New-York tribune., 1896-05-05
/, LIVELY IRE IN WALL-sT'
..xns OF PEOPLE CROWD AROUND
THE STEVENS BUILDING.
,xc,rtuENr AMONG THE TENANTS
N'I ,or,p or WATER on THE occu-

.-rxsE Exc1TfMfNi
"' ro,,n IoF WATER on THE occu-
n.xrs OF THE LOWER FLOORS
x,os dash into Wall-st. they arc III
When nv ~ hv big crowd crowd 'hat
variao' a., from Broadway TO Nassa"-s''
ehoAe' A Yesterday by what proved 10 oe III
vas hase IN the upper stories OF 'ho 90
oos.n" =, Nos H. IS and is Wan-st near ID 'o".
Bulai"e' yood start before even the occupants
~" -. nu,ldine we're aware OF its
.'s ,n desk in the office OF Havehs neeDe
HS srb noor. The rooms. Nos % anu 10 w."
W., '" a. the, time. ana the naineS ."N c,a-,as
~. csrpe, and como Of the iur'i'uro 80 ro
sae ', ~. s,evator boy. noticed the SMOKE Aio
scone''' W - down at the time. and giving the
was Va . r. Aaw past the startled peope on Tue
"" - wiling 'Trire!" a; the top o. ms 'o'oe'
n9o's sse the fourteen-year-oid son Oh '"e s"p.'
,sn, h samuel See. the wcll-Kho"n "","'
ms". an IN from the fourth floor ana s'a''eu ~
she'e, .ra Young See tried 10 smo'her 'he
na1 y. - asn that were creeping UP 'he uoof
s..ngs and about the wainscotihe. o"' ''e
80 .r,oke ard heat drove him out
w 'n,oar is the building by this time nau os-
Inc up' manic hut OF the three hundred or
eo"s ,s nerson. who rushed down the stairs
Sou' " -, had wit enough left TO send IN an
Only n.., was Frank Phillips, OF the l'rih oi
,,,s,s 4 Co. who have Offices on '"e '"''u
y ~ a In which the burning OFFICES were
%" A ne nrebox at Pine and Nassau s'S' sent
n' .,srr and FIVE minutes iater the nrs' e"
~.,,,sA INTO Wall-st. This was soon iohowed
s"s ..co,d alarm. AS the neishoorhoou oeca'he
~, r.onle from the downtown streets the
@cA r.Ah.rae suspended operations ana the
Stock - ,,s-ts came out to swell the crowd.
h~e ,n,s time had become almost unmanage-
The or,t line OF hose was taken up 'hroush NO
INC ~, !" minutes later three other lines were
~ wv -o,k on the blaze. which had extended TO
pa. aMoea on the fifth and sixth floors Ihen
W. -. downpour Of water. This scared the
A,s. ,.nsnts who had been assured by Superln-
.srs.n, See that there was no danger on the lower
oo,ss ind they came troop'ns OUT "a '"'''
onlv =, walk into deiuge'
oar walI-st they went--brokers. bankers,
- ,y,exr,er-girls and office-boys all carrying
es' s,.. Az other of no value that could not
possibly burn
s,,,ns hats were ruined. coats and waistcoats
'~ssssa and those who escaped the downpour
,s.hov. nv hugglng the wall had to wade through
..vAsa! inches OF water 10 get to the street
:. ~. midst OF the excitement which prevailed
4, sns street below there was stirring scene hap
,.n,as on the top floor OF the burning building
Z phe occupants OF the sixth hoor. nearing the
~, ~ "Fire" made has;y effort TO escape the
.,oks was pouring in volumes up into the sixth
,oor and four women and one man were crop
nc around for way TO escape
Tbs women, who were badly frightened. began 10
..rsam Jus. at this moment Fremen William
.(ga,x Of Hook and Ladder No. l0 John Clark. OF
-uook and Iaadsr No. l5 and William Higgins. OF
Hook and Iaias- No 10. came down through the
,cu,tle OF the roof The firemer. seeing the condi'
,on of Affairs rushed 10 the aid Of the women, VINO
vere almost Unconscious with fright. They took the
rosnen WHO were said 20 be typewrters up through
IN. scuttle and u. or the roof. The firemen with
,,a women in tieir arms. climbed over the fence 10
ns peighborng uiRing and put their charges IN a
n,,ee OF safety Tfe names Of the women couid
tot be learned, IS hey hurried away Immediately.
One OF the frerncn in the hurry and confusion
drooped fre hook through the shaf: The big hook,
nsnid crashed. Though the ceiling OF the Laidaw
sssl estate office. and nearly fell on one o. me
Ss,ts The oiice OF Carter e. Fallow5 Is on the
I'm door Of the building. AS soon as the cry Cl
Gre vas raised the clerks in the office got most OF
he yah,b.e papers into the safe There were some
yxasNs papers however II is said. wnich were not
pu, 10 TIE safe owing 70 lack of time.
~ onces OF Ritch'e, Woodford, Bovee & wallace
He Also on the six Il floor. II was rumored that
hNpers in the Fayerweather will case were Kept
10 tbs Office but this afterward stated 20 be
hmrrect. The papers are 1T Is said, Kept IN saie
4Posit vault. ~
NE names of the Arms or the Nth floor. where
The flre started are +. Phillips 4 Co, George 5.
iinlin X W. Gibson, architect: j. Wolf Tone, y
Tone James D. Hague, and Frank A. Irish.
The total less v fl be about $4,000.