New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-07

almost quicker than thought he had ground
down his brake. stopping the car just in the
mex Of time, and suddenly that the pas
sengers who were standing were thrown I'M
tremendously upon the floor. while all those
in the car were considerably shaken up by
the time they had recovered their equilibrium
the wall had fallen only a few yards in front
Of them and the cloud Of smoke which en-
yeloped the car fairly choked and stifed those
within.
From Hearns cafe TO the burning building
onposite the street was piled three feet high
with all sorts Of debris the inside Of the care
was flled with brick and smoking tmbers,
and several OF the lines of hose reaching across
Broadway, which had been playing on the
ruins, were split in a dozen places. while from
the openings small streams of water shot up
ward through the debris. There was sudden
stoppage Of traffic on Broadway as soon as
tho walls fell Cars were brought TO a stand
still and the early morning crowds or work
men had to circle the scene of the fire by pass
ing through the streets to the east and west
Of Broadway.
The iron and timbers that had fallen were so
bot that they could not be handled. and when
the hremen began TO play on the mass in order
10 cool IL sufficiently for the workmen 10 re-
move II from the cartracks it Kissed and sput-
tered for several minutes. 1t was some time
before the work of removing the rubbish began
and the cable cars were blocked for at least two
hours.
TIE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE MYSTERY.
,A. er.r,an are still at a loss TO know what
.oa ,ha .xnIosion in Nos 63s and $40 Broad
v,av The force OF the explosion hurled the
window sashes clear across the street and not
niece of glass more than two inches square
could be found although q wagonload or broken
glass might have been picked up
Police Commissioners Grant, Roosevelt ana
Andrews were at the fire the greater part OF the
night. While standing in Broadway. pohce-
man. who did not recognize them, ordered them
Of the corner OF Bleecker-st.' ana the three
quietly walked away smiling
C,hiar Bonner said yesterday that he would
not again send his men into so-cailed hreprooi
buildings. He might have lost twenty-five men
including Chiefs Reilly and Lally. in the MAN.
haitian Bank Building.
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH.
The most thrilling incident Of the fire on tues
day night was the almost miraculous rescue "a
Assistant Foreman Fitzsimmons from the MIN
sto-,, window OF the burning Manhattan Dana
Building He and three other crews leu oy
Chiefs Lally and Reilly. had fearessiy pehe'idt
- the fifth floor Of the building wnen '"e wv
floors above them fell, and they were WV
make their escape In confusion every man ''''''
ing for himself When 1t was thought 'na' e'
cry man was safely out, Ntzsimmons "as e'N"
at the window supposedly contemplating '
10 almost certain death. There was Ho' ~.
man, 10 Iosa for tho flames were fast eating thsi
way toward their intended victim. " hhe -,
stood iooEinx into the street below ", ,bres
cheer arose from the crowd. as they Sd" ,,ward
members of the Fire Patrol push or ', are
him Syon, The adjoining building climbing care
fully along and perl1Sus f lease OF T" the
Juted out a few inches from the I.o, With
building Others Of the Fire fatr o ST. gr,nnsng
in the adjoining building each frn.y Erip ,, 70
his comr,de ,,ntil the living chain reacheo o1t ".