The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 16, 1897, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO -CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1897 PAINT AND UL STORE CONSUMED Yates’ Warehouse on Front Street Devastated by Fierce Flames. THE INMATES BARELY ESCAPED. Nellie Mulvey Fainted on the Third Floor and Was Bravely Rescued, L0SS TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND. Firemen Deluged the Building and Took Desperate Ohances of Falling Walls. One of the hottest and fiercest fires pent up within the four walls of one building broke out at 4:12 o’clock yesterday after- noon in the basement of Yates & Co.’s paints, oils and varnish warehouse at 709 Front street, hetween Pacific and Broaa- way. A general alarm was turned in a few minutes after the first alarm and a third alarm followed, and it was only after the firemen had deluged the building with water that the fierce flames were subdued. The stock of Yates & Co., valued at $125,000, was a total loss. It was insured for §44,000. On the same premises was the branch office of Berry Brothers of New York, manufacturers of oils, varnishes and japans. This was also destroyed, all the samples kept on hand having gone up in flame. From 701 to 705 Front street was the broom factory of George F. Mackenzie, vara. The building 18 of brick and is five stories and basement. The structure cost about $150,000, A fire which took place in Yates' oilhouse the day after Chief Scanneil’s death demaged the building and contents to a considerable extent, but the loss was not as great as that which yesterday’s fire caused, which loss is estimated at $30,000. The American Tobacco Company had just moved out of the building. The company had for many years occupied the south hali of the premises, The va- cated premises were leassd a few days-ago to the American Biscuit Company. The managers of the biscuit company had some articles of equipment in place and had made some alterations necessary for. | the conduct of ‘their line of manufactur- ing. They were at the scene of the fire and congfatulating themseives that they had escaped serious loss. 1t was reported to Charles Neal, who was Mr. Fair’s secretary, that the fire started on the third floor and burned with | aflash. Tne three alarms were turned in | one after the other in quick succession. | The response was prompt, but the fire had | gained immense headway befors a stream of water couid be thrown. A partition wall running through the center of the building irom Front street to the rear of the premises protected the south half of | the structure. | The insurance on the contents of the oilstore does not exceed $44,000, although the loss is estimated by Mr. Yates at $125,000 All the insurance was placed by Davis & Watson of 221 Sansome street. The risks were held by twenty com- | panies. Ludwig Schwabacher, secretary and manager of the Crown Peper Company, occupied tue top floor and the basement. Atone time the fire got into the basement, where was siored alarge quantity of stock, but District Engineer Costello and two | iremen brought in a line of hose and ex- | tinzuished the flames. S | Adjoining the burning building were | the Atlantic tree warehouse, the United | States bonded warehouse and the Dan-| forth warehouse, These structures con- | tained about $10,000,000 worth of brandy and other liquors, tca, opium, rice, silk, | sugar, eic., and au the outset of the fire it | was feared that if the flames encrosched | upon those warehouses there would be a loss of many millions of dollars. The | firemen seemed to realize the danger and were alert in guarding against it. The shutters in the burning building were tightly shut, so as to smother the flames as far as possible, only a sufficient number being open to admit of the streams of | water pumped by the engines. _ | ==The water tower was placed in the mid- | dle of Front street, and six lines of hose | were connected with three from en- | gines situated at Broadway and three from engines situated on Battery street. Three lines of hose were carried from Broadway on the roof of the one-storied | warehouse and played throuch the win- | | dows of the third story facing the north, | while several streams were turned into the building from the south and east sider. Miss Nellie Mulvey, an employe of | | Yates & Co., was on the second floor when the fire broke out, and she fainted. She was rescued and taken down the fire-es- | | cape on the Front-street side by John | Griffin and Nick Neary. | | The fire came with the suddenness and | | the smoke toward the seawall, so that at a distance the whole neighbornood be- tween the burning building and 'the water seemed 10 be on fire. The firemen worked well and bravely and took desperate chancesall around the burning building. On Front street the men in charge of the water tower and those in charge of the independent lines of hose playing into the buildingand upon the warehouses adjoining were in immi- nent daneer as the fire progressed ard as the muffled report of the falling floors was heard. Three or four explosions of | inflammable matertal took place, and theu it was thought that 1f the brick wallswere not securely anchorel they would fall outwardly upon the firemen in the street and on the roofs of the warebouses. 1if such a calamity had occurred the water tower would have veen demolished and the firemen standing around it as well as those in front of the buildine would have been killed. Butin the midst of all possi- ble danger they were cool and collected and poured steady streams into the roar- ing furnace. ; It was simply a_matter of deluging the interior of tue building, and the orders of the Chiei Engineer were carried out to the letter. L Some unusually rare and brilliant smoke effects were observed when the northwest corner of the roof fellin. In this part of the building were stored large quantities of what js known to the trade as “orange material,”’ used for coloring paints, With the fall of the roof rose high in the air great clouds of smoke opal- escent with flame and exbibiting the most brilliant hues and most delicate shades of orange, violet, turquoise, rose and green. It was a free fireworks show much en- joyed by the spectators, 3 There was one man, however, who did not take any delizht in the exhibition. That man was Charles M. Yates, the pro- prietor. 