Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1896-08-15
DETAILS OF 4 LATER ACCOt MI
4 Ilrt.c Lives Lost and S15O.OOO in
proDerty DESTROYED.

'Ehree Lives Lost and $15O.OOO in
Property Destroyed.
New York Aug. 11.--At least three per
sons and possibly others We're burned to
death in the fire that destroyed the six
story brick building at No. 463 Greenwich
street this afternoon. Several operators
were injured by the smoke and heat, and
by jumping. and two OF them are expect
ed To die The dead are: William Gray.
foreman OF electrical repair shop. anet
two unknown men, two of whom We're
caught on a fire escape and burned 10
death in view of the crowd The injured
who are expected to die are: Felix Hass
and an unknown man. The other persons
hurt We're taken to the hospital and then
home.
The ground floor Of the building was o.
cupied by y. X. Warren & Co, who op"r-
ateti the New York electrical repair shops.
The firm also occupied the fourth fifth
and sixth floors. The second floor was &C.
cupied by Julius Cohen as a distilery,
and the third floor was occupied by Plaut
Bros. manufacturing jewelers.. rms
building was completely burned out, and
so was the one adjoining at No. 46l. The
latter building was occupied on the
ground floor by Alexander Hankow a
wine refiner, and the second floor as we'll.
The third floor was vacant, the fourth
was Occupied by John Laney as the New
York Pan company. and kells Bros. cane
manufacturers, occupied the hfth hooF.
The top floor was vacant
How the fire started is not known, but
its origin is attributed to an explosion.
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of No. 465 Greenwich street, and before
the alarm could be given the flames shot
llp the air shafts and the smoke was
pouring out of the roof. Most of the PEI
sons in the building We're at work at the
machine shops of the Warren company on
the fifth floor of the building. Those who
were first to reach the file escapes sue
ceeCleCl in making their way down to the
first floor landing, and from there jump
ed to the sidewalk. Those who followed
after they found they We're cut OH by the
flames and dense smoke. which poured
in the windows below, and escaped over
the roof
one of the last men to make the hrf
escape on the fifth floor was the fore
man. William Gray. He was seen on the
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| hy another man, who was not recognized
| The men on the roof shouted to him tC
| take hold Of a wire which they had !@'
down, but they either did not hear them
| or We're too frightened to do anything
| The flames suddenly shot up and Grove
| them back. When the flames shifted tilt
chalred and naked bodies of the two me!
| We're seen on the fire escape. Another un
| known man appeared on the same fire es
| cape above Grays body. For an instant
| he eazed directly on the crowd below, as
a sheet of flames swept the windows ant
! when he fell back, his dead body was or
| The grating.
The flames made their way through The
| building at No. 100 quickly and thei
| burned through the wall to the adjoining
! bl1ildinc at No. 467 The flames We're alst
blown into the windows of No. 467. and Il
a few moments that building was burning
| from the top to the cellar. -Four alarm
| were turned in, and for a time 1t looked
/ as if everything in the block would burn
| All the traffic in that section was suspend
| ed, as the hose crossed not only the SUI
face railways but the elevated roads a
| we'll. The eight or ten explosions adde(
| ia the excitement but served a good pur
pose in aiding the firemen, as thereafta
| the flames We're more easily controlled.
The individual losses are not know
definitely. and total of S1oo,o0o is eStl
mated. Warren & Co.'S loss, as all Tn
others. was total and is estimated q
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