New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
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/ the tent will he the under Jaw OF ll'ue
/ Hin" the elephant which was burned TO
| death.
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stubenbord's restaurant. at Surf avenue
/ and Old Iron Pier Walk, was burned, with
! a loss OF $4,000. hut hardly had the embers
/ marking where the building stood grown
cold. when Henry Stubenbord. manager OF
the establishment. had his men rig up
long counter on the ste. Tables weie put
on the sidewalk and good business was
done.
Mrs. Catherine palmer II Is expected,
will rebuild her bathing pavilion at once.
Her general manager. Charles Urin' said
! Yesterday that II is very likely that new
and freproof structure will be put IA the
MACE of the old one which was best Dyed
after $1,000 worth of Improvements lad
been added TO il.
MANY of the smaller concessionai-es
planned to start right in again housing
their goods in tents or improvised huts.
They all seem bent on getting the trade
Tuesday. 49,
In a statement made yesterday morning
former State Senator William n. Reynolds,
president Of the D-eamland company, said
that the city should forbid the Dreamland
corporation from rebuilding the park.
1T is too big a risk" he said, Ito allow
such menace 10 the island TO be put up
The space should he taken over by the
city and made into a park.
Mr. REYNOLDS placed his loss at about
So. 600 V0. He and Joseph Huber, the brewer
and treasurer of the company. are the
I ! Ehnr I'D z
take steps 70 rebuild this season, Mr.
| Reynolds said that nothing would be done
| until the directors got together tomorrow
! The park idea. II taken up by the city,
would give a breathing space adjoining the
new municipal baths.
Samuel :. Whitehouse. a director of
Dreamland held the view that the corpo-
ration should rebuild Immediately
Mr.. Reynolds. il is said. is now more
interested in Long Beach development than
in the possibilities Of a rejuvenated Dream
land.
Some new freaks of the fire engaged fhe
attention of the afternoon crowds yester
day. chief among which was the skeleton
framework of the chutes at the back of
Dreamand. which somehow wthstood the
blaze.
Frankfurter Ovens Saved.
, Another setback for the blaze came when
u reached the frankfurter ovens. where the
red hots" are born \ row Of these use
full II not ornamental structures. doomed
up in the waste Of ashes and gave every
one a chance to grin In the face of calam-
ity
When the police lines were relaxed a
charred carcass in the ashes. not ten
feet from the surf avenue edge Of Dream
land. that told tale of its own. II was
the burned and blackened body Of lion
grimy unmistakable even I'm that shape,
over fifty yards from the cage where the
other penned up beasts had been burned
so death. Evidently the lion had strug-
sled with its last strength To get out of
the fire not being able TO realize that the
fire demon had already claimed him for its
own.
Two Of the exciting moments Of the fire
proper apart from the features furnished
by the Wild animals. came when the great
preamland tower collapsed. and few mo-
ments afterward when the great observa-
ton tower followed suit The roar OF these
colapses was heard all over % island. and
with their fall Coney lost the most famous
part OF it's skyline. view that by night
was counted az one OF the most beautiful
TO be seen around the city.
As an anti-climaX TO the animal part of
the disaster Patrolman James Dooley found
a somewhat scared looking leopard from
the Ferrari show. on West 10th street near
the beach. about an hour after the fire
started Dooley took no chances and shot
the beast to death without delay
Two shooting galleries which were in the
burned area caused much CONSERVATION
when the flames reached their ammunition
stores. There was a cracking like reg
ment I'm battle, and bullets few in every
direction, driving the hremen and police
men back. No one was injured. the bull
let's being all of small calibre that could
do no more than carry few feet after
being discharged from their packing cases.
Baby Lion Escapes Flames.
A three months old lion that managed
10 crawl out OF the burning building was
rescued by George Butman. restaurant
employe who almost caused panic on
Surf avenue when he let 20 of the little
fellow.
Little Hip. the elephant was scheduled
10 sail on the Minnehaha yesterday. but
his keeper could not get him out OF the
burning building and he was burned TO
death.
Captain Anderson, the superintendent OF
the Dreamland pier. his wife and two
children: Miss Mae Kelly. OF No. 5ii 18th |
street. Brooklyn. and George Bird OF the
same address, were caught on the end OF
the pier as the flames swept toward them
and were rescued in the nick Of time by
police boat.
George c. Tiyou. owner NJ Steeplechase
Park. suffered "A loss Of about $4,000 on !
property that he owned I'm the burned area. !,
and his men from Steeplechase. half a mile !,
away from the danger zone were on hand !,
To aid the Dreamland people on the first /
alarm.
By the light Of arc lamps carpenters were !
hard at work last night on the site or !
Pixies Peak putting up photograph studio |
for Henry Tarr. who had the concession
before the hre. A few feet west. near the
main entrance 10 Dreamland. Louis Gordon |
was preparing his concession for an African