smoke. She too her two children in
her arms and carried them down stairs,
Her husban nd called the Fire Department
The fire was burning a lot of rubbish
In the basement. 1t was ex%tinguished
before the fremen's arrival. after doing
$40 damages.
Tramps who sleep In the basemnt 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 HI he owns
ffty-three tenements and that there Is
not a lock on the front door Of one OF
them.
There was a fire in the cellar Of thu
fve-story brick tenement, 1889 Avenue A
at i.SO o'clock this morning. 1t was dis.
covered by Charles Mullen. who has q
grocery store on the first floor. TIT
damage was $500. The cause is un.
There was a slight fire in the celia,
Of the f1ve-story brick tenement, 1871;
Third avenue. at 6 o'clock. The dam
age was nominal.