Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1896 — FATAL FIRE IN NEW YORK CITY. [ARTICLE]

FATAL FIRE IN NEW YORK CITY.

Three anil Possibly More Burned to Death In View of Their Friends. At leaM three persons and possibly others were burned, to death in n 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 therp 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 ot 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 la Norfolk. Va.. destroying the Atlantic sawmills. the Old Dominion's guana factory and the Merritt wrecking warehouse and the docks.. The heat was terrible, and nij> 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 tire is unknown. At Anamosa, lowa, n fire started in lha 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 3,000 volumes, the tailor sbep, dining room and chapel. * The Democratic national headquarters will probably be at Washington.