New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-09
ruREE BURNED TO DEATH.
,ro,-s LOSS OF LIFE FOLLOWING AN
EXPLOSION IN 4 CELLAR.
rrrv MEN AT WORK AMID COPPER TANKS
OF SPIRITS BENEATH OPEN GAS JETS
MANY MARROW ESCAPES ABOUT

,.or-RTEEN MEN Al "o"N N'N
=, sp,n1Ts BENEATH OPEN GAS JETS
MAN, MARROW ESCAPES ABOUT
$1,000 DAMAGE DONE
u,o.r wero burned 10 death IN Max
Th'e 70 whiskev mouse at No IS Vesey-st..
SIZE" So. of,ornoon ny fire and an explosion wh'ch
yes,a T. inst before o'clock. The victims were
p'e,N.,,uv burned. their skin ard hesh peehns
frs" ,hejr bodies They were william Wit the
io'n -, the cellar. who lived with his family
foremd" ..o,,ic-avc.. Rrookyo: Rudolph Schoen-
-, who IS believed 10 have nVed somewhere III
born 49,. and another employe who Is only
known as fauA ,,ho were killed IN the cellar
1he'0 ,,bars according 10 Milton Stiner.
o. .ho nroprietor. there were eighteen men
son OIL W, ,orsmon and two young women, Mt
oe''u'9 the nre started Late last night now
wo'H -, ,,ree bodies had been recovered. though
fNe'' chief Kruger Kept ;wo companies OF nre-
la''dO" b IN the cellars pumping out tn" -FOUR
men al VIZ IN the subcellar and searching the
feet Oh va" va, more bodies which might he there.
runs I've .orod were sent to the Morgue.
Those ras the result Of an explosion, when
Inc ~ ,,udnc and caused all the tenants 10
s"oo ".o .he street. Among these were the nrin
hse ,ooer J F Fitzgerald, who started out 10
49, from, door As he reached the centre OF 'he
~, he WAS net by sheet of flame. which
49, ret
o., He then ran back to the office on the first
~ c,i, and threw open n rear window open
it, the little court there. only 10 find the
"'sso,s of the rear building barred by heavy iron
letters As he BOXED down into the court. ten
. .,ou he saw there Lydia ST. Clair. young
- IN charge OF the labelling department. hys-
Teal from fear and begging TO he saved.
Et,zrerald pounded on the iron shutters and
.,iovss Of Bawe & Dotter. at No. - Barclay
,bo ,is and threw omen the shutters
A ladder was brought, by which the two impris-
o,ed persons escaped Others afterward got out
IN the same manner
Albert T. Turner, a salesman for the Sinners. was
standing in the store when he heard the explosion.
snd he had barely time TO rush into the street.
Milton stiner and his younger brother were In the
store but got out in safety leaving their coats and
wastcoats behind.
battalion Chief Kruger the first officer to reach
the FIRE ordered a second alarm 10 be sounded. and
q third was turned in soon after when IT was
learned that there were some of the employees still
in the place Assistant Fire Chief Croker answered
this call and directed the fremen's movements.
Assistant Fire Marshal Lyons also responded TO
this call and proceeded 10 investigate the fire He
met with much difficulty from Milton Stiner. who
not only refused 20 answer the questions put 10
him. but instructed his employees to kee? closed
mouths The cellars It learned. however.
were used 70 blend LIQUORS and 20 label and bottle
them Chief Kruger said he understood that there
were about twenty-five hundred gallons OF pure
spirits IN copper tsrM KS ,hsrs aTa that open
gas lights were used n the cellars. as the hrnl had
unable to IKe he T re Was BY
the explosion 81 a barrel OF spirits Of ALCOHOL
The firm estina:ed the loss at N9Vn fnlly Gov
brick and stone structure. and was occupied above
the frs, floor by manmakers, printers nthosra-
piers and enCravers. Their loss VIII De trinlhs as
IL smoke only.