Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-09
ROUTED OUT OF BEDS
Thousand Sleepers Fear Dis
astrous Fire
IN NEW YORK TODAY
EARLY MORNING BLAZE IN FIVE
STORY FACTORY.
Financial Damage Not Great, but Five
Hundred Thrown Out Of
Employment.
IN NEW YORK TODAY
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Speclai Dlfpatch TO Inc Star.
NEW YORK, October 9-More than 1000
sleepers We're routed out Of bed at O clock
this morning by fire in fve-story fac
tory building in the middle of the block
bounded by the Bowery, Bayard. Christie
and Division streets, which destroyed
$4,000 worth of property and threw 500
factory hands out of work. None of the
lodging houses or other buildings in that
block facing any of the four streets was
materially damaged although the burning
five-story factory building in the middle Of
the block came within ten feet of touching
buildings on all sides, having been built in
the space which ordinarily would have been
reserved for court.
How the fire started is not known either
to the police or the firemen. 1t was discov-
cred by Nathan Dietz watchman who
lives at 25 Bowery. When his attention
was first attracted to the factory building
he saw smoke and flames issuing from the
second and third floors. and fearing that
some of the poorer workmen might De
asleep In the building he tried to get In to
awaken them, but the flames were then too
hot for him, and he quickly retireo Win
singed eyebrows. He ran into the street
and found Policeman Koch patroinng MS
most of the Bowery. Koch heard DietZs 3
cry of Fire" and turned in an alarm.
Second Alarm Turned In.
A. soon as other policemen and the first
fire engine arrived a second alarm was
turned In, and when Battalion Chle1 Ross
reached the scene he turned In the. thlro
alarm. The factory that was on nre was
numbered % and 25 Bowery, because 1t was
in the rear of those same NUMBERS on .ne
Rowery. The Bowery lodging house OF tne
Salvation Army Is at %, and the senate -
at 25 Bowery. All three OF those iodssss ieIs.
houses were filled to overflowing WITH ioos-
ers many of whom expected TO Steep l ysls
Ia - this morning, because TINS is io.ii ~ ~
nur and, although originally noiy oas asaaus aus
ali Hebrews is by many OF the Las, o.uS1s a,Sos
now regarded as a holiday by the less ae
yout. ,-x. +ha crv 6f
era was raised and few OF the ioosS,s
had many belongings they rusheu Ias a.sss
into the street without Stopping 70 sis
Around on the other streets. bayaru. Sr- Of
tia and Division, there were number VI ,
hoardine houses, all of them pretty wen
occupied at this season or the year. fhs III a.
foctnrv was in the middle OF the Dioch ~
drove the tenants into the streets @ IIolh ca,
sides. and-it was estimated thaI luiIy ono
.bnnsand persons had been routed OUT on
account of the factory fire, That por,iol on
of the factory which bears the NUMBER 70
Rowery. although rear house, was occu-
pied as follows. a.. r,raan
First floor SalkowitZ; second moor, uIeeLi
seld &. CO., manufacturers OF caps tnile s
Ia fourth floors Emil Kramer. maker OF
trousers: fifth floor, Tarbinger & Co.. @aii-
ors. ... L,,;tdin, OK
Rowery. was occupied by lkofsky q Jacobs
paper box manufacturers, on the hfs., nor neS
pndS and third floors; George Kane, tallor'
on the fourth floor, and Putenza & Co..
tailors on the fifth moor.
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