New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-12
THEODORE B. STARR,
2ob Fifth Avenue.
Goldsmith, Silversmith and
Ieweler, Diamond Merchant
and Dealer in Precious Stones
Solid Silver, Fine Porcelalns
and Bronzes.
FIRE FIGHTERS BUSY NIGHT.
Continued from First Page.

HOSDital,
turned bravely to his work -
The Murray stationery store occupied a s''''''
frontage adjoining the Derby Desk Company IN
Nassau-st.. and It has little, II anything iei''
The INNER part of the destroyed building was
occunied nv LAWYERS and by the offices or severai
manufacturing concerns.
Assemblvman Julius Hamburger occupied n
su,te ~ rooms on the second floor OF the Ann
Ct norton Of the building. He lost every'h'hs'
and his library is said to have been valuapie
one Assistant Corporation Counsel Lesser hau
an office near him. and he too, was purheo ou'
completely The National Advertising Company
Smith & Hass, Sanders Rosenstein' Johnson
e. Bailey publishers; Simonson HUDSON oroK-
ers and the Hannaway Company, publishers
were also burned out.
The large Ann-st. show window OF Cohen q
Co taiors was destroyed by the bursting OF
hose. and a large display Of goods was ruined
GOOD WORK BY POLICE RESERVES.
Sergeant Ilndeman. Of the Oak-st. station
who Is IN command in the absence o. Captain
Vredenburg was on hand early with ore nun
dred policemen. and they did excellent Work IN
repressing the turbulent crowd and keepins the
streets free for the frernen. The entire reserve
forces OF the Old Slip and Oak-st. stations were
called out When the two nines'' were sent out
Inspector Cross hurried 10 the scene ana caiieu
out all reserves below Fourteenth-st
II was said that there were three other women
IN tho bu,,ding and that they were helped out by
Fireman Edward Green. of Hook and Ladder
connanv No. 70 The jantor. Smith. did not
know OF any such women. and II they were III
the building he certainly would have been aware
q, their presence. as he hired the help. j. l..
Weinberg lawyer whose office was on the
e..h eoor wa. caught in the building by the
e-o tIc vas at work in his office later than
usuaI and when he heard the cries OF IRE ne lock
rio hat and coat and hurriedly ran 10 get out by
tho stairs on Nassau-st. Al the NTH moor ne
found himself blocked, and had 10 return 10 the
roof re succeeded In getting TO the ROOF Oh 'ne
building at No. Al Ann-st., and thence 10 the
street.
The window frames Of the Bennett BUILDING
- tho sou,bvcst corner of Nassau and Ann
ste caught fire several times but the names
were extinguished by the hremen and the en-
Moves in the building The scafoldin6 AT the
new Syndicate Building. In Park Row. was lg-
nited several times, and once the Woou"orN
on the twenty fourth floor was blazing. The
fremen and several of the men employed ny 'he
contractors who are building the structure. and
who hurried to the place when they heard OF 'he
fire kept the flames under control.
AN ESTIMATE OF HE LUBE
The loss Is estimated at half million dollars
The larger share OF this will he borne by the
Morton interests. though IT is said they are
we'll insured In the Globe. London and LiVerpooi
companies The Derby Desk Company. Maduro
Brothers and tho stationery stor" mentioned
are the next heaviest losers. JUST "hat the"
loss IS could not he learned
The Internal Revenue Department had of1ces
-, tho third floor NJ the Nassau Chambers
Building Stamps which would have been sold
for 100000 were in the Offices and all we're
lost The Offices In the Vanderbilt Building.
Reekman and Nassau SITS. from the eighth to
the fourteenth floor were all more or less dam
The ianitor ~ No 1l3 Nassau-st., Henry
Sears his wife and mother-in-law, were ordered
hv the dremen 10 quit their building. II is Just
across from the Nassau Chambers, and the
narrowness of the street made their situation
dangerous.
They were able later to 90 back TO their rooms
and sustained no loss. The two buildings north
Of the Nassau Chambers were considerably
damaged by the fire and smoke.
smith the janitor of the Nassau Chambers,
saws the building was valued by his employer
al 5000 600 In this case the total loss VIII be
close to 81 O0O0D
The simultaneous call" or two mines. as II
IS better known among the fremen. was last
sont in on the night Of November - 1880. Elec-
ton night The Empire state Bank Building. al
Bleecker-st and Broadway, was the scene OF
the fire. Last night the simultaneous CALI
brought ont thirty-hve engines. ten hook and
ladder trucks. three water towers. five com
pauies OF the Fire Patrol. nireteen battalion
chiefs and three hundred hremen.
The Nassau Chambers is the same building I'm
which the mys, erious killing Of Martha Fuller.
a pretty stenographer. happened on March II.
1894 She was found Shot dead in the office
where she employed. and the mystery was
never cleared up. There we're some arrests In
the case but after few DAYS detention the
prisoners wore released.