The evening world., 1894-04-11
FIERCE FIRE, THIS.
Burned for Two Hours and Quilted
Three Floors.
$500, 900 Damage in Big Wooster
Street Building.
Fireman Kelly and Fire Patrol
Man Injured.

Four alarms were sounded for n fire
which started at . o'clock this morning
IN the third floor of the big five-story
terra Gotta front business building at
lO2. lo4 and log Wooster street The
nrcmcn battled with the flames two
hours before the fire was under con
troll. one fireman was injured. and $780,
OOJ damage done
Directly across the street from the
burned building is engine house No Is,
Fireman Tom ward was on the night
watch when. looking ont of the window
Just before . o'clock, he saw that the
blk building opposite was atirc.
From IA window on the third floor a
great tongue of fame had shot out and
was licking its way towards the top OF
the building.
Ward sounded the alarm bell, and in
II 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 We're rapidly
eating into the aIr-shnft. which Is In
the centre of the building.
chief Magill arrived with the first en-
Sines, and on seeing the extent of the
| fire. sent out the second alarm. This
brought Chiefs 1.ally and Reilly, who
sent out a third and II fourth alarm.
Lines of hose were run up the frees
cape Of the burning structure and from
| buildings nearby
| All these streams were in good work
| ing order when suddenly cloud Of
black smoke swept up between the build
ing and the tiremen. a sharp report
was heard like that OF an explosion soon
after. and then n great light REDEEMED
the sky.
The flames had broken through the
roof
The fremen had been working in the
darkness of the night for some time
nearly blinded by the smoke, snow and
rain. Now 1t was as light as day. From
black the smoke seemed to take a YER
million color and was filled with sheets
of flame. The windows on the three
upper floors were like the jaws of fur
mace
The lower stories OF the building were
still untouched, and looked like a solid
foundation supporting n huge bonfire.
A big piece OF plate-glass struck Fire.
man John J. Kelly Of Hook and Ladder
Company No. 20. and severed an artery
For another hour the fire was fought
without incident, save when the amhu-
lance came to take Kelly to st. Nincent's
Hospital. The shaft OF the ambulance
Breslins carriage. The shaft was broker
and the horse, making violent lunge
broke the harness ana RAJ, ran up the
1t was about to dash into the GROVE
spectators.
The fire was under control at 4 o'clocl
l nj thn,n itS axsfn h.a irat
Each floor was occupied by two firms
; !thirrl flo floor occupied by zmmsrman !
the same floor Is F. A. Strauss women
undergarment maker. The fourth 1oo
is occupied by. Marx Bros. and !. Hsili
top floor by J, y. StcInhnrt, cords, an,
j. H. Beaver n CO., women's garments
Th-s" three floors were Quilted.
The floors beneath We're damaged It'll,
: by fire, but IA great deal by water. Tn,
basement and store floors are occupied
by the American Straw-Boarl Company
1t has stored in the building elgh
this was damaged.
: While the members of Fire Patrol No
! 2 were covering over this board in tn,
basement, a pile Of 1t fell. Herman
badly hurt. He WAS taken home.
The total damage is estimated a
$4,000
Across the street from the burne,
building is one of Nathan Strauss FIRE,
lodging houses. About 250 men Were
there last night. When the fire wa
at its height some OF the men tried t,
get out of the building but We're pre-
vented by the police.
chief Bonner says the Wooster stree
block. in which the fire was this morn
ing. is the prize flrc-bloCk of the city
In 1884 there was a four-alarm fire from
lOS and ll2 In 1892 another fpur-alarn
= fire from ll6, llS and 100.
= The cause of the fire is unknown
The Fire Marshal will investigate 1t to
day.