New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-21
EVTDENCE OF INCENDIAkl SM.
e,.srrcIors FIRE IL WEST FoRrIETH-ST.
.-,,, lock rroKEN OFF THE cELLNR-pooR OF
PLAYHOUSE ANp Saturated AHri-
r,rs roi-Np fNvEsTlGATioN or

OTHER SUSPICIOUS Fires
., ,,c.,1,rv origin was discovered
,.,.s. ,,..r : o'clock yesterday morning III
.,,, - , row u SIX siN-siory DICK nous
...t ~, william II Malcolm. IN West ro'
-, F.r,unatcly. the ham'' "h''" w. ,,
49,. l,4.m.n, - so lT were '.s''''''' ~ -,
" ,,...,,,,h,d before any damage was done. Ma
~ the six nathouscs are o'eup'''' "'" ,,n,a ,he
.,,,,,n,s ran - the street but ny III" ''"
,t. ,r.s reached the bottom OF inc S''''
-, mr., Informed that the flames hd' Dee" ~
,l,gni.h.l. and that they could re'ur" ~ ~
rooms in sifety The hr' was "'S' 80 g., -
knoun negro who was passing '"''"s"
,f,hs, H.. cr'cl Fire. whioh "'""s"'
,,,,,,or III. i,ntor Of No iO5. who was JUST '"''-
f""'""''' ,,' r,,,,r TO his work. Faulkner. upon
80 ,,,,, discovered that The fire h'd p''h S''''-
T., 600 ,l,.es and evidently OF i"''n'''"'
,,,, In the cellar three coalnh@ ""'n
tend 10 the ceiling. In the south"''' 49,,
cen,r. on. which IL empty. S"in' ,h
,, tl,ced upon the noor. wh'h h'' ''''' "
,,.,,rls almost to the top In the nor'h'"S' W.
- ~, I'M. hin about three feet from the ''o'' upon
49, ,I ~, al leather trunk. which. II Is al
, .ruu.v This had evidently been S''u-
,I Nth some chemical ana hr'h. Npou' CIV '
-, trunk had burned. badly chhrt'hs 'h' "''
Immediately behind H. II was io"h' ''''' W.
t,, leading from the street 10 Tue ''""'' ~
,,,,,.lv under the s.oop. had been op"n'.' us
ia loo
III. ,,,koI The hasp Of the cellar door "i 40
!, ,o,.tl,,clv adjoining, had been forced, ana on
-, ,,,l. n.ar the door. wrapped III an on n'"s
- .os found a quart bottle about '"'-''"u'
ANAL with turpentinc and labelled iu'p'",'" -
n Err,ngcr l9i Bloccker-st' None OF MI rims
orc s,,esmen can. however. remember se'""S '"'
liquid. ,-... .,,,r,,,er arc
,ryo fires OF a decidedly suspicious ch'ra'''. arc
n,or Investigation by the Fire Marshal ana '"e
',,. ~ the Eas, Onc-hundred and -fourth-st STA
don The first fire occurred at 1870 o'clock Suh'"s
, &, rho four-s,ory double tenement-house
Va al East one hundred and -fourth-st, occupied
lao slxtecn Italian families The fire was discoVered
IN the hallway on the ground floor by renee T"''
vh, occupies rooms on that floor. The names were
extlnguishcd by Plea and Roundsman Garner OF the
East one hundred and-fourth-s station peio'e
they had gained much Roadway. Plea insists tha'
ther. VAS strong odor Of Kerosene In the hai"ay'
and he Is corroborated by Roundsmhn Garner
The second fire occurred In the cellar OF the four
story brick house No 2,o5I Third-aVe. al -,
o'clock Yesterday morning. The ground hoor OF
rho buildnng is occupied as a market by Adolph
Wossbachcr The cellar liz divided by a par 'i''ur',
The rear part being used by the tcnans hi we
uari Of the cellar that the IRE occurred. Al noon
Sunday Louis Schrimp. Massbacher JoutneyH'u A.
and An crrand boy went into the from par "i we
cellar and left "A few minutes later, Schrimp Jock
ing the door behind him ,, ,,
,nr,tn~ - citizen saw smoke coming from the
front cellar and alarmed John Dawson me Jat'tor:
,hroueh cracks In the partition that hre was
burning In Massbacners cellar. ana sent OUT an
alarm. tn" ir.men fospo a ,S IN baze The
flames were cxtingushed. .,, c..u,
s,ys maj he did not uge a match In the cellar, as
there was need OF IT, and the erra mn, poy cor
him The cellar aSS wn o ssns h when
had been tempered with.