5 “That beautiful color,” he said, between «ighs, “cost me 10 cents per pound in New York City, ana it’s too expensive for me to enjoy.” _———— MR. YATES’ ACCOUNT. Reasons Why He Falled to Enjoy the Smoke Effects. From a window opposite the fire Charles M. Yates watched the progress of the flames, and coolly remarked: “Iv is a very pretty sight, I suppose, but I fail to see the beauty of my entire business going up in smoke. Yes, itisa complete loss, and I do not believe that there will be the first thing saved. In fact, I expect that 1 will have to pay to have the debris re- moved from the premises, after the place gets cooled off. However, there is no use to fret, for it cannot be helped.” Mr. Yates stated that he was many blocks away when told of the fire. He has not the slightest idea of how the blaze started, but irom what he could learn he ) thought that it must have started in the basement, where the oils were s!ored. ©] wish to say,’” continued Mr. Yates, “that we carried none of the explosive oils, such as gasoline, coal oil or benzine. Our oils were such as are used in the man- ufacture of paints, and a stock of ma- chine and lubricating oils. These we kept in the basement, and great care was | | | | | | | mess went tumbling into the basement. The lcss on that occasion was very great, but nothing like this.” Lt PR gt A HEROIC RESCUE. Nellle Mulvey Carried Down a Fire Esc pe by Two Young M:n. Shortly after the fire broke out several hundred people witnessed an act of bravery on the part of twd young men that drew cheers from all present. In the second or third floor was a young girl operative named Nallie Mulvey, who be- came terror-siricken when the alarm of fire was sounded through tlie paint estab- lishment. She started to rush to the siairway, somewhat after the others, but asheet of flames and smoke shut off her retreat by this way. In an instant she lost ber presence of mind and rushed to the window, where she screamed for help. A second later she disavpeared from sight, and in such a manner that those who saw her knew that the girl bad ainted. This fact was made known to s number of men in the burning building, and smong them w-re John Griffin and Nick Neary, who were on the floor above. Without Lesitation thev rushed down to where the unconscious g:ri was lying, and picking her up dragged herto the window. The fresh mir revived her a little, but it was with ereat exertion that the men got her outside upon the landing of the fire- escape. Then cam: a perilous descent. Neary went tirst and supported much of her weight, while Griffin, a little above, supported her and kept her from falling. In this way they proceeded until the lower landing was reached, and there they rested for a few seconds before siaring down the long ladder that the firemen had placed against the bu'lding. The last part of the downward journey was no more safe than the first, but with the help of the firemen the three reached the ground 1in safety. The dangerous feat was cheered loudly by those who anx- icusly watched the descent. S A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. Many Firemen Burned by a Sudden Flare-Up of OIl and Gas. About 1 o'clock this morning, while the men were working among the ruins, a terrific explosion occurred in what had | once been the corner of Yates’ store. It is presumed that the dragging ofa hose over the rubbish allowed air to get to some overheated oil, and at once the whole thing flared up with a loud report. Those men nearest to the explosion were blown off their feet and their faces and hands were badly burned and blis- tered. Some lost hair and eyebrows and some clothes and bhats, and all were taken at once to the water-front Receiving Hospi- tal. Those most seriously hurt were Barney 1cKenna, engine 16; Phil Brown, engine 5; James McCarthy, engine 18; Frank Meachan, engine 21; George Stiles, en- rine 7. Scene When the Firemen Arrived and Began Laying the Hose Preparatory to Flooding the Building With Water. Rescued From the Buming Building by Two Brave Young Men. 00T FOSTER HAS FRIEND Spared the Humiliation of Interment in the Pot- ter's Field. Kind Hands Have Taken Charge of the Remains of the Suicide. Why Her Engagement to Marry Nor- man Fairweather Was De- olared Off The body of poor Dot Foster, the sou- brette whose name off the stage was Vio- let Foster Clowes, will be spared the hu- miliation of the potters’ fieid, and will be interred in the Oakland Cemetery next Tuesday with whatever show of pity or of sorrow that may be made by her few ac- quaintances whose footsteps may be guided by compassion to the suicide's grave. T..e body of the girl lay in the Morgue all of Wednesday and Wednesday night, and not one person claiming to be a friend presented himself or herself to look upon her face. Yesterday morning Miss O’Con- nell called at the Coroner’~ office and ob- tained permission from Deputy McCor- mick to remove the remains i0 McGinn's undertaking establishment on Eddy street. BShe said she was acting for other persons who were interested in the fate of the unfortunate woman, and that she had sent a teleeram to W. F. Clowes, Violet's Miss Nellie Mulvey Being the stock of which was damaged by smoke and water. Mr. Mackenzie was preparing to move out ana the Standard Biscuit Company was preparing to move in when the fire occurred, and a quantity of the biscuit company’s stock was ruined. This is the same company that was burned out on Folsom streei a few weeks 8go, when three firemen were killed by a falling wall. Yates & Co. were burned out about four years