The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-06
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WEEKLY 2-TIAIES-A-WEEK 81 A YEAR
A BIG BLAZE ON BROADWAY.
SIX FIREMEN BELIEVED TO HAVE
BEEN KILLED.

The Manhattan Bank Building One
of the Structures Burned-The Fire
Breaks out I'm "A building on the
Corner of Dleecker street and
Spreads With Great Rapidfty
Among the RattIetraps Surrounds
ing II.
New York. Nov. 5-The most serious
fire with which the fire department Of this
city has had to cope for several years
was discovered in the building at the
corner Of Bleecker street and Broad
way shortly after . o'clock this evening.
Within fifteen minutes one-half the
block between Broadway and Crosby
street was afiame. anG a second, third,
fourth and fifth alarm was sounded.
Most Of the buildings which served to
feed the flames were old rattle traps,
and as they took fire one after the other
the connagration seemed to get beyond
the control Of the fire fighters.
At 9:15 o'clock the roof and sidewalks
fell in with crash. In a few minutes
the flames leaped across the street to
the Manhattan Bank building. In ten
minutes that building was ablaze from
cellar to roof, as was also the building
on the corner OF Crosby street This
place was occupied by Whites Express.
there were four firemen in the building
next to II. siX-story building lowered
above this and when the wall fell they
started 10 run. but they seemed to be too
late and were probably caught.
BY 10 o'clock thTee-fourths OF the entire
IRE department Of the city was on the
No. go Broadway was totally wrecked.
Nos. 68 and 63S were badly burned but
not destroyed. These stores are occupied
by A. l.. Simon a Co, Adler & Gloveman,
and Goodrich, a carriage builder.
New York. Nov. 6. 1 a. m.-'The police
and hremen, cleared a number people out
OF No. 63 Bleecker street. Two women had
to be forced out and two children sleeping
Guilty.
AT $3.50 O'clock. the entire block exteud-
ing from Broadway to Crosby street on
Blocker was a solid mass Of flames.
The doors OF the bank building on the
northeast corner Of Broadway and Bleeck-
er street were broken In by the hremen.
Deputy Chief Reilly and battalion chief
Lally led the crews OF several engine COM
panies into the building and up to the
sixth floor As the building was deemed
iireprOof the firemen took unusual hazards
IN climbing up to reach the flames, which
had seized the entire portion of the build
ing While on the sixth floor the stairway
below them caught fire and five minutes
later the stairway leading 10 the seventh
moor gave way and fell upon them. Some
Of the ilremen were able to climb TO the
seventh floor out Of danger. Chief Lally
was with them.
Deputy Chief Reilly and the rest OF the
hremen were hemmed I'm so that they could
neither go up nor down. They shouted to
the firemen In the streets to run up lad
ders, which was quickly done. and the Inn
perhed hremen were soon clamberlng down
70 safety. Deputy Chief Reilly was In
1ured about the head and shoulders. Fire.
men Lawler and Coleman also sustained
severe bruises and contusions Coleman
was able to continue to work, however.
Deputy Chief Reilly was so disabled that
he had TO be taken to St. Vincent's hos
pital. Lawler was also taken there.
NO hre IN this city for years has caused
At this hour q a. m.) the FIRE is under
control The damage caused by the fire
Manhattan Savings Bank and the Empire
State Bank are in ruins.
New York. Nov. 6. 2 a. m.-Here is n
corrected list Of the injured:
Deputy Chief Reilly, two ribs broken.
Battalion Chief Thomas Lally Internal
injuries
Fireman Lawter Injured about the legs.
Foreman Charles II. Shea, knee hurt
Fireman George Coleman, contusions.
Policeman James Walsh. overcome by
Frank Henkel, cut about the face by fly
ing glass.
Fireman Donovan, cut about the face.
Chief Bonner said that twenty-five men
belonging to the department had been
more or less injured. He had not been
furnished with all the names of the men
before morning
That Manhattan Savings Bank building.
Wiltn Is almost a total wreck was Vaf-
ued at $4,000. Bierman, Heidelberg q
Co, talors, who occupied part Of fr
had stock valued at $4,000; Strauss a
Co, tailors In the same building prop-
ably lose $4,000; .Floenfelt a. Co., jewelry.
$1,000; other small tenants $4,000.
The Empire State Bank building, not
even the shell OF which is Aaft was prom
ably worth $4,000. Among the firms oc-
cupying 1t were Charles Hecht e Co
flowers and feathers. who lose probably
$4,000; William Burke & Co., neckwear
who probably lose S30.000 the New YORK
Feather Company, 100000, and other ten
ants, $1,000
In addition the stock of a glovs
merchant, valued at 100000, which was
IN the. next building, was totally de-
stroyed, and In the neighborhood there
We're many losses too numerous to estl-
mate. Should the securities in the fire.
proof vaults Of the two banks be de-
stroyed, an even greater loss must be
accounted for. The Broadway wall OF
the Empire Bank building and about
twenty-five feet Of the Bleecker street
side were left standing but will fall.
undoubtedly before morning. James w.
Conroy, president of the Empire State
Bank, when seen at his home. said that
the damage to the bank building was
100000 and to the fixtures 5000; and that
there were in the safe 81, 900, 600 in securi-
ties, which he believed were not de-
stroyed. The bank did not own the
building, and he did not know what in
surance was carried.