Show I i A FIRE OF FURNITURE New York City the Scene of a Terrific Blaze This Morning An Entire Block of Factories and Tenements Goes Up in Smoke Hundreds of People Flee from the Flames to the RiverA River-A Light in the l7lorning NEW Yonx May 27The vast furniture factory of Herman Bros at Mangin and Tompkins streets was discovered to be on fire at 330 this morning It is a fivestory brick building and occupies the whole block It was an old building occupied by tho Singer Sewing Machine Factory and was saturated with oil The building is surrounded I rounded by miserable tenement houses occupied oc-cupied by the poorest classes in the city Tho fire was intensely hot and nearly A HUNDRED FAMILIES WEBE DBTVEN PROM TiTErs HOMES They rushed out in their night clothes and were obliged to camp on the riverside where they shivered in the chilly winds of the morning At 4 oclock the whole building build-ing was in flames and there was no hope of saving any of the property and the firemen directed their efforts to make the miserable people as comfortable as possible At 430 an alarm was sent out for extra engines and it looked as though the whole surrounding neighborhood would be destroyed At 5 oclock alarms were still being sent out for extra engines The factory was filled with furniture and loss is estimated at 1000000 This is a busy season of the year and the loss will be still heavier for the company Over three hundred men will be thrown out of work The streets at 530 were crowded with people and THE OEEATEST EXCITEMENT PRE AILED In the neighborhood as everybody in the surrounding tenement houses was moving furniture and seeking to escape from tho flames which were spreading fast in all directions di-rections At 530 oclock special calls for extra engines were being sent out and it is estimated esti-mated that the loss would amount to 1 500000 Though the entire available force of the fire department was summoned it was two hours before the flames were fairly under control The factory is a total loss Mr Herrman estimates his loss at about 250 000 covered by insurance Five hundred skilled workmen were employed in the factory and will lose all their tools the aggregate ag-gregate value of which is about 20000 Surrounding buildings were damaged to the extent of 25000 4X |