The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-20
MANY FIRES AT SANE TINE.
WHILE CsMMETER's WAS BURNING SO
WERE OTHER PLACES.


n Concentration of Engines at the Big
Blaze in sixth Avenue Left the Rest Of
the Town Comparatively Unprotected
FirebuEs or Mischance Took the Hint.
The fire which burned the lower floors Of the
building at Twentieth street and Sixth avenue
Wednesday. In which Cammeyers shoe shopis.
was not pronounced out until utter Is O'Clock
Yesterday morning. The nremen had il well
under control. however. shortly after , o'clock.
At daylight the building presented = remark
able appearance. Frinres Of icicles hung
from every urolection along the walls and
lined the show windows. There was also a
heavy coating OF ice on the adjacent streets.
/ Above the third floor. which was vacant. there
was practically no damage. The stocks Of
tenants on the second 1oor were astotal loss.
practically. a. was Csmmeyer's stock. The
building walls and foundations are apparently
urinlured. Insurance men thought that the
less on The hnildinE would he abou. $4,000
and Oh the Cammeyer stock about 100000.
Cammeyer's Insurance amounts 10 about
$4,000.
The cause Of The FIRE remains undetermined
The investigation Of the Fire Marshal was not
completed Yesterday, but the present SUPPOSE
ton is hat an electric wire started the blaze
in the cellar. A SPECIAL detail Of policemen
vas on duty about the burned building all dav.
Tn contents Of al the safes were found TO be
uninlured,
Before the fremen had done with the blaze
in Csmneyers . number OF other fires &C.
eurred-n different parts Of the city, and be-
cause the engines were concentrated at the
shoe store, got d hrmer hold than would other
wise have been The case All the outbreaks
occurred around - o clock in the morning. At
2l1-22l West sixty-fourth street two frame
buildings IN acoai yard, Que occupied 10y
Franz Stefan, a saddler. and the other by a
blacksmith named Reppel, were burned TO the
ground. Ten horses that were stabbed in the
yard were saved.
julius Urbin s restaurant On Tenth avenue.
near Thirty-seyenth street. vas partly burned.
A waiter, in the plAce discovered the fire and
Awpke Mrs. Marie Gehauer. an elderly wo-
man who SLEPT upstairs. She crawled out uI-
on the IRE escape and smashed a window in
the adjoining house. escaping that way. The
tenants Of both houses were'thruwu into a
panic Three, policemen returning ynst then
from the Sixth avenue fire helped them out
and sent in a IRE alarm. but before the engines
could reach the place i good deal Of damage
The house 16 Park avenue caught Ere al =
A M 4 watchmsn in the Murray Hill Hotel
reused the occupants. John Mack and two
servants. and got them out. There was b long
wait for the fremen. The furnace was 'oand
The engines came quickly enough to G47
Boulevard when the fat II Arthur, Park
caught fire. hul not quickly enough for Nj.
Parks. He Wa married only q couple 81
weeks ago. The h~anginRs about q bed esuGht
IRE. IN llt thTS morning and alter 2 irlel lEill
with the flames tie Young couple were cvIn-
peiled, 10 r-trea'. each more or less badly
siDCe6.
The Walker family NEXT door attempted to
60 down the fire eseSue, carving tlielr two
children, but became 50 chilled that the ssr-
want nearly dropped the baby. Mrs. Walker
lost her money and gewelry.. which she had
wrapped in some unpaid bills. The Walker
hnaIlyescaped through The window Of the fat
in the story below.
Between ] 40 and 2:32 o'clock five fires were
.irnaIled. Then the freInen got . rest Till nearly
10 n glnNE H.T Wnar that InFFF IN 4 2 a..lagE
six fires called them out. one 81 these. in
the tenement lQ2 Norfolk street came near
costing several lives; II was in Samuel Wcb-
ers shoe store. Al the tenants eScept The
Dauphin family on the top floor Eot down. The
flames climbed ~ the fire escape before they
got upon II and they were Ienned il. The
family Includes al old grandfather who has
been tedriddeu seven years and TWO Young
girls, Edna and Bella u and il ears old.
The crew Of HOOK AID Ladder Company r..
window holding the old man cut al arms
length 10 save llu from being smptbered.
They put W ladders in Aasre. and Foreman
Hayes ran W and took The old man IN his
out and took thrm down with hiEc. while the
crowd in the street cheered.
1t was only a lounge that was alre in Mrs.
Mary SyEnes : house at 344 West FOURTH street
and the blaze was smothcTed before the en-
Eines ever Cot there. The effor. to get there.
however. laid two fremen W with painful
by the narroWest ~ chances. thus confirm
ing the Tradition among fremen that acct
dents happen at the Lmal fires. EnElne )
answered the alarm from its quarters il Thir-
;eeDth Stresr. nea- FourTb averua and turned
into the avenue The front axle broke and
the heavy engine topplsd over. Lieu1. Daniel
7. fitzmauric- aud Engineer John Mu!liCan.
VIII rode behind on the engine. were thrOwE
off. The Lieutenant fell fat on his face and
cut il badly. Mul.gau STRAINED ms loot. The
driver. John Rooney. who was strapped in his
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