New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-14

and then the beams fell with a crash and tho
whole interior Of the edifce gone The walls
were left standing. except upon the Waverly-ave.
side Of the Sunday-school structure adjoining
and forming a portion OF the church, where the
wall fell into the street
ESCAPING FROM THE HOTEL RECENT
Meanwhile there were scenes of excitement In
the spacious Hotel Regent adjoining. This had
ninety feet frontage in Clinton-ave. and depth
Of 200 feet. extending TO Wayerly-ave. The fire.
which first communicated to the hotel through
the party wall, extinguished by the fire
brigade formed Of the employees. but when the
Tabernacle was fully ahame the hotel caught In
so many places that it was found that 1t could
not be saved. The suites of rooms were occu-
pied by about 100 guests and there were ninety
three servants Some Of the guests were In their
rooms but all made their way down by the
elevators or the fre-escapes
Mrs A. Loomis of Savannah Ga, vas sick
in hcr room, but she carried down the fire.
escape by William Francis, OF No. ~ Clermont-
ave- and taken 70 a neighboring house. Mr..
Francis assisted two other women TO escape
Miss Keene the houseleeper. was overcome by
smoke in the effort to save some articles and mad
10 be carried out. George +. Mccoy went Up IN
the elevator to his rooms on the seventh hooS'
and secured such Of his personal e1ects as he
could carry and made MS way down the
dre-escape one OF the occupants Of the hotel
was Judge Henry 4. Moore, but he ana rls
wife were out Of the building. They lost all tneir
property. as did the other occupants. senator
Patrick Walsh of Georgia, and DR.. W. II. MIL
burn. Chaplain OF the Senate. who attended 'he
silver iubilee services in the Tabernacle Friday
night had been staying at the Hotel Regent aha
only went away from there Saturday afternoon.
he of
saved In the safe is personal property valued
=, $50 900 belonging to the guests. 1t is supposed
that this is safe Most of the occupants OF the
hotel rented their suites of rooms by the month
or vear The building was entirely burned CUT
in its interior and only the blackened marble
and brick walls were left standing. The ground
next to the hotel was owned by the company
which controlled the hotel and was laid out as a
garden. so that wide space intervened between
Il and the next house. which escaped uninjured.
OTHER HOUSES SET ON FIRE.
But the wind carried sparks across Waverly
and Greene aves and set fire to several houses.
At Greene and Clinton aves. there was a loss
OF 50 600 on the house Of Louis Hirsch NO "o'
Clinton-avc Adjoining this at NO. l-o "'ee"e
ave there was loss Of $4,000 on the mouse ol
Dr Nonier. Al No. 13O the loss to S. W. Reeves
was 8. 600 AT No 1872 j. II. Pepper lost sSoo on
his store and house above II. The next pocN'
on the south side Of Greene-aveD Is occupied py
the summerfed Methodist Episcopal Church,
and this was damaged TO the extent Oh ABOUT
e. zoo There were two small houses ana d
stoble burned in Waverly-ave., opposite the
Tabernacle, with a loss OF about Sl'ooV' On 'he
north side of Greene-aye, ana between "aNerHy
and Washington aves.. there were hve houses
.no los. unon which was about $4,000 each. On
Ill %
,.'.,,ss of DR. Kretzschmar at No. 402. was dam
,,cd sl5 600 At No. 404 George Harveys mouse
suffered a damage amounting to $4,000 AT NO.
,oo ., unoccupied house was damaged $1,000.
A. No. 395 Washngton-ave. there was loss OF
g, ooo ~ the house OF Freeborn G. Smith. inc
a,eregate OF these losses was little over Sooooo
THE LOSS ON THE TABERNACLE
The damage to the Tabernacle was about
5000 600 The property was valued at sfoo'oVo anu
the site is worth $4,000. The debt upon II was
ahout $4,000. MT including interest OF s29ooo
moro There is a mortgage Of sl2oOOo held py
pusseu Sage and lien by George WIS
builder OF $4,000. On the Hotel hesel,
the loss was estimated at s.OOooo' WIZ
ont counting the personal effects OF tne
,uests which were burned The site cost slOoOoo.
and the building erected az an expense ot
$3.50 OOO The insurance was Sioo,ooo was
furnished in a c)sty manner, and belonged 10
The Rrooklyn Hotel Company. of which Charles
d. Burweil is president, and in which Howard
Gibb and other wealthy men are interested IL
was opened i'm July OF last year. Not all the
rooms were occupied. Among the guests were
Colonel John ~ Partridge and family. Mrs l'e'
ander Powell and family, Daniel Bailey, Mrs.
A. $. Barber and family. Mr.. and Mrs Bryan.
X Alley W. Candor, Mrs. Greenman. David
r. Harris Judge Henry a. Moore and family:
George h. Mccoy and family, Dr. ana
iIv Robert Ainsley Mr. and Mrs. f. f. Jackson.
Charles S. Osborne. Mr. and Mrs. Hlnman A. c:
BENEDICT Mr. and Mrs NJ. NJ. Maynard. Mr.. and
Mrs W. II. Erhardt. Mr.. and Mrs. Jonn w.