New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-23
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FIREMAN BURNED TO DEATH
A FIERCE AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN
THIRD-AVE.
ALFRED BEAUMAN CAUGHT BY A BACK DRA'Ghr
OTHER MEN INJURED IN AN ATTEMPT TO
RESCUE HIM-POLTIcAL MEET
1Ncs DISTrRRED.


A remarkably fierce fire destroyed property worm
over soOoooo In Thlrd-ave.. between Seveh'h anu
Eighth sis early last evening and resulted IN 'he
,oxs ~ one life Alfred Beauman. twenty-sX years
Old. OF Engine No. 60 was burned 20 death ana TWO
n, his fellow-arem narrowly escaped win 'he'r
lives.
The origin OF the blaze was not satisfactorily en-
pained las. night. The building was Vaca'eu o' D
o'clock and the first alarm was sent IN JUST an hour
,.,A, The Hremen could not. &c. the blaze under
control and the entire structure was burned 10 the
ground. The building was five stories hlgh, anu hau
a frontage OF 300 feet In Seventh-st, ana was lou
fee, deep. On the Eighth-st side there was rams
extension three stories high and a boilershop ->e''
the boilershop were the Eastern Chemical "orks'
The story went around that in the chemical WORKS
building there large supply OF explosives pu'
IN. flames were kept away from the bohdihs' NV.
TWO lower floors Of the main building were ocoupoo
nv the Iron and Spring Beds;ead Factory OF OSCAR
y Weissner who has New-York once al No
is1 BIeecker-st. On the third Moor was the uiahonu
cutting establishment OF j. Kryn and Wauters Broth
ers The fourth floor was occupied pv ths r1''"
Knitting Mills. and the fifth floor was vacant. pep
MY Superintendent Mackelar OF the Ponce depart
mont estimated the entire loss 20 stock ana prop
a,,,, .. saoo 1o The misunderstanding firm had dia-
,oo,ds valued AZ $4,000 in safe, but II Is oeheNeo
,ha. the stock no; badly injured
The first alarm was sent In al o cioch' "
more alarms followed in quick successioh' an" ~
1:E o'clock dozen streams or more "efe P'"' ''s
an the flames A quantity of benzine and cheiM
icals in tho building added to the her0enes VI '''
blaze and gave II great headway.
rbe death OF Reauman was the most sensational
feature OF the fire. At 1870 o'clock Beauman To-
rcfher with Foreman Charles Bixby anu JON" Uu'e
lev also Of Engine No 49, attempted I" pass
through the frame extension on the Eighth-s' sioe
~ tho building with line Of hose. When the! were
in tho middle Of the lower floor they were siucN
nv the hack drauRht Quigley and Bxby saved their
lives by jumping from the window TO 'he sIo""'
but Beauman too quickly overcome James
RYAN the assistant foreman OF Truck NO j. sa"
Reauman struggling in the building and rushed In
"a re.cua him He succeeded in reaching him and
took hold Of his foot in order to pun MN BACK
further from the fame. Beaumans shoe came OF
in Ryan's hand. and Ryan was forced by 'he III
tense heat to retreat. He went back ah' secuieu
assistance from Franklin Ferguson ana LOUIS
Blair. Of Truck No. D.
Ryan, Blair and Ferguson again entered ''e
burning building. and. while the nose was pe,ns
nIayed upon them. they succeeded in reach'hg
Beauman who by that time was horrpi! ouiheo,
They got him the window and with 'he aiu
OF other men wrapped him in blanket ana ia'er
removed the body. 1t for while beheVen
that either Oujgley or Bixby had been unable to
escane but they af;erward appeared uninjured. ex-
cept for several bad burns
The building burned rapidly and contained
40 much nfammable matter that the names were
al A distance. IN less IMAM '"'H'' "''''
Mes after the alarms were rung in the ehtife
ne,phborhood was thronged with persons VINO were
attracted by the unusually bright light ana the
,bovers of sparks which were carried In all olrec-
,,ons At o'clock the walls OF the building Tell H.
without however. doing any additional damage
Several lines Of hose were played upon NUMBER
81 wooden hat houses In Eighth-s, and other nuiiu-
ines IN the neighborhood were saved only AFTER
the hardest effort.
The injured fremen were attended by an amou-
lance surgeon and Beauman's body was taken u
tho Eighth Precinct sta.ion-house.
A. Jacobson thirty years old. OF NO III Butler
st climbed TO the roof of his house about o CLOCK
10 look at the fire. He became Interested IN the
blaze and stepped off the roof falling fifty feet
TO the ground and breaking both legs ne WAS WAS
taken TO the Long Island College Hospital. Inc
building Was owned by Mr. Weissner, and the
losses are partly covered by insurance.
One Of the things that the big blaze did was Ihac
tically TO break up number or pontcal meet
inpe OF both parties in the Tenth Ward Inc Dem
ocrats were the heaviest sufferers as tht loc,tity
In the garden spot OF the unterrihed brooKVn
Democracy The blaze started up az about the
lime the bands began TO play. As the SKY crew
redder and redder the people began to move toward
the greater attraction and the open-air meetings
meetings were late in getting started. ana the
speeches were held back until the nre began 10
die down Then the crowds came surging pack
from the Are and the speakers were listened 10 by
thousands who might not have turned out but Tor
fire.