New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-06
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QUICKLY IhlTty-rVt
started. two Mines the signal for every engine
available In the city. was rung.
Few fires In this city for years have caused so
much excitement People frcm all parts of the
city rode or walked to the scene. and stayed
for hours. The election returns were In large
measure forgotten.
SHUT OUT OF THEIR HOMES.
1t was learned that the people rescued In No.
CO were the Russe. Wolf Ross and Schroeder
families All the younger members OF these were
out Of the house at the time When they got to
the scene, they were not allowed to go to their
homes, the fire line boundaries being further
back than Mulberry-st. They had to wait until
the policemen. firemen and citizens carried their
parents out Of the house
THE INJURED FIREMEN.
Fire Chief Bonner said last night that twen-
ty-hve men belonging to the department had
been more less injured at the fire. Those
who had been seriously hurt had been taken
to the hospital. He had not learned the names
Of all the men injured and hardly expected
that he would before morning
Among the men who sent to st. Vim
cents Hospital last night the most seriously
injured was Frank Reilly. His home IS at No.
23l East One hundred and-twenty third-st. Dep
uty- Chief Reilly's injuries consist Of broken
ribs The surgeon in charge said last night,
when seen by Tribune reporter, that Reilly
had been sent home, after his wounds had been
dressed.
Foreman Lawlor. thirty-eight years old. of
Engine Company No. 13. was conveyed to st.
vincents Hospital in the same ambulance with
Deputy-Chief Reilly. He suffering from
severe Commissions on various parts or the body.
Lawlor required more attention than any OF
the other patients last night on account Of the
| multiplicity OF his wounds none Of which, 1t
Is expected, is likely to result seriously. unless
Goo To- set
Assistant Foreman Stone. Engine Company No.
81 whose home is at No. 24S East Thirty-irst-st.
will be allowed TO leave ST. Vincent's Hospital
this morning az his injuries, lacerated fingers.
| are not serious.
Fireman William McGone. Engine Company
| No. 81 Of No. PIG East Fortieth-st. Is suffering
| from q severe scalp wound and several burns
| Among the injured, men who did not go to the
| hospital were Battalion Chief Thomas Lally In
| ternal INJURIES taken home Foreman Charles H.
| Shea Of Engine No. H. knee hurt, taken nome;
| Fireman George Coleman. Of Engine No. 49, con-
| tus.ons taken home; Policeman James Walsh,
| Of the Mulberry-st. station overcome by smoke
| while rescung tenants, revived at Police Head
| quarters and remained on duty; Frank Henkei'
| thirty-four years old, OF No. 33S East Eighty
| frst-st cut about the face by flying glass, at
| tended and went home and Fireman Donovan.
| Engine No. %, hit by d hose and cut ABOUT the
HOW THE FIRE STARTED.
| The fire was under control shortly after mid
| night The upper stories of the Manhattan BANK
building had been Quilted. bit the lower part &C.
| cupied ty the bank had escaped damage except
| by water. The old building Of the Bank for saw
ings in Beecker-st.. back Of the Manhattan Bank
| building. was comparatively uninjured inside
Chief Bonner said. Its marble front Is defaced
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| cracked by the heat. and the doors are charred
black.
II. D. Michaelson has a saloon on the south
east corner of Bleecker and Crosby sts he says
| II is damaged to the extent OF $780, Michaeison
said the fire started in the basement under
Whites Express Company's place opposite. and IN
q few minutes the building was mass OF flames.
He said he never saw fire spread 80 quickly.
In the basement, he said. were the engine ana
boilers that supplied elevator and steam power
So far as he knew there was no Waterman there.
One theory given for the explosion in Nos. 63S
and Gas broadway was that the confined not
air had blown out the windows Of the building
| Chief Bonner said that over forty companies
had been on the scene. The water-tower dio
| good work The Chief said that the Empire
State Bank Building was built in the old style
| Of construction, and that the fire was ABOUT ,he
| worst since the famous Forty second-st fire,
| and showed that there was no such thing as an
absolutely freproof building
THOSE WHO SUFFERED.
Among the occupants Of the building at the
| southeast corner Of Broadway and Bleecker-st.
were the Empire State Bank and firms dealing
| In feathers, trimmings and fancy goods, among
whom were Stern & Splngern who occupied the
| two upper floors and carried a stock Of about
$50, 900, chiefly feathers and hat trimmings. Next
to that came Pepelos shoe store. then Heaps
| shirts and mems furnishing goods. Others
| burned out were Smith Brothers, express;
White express New-York Feather Company.
and Hart & Son, manufacturers Of necktes
| The adjoining building at Nos 636 and 63S
| Broadway was also occupied by dealers In fancy
| goods, gloves and hats.
| Some of the losses were: William Burke &
| Co., neckwear, probably lost 100000; the New
York Feather Company probably lost 100000
| and other tenants $4,000 In addition the
stock Of Adler & Co., glove merchants valued
at 100000. which was in the next building. was
| destroyed.
In the upper stories Of the Manhattan Saw
ings Bank building. the clothing firm of Bier
| man. Heidelberg & Co. had usually a large
stock The firms loss could not be learned
last night, but it may reach 100000
The damage to the buildings should not be
over $3.50 O0O allowing 100000 loss on the Man
| haitian Savings Bank Building, the upper stories
| of which were destroyed
The building Nos. 63s ana 63S Broadway was
| damaged $4,000 or more.
| James W. Conrow president of the Empire
State Bank when seen at his home. at No. 1872
| West Eighty-hrst-st.. last night, said that the
| damage TO the bank building 5000. 900. and to
the fixtures IS, 900: and that there We're in the
safe 81 900 900 in securities. which, he believed
were not destroyed. The bank did not own the
building. and he did not know what insurance
| was carried.
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