The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
FOUR KILLED IN MOTT STREET FINE.
Police Almost Sure superintendent Weir
Lost His Life-Othsr Victims.

tohce ALMOST buro bupertntendeut Weir
Lost HE Life-Othsr Victims.
It lie now believed that four lives we're lost in
the flre on Friday afternoon in the building at
81 Mott street. occupied by the Manhattan
Bedding Company and 7. Mohr & Co.. furniture
makers. or the three reported missing. the
boy Roger de Pasca. whom the police had down
GO Roger. turned up yesterday forenoon among
the employees who gathered In front OF tho
building. At the same time It was found that
John Weir. the SUPERINTENDENT. had not been
at his home since the fire. and the police have
little doubt that he lost his life in the blaze.
At the time the fire started Weir was In the
furniture department on thu second floor In
the rear. Several employees OF the bedding
company told tho police yesterday that Weir
followed them out on FIRE escape on the sec
-ond floor just a. he got out. they said. nun
OF smoke and flames came up from the first
floor and he staggered and sank back inside
the window. Weir's family have given him up
as dead. and no one believed yesterday that
there was any chance that he had escaped.
The others now known positively to be miss
ing. and whose bodies the police believe are In
the ruins. are Michael Condor. the fireman OF
the building: Max Albin OF 27s East Seven
tenth street and Charles Smith Of Cook street.
Brooklyn. Albin was a riveter employed on
the third floor and was lnst seen by AN EN-
ployee named Blercker plunglng through the
smoke irving to find u window, BlprCker had
reached the fire escape and called to him. but
received no answer. Albn's sister reported To
the police yesterday morning that her brother
had not bsen home since the fre. Charles
Smith. tn" other boy missing, was at work In
the shipping department in the basement, His
fnther Is u driver Tor neiRhboring mattress
firm and was driving 10y his sons place NJ
employment at the time the IRE was discovered.
lie said Yesterday that he jumped on his wagon
and. rushing over to the building called
down the basement to see " his boy was there,
A drau9ht blew a lo' Of smoke into his face and
forced him back. Young Smith did not turn up
at his home In BROOKLYN and his fat her crme
over to the ruin. Yesterday m 'rning almost be-
fore daylight. He IL m old man with white
hair Tears ran down his face "a he went over
20 We ruins calling loudly for his son
The sister and aunt OF Condor. the fireman.
were about the ruins yesterday hoping that his
body might be recovered. He was seen 10y
several TO go back into the building after
resching the sidewalk.
The nre smouldered all day yesterday In ono
corner of the building and u was nearly night
bstor. IL could he cktinRuished Even then the
interior OF the building wa. so hot that the
hrrr1en could scarcely make their way through
and II was not ill 4 o'clock that any real at
temp was made to search for the bodies. Then
gang OF men under the supervision uf tho
Building Department went to work nulling
over the debris There we're eight feet OF
water In the basement. which will have to he
pumped out before m uch work can he done In
the part where tho bodies are supposed to be-