Show FIRE DESTROYS HALL NEW YORK March Maich 6 AP AP- AP Fort Tort Tr Tryon on Hall a a. towered towered towered tow tow- ered and gabled mansion on a rocky promontory at the northern end of Manhattan Island was completely destroyed by fire today Firemen carried Mrs Cornelia Partos with her hei 6 G daughter daugh daugh- ter Irene both ill with pneumonia from the smoke filled house louse The They were taken to a hospital where their condition was said to be serious Her husband Dr Nicholas C C. Partos Partos Par Par- tos toe Wealthy manufacturer had leased the mansion from John D D. Rockefeller Ji Jr who owns the fifty fifty- acre estate established by C C. K IC G G. Billings horseman hoseman n and former Wan Vall street financier Paintings statuary tapestries and antique furniture valued at 1000 were destroyed by the fire Police Police Police Po Po- Po- Po lice lines were thrown about the ruins to prevent looters searching for for- valuable thought to have been in strong boxes in the house The rhe fire is believed to have started start start- ed from a defective flue The house stood on the highest point in Manhattan Man ran Manhattan hattan island and firemen had great difficulty in getting adequate water wa wa- water ter pressure |