New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-05
A DISASTROUS HARLEM FIRE.
THE EAST SIDE RUBBER, BONE AND
IVORY WORKS DEsTROYED-MANY
PEOPLE OUT OF EN-
PIOYMENT.
PLOYMENT.

Harlan was visited Yesterday by disastrous and
exciting FIRE, which not only cntaied IosS % u
Leaf go 90 10 property-owners but dn od'''e
which Will he felt In many needy home as well
NJ two hundred girls. many of them the main sup
port Of their families will be thrown out Oh en-
poyment u,.
The East Side Rubber Bone and Ivory WORKS
No 900 TO 22os First-ave and Nos ioi ana fV' fI
One-hundreG OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. IN "n1" ~
fire started was totally destroyed. The ouiinins
was OF brick five stories high. and surmoun'en ny
a ,srze cupola The part in East One-hundred-ann-
,ventv-fourth-st was extension OF tne man
building Policeman Wheaton. OF the EaS' ~
hundred n nd twenty sixth-st. stauoh' sdW e'"'"
issuing from the building about noon ana at o'.e
turned In an alarm The fire was in the engine
roono ~ the factory on the One hundred nn-t"sh-
ty-fourth-st. side Through the elevator sn n'
,s,eraAd 10 the upper floors. and before the names
were discovered TIE building was doomed 1t n'i
contained large quantities OF ceilnlod an" o'''
Highly infammable material. and wlthin zen "','i
utos after the first alarm had been rung the eh''re
s,rrc,ura uas mass Of flames In quick success
sion four al.tns were sent in and eighteen engines
and four hook and ladder companies were soon az
work Deputy chief Purroy took command.
Al FIRST the situation looked grave. and the ei-
forts of the fremen were directed 10 s'V'hs ''
Joining property. People living in nearby ouhdinss
hurried from their homes. carrying win tnem all
their portable property and the excitement "d'
intense a. No.. =, t.a worst
4 IL O'CLOCK. while tnt mr. was
,bn soufheas t wall on the One hundred aud-t"enty-
fourth-st side OF the building fel mo tne and
nearly hurying EnRine No 80 beneath erlcks, a III
mortar The engine was badly damased anu ~
engineer barely escaped being crushed ne saw 1i,e
wnu coming and sprang back out OF me way
Near bv stood Hook and Ladder company 70 ~
and Thomas Carrigan and Duncan Iowart' OF I'M aha'
oonnanI had a thrilling escape seventy hNe-
foot ladder was standing erect and nj the top ciuns
Carrsan and Towart directing stream ,o o. and
into the building They saw the wall tottei siI "a
then fan toward them That was an tney w fS
to Like fash. one after me ptnrn; "a Gar
down the ladder and were out 81 nhrh 49, ,.1do
rigan received a slight cut on me- leit res ""' '0
fron1 mis- neither OF the men Was hurt ,.,
For n short time the cabe-cafs III ose 10
ond-tventv.nfth-st the trOlley-cars IN Seco..is
ard the horsecarS In First-ave had 10 he FIopper,
The reserves Of the nearest police statons AZ 80 ~
ordered 70 the scene and found plenty 10 "o ]"
keeping the crowd within proper hounds U,.,
Tie nolice estimate the loss ~ tho.op Mt Nal.
=, V,aa q Hume owners nj the huhhlns' "no
was AZ thu fire. said. however nat ysuhne ss I'm
rad been DESTROYED. which would bring m" loss ny
Va 4, loas, i900NA The concern minul 49, ~,
small articles such combs and buttons. ana 1T
rlovni n largo number or girls. VINO. loE n ""' -
least, Will have nothing 70 DO