New-York tribune., 1897-08-30
LIVELY DOWNTOWN BLAIh.
r1REMEN HAVE \ HARD FIGHT AGAINST FLAMES
IN 4 PEARIesT. FACTORY

r,prvrN HAVE HARD FIGHT AGAINST FLAMES
IN 4 PEARI-sT. FACTORY.
hc slx-story building, Nos AS and $50 fearl-
,. ero from some cause as yet undetermined
49,. ,.os,ordav afternoon and kept the hroInen huSF
,or moro than two hours although the names were
IN reality under the control Of Chiet Bonner n''
n half that time The building Is used whoI! l''
roctorv purposes and Is situated In Pearl-st near
,to corror Of Park Its contents consisted OF
hiehl,. innammahle material. and willie the blaHe
,s under way dense volumes Of smoke were seHt
,o,,h from each Of It's many windows until the
o,,,ro ncphborhood for blocks on every nand vas
envclopcd i'm an imponetrable smudge whch Oh
scurod all surrounding objects, while hugc cIo""S
~ the smoke were blown far away over the city.
Iohn Gavin the janitor cf the place with Johh
rIerni,k and Frederick Strohel. two friends. wer"
loungig on the opposite corner Of the street wheh
Gavin n ,ticod smoke issuing in little streams from
tho iron shutters the second moor oi no f>'
The three men ran into the building and into the
room from which the smoke appeared TO como.
That part OF the building was unoccuped nut il
~ ca nuod with smoke that the men were almost
blinded while throwing open tho shutters. TA"y
,,,,nce1 o. .et down :he stairs. and Gavin sent In
an alarm from the box at Elm and Worth SITS
In the rear of the building in Parkst.. Is the
home # the Five Points Mission. Threc-quaTtcrs
~ an bour before more than three hundred chill
drcn had been at Sunday school there. but they
had all gone when the watchman In the MISSION
haDrcncd to look out OF his windows ana saw
smoke oozng from every window In the factory
building. He about to tun 10 the street 10
ring an alarm when he heard the engines on their
way TO the fire
Bv the time the fremen had arrived the blaze
insd. the building had gained great headw1y
that II seemed II the ng structure was doomed.
4 second alarm hurriedlf sent in. and In a
short space Of zine third and fourth call for as-
sisrance had been ordarel by Chief Bonner, who
reached the scene soon after the outbreak Of tn"
fire.
The blaze was fought from every side, and two
lines o. hose were operated through tho mission
house for the roof Of that structure offered a
splendid vantage ground. While the water tower
was working ~ its utmost and was d"lrglng the
burning building with terrific force. the hose which
r"n,,orod he Gr~aI app tratus helpless Choi Bon
ner sent another 10 replace H. but when the relief
tower rad not pressed into the serv!, p.
for the chief thought hi- men could h&ndie me
nro without H. AZ that time twenty engines were
pouring d. many streams on the FIRE
Fighting III" FIRE proved TO De very hard Work Tot
the fremcn account Of the dense smoke. but. 50
far as could be learned none Of the fire fighter
preserved hy sixty policemen, under the command
OF Acting Inspector Allairc.
~ 80 o'clock a portion Of the roof OF the build
ing fell In with crash. AT that time the blaze
70 70 nart Of The walls fell The principal damage
wns done 10 40. 4sn for the flames worked their
way into No. an only the upper floors.
The floors Of he two parts Of the buildng, Were @
floor Phoenix Gas Fixture company; second. va
can't: third. Arnoux & liochhausen. electro
motors fourth ana nm Zahn = BoWly vi IN mirrors IoT
pany. No. lso-Bisemcnt and first floor. Crescent
Steel Company: second and fourth. vacant; third.
Zahn 4 Bowly: sixth. William +. COxford. ar
morcr Tho entire loss by the hre is estimated a.
$500 Of which 81 j." is on the building which -
o1.ua I'd lv Thomas VI. Jackson