New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-20
FIRE WENACES GAS TANKS
noUNEUYSPL4NTB BURNS
B,oss at Spectacular Blaze SE0o.oo0-
Screnfg-fce Families Dri0cR Out.

. ~. .-.-.ao,la- ere that m--occd three large Eas
- "a .rs BROOKLYN Union Gas Company. called
q, c-,-i-es across TIRE nr'1 from manhattan ia
tss+,,- 10 twenty engines from Brooklyn. anu
-,,sss the has.y eviction of soFoaty-HNe families
-. s...--rs1 The immense u5-rt works OF The
: NJ peroe q C. 7. Bayrolds Company. near the
..,-,r,rt m Brooklyn, last night TTNe plant ez-
- rom 40 er 20 sr plvnoIth-st through 20
a., re. 70 "a John-st in the block between HUDSON
- Gold SIS General Edward I. NoliucuN.
,,s,-bs- q the d-m although wei along ir years.
srsnt 10 the Ere from his home. in Fort Greene
slsoe and trsmped around in the wet streets. Civ
s,v vta+ Information he could GO the aremen.
holland B Mciue1x. who since his acQuittal on The
charge o. murder has been working IN the office o:
thc company. Has not present. hut his brother
asslie was with hi4 father.
q strong southwest wind was blowing, carrying
fhe flames out across plyuOuthst. on the opposite
Eide of which was yard containing the three tanks
q the gas company. which contained about l,"'v'
ssl,ic zee: OF gas The flames also spread over the
row Of nine three story brick dwelling houses that
sdjoired the factory and extended in Hudson-ave-'
Between Plymouth and John SITS Fifty families
Ne-e hastily ordered Qua Of these houses, and
bought refuge in tbs vicinity The hremen in spite
q p lack of water 6id extraordinarily fine work In
coufuinc the flames 10 the factory and the rear
of these nine dwelling houses. Had this row gone
Np the flames might have crossed Hudson-ave. and
a =
The loss 10 the Devoe e. Reynolds Company is
estimated al SS0o0o-SWOo0 10 the Buildings N50-
p0 10 thc machinery and $4,000 70 the stock The
ioss 10 the brick and other buildings IN the
vicinity viii probably be covered by S5aooo. Cen
frsl Moineux sail thar his concern had S240000 in
assurance Prom what he could learn. the fro
f1arted m The basement near the boilers IL may
have p ~ caused by oil waste or hot ashes.
II re started about $50. Deputy Chief I.ally
o. charge Of the fire forces IN Brooklyn. went down
On The second alarm and found the factory a rag
ing furnace. He quickly sent IN a third and fourth
alarm and three special calls. bringing twenty en-
gfnes from the borough. Chief Croker. who came
from Manhattan tho fourth alarm. at once sent
D special can 90 Manhattan for Two engines and
= and 81 came over THE bridge IN record time. At
fhis period the flames were blowing toward the
Eas plant and large sparks were sent in streams
onto The tanks Soon after the fire broke out Su-
per-.ende.t Mcintyre OF the gas company. start
ed TO d-av o nc gas and SEND & into three other
tanks a. Prom; and Gold SITS. three blocks away.
= took ab1gt m hour 10 do this. and when the
sob had aec1 completed and the plant was safe
Nclnyre fel exhausted.
One hundred policemen unde- Inspector Weigand
hed ihe frc lines and assisted the tenants of the
endangered houses 10 get out into the street Mrs
Mary UcoG a Polish woman. who was III in bed
VII chllc two days old. was carried out by
Aoaldsnan J. =. Thompson. Of The lower Fulton
O. station
Detectives Murray ard Jones Cor several davs
Nao oeln watching one % the houses. where a
Nonar row sick I'm The Brooklyn Hospital. had a
H-nk which % was suspected was Fun OF silver
var stolen from Mrs Frances Whaley OF No q,
hoso'psko-st When the tenants were driven out
80 H-'eciires went iu and carried the trunk OF
- "e 'o"er F1lton-st station. Half dozen fami
. 'ook thelr belongings out Of the frame dwell
ing houses across H4Ge1u-ave. one paralvzed man
va carried ont DOB tIc arms OF a ratrolr,au Nr
. "is- David McGortln. OF 40. 20 Hudson-ave
wee also carried OUT
r1-...fA- lne hreIue1 worked under dangerous
-. ~, ei-t erc mas badly iu1lled. lie w.as
g c.e A-ahor cf Engine l2s. who foll from Il lad
\ ,.,---,, - 20 iaAet to the Brooklyn I0suital win
enea' 9gt was only bruised ''-''1 '' "
sro, ,-'-4n u lhlpiains Handcl and McGro-er
q 60. ~ II .lh- l acplrtueUt. Chaplain Aclllev
49, over With CrIeF C-1scr ~ '-'
~ &.,l o- tle thousands or gallons of ,ar5-
Fsfiet, =. ~ it tre stock. DE flames burned IA a
a. ~, 1, asal ful colors and the scene from
'''i-slF spectacular o'N "'-S