New-York tribune., 1907-07-29

One-third of that part of Coney Island lying
south of Surf avenue was destroyed by a IRE.
which may have been incendiary. at daybreak
yesterday Had it not been for shift in the
wind all Coney Island between Surf avenue ana
the beach would probably have been swept
clean from Steeplechase TO Balmers. the last
easterIy outpost of the resort While the prop
erty loss viii amount TO at least S1,oO0Oo.
there was no loss Of life. Several persons more
or less seriously injured were treated by DIR.
Peter Moore at the Coney Island Reception
Hospital. Four cases were severe that the
patients had to be kept at the hospital and all
of them may e.e The other injuries reported
were dispensar. cases. which were more painful
than serious
THE INJURED
BRYAN. l. j. thirty-two years old. fireman. broken
FITzsIMMoNs, Charles. twenty-seven years old. No
home
FRANKLIN. Frank, hftyeisht years old. Neptune ave
Coney Island. burns about face. hands and
back: may die. Coney Island Reception Hospital
street coney Island strained shouJfer: sent home
KATZ, David sixteen years old. No 80 Wall street.
burned about the face and arms may die Coney
Island Reception Hospital
MEADE Sylvester twelve years old No 6s5 President
street BROOKLYN. burned about head. face and
MEsELIO Fred forty-three years old fireman. En-
mons avenue and East pad street sheepshsaj Bay.
die: coney isIanl Reception Hospital
sHEEHAN Clsyton. sixteen years old Majestic Hotel.
Coney Island. lacerated nose and lips: sent home
Besides the wiping out Of Steeplechase Park.
which cost George c. Tiyou at least S1.OO0.00O.
the other important losses were;
William G Ferris. hotel. BOwery and Kensins- ..oo
Louis stauch bath houses. seaside Walk and oo
Meseiy Esaca,. Dip the Dip BoWery 49,
ATkeGan Brothers. hotel and bath houses Board
Alber, Ruschman. hotel. Oceanic walk and Bow
AUGUST wilson Bsi1idere Hotel Tiyous walk
Lent Brothsrs concert hall and hotel Bowery and ~,
HsnTy KoIsn concert hau and hotel Tiyou's
Herman Wacke hotel Hovsry Oceanic walk. 2SOeO
lo!ss5 WIT. es5 Ss::s:s Hotel s::. Walk 5000 ss
ton walk 's e.o.s. sun. sooo
Samuel Frssehman restaurants. Tilyou's walk and 60
Jafaes s'q McccIoush shooting gallery Bowery
{,ss5 - oss.5: vs 2Sss 1900
HyInan & Gold, Empire Dance Hail. Bowery and 49,.
A soieno sroesr. Sur avenue and Ksnslngton
victor orN olsen hotel T1you's walk 5000
Is. %5 ssssan oe.sa IsS SS
TiIyous walk ''- 800
Total ........... S2sa. COO
Besides these large losses. scores Of Japanese
rolI-the-bau men. souvenir postal card dealers
and frankfurter stand men. who lost the few
hundred dollars on which they had depended for
a livelihood. are now penniless. Their losses in
the aggregate amount TO fully S20D.OOO. when
the value of their stock alone is considered,
but the fact that many Of them Will lose the
entire seasons profits. which had only just
begun to come in. makes the loss much higher.
STARTS IN PAPER STOREROOM
The fire started in paper filed storeroorn
about the centre OF Steeplechase Park. which
was almost entirely wiped of the island There
we're no live electric wires near the room. and
the watchmen are sure that none OF them were
or had been smoking near there. On Saturday
there were three small fires IN the park. the
origin of which has not yet been ascertained.
and there is a general feeling that enemy
OF Mt TIIyOu started the blaze He has received
several threatening Black Hand letters in the
last month. and the fire may have been the re-
suit OF these threats
Patrolman Tom Lynch. OF the seth Precinct
who discovered the big fire of 1903, was
the who discovered yesterdays blaze.
He saw the flames bursting out OF the storeroorn
and he and Sergeant Shea ran to the box near
TNyous walk and pulled the alarm Then they
rushed to the Steeplechase Hotel 10 aid in the
rescue of the women sleeping there The flames
spread so rapidly that Patrolman Lynch had to-
leave his keys in the alarm box
1t was o'clock when the patrolman saw the
flames. In a moment they were licking about
the base of the tall steel tower which has four
boat-shaped elevators on the outer side. These
are known as flying machines. The tower Is
about two hundred feet high, and the view from
its top of the finest on Coney Island
Just north of 1t was little grove. with perhaps
half a score of sturdy trees. So great was the
heat that IN a few minutes all these were
ruined. the heat boiling the sap in their veins
These trees have been the apple OF Mr.. Tilyou's
eye and his fire brigade tried hard to save them
They look like wilted spinach
The fire. famed by strong breeze from the
westward. rolled back from Surf avenue and
along KensingtOn Walk TO the BOwery. There
the open space proved stay to it's course.
and it burned the entire length OF Oceanic Walk
about half of Seaside Walk south OF the Bowery
and ended just where Hendersons Walk begins
The burned over area equals about six city
blocks. In shape II roughly resembles a right
angled triangle. with a blunt apex made by the
Surf avenue front OF the park, and its base five
blocks along the waterfront.
BINNS MAKES 10 MILES IN 16 MINUTES.
Four alarms in all were sent IN. The second
and a telephone message brought Deputy Chief
Binns down to the fire at speed which came
near breaking Crokers record. The deputy
chief covered twelve miles and half In sixteen
minutes.
II would be impossible to trace the exact
progress of the fire. \ building would stand
untouched in the drifting smoke and suddenly
would flare up afiame from basement to cornice.
The flames would run along in tiny, flickering
line as il crawls along a match in a breeze.
suddenly to become roaring furnace. Since
the last big fire concrete walks have been put
in and flues beneath the walks have been aban-
doned but this made apparent difference IN
the rapidity with which the fire swallowed
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