| Show DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN NEW NEV YORK YOWL YORKA A Huge Factory and Many Other Buildings Between Fire Engine and Electric Car Two Police Policemen men hen Reported Missing I New Ne York Feb Fob 1 Tho extent of 0 the time destruction wrought by b the time conflagration tiers tion ton which destroyed nearly learl a whole block of at buildings at nt street treet alma aim all Fh avenue last night could be better appreciated this timis morning moring Time The huge hug factory of at the time William company was almost level with wills wih thu ground Contractor Joseph Cody COIl of ur the building department with Uth a n force of 0 men moon hind had labored at the tho ruin nuns rn all al night pulling down dangerous sections of at wall wil Other property destroyed letro 11 was IS time the sl factory building numbers tOt and nd J cond street the th tenement at and MS First avenue tho time tenement East street Jacksons Iron foundry to 1 1 1 extending front from 40 East Kast street to US tl the river and a I t ts brick building on street occupied lt by time the Swift Dressed ld nee fleet company The Tho Thi property partially II rl ni destroyed In Includes the th tenements t at nt GW 60 anti and 62 First Firm avenue anti and First avenue bout About seventy families were rendered S by b the burning of f the time tone tene tenements ments lumber lumbe yard Clr 1 on the north northside tide side of pf p Thirtieth street between b teel First JJr t avenue and the th river rl r was wa still tl burning fiercely at nt 1 7 1 this morning but time the firemen fremen with wih three th e powerful streams from time the th fire Iro boat oat and two to streams tram from rome Engine l No 1 I were able to kee lithe from rein extending fur tui further timer ther at that point Fire Chief Chic Croker said today that he I believed the lire fire was mas caused mused by b an ex ox explosion C I of or chemicals ch In the time fac factory no I 4 tory He lie le an M Informed that a I watch watchman watchman man had imad gone Irto time the Ihl vault ault In iii the tha cellar with wih a light and anti that hut time tle vault ault contained the explosives Time The chief chic added that he lie h did lid not know what shat had hail become of oC the time watchman or who ho he lie Is Isle He lie le said the tho explosion that started the might have hao been caused cau cause eJ by 1 Illuminating gas getting Into tho the I collar from n a C ens ris us main mClin but he ime did not I think this uns wal the case CIl Engine 21 was II almost completely wrecked und mind water tower No 3 was MOS wa badly damaged d Emigine 33 3 on Its way was as to the thc tire lire lre collided with sith a car at It Fourteenth street and amid Third Thir avenue Doth the time car cr and amid engine en lne were stere damaged c cant amid ant the tIre lire horses hores wro so EO badly hurt that lint they the had to bt bl im shot hot 25 on onit its Js it way Sm from the time lire lre to Its Is headquarters this morning broke down dOII The Tha Th tIre tre department also several thou thousand sand saud land feet of at hose 11 e and an connections The Tho bitter bIter colt cold made malic the time work of ot the tho fire firemen r men moms very er Policeman Thomas J Fitzpatrick anti John B D McMullin lc who ho were ere on duty at nt the time fire Ore are reported missing today |
