New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-16
Flames Sweep Gibson Stu
diO Building-WOmen
Flee Into Cold.
CROWD SEES RESCUES;
ART WORKS BURN
{. II. AldriCli and BaCs Flor in
Blazing SuiteS.-Damagc
Pit at 100000.

William TAYLOR. engineer Of the Glib
son studio Building. No. IA East 90
street. VAS leaving for his homo few
minutes after midnight this morning
when an unusual glare through IN
windows Of tho third floor caught his
eye and he ran back into the building
10 learn the cause.
The building is OF three floors il
front aud six in the rear. When Glib
son got 10 the third 6oor front he foun1
the furniture and woodwork Of The
walls blazing. Nobody was N the
room.
IN five minutes the fire had shot into
The ifth end sixth floors. occupied by
number of artists Baca Flor an
artist. was in bed. He climbed out of
the rear window. and by fire escape
,anding and window sills made his way
into a boarding house next door, at no.
1if.
on the sixth floor were Carlos
FACE u. his eleven -year-old son Airata
and their maid. Louise Frzrc. They
got out 10 the rear fire escapt but
were having difficulty in getting across
10 the window sill Of the boarding
house when Patrolman Reilly. Of the
East 35th street station. came To tho
window and assisted them into the
house.
Patrolman Summers. who got 20 the
building few minutes after Patrol
man Reilly. went 10 the fourth floor
and there found a Frenchman and his
wife. who were panicstricken. Sum
lners guided them 10 the elevator. in
v hich they were brought downstairs.
Chester Holmes Aldrich. Of tho firm
of Delano & Alorich. architects. at No.
{ East Goth street, had an apartment
on the third floor. He. his sister and
q butler worked their way down
through the smoke and escaped. clad
only IN their night clothes. 10 the
street.
Mrs. Frances Seaver and Miss Alice
Clark. who also had apartments or
that floor. got out by way of the hall
leading to the main entrance.
Mr.. Flor lost several valuable por-
traits. which. according TO directions
Of J. =. Morgan. were TO have been
added to the Metropolitan collection.
Arriving on the second alarm. Bat
talon Chief Martin sent in third and
then fourth alarm, for the flames had
crossed on both sides. tho roof of the
boarding house being affected. and then
the stable and garage Of James Nor
ton. which arc al Lexington avenue
and Odd street.
The reserves from the East 35th,
East DIST and East 22d street police
stations were called out to handle the
great crowd Of spectators that gath
cred quickly. The flames rose so high
that they drew hundreds Of persons
from all over the neighborhood. The
fire was a clear spectacle 10 guests OF
the Vanderbilt and Park Avenue hotels
who watched it from their windows.
Some. not satisfied with this vantage
point, hurried down TO the scene TO get
a closer View.
Hundreds of the spectators were in
evening clothes. A woman so attired
was so anxious TO get near to the fire
that she stepped on hose at Lexington
avenue and 33d street just when it
burst Her clothing was ruined
The damage to the studio building
is estimated at 100000. and there
was a heavy loss entailed in the fur
nishings. The damage 10 the Aldrich
apartment alone is set at not less than
$4,000.