New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-30
WAY TO SAFETY.


under the machinery ii struck the fourth
door The lives of both men probably
slammed out as quickly as man would crush
nv with his hand. Half a dozen fremen from
the engine companies mentioned were pinned
down on the stairway leading from the fourth
70 the fifth floor. but they managed to cut their
way out in face Of the advancing flames
Four of the men were painfully burned. bu;
none seriously. 1t was impossible to make any
effort TO rescue the bodies OF Chief Bresnan and
Assistant Foreman Rooney and at $50 o'clock,
when the last spark had been extinguished the
body Of the gallant old chief and that OF the
foreman were still pinned under the machinery,
though firemen were laborng 10 clear away the
debris and get at the bodies.
The list Of killed and injured is:
KILLED.
BREsNAN. sohn j. chief OF Sixth Battalion
"H SSSy 30 i i$ L. ''''''''' '''''''' y '
INJURED.
CoGAN Frank fireman Engine Company No. 10; hands
burned: taken New-York Hospital.
FARRELL. Edward fireman. Engine Company No 49,
hand and burned.
and arms burned: taken 10 New-York Hospital.
HENNEssEY William. assistan, foreman Of Engine Com.
taken to New-York Hospital
Chief Bresnan had hardly reached his quarters
from fire in Bassford Alley. near East Eleventh
S.. when an alarm sent him up TO the fire in the
big factory.
The building which has frontage of l75 feet
IN West Twenty-fourth-st, is Nos. 124 and 126 on
that street 1t is six stories high. and on the
ground floor IL extends through to West Twenty
third-st where it takes in Nos. 1873 and 49,
Above the first story there is an enormous air.
. shaft between the Twenty-third and Twenty
fourth-st portions OF the factory. With the ex-
ception OF the second floor. which was used by n.
r. Horner G. Co. furniture dealers. the entire
building In Tweny-fourth-st. was occupied oy
Cassidy. Son & CO.
WHERE THE FIRE STARTED.
1t was on the fifth floor of the factory on the
Twenty fourth-st. side that the fire is supposed 10
have originated What caused it is mystery.
Nathaniel Newman, the night Waterman, said ne
made his last round through the building at 4So
o'clock yesterday morning. and there were no
signs of any fire then. He was accompanied by
Mr. Howard. one of the companys foremen. who
has been working in Chicago for the firm. How
ard wanted to make tour through the building
and so called early to do when all was quiet
Newman readily went with him
II WIS exactly $50 o'clock. half an hour after
the departure of these two men, that the ensi-
neer. John Malinson and the fireman. Lew Diahi'
arrived to start the fire and prepare 70 set 'he
machinery in motion for the day. They proceedeu
. the basement on the Twenty-iour'h-st SUE
but hardly had they reached the engine-rooh'
when they were startled. they said by crash
as Of some heavy body falling upon one OF the up
per floors
Both men made dash for the stairway ana
ran I'D to the second floor. Here they were met
by binding cloud Of smoke when poureu uo"'
the stairway from the third story. The men beat
tha ctr
met Policeman Mcmahon. who shouted to them
tina, smoke was pouring from the fifth floor win
dows. The officer ran to Sixth-ave and twenty
,b,-de, q b,ock and a half away. and turned
in alarm.
I, was this alarm that brought Bresnan 10
NEE, his death He found the same di1icuity
ne had at the Bassford alley nre; the ny la. an"
d. were all frozen. and as Bresnan saw III rh,er
Of delay he rang in second aia',i
Bonner on his arrival dt Sis O'clock, Sent
third alarm 1t was 54j o'clock when the n, ~
alarm was sent out. and In th;rtyome naus tor
the twelve engines tnat thiiu "'"i' N
BEFORE This time some of the hydrants mad been
thawed by steam ana seVefa, eils' Thomss e,
work The big works OF II. a. Ihoi e e
Wiley photographers. stand just west vi oao,
sidy Son e. Co. in West Twenty-i9utH e..
west of the Twenty -thrd-si. part OF the CasfiuS
works Is Proctors Theatre. IT the hie op.dD9u
headwav II would prove enormously dFs'uc"Ne'
and Chief Bonner knew H.
PRIESTS HAD TO LEAVE THEIR hONoH"'
The St Vincent de Paul Fathers OF Mercy were
ordered to vacate the house No. l2o west
Twenty-fourth-st and under the direction Oh
Father Wucher they removed the vestnents ana
silver rlo,s IN the church in West twenty
third-st ,..,as Voc
Meantime the firemen OF Engine Companies Nos;
a. is and 49, under Chief Bresnan' hau caI..''
three lines of hose up the stairways OF the ~. -
sidy factory from Twenty-fOurth-st. whiIe o.,.e'
fremen fought the flames from Inc l"'n'S
third-st building Others silll cHnoru " ~
roof OIL A. Thomas Wileys FACTORY! 81. ,e
west and several lines Of hose were Pay "a nm.
the roof of the priests mousse cast u wv
factory. -, , ,, tho
Flames were bursting through the roof ahu .,'e
smoke filed the building and nan choh'u 'e nc
fremen when Chief Bresnan ana ms pd ,h,.
men went up the stairway. Inch Ny III nv. q 80,
fought their way 10 the fourth moor. III" 'dinr7
We're creeninp down the fourth moor s'aii We.
but they were driven back. ana 'ne I'LL i y,
the chief gained the fourth story. me- aI,,
made stand at the foot ii 'he a'" r' 49,
TO the fifth story. and the streams i'o'" ~
lines OF hose turned up the stairway. . 800 ,,.
This was at 645 O'Clock. Whether IL wa ~,
force OF the water that caused me n'.'u ,e
may never be known The air was IuiI VI o', ho'.
and steam with only the lurid slea liz a" aa,
ING their vay along the wooden sleepers Inc
IRE had done its work well. The sieepe'r srp
porting the sixth floor had been eater ~ ~
through and they broke with inc Wright - Wv
machinery above
THE CRASH OF THE aAcHiNEhh'
/, There was a deafening crash. grinding crunch
Ing noise as wrecked machinery. stairways.
floors and woodwork came down In one genera
wreck How the heavy piece Of machinery en-
as.d the 0remen on the stairway II mystery