The evening world., 1894-07-20
Sleeping Tenants Aroused by a
Stream from a Fire Engine.
There Was a Big Blaze In Nearby
Factory Buildings.
Thirteen Horses Blindfolded and
saved-Loss 100000.

r'.' III 'ne very neart OF Dig west
size DOCK, between Bank and Bethune
me greater part OF the DOCK Is oc-
cnpied by manufactures, but directly In
the rear are four big tenement build
lnps NJ tho noorar c,s..
'"ss VI .'ie poo'e' 'ias'
Here the widest excitement prevailed
tn ,ho,. ,,iuh, o,n,h,,m Is,, onor s,ah
III 'ne'r h,sh, elo.hils' 'e" over easn
other In their EFFORTS to reach the
street. The only means of esress was
.nioush TWO narrow aneys' ~n'eh were
filled with lines of hose and excited
fremen.
SUN 'e "na a,,, swp. ANY ~,
through the din until awakened by
streams Of water from the fire engines.
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the street
The firemen were compelled to fight
tho IA mes from the roofs OF the big
III. i" 'i'''' '"e WIS " nv
buildings and from the narrow alley
ways leading from the side streets.
They succeeded. by ia, hard ,,o work "tn !, IL, in
mastering 'ne "d''es a''e' "''''' '''
age had been done.
Thomas LAWYERS, Waterman for
-. 40 r,,, ,.r,o,
bnuu putty 'ac'ois' ~ W. DAMN e''
standing In front Of the factory. saw
bright glare in Putty alley. two doors
The centre Of lie block. With Joseph
Deano's stables on the east and Hass
& Husmsn's can factory on the west
n didn't take the Waterman long to
run the length of Putty alley and find,
that at the rear of the can factory one
hundred and fif,y feet from the street,
names we're raging fercely In Hass &
Wm.n,,n.s enrine.roo
The cries OF Stire'' which he uttered
az he he t sped M the street towards the
nearest iire.boT AROUSED John NIX He MYss Y
a portion of the stable building with his
| family, By the time Kennedy got into
P Ss al,ey, The flames had shot from the
| engine-room I'm the rear OF the can
factnrv building and had fired an
enormous wooden shed, covering stor-
age lot in the rear Of the structure.
"a nidity' and the flames were fast MAX
ina in The direction of a five-story unoc-
runiei factory building to the west of
'n Th sneu were ~ thirteen horses in the sta
Bile. and Deane, with the assistance Of
| bvsta nders. who had been attracted to
the scene by his cries. succeeded in
safely from the building just as the
| first enpine came rafting up.
A second and n third alarm were at
| onna sont ont as II looked as though
| the MACK was doomed
The Are was awkwardly situated, and
nv the time lines OF hose were stretched
| . INT
hmiidiSr of thc Froment Steel Company,
p naxt heor " west or the can factory. was
a roaring furnace.
re ire Nd On ten its way to the top
son nv Of ~ the three story can factory. and
, was ,irkinv the sides of the unoccupied
hu,idinn Inside the shed.
With the arrival of the additional en-
Hne ~ then, runs directly through the
G eight story building OF the New York
Car-Wheei Company, on the West street
swn feet wide on the Rethune street
side. between the tall front and rear
'e enc ths time these different streams
had besn d,rected on the flames, under
me ' orders OF chief Bonner. the unoccu-
pied building beside the big shed had
ransnt,v Il had been occupied by the
[evenI.iE y Row a FACTORY and in moving
omt ,heW had LEFT fuljy half the rooms
o ON th h1ef five ea doors choked np with shaw
ON ,'u ,d ~, %, r,Sust "p
'n SSn any the DANES got into this building
thew shot from f,oor to floor rapidly.
Where WI ." q Window had been was a mass
Whe d. ,hrn,gh witch sheets Of fiame
o, i,t, w sr,.'S 81 sharks We're forced by
anu the S smnme vo,,,mes Of smoke which cir
c'sv hiou,,u me q, tSe atf"rts ~ The ire
esht n,rs nore davnted 10 this structure
a S eec1,, MS scene was being enacted on
me me b .mS T., s'r re- four bip tenements
ne ,i Ina nn that street directly behind
,r 'nr H., q" er r" VS. aging were in the
Widest State of manic.
ron',aS fron, 'thair s,een IN he met
nv Ar1 tSs ru ni1m s she of names, tina,
~ ny ~ ~ and earth they made
, a.sh n..ty u" wi ,sa winp their beionginRs
/ a.,iIT' u.ithout even waiting to cIotht
, t Thel ~'"o''
r TIIS VA u,itb fear tbey rushed
Ia, tha b,ack narrow halls. block
;ng aoh IN" other's Way' rolling AM
: tnnr,hlinw dawn the stairs until the,
Iii, rar scraaminp into the street.
In tba foSr rear fenements. neares
A. The aia rn, and excitemen
: VA. Intense From these the tenants
80 thera wara ten families Of them
q hnd their oriv msans of exit througi
Z tma ,,,tie ,Iievwaw strung with hose an,
one n aith workinp tiremen
Sme of these rear tenements caugh
Az sror, the h,v shed a stream O
na,.r Was direrted towards IL. and a.
tha a,,ions Of water flooded a room O,
the ssaconJ aoor the firemen were sur
. nrised 6rst nv a shout and then by ,
rphIta Hs,,re win franticalIy wayinI
arms that sppeared AT the window
:. and three children, who had beei