The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30
LIVELY DOWNTOWN FIRE.
$4,000 DAMAGE CAUSED BFA BBzzE
IN PEARL STREET.

A wedding CsEo Ruined by the Bursting OF n
Hcse ns tho bridal Procession Marched TO
= Hotel Opposite tho Burning building
supply Pipe or water Tower Also Hurst.
Pearl street saw a fro yesterday that had
moro Incidents than tho usual metropolitan
blaze. The fro was In a ~siX-story brick factory
building at 47S. and It announced itself by
sending a stream of smoke through one Of the
windows OF William Tierney's Handbook fac
tory on the second floor just after the fireman
Waterman, John Garvine. had finished his 5
o'clock inspection of tho building. Tho stream
OF smoke was black, and it settled down over
the street, penetrating every window and door
In the ncighborhood. There was a lot of smoke
where tho original stream came from, and
while one man ran to ring an alarm, two others
did Just what the tlrcmcn didn't want done.
They went up tho ladders Of the balcony fire
escapes and opened the windows on the floor
where tho smoke had appeared. BY doing this
they provided q fine draught that famed the
flames to Il degree which made It necessary for
tho fircmen to spend three and a half hours
putting them out,
by the time tho first engines had arrived
more were needed, and alarms were cent out
until twenty engines, four trucks. and a water
tower were scattered around the neighborhood,
and water was pouring In on tho flames from
every window that could be reached. Tho
flames played hide and seek with tho ilrcmen,
fooling them by appearing to go out on ono
floor. only TO blaze up viciously as soon as IL
was left alone. The water tower was raised
in front of the building, and sent a flood Of
water through the two upper floors. The en-.
gineers supplying the tower put on 20 much
pressure that the supply pipe burst, and every
one within q radius of fifty feet was drcnched.
While the break was being repaired the roof OF
the building foil in. Tho iiremen had the blaze
No one WINS injured at tho fire except one
pipoman. who was overcome by the smoke
whilo working on The NTH floor. He was car
escape, lie went back TO work. Half an hour
had LETT tie F Five Point! nis'S Mission. WI Which inl bacEs
rear tenement, which has nm entrance at II
Baxter street, moved their furniture out into
harmed.
1t caused 70 Rachael D'Ascinza and his bride
morning Ip i the church Of S g. Joachim %fiT,F they N had sHi
home, and then they had started for a hotel
opposite the IRE to celebrate the dav. Behind
cake. a thing brave and beautiful in all tho
*. us q pink ii icing and golden L. iinsei. When
Of tho block. q great crowd barred the way, and
the tops q Of the buildings we're lost in rolling
IS 'hc"' - Inv vi l'AlN NlllNh h'll
back tho crowd. The policemen were not
cheerful, as they we're choked and blinded by
the smoke. They were enforcing the FIRE line
rule riHidly. but when the wedding party came
In sight one OF them moved aside, so that there
was room for the bride TO step past him. She
did IT,, and dragged her husband through with
her. Then came the man with the wonderful
cake. lie got by the policeman. and hurried
toward tho door OF the hUicl. He slid along as
though impressed by the Importance of his bur-
den, and had almost reached The hotel entrance
when, with n report like a shot gun ono OF the
lengths OF hose gave way and a stream of dirty
water spurted out. The water drenchcd the
cake and cut the brilliant frostinE OF as n
spring rain nielts a snowbank. Tho cake was
ruined. and the best man mounted the steps to
the feast bedragglcd and fnrlOrn.
Besides running the D'Ascinza's wedding cake,
the fire did S3l 900 damage to the stocks OF
the PhcniN Gas Fixture Company, the Crescent
steel Company. William Tierney, William shy.
der & Co., and Zahn & Buuly. The building
was damaged $4,000. 1t is owned by T. Il.
Jackson.
Chief Sweeney of the Chicago Fire Depart.
ment. who was with Chief Bonner at the fire.
commented particularly ON the presence Of fire.
escape balconies on the building. from which
the trcmen were able TO work. He said that in
Chicago there were few balcony fire escapes.
and that the hremen were Obliged TO fight from,
ladders.