New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-15
4 LTCELY FIRE ~ DTdNE-NI

DELAY CAUSED nY \ DEFECTIVE FIRE BON
TERROR AMONG TENANTS.
An Illustration Of what may happen when the
electric wires from alarm boxes 10 Ere i"adldaT-
ers fail 10 work was seen last night IN hunsoh-S''
Had not the city been well supplied win a'arin
boxes the Fire Department might have hdh an
extremely dangerous fire 10 isht The iire when
caused all the trouble broke oui u few minutes De-
fore o'clock in a threc-story fraiae warehouse
which IS practically a rear extension of fours,ory
brick business bIilding. at 40 l6i Duane-st, occ"-
MED By three firms who u'cc the extension 'o'
storage purposes. Only a few feet away on '"c
north side are two tenement houses Nos - anu
= fiudson-st. and on the other side In IN" hfecoi
Of Rcade-st are a number Of warehouses pic"ei
full Of butter The fire started on ine irst moor u
the frame siorehousc and spread quickly thfo"sn
the building In a few minutes flames snot up"'''
from the roof and sent the people from .he III III
meni- houses yelling with ffignt INTO me St''..
hright light at the same time attracted 'h' ht,rn h,'
,in1 Of PARK Policeman Collins. who ~as patroihns
Duane Park lie started for the ncairs. ,i i, onj
,,hlch was only a few yards away al iiuusoh nnu ar,
Duane SITS. He opened the box. puiled uo"n ne ,ne
hook and then stood there wa!tini the afrNa' o' vi"
None came and after waiting few seconds ,, NE mi
ran and pulled another one at uo,,ose os appsar and
af,er shouting TO Policeman Kennedy. OF the l.eoi,-
ard ST. station whom he found near ny ,,a3 10 - =
some NOR. boxes, he ran to another q. i'u', i' ~ ,,,
and Franklin sts kennedy succeeded III senhnS s,S =
i'm an alarm from Greenwich aud kcade sts. VII, ,a
hA.
some who had seen the nr. opei rh @ ,,d.i
al Church and Duane sts. only the alarm Ii,d
by Kennedy. however ever T"a'he" '"' '
quarters. -, ,oo, Iost
During the fifteen minutes which had peem me, noe
in chasing after sound alaim-boN .n' 'l" 'h.
had quickly spread from the warehouse " ,tes M
% the tenement houses. They would nave ieac , :,
other buildings also had not Assistant OF e'i,, ,,
Bandcr OF Engine Company No. -. wh''n - 20, a.
floned IN Franklin st. the fire from the sttee'
ard hurredy sent his company ro9ha 10 TT ar noIin.
Ing warehouse. II did good work theTr III no'",h
the ground until the engines rrSpoh',Ins u" .n, r
the scene. They came nNe minutes, ni'et ' o ~,
pany No y had 10 work, bui. by tHat UHic ~
stead OF narng building there "ei" thi"1. M ,n,
lieh from which showed plainly nj over the lower
Hattaiion chief carhman. who vas IN command.
saw al that he had To idce hie which wiI
without waiting for a second alarm ,r orncIrn :,
third 10 be turned In. II brought chiet Hohner ana
eight engine companies ana the buildings wri" SUI
rounded and the fire Isolated lIntii ift"i an nouf
hard work IL slowly succumbcd to the tons OF
wa ter poured upon H. The whole OF the warehouse
the upper floors OF The main buiidinEsand me Top
however and there was considerable damage by
water TO the stock In several OF the suirounhin.
buildings. The total loss amounted 10 sIOO or more
be- borne mainly by rhe firms oocupy ing NO lt'
Duaue-st and sharing the rear building. They are
r. NJ Harrison a. CO.. commission merchants: II
r. Garter, makers OF patent butter packages and
heaviest ~hss oss is Mr. WSIies his portion Of tSt
building being completely wrecked
In the nclghborhood the utmost conste,natior
esned as the fri Spread r b ' ,wo e enemens a
street one woman Mrs. Ann Cook ths house
ssssST of Wa Mas z e BEHIND in The
for ssfety. Her cries were heard. however. by
Policeman % Kane and, running up & The stairs. b. B.
u,,dson c,ract Hosnital. blocks away.