New-York tribune., 1899-02-10
A HARD FIGHT FOR FIRElUEN.
MANY SUFFER AT A BIG BLAZE NEAk
SOUTH FERRY.
THE BLOCK ROUNDED BY SOUTH. FRONT
MOORE AND WHITEHALL SITS. SWEET
BY FLAMES. CAUSING LOSS
PLACED AT $500, o0t


PLACED AT $4,000.
Tho block bounded by South Front Moore anu
Whitehall sts was swept by fire YESTERDAY lrot ~
ing and property OF the estimated value ol S"0O'0
was DESTROYED II was one OF the most dlhicuit IeS
.ha. Tho c,,v rooartnnont has had 10 fight in many
dovs az high wind was blowing, which tahne"
the flames and at the Same time oennmoeu 'no
ercnen. many Of whom had their hands ana arms
and feet frozen while at work The Duillmhs I'M
inr on Whitohal-st. that were either par ''""' -
wholly wrecked by fire or water and the names
- so,o - tho Nrns that suffered losses were: Tho
,,aetern Hotel Mt No. 80 70 Sc: Peter Hartman 3
Hotel. No. s.: tho Whitehall Hotel No. o'' W. =
Clarke & Co.. hay and grain; O. H. SeR'er w.
and Samuel T. Dunn at No. b3: a. Gippert q W.
fruits. at No. 81.
in Front-st. Walter G Bells bag factory, nj No.
to Q: Amrguibau & Rance foreign FRUITS no. d"
In Moore-st the South Ferry Hotel. NO V' no
- rvacanO 7 H. Steel dealer in olive oil ana bu'-
ter No "a: MafTel. Tregnaghi 6 CO.. propIle'oa'
~ tho Aylesbury Creamery Company. NO. 20
Dcghue q Wilson. No 2S: Lang & Co.. hour ine'-
chants No 80: Hecker-Jones-Jeweh Miiling com-
pany. No. 20 10 81.
In south-s,.. the storage-house Of J. II. Meyer q
CO commission merchants. No 10 8: Wright &
Travis commission merchants. and George j. Sweet
& Co. No 4: Warren & Stratten. flour and PROD
uce. No 3 and Harry (. Joe's restaurant. No. G.
The rersons either hurt or overcome by the smoke
or cold were:
BR Raa asT2n % M q st ne asSG1 wS. at fqSsT5 work On
the hd hoor ~ the storage house al NJ, NSs bs enc AZ,
iem,.e3 10 CLIMB down without being helped; he
DP&ea & END a15 Ken to TO the e iiTaf' sGa '5is eet Hop
D7rFrgHER John p o. the nrc patrol: hands and ears
fr7ssitten: taken % HUDSON street Hospital.
FNEy qsI5ss ,sST + T. Inc " adn f 5G sec RS'I Ipa i '
FINIITR --. O fireman of Fire Patrol No J. arms an
hsais frozen while haaing hose on the roof Of the
'''' fr51en: taken to the Hudson Street Hospit'.
MEvoT Robert OF Engine Company 70 4; hand' arms
NJ % Moore-s. takou the Hudson street Hospital
YNA 9a SS{ BY 6ss o4 .,e2e1s3 s%2SY;a a * me DOG
srao1c recovered quickly
came 2s b2syeoai " As ws,aiHs the drc attended by
ambulance surgeon; was a5ie 70 20 home
Several nremen who refused 10 give their names
had their arms and hands badly nipped by the frost
while fighting the flames and were sent to their
homes in the bag factory at Nos. and Front
#. abou. one hundred ard fifty girls were en-
ployed All except three got 10 the street IN few
minutes after the fire discovered. These three
os the female employees instead Of running INTO
the street tried make their escape By way ot m
alley between the factory and Hartmans Hotel
When they reached the alley they were blinded
and almost sufTocatcd by the smoke. and one o'
them tainted waiter in the hotel smelled the
smoke and opened a window overlooking the alley
10 see II ANYTHING was burning. lie saw the pngnt
Of the girls. and lifted them through the window
The origin of the fire Is not known. Chief Bon
ner was OF the opinion that 1t was caused by an
exDloson in the rear &C Hartman's Hotel, while
several persons who had oHcos IN tho block swept
hv the flames thought that it started in the bag
factory Flames We're first seen shooting from the
second floor of the bag factory about 7cO o'clock
hv Martin Mulrey. bartender in Shea's Hotel, at
No 6 Front-st., which IS directly opposite the fac-
tory building. lie sent I'm an alarm ana then iah
into the factory and with the assistance OF joseph
Callahan. truckman. led most Of the girls out OF
the building. In a Ii,te while the high winds had
carried the flames 20 tie building at Nos. and
South-st occupied by J. H. Meyer Co. commits
sion merchants, ss a storage place. ABOUT the
same time Hartman's Hotel and No. Front-st
were discovered 70 he on fire
As soon as the nremen reached the scene three
alarms and then a fourth and a fifth alarm were
sent IN in quick succession. Ry o'clock the fro
had erread 20 Moore-st and Tor a time II looked
as though only the framework Of the buildings In
the block would be left s:anding
While feeding the water towers tho hreboats New
Yorker and Robert A. Van Wyck. which were
raoored 10 pier IN South-st.. grounded. but were
able TO continue supplying water About four
hours after Il was discovered the fire was got
under control While the buildings facing Front
St were burning South Ferry trains on the Third
and Second-aye. lines were blocked and the Broad
way oable-cars ran only as far Bowling Green
for several hours The rubber coats and helmets
OF many fremen handling the hose lines became
covered with p heavy layer Of ice, and from dis
tonce the nre-nghters looked though they Ind
suddenly been transformed into a white dress
Tho Extraordinarily cold weather. while II proved
terribly trying to the hremen ana seriously !nttI--
picturesque sights imaginable for the onlookers
The passengers going 70 ana coming from from ,,e lle