The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-09

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NEW YORK, Jan. e.-Slx men are
nown 10 be dead and property var-i
busIy estimated at from five million
twenty million, has been destroyed
5 : fIre which in three hours today
btaIy destroyed the mammoth build
Ia 81 the Equitable Assurance Society
ommonly known as No. 100 Broadway,
ut occupying nearly all OF a block
ounded BY Broadway, Pine, Cedar
nd Nassau streets, in the very heart
i the greatest financial center Of the
Eorld.
II was the most spectacular fire IN
he history Of New York.
The real property loss may not be
|nown for weeks, or until the debris
Ess suficIently cooled to permit an
xtended examination Of the great
raults Of the Equitable Life Assur.
nee Society, the Mercantile branch OF
he Bankers Trust Co., tho Offices T
he Union Pacific and Southern Pa.
Eifc railroads, and other great finan-
kial institutions In the burned area.
u Is believed that all the valuables
we're saved from the vaults Of the
Equitable Trust Co.
The Five Borough Alarm.
The fire was accompanied by won
erfnl rescues and heroic work on
he part OF firemen, who worked in a
temperature below freezing with
fakes Of ice orming on their cloth
ne So dangerous did the blaze be-
come that a five borough alarm,
moving every piece OF fire apparatus
n New York City, was sounded at
Eight O'Clock by Fire Chief Kenlon,
he first time such an alarm ever was
Fung in New York For time 1t was
eared the fire would extend across
he narrow canyons and start a sky.
Fcraper conflagration that would have
Deen the worst in history.
The suffering of the firemen, accord
ng to Kenlon, was the greatest he
pad ever seen. Men came from the
blazing building literally caked in ict
which formed on their clothing as tht
mist from the streams poured abou
nem Dozens were overcome, theil
PAGES cut by falling ice.
Inc building, one of the first sky
erapers' built in America, was eigh
Hlorles tall in portions aud twelv'
s'ores in others. 1t was erected at
otai cost Of s14,oo0,o00 and has beef
show place. OF the financial dis
iict lot many years.
Six Known Dead.
ne six known dead are four porl
y three of whom jumped from TIL
'llh story window within twenty mir
''es after the fire was discovered, eac
'elng crushed to death as he lande
] broadway. Their bodies were rt
Nsered and sent to the morgle.
uartn man who prepared to jun
~ back into the flames and perishet
y Dody OF Conrad Seibert, a specif
oceman, was found on the first foo
',shtinliy crushed Fire Chief Wn
saish, of the second battalion, is mis-
ng ana, according to Fire Chief Kel
|on' Is deaf In the ruins.
According to President Day of til
squitable Life, many Of the record
mat company haa recently bee
,aosed to the hazen building, an
uere'ore are saved, Only the ex
utlye and financial offices Of the cor
any remained in the home offit
,ne iire was discovered at s..
~, ulock this morning and spread vii
MN lrlghtful rapidity through Il
osrinths and mazes Of the immenl
tluc.ure that by eight o'clock the g
3 building was doomed and hi
ssn practically destroyed.
e. s:So, only the bare walls OF II
.u,'abie building stood. and poli'
'ss'Ses We're driving back frem'