The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-04-11
FIERCE FIRE, THIS.
Burned for Two Hours and Quilted
Three Floors.
$500, 900 Damage in a Big Wooster
Street Building.
Fireman Kelly and Fire Patrol
Man Injured.

J., -Four alarms were sounded for a fire
/ which started at o'clock this morning
N In the third floor of the big five-story
terra-cotta front business building at
I 1O2, 1Oi and LOG Wooster street. The
fremen battled with the flames two
hours before the fire was under con-
troll One fireman was injured, and $780,,
0VO damage done.
Directly across the street from the
burned building is engine house No. 49,
1 Fireman Tom Ward was on the night
watch when, looking out of the window
just before o'clock. he saw that the
big building opposite was aiire.
From a window on the third floor.
great tongue of flame had shot out and
was licking its way towards the top Of
the building.
Ward sounded the alarm bell. and in
q minute every fireman In the house
was out in the street. Before the first
stream had been turned on the fire the
entire third floor of the building was
burning, and the flames were rapidly
eating into the air-shaft, which Is in
the centre of the building.
Chief Magill arrived with the first en-
gines, and on seeing the extent of the
a fire, sent out the second alarm. This
brought Chiefs Lally and Reilly, who
| sent out a third and a fourth alarm.
Lines of hose were run up the flre-es-
cape of the burning structure and from
:, buildings nearby. .....
4 All these streams were In good work
fling order when suddenly cloud Of
black smoke swept up between the build
ing and the flremen. A sharp report
was heard like that of an explosion soon
after. and then great light Redeemed
the sky.
The flames had broken through the
| roof.
The flremen had been working in the
darkness of the night for some time
nearly blinded by the smoke, snow and
NTan; Now it was as light as day. From
black the smoke seemed to take Il YER
bullion color and was filled with sheets
Sf flame. The windows on the three
Nper floors were like the Jaws Of fur
l. The lower stories of the building were
INlll untouched, and looked like a solid
foundation supporting huge bonfire:
a big piece of plate-gass struck Fire
man John j. Kelly of Hook and Ladder
Company No. 20, and severed an artery
| Of his right arm.
For another hour the fire was fought
without incident, save when the ambu-
lance came to take Kelly to St. Vincent s
Hospital The shaft Of the amPu Lane,
Breslin's carriage. The shaft was broken
and the horse, making violent lunge,
broke the harness, and ran up the street.
Fireman Webb stopped the animal just ass
spectators.
The fire was under control at o'clock
and then its extent could, be realized.
Each floor was occupied by two firms
third no floor s' occupied by by zimmerman I
Tischner, makers OF women's skirts On
the same floor is +. A. Strauss, women $
undergarment maker. The fourth hCor
Ger, makers of lace caps and hats. The
top floor by J. b. Steinhart, cords, and
J. II. Beaver g. Co., women's garments
These three floors were Quilted.
The floors beneath were damaged little
BY fire, but a great deal by water. The
basement and store floors are occupied
p6y the American Straw-l3oard Company
Il has stored in the building eight
hundred tons Of straw-board. Most OF
this was damaged.
While the members of Fire Patrol No
Z We're covering over this board In the
basement. pile of It fell. Herman
Ndly hurt He a was Ia taken home. >
Total damage Is estimated a
AZ, the street from the burne,
EnE s one of i H@haq str mes were re
there last night. When the fire wa
al its height, some of the men tried t.
III get out Of the building, but were pre-
Ve Cb,st Gy t the police .,o woostsr .,r..
W ok, in which the fire was this morn
ing Is the prize fire-block of the city
IN N 1874 there was a four-alarm fire from
R Az and ll2, In 1892 another four-alarn
IT The cause OF the fire Is unknown
ia Inc Fire Marshal will investigate It 10