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 1--WE fires which occurred during
the early hours this morning. The flames
in each case broke out in Easements
of observation-disclosures, 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 five-story hat-house
a16 West Thirey-sixth street. Axal
Nyblom. the janitor, occupies the base
ment with his wife and two children.
The family own a valuable Irish setter
called Nellie.
Shortly after o'clock Nyblom was
awakened by the dog Juggling ut the
bedclothing and barking loudly. The
janAtor got UP and found the place filled
with smoke. He ran into the street to
turn in an alarm. and met John Bia-
gfotty, q clerk. who lives on tho third
moor. Biasiotty sent out the alarm.
The IRE burned lot OF boxes and
barrels in the lower hall. The firemen
put II out in ten minutes. Few of the
tenants knew there was a fire. Mark
Murphy, the actor, who lives on the sec
Ouu IlOOTs Whs the Oniy OHe WIN went
down stairs to assist the firemen.
BiaGiotty said he was entering the
house before the fire was discovered
when he saw two boys run out OF the
Basement hall and disappear down the
street. He believes an attempt was
made to FIRE the house.
AT $50 fire was discovered under the
stairway In the basement OF the four
story brick tenement at 421 West Thirty
first street. Conrad Brantigan has n
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
lamp In the store, he saw clouds of
smoke. Just before that he had heard
some one walk through the hall and
shut the door softly.
Brantigan got policeman to turn in
an alarm. while he aroused the eight
families in the house. The damage done
was only $1,000.
In June, 1886, fire started under the
basement stairs in the rear of the build
ing which was atire to-day. The other
fire resulted fatally, John Falk was
were overcome by. the smoke and were
taken to a hospital.
There have been several other dlsas.
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 s o'clock G.
EVerard, who Keeps cigar store on
the frst floor OF the four-story brick
tenement H7 Tenth avenue. smelled
smoke: Mrs. Everard took her two-chll-
dren In her arms and carried them
downstasrs. Her husband called the
Fire Department. The fire was burning
Q lot or rubbish in the basement. Ii
was extinguished before the lremen's
arrival. after doing $40 damages.
Tramps who sleep In the basement
hall are supposed to have started the
fire
The tenants OF the house are exercised
because the owner OF the house refused
TO put lock on the front door. The
man 10 James Brooks. OF Gil West Fifty
nfth street. 1t Is claimed that he owns
nfty-three tenements and that there is
not a lock on the front door Of one OF
them. Va
There was a fire in the cellar Of the
hve-story brick tenement 1889 Avenue A
at $50 o'clock this morning. II was dis
covered by Charles Mullen who has n
grocery store on the first floor. The
damage was $3.50. The cause is un-
known.
There was a slight fire In the cellar
P the fve-story brick tenement, 1915
Third avenue at 6 o'clock. The dam
age was nominal.