The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-20
slssoing Tsrasa Aroused BY 6
Stream t-om a Fire Ergin.
There Mas a Big Blaze in Nearby
Fae,oJ bviioingI
Thirteen Hors., 3iindfold.d and
kar.d-L9r s3D, 900.

s.s',E. &. TIE very tESr' - b. q ustt
g.s tiyck. between EsIg ara Ee.h-..s
E:rss:s and Green ..a a.: Wet t--sstL
T,e greater pa. II tns tlY,E j, r.
--bas1 ~ ns.,.s,.or7et. but 5:T.,ry IL
ne 'ssr are tar ZIG tenement o-l.c-
!rgs q! the pCo,er .!s.,
EE-. the 1.l.stt excitement preTs.lsd
a. TIE psnic-stTlcksb inmates. CLAD only
= ths!T night r4othins. fell over esch
..H.r In Their .ror-s 70 rezck TIE
sweet The only means Of sgress wa
| through two narrow s!lEys, which were
MED with Lines 0. hose t.3 excited
ff.nen
/ Sgrn. % .hs tenants slept calmly
through the din UI.l AWAKENED u
/ streams u water from the tr. .ng.ces
! m. family was earned down LAd1erE 70
! TIE street
The n,enen Yer. compelled 70 fight
the flames from the rO0fs u the big
| ouNainss ana from m. narrow alley
/ ways lss1lng from II. side streetI
| They ,4cc.e3.d by htrd WORK. IL
! mas.ering the nanes after ~ 10 dam
age IA; teen done.
Ta-rna. LAWYERS. 4 wsrchmAn fo'
| B.35s putty tactory. al 10 bsak s;reei
,,ar1!ng IN front u the factory. saw
O.ign' y&,. y puity s;i.y; i"2 o -:
/ Desres star!ss On tie east an .isAs
! Il Ii4snan'. tan :sctoEy On the "tst
Il 8-in, take ne we,ennsn !gnI
! rsn the length Of i-u,ty sl.y and hhd
! ..ndred and h.-y feet tr.rn II. gree,
! flames we're raging neTce.y n Hsss q
Tbs cr'es =, ere" which h. uttered
az he nped Up the stree, t9Nsr;. the
/ nearest are-bD1. arJLsE; Joan KENNEDY
fireman fgr Joseph Deanee ~. lives n
fanny. BY the tt1e Kennedy -: ING
PG,ty alley he flames nal .h.t from ne
..giEs,'''9 , x '"s j* had Of t ns an
! er. rrn1l. Woot.n shea. covering sior-
! age IL, in the rear Of the structure.
| Tns sAet wta s.ra.as @!th r!x1,.Hl
/ M in ;he direction II 4 ve-story unoc.
| cIpiei factory DuiliIng 10. the west OF
ne :ed ara II ne ,ef s1, .. 'h s Ia sta
BILE and D.are, with the aHsiSAnce OF
Dystand.rs. who had been attracted 70
ne scene b. his cries , susGsgle ,,s IN
! safely from the building Just as the
Grst engine came rafting up.
a second and third alarm were az
once sent out, AT II IoOkel az th'ush
the block WAS doomed.
Tn. are was awkWardly situated, and
by the time lines u hose were stretched
h n.ig5r y fT ibs F f s.eei Company.
next door west OF the can factory. was
| Il roaring furnace.
The IRE had eaten It's way to the top
aoor Of the three-story can factory, and
Was licking the sides Of the unoccuplec
building beSde the shed ,,.,
| with the arrival Of the sddltiona! en-
gines, two more alleyways were used.
One Of them runs directly through the
eight.story building OF the ley rots
Car wheel Company. on the West street
M.
two feet wide, on the Bethune street
side, between the tall front and rear
tenements
had been directed on the names. under
the orders OF Chief Bonner, the unoccu.
pied building beside the big shed had
taken fire. T. burned Ike finder Cntil
recently II had been occupied by the
Excelsior BOX Factory, and IN moving
out they had left fully half the rooms
on the I'VE ioOrs choked w with shay
once Inc flames got into this building
they shot from roor to Moor raAdly
In t~sny miHF b's ,s eysFy VA, apeT msss
Of fire, through which sheets Of rame
and showers Of sparks were l1fCed ~
the dcuse volumes Of smoke which cir
led around the fas,-crumbllng building.
while most OF the .Tprts OF the nr"-
fighters were devoted 70 TINS structure
an exciting scene wac being eracten on
the Bethune street side OF the block.
The tenants In the four big tenements
fronting on that street, directly behind
where the FIRE was raging. were IN the
| widest state Of panic.
Aroused from their sleep; to be met
by the rudy glare of flames. that
lighted up ,sky, ana earth thry maze
a nasty exit. leaving their belong ings
D"hlnd without even waiting 10 clothe
themselves
malf mad With fear, tthey hex. r 7raosl
: ,,9mblinE down the stairs, until they
nnally ran screamins into the street
20 the fire. the alarm and excitement
e va, Intense From these the tenantn
f and there were ten families OF them
I the little sl!eywsy strung with hose and
crowded with working iiremen.
one OF these rear tenements laugh,
water was directed towards It, and al
the gallons Of water Hooded a room OF
the second floor the iiremen were sur
white figure, with frantically, wavint
arms. that appeared at the window.
TAis wa. joRp A,tTdEs, T''s b.. sis S s,f,
n = hey were rescued Just hetor'
!. I Of what had been the building
... Exceisior Box Factory fell witt
~. crash, and the hre was under con
The flames from where they started
had burned the rear portion or the cal
n factory, entirely quitting the two uppe
!, floors and making great holes In tn
~ roof.
= The box factory building Is tota
o loss AZ well as the shed and two
story brick workshop OF the New for'
car Wheel Company. The Car hee
| cOmpany's cight-story building was no
badly damaged. The seYen-story build
Ing OF the rTomet Steel ana Iron Work
- was damaged considerably In the rea
on the lower floors
The BcthuUc street rear tenement
A were only scorChed. but the water d
much damage Deane's stables wer
W slightly damaged.
X The hremcn consider the estimate
+, loss Of SO go conservative one.
- No idea can be formed OF the ca Use q
n the Are as, II IL claimed, there had no
I been fire IN the engine-room, where
started, for several hours.
lr on April 70 last Has a Husman's ca
y factory then located At Us and 1872 Jan
10 street. was destroyed by fire. 1t ha
~ been rebuilt since, and the nrm ha
a. made preparations to move into the ne'
~ building next week.
"STAND BY YOUR WIFE,"