Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1896 — FATAL FIRE IN NEW YORK CITY. [ARTICLE]

FATAL FIRE IN NEW YORK CITY.

Three and Possibly More Burned to Death in View of Their Frienda. At least three persons and possibly others were burned, to death in a fire that destroyed a six-story brick building at 465 Greenwich street, New York. Several persons were overcome by the smoke and heat and hurt- by jumping, and two of them are expected to die. It is said that had there been more than one fire escape to the building the chances are that the loss of life' would have been averted. It was only last Saturday that the owner of the building was notified that more fire escapes must be put up, as the single one would prove inadequate in case of fire. This horror proved the truthfulness of the prediction. A terrible conflagration broke out In Norfolk, Ya., destroying the Atlantic sawmills. the Old Dominion’s guana factory and the Merritt wrecking warehouse and the docks. The heat .was terrible, and no less than twenty-five firemen were stricken down at their post of duty and removed to the hospital and their homes. The total loss will reach nearly SIOO,OOO. The

cause of the fire is unknown. At Anamosa, lowai a fire started in the in the cellar of the lowa prison dining room. The tire was soon beyond control. The entire entry building was destroyed, including the large library of 8,000 volumes, the tailor shop, diuiug room and chapel. The Defnperatlc national headquarters will nrvy'Xi'lf he at Washington.