ANOTHER HERO GONE.

ANOTHER HERO GONE.

Last week we were called upon to record the death of Fireman James W. Irving, of Engine Company No. 29, who was killed while in the performance of his duty at a fire in Vesey street. Scarcely had his funeral been properly solemnized when another gallant Fireman came to his death under similar circumstances. This was John Reilly, a member of Engine Company No. 17, who was killed by a falling wall at the great fire that occurred Tuesday night at the corner cf Broadway and Grand street. This was an immense brick building, 100 feet on Broadway, running back 200 feet to Crosby street, and was built in the modern style of homicidal architecture. There was not a solid inside wall in the entire structure, which was divided off into different rooms, containing valuable stocks of goods, by simple lath and plaster partitions, the outside walls being left to sustain themselves without assistance from the inside. In a moment after the flames got headway, the fire spread to every part of the building. Nearly the whole Fire Department was called to the scene, but it was evident from the first that the building was doomed, and that great effort would be required to save adjoining property.

Engine Company No. 17 had a line of hose in Crosby street, which is very narrow, and Firemen Reilly and Dennis Doran were left in charge of the pipe. As fears were entertained that the walls would fall, all other Firemen were ordered out of the street, and Reilly and Doran instructed to seek safely at the slightest indication of danger. The wall began to topple, and they ran, but were overwhelmed with debris before they could escape. Reilly was killed outright, and Doran was severely injured.