ago iu their present location. On that occasion also the loss was total. No. 767 was occupied by the Crown Paper Company of Oregon. On the prem- ises were two carloads of paper ready for shipment. This stock was ruined by smoke and water. Next door, in the same building, was the firm of Allison & Neff, dealers in agri- cultural and farming implements and m; chinery. Thestock was butslightly dam- aged. As soon as the fire was discovered, em- ployes of the Crown Paper Company of Allison & Neff closed the front shut 80 as to prevent a draught, but the fire came so suddenly that in the hurry of their escape from the building they forcot 1o close the rear shutters. This neglect sllowed the smoke and flames to enter and do considerable damage. The building in which the fire occurred was erected by the late James G. Fair and is now owned by the Fair estate. The lat on which the building stands is a 50- fury of a cyclone. It swept through the elevator-shaft with a great roaring and | crackling, and in a moment the interior was a 1ass of smoke and fire—a black, | stifling smoke with an odor of turpentine and burning oils. The inmates left the building at once, withont waiting to carry out anything. The bookkeeper for Yates & Co. was 2t bis desk when the smoke burst into the room, and he had just time to grab three or four account-books and run out. without waiting to take down his hat from the hook on the wall alongside his desk. Bareheaded and perspiring he watched the fire from Broadway, hugging the books to his bosom. He was almost speecbless when asked to tell what he knew about the affair. He kuew nothing about it. He could not tell where the fire started or how it started. All that he knew was that there was a fire, and that he bad no time to get his hat. As the fire bell {olled the number of the box—354—dense clouds of the blackest smoke poured through the windows on ail sides of the building and from the roof, attracting several thousand persons to the spot. From the Latin quarter came bare- headed Italian wnd Portuguese women, with black-eyed, fat babies in their arms, to see the <how. The women were fright- ened, too, for it looked as though the fire would sweep everything before it should it once escape from its brick furnace. The wind blowing from the west drove always exercised to prevent the accumu- lation of trash or any stuff of a combusti- ble nature. On the ground floor we had the office and a lot 0i goods in cases. On the second ana third floors were the various machines for “the manufacture of pants and aquantity of leaa and oil=. The poods in packages were on the top floors. The statement has been made to- day that there were several explosions of oils of the lighter kinds. Thisis a mis- take, for, as 1 said, we had no such stuff. The supposed explosions were the giving away of the floors, on which the machin- ery and large quantities of white lead were kept.”” Mr. Yates added that the fire has thrown out of employment at least forty men, boys and women. When the fire broke out the employes «id not have time 1o get their street clothes, which they always placed in a closet when they wentto work, and these garments were destroved by the flames. Mr. Yates asserted that the in- surance that he carried on the stock will no where equal the amount of the loss, Even if it did he maintains that the loss of his business wou!d run the total much higher than the figures given. He has but very little outstanding from his cus- tomers. “Iought to be getting nsed to these things,” said he, “for in 1893 I had a sim- ilar experience. On that oceasion the fioors on which were a lot of lead and ma- chinery gave away at a fire and the whole THE PISTOL DUEL. Anthony Burgle Slowly Sinking From the Effects of His Wounds, - The case of Sigmund L. Bravermaun, the jeweler, charged with assault to murder, was called in Judge Low’s court yesterday morning. Braverman was in court with his head bandaged and accompanied by his attorney, Reuben Lloyd. It was de- cided to continue the hearing till Tuesday next, Afier returning home Braverman had to take to his b>d, as he is suffering irom the effects of the wounds in his head. Yesterday Policeman Colen, who ar- rested Bravermen at the time of the shoot- ing and heard the ante-mortem statement of Anthony Burgie, swore to a complaint charging Burgle with assault to murder, and the charge against him was registered at the City Prison, Burgle is in the same critical condition from his wounds, and it 1s the opinion of Police Surgeon Thompson that his death is only a question of days, probably hours. If hie shouid live till to-day he will be re- moved fo the City and County Hospital in the ambulance, and an operation per- lnqrnl\_v.;d with the remote chance of saving 18 life. I ———————— Sparrows are very much like some hu- man beings, They have so much. vanity that they will gaze at their plumage in mirrors by the hour if not disturbed. brother, whose home isin Philadelphia. Yesterday afternoon two young women —trained ho=pital nurses—called - who were associated with Miss Clowes in the Waldeck Sanitarium in this City. They spoke of her as being a cheeriul little body. .She had entered the sanitarium, she told them, for the purpose of finish- ing her training, but she also said thatshe had been a variety actress and that ste in- tended to go on the stave again. Before sne went to the Waldeck she worked for a while in Cushing’s Sanitariumon Sutter street. John L. Miner of 415 Jones street seems to be the man in the case, for 1o him was addressed the note which Miss Clowes asked the Ellis-street car conductor to mail for her. It contained no word of re- proach, but merely ahnounced that she was going to drown herself. Some months ago Violet kept company with Norman Fairweather, a young stu- dent in the Dental Colleze, Tnat was when she was. living at the Young Women’s Christian Association’s Home at 1221 O'Farrell street. 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