New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-09
THE WHITE CITY BURNING
Coptinucii from FIRST P1gr.

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! MUSE Hall me crowd stool ard watched the
/ destruction. Those close at hand could see a
score Of brave nrcmen armed with chemical ex-
| t.aeuishers rushing from the sub-roof 10 TIE
| southeast corner Of the Manufactures Building,
| ;ne point IN most imminent danger. Here they
| fought as nrenien even. seldom fight. Every
| moment = brand would fa'l and start a NINA sure
! connagrat'on in the wooden cutters Only an
! Mt would It burn before II was swept out Of
| existence and then the puclSy little bard Of men
| would rush - another threatened spot; Another
| irciplent blaze would be stamped on: Almost as
| soon az II started and each time the crowd would
| cheer ana then hold Its breath as another fire
| caught AMI a successful onslaught was made
| on Il.
| Fireman William Macliey met death while
| working On the Peristyle. Among the first com
panies to arrive was Engine Company NO 81
An extension ladder had been run up 70 the Top
Of the Perstyle. near the Sou'h chu' ana
| Macilcy was the second man 10 go to the roof.
He carried lin Of hose. and two fellow hre-
men were behind him. aiding in taking 1t up.
SrdGcniv Mackov stumbled lie had missed enc
f the rrngs Of the ladder. As he tried TO save
himself his hands slipped. Ile fell to the ground
and his skull was crushed He also In
ternally Injured, ard was only half-ccnscious
when he carried out.
The escape Of Captain Frederick Getz OF Truck
Company No lG. miraculous. Captain 'ietz
was a central figure In the Cold Storage bnliu-
ing fire which cast such a cloud of sorrow over
the Exposition last summer At that time he
worked near Captain Fitzpatrick, and twice
narrowly escaped death This evening he had
made his way TO the top Of the Manufactures
Building. lie was walking on the roof near the
he. STONED into "A large
hole. where a section Of glass had been broken
ont He tried TO save himself b. catching
the edge Of the casing but did not succeed.
Down through the roof he fell with 300 feet OF
space between him ard the floor Immediately
beneath the place where nc fell. however. was
the main balcony. and oyer this were heavy iron
Orders in pairs. These were thirty teet below
the roof and twenty feet above tho balcony cap
tain Getz fell between two Orders which were
twenty inches apart. The space waa wide enough
10 admit the passage Of his body. but his ey-
tended arms caught IN the heavy pieces Of iron.
and in this position he chung for several minutes
helpless. His he was saved by Fireman James
w Kennedy who climed Up the grder and with
difficulty landed the wounded captain on the bal
cony. Gotz was taken 10 the hospital and Is in
4 critical condition.
In the Manufactures Building the French
hihif. which WAS Just hOtin OF ilc FenAlt, NcS
the first To- suffer damage by the fire. This
hibit was originally valued AZ Sl.jOo,oo0. but the
larger portion Of it Is said to have been moved
out Among the losses enumerated are the
bronze statue Of war the imitation tewery dis
play Sevres ware display GobelIn tapestries
Bordclais exhibit Of mosaic and inlaid furniture.
he bronze vase Bon Narchc dress exhibit. and
library OF French books. Those In charge Of the
exhibit npproximntc the French loss at more
tnan 300 600 but II IS not generally believed that
it will reach ,hs figure
The japanese say their exhibit was valued at
$50 900. and the Germans place value OF Sl.OOO.-
900 on theirs Consul Arnold HolIinger. speak
INK FOR the Swiss. says his c0untry's exhibi, was
worth $4,000 and Commissioner Enrique Dupuy
dc LONE estimates the Spanish exhibit At $4,000.
More than thrcc-fourihs Of the Canadian
hibi. which was valued at 100000 had been
moved out and the remnant OF the English ex-
hibit which remained In the building is approx
mated at less than $4,000
That part of the roof which ahre was to
grea, extent isolated from the staff walls Of the
huge structure ard In every quarter engines were
stationed to prevent communication Of the flames
10 those portions Of the building II was
scheme Of nre-iightlng forced by circumstances
IN III marshal In charge, hut IT seemed feasible
centre roof 70 burn away and prevent communi-
cation u the flames 70 the side walls Of the
buYdng Half an hour after midnight the roof
was still blazing and the iiremen were working
to keep the flames away from the stan walls.
President Hgnbotham entered the Fifty
sc,.au;h-st gate at o'clock He driven a;
once 10 the scene OF the fire and n few moments
later he stood inside the Manufactures Building.
can You estimate the probable value Of these
goods?" he was asked.
III is impossible to say. would not venture
10 make even n guess. will say however. that
a day or 90 ago knew there Wee about $1,000
cases q goods stored here ready for shipment.
What they contained what was the value OF
the goods don't know
\ conservative estimate places the total loss
thus far at million and half.
II is not definitely known what caused the
fire. but the commonly accepted theory among
the THOUSANDS on the grounds tonight is that
il had been caused by tramps sleeping in the
Casino.
The peristyle, with the Music Hall and Casino
AT either end was the mos, imposing object seen
by the Worlds Fair visitor as he approached
jackson Park from Lake Michigan. In the
ire and forming the water gate TO the grand
court of honor was the Columbus portco.
mounted by French and Po,ter's magnificent
auadriga representing the Triumph OF Column
bus" \ heroic figure of Columbus stood in
chariot drawn by four horses. each two Of which
were led by q woman. The sculpture was called
By eminent critics zone OF the most original and
one Of the most delightful sculptured conceptions
Of modern times" From each side Of the portico
twcnty-four Corinthian columns. IA feet high,
formed Il coonnade pa feet long TO the Music
Hall on one side and the Casino en- the other.
.surmounting this were heroic figures - feet
high. designed by Theodore Baur. On either side
Of the archway of the portico were groups repre-
scnling the Genius Of Navigation and Discovery.
with supporting figures for each on the project
ing prov Of a vessel
The centre Of the peristyle spanned the opening
into the grand basin and directly east of the
statue Of the Republic. while the Casino stood
just n the shore end OK the long pier. where ali
visitors at the Fair were landed from the ex-
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