The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-28 00:00:00

TERRIBLE ROCK OIL COATFLAGRATIO.

On the 29th of May an immense conflagration t,..
rock and coal oil occurred at Williamsburg, Long
Island. It commenced at half-past two o'o,lock 913...
board of a lighter, commanded by Patrick MtLtitt: h
gshe
lin, lying at the foot of North Second
oil,Str
stove-houses of
was discharging a load of petroleum 'at
Onethe
of the barrels of oil fell and burst, and being
ed
withtona
fire from a lighted tobacco
Messrs. Schieffelin Brothers. s
Pipe, exploded of exple-
loud report, and was followed by S.
meets far and wide. The
and scattering the frog
sions from the other barrels, shaattering the vessel
men were sent into the air, and a sheet of fire and
smoke spread over the water.
The conflagration extended to the dock with in..
their contents into
conceivable rapidity, and in a few minutes some
hseepvoleuurmrailnb lumber yard of
15,000 barrels of petroleum and kerosene had ex-
.haenraTdtolice boat No. 1 repaired to the
vgessels near the lighter
the Ebenezer
were
eoardleecEdda
aeuwittihrt
destroyed.
ryfiitvehrdeeer:
hastened
scene of the disaster and saved several vessels.
the
Aboutfl
re threeo'cloc the fire
to alarm was given, and.
the
companies
found it impossible to allay the fieams spot t
w; i
tbhtl t they
water.
They directed their efforts to adjoining buildings
with success. It was impossible, for hours, to reach
the piers, which were tilscene of the conflagration,
The fire continued during all night. Water had
no effect
tootnalloss
it whatever,
con-
tinued for hours.
The
of the Messrs. Schieffelin is esti -;
mated at from
75,000 dole. to 80,000 dols._ fully-
insured in a large number of city companies in
sums of 1,500 dols. to 5,000 dols. The oil was re-
ceived on consignment by Messrs. Schieffelin Bros.
and Co. from the well-known owners in Pennsyl-
vania, to be sold for their account. The barque
Silver Cloud, belonging to Messrs. Jewet and Co.
was burned to the water—loss 25,000 dols. A.
lighter took fire, was towed into the river and
scuttled—loss 10,000 dols.
Mr. Ralph W. Kenyon lost in lumber about 4500
dols.—insured in the King's County and Williams-
burg
s-
City Insurance Companies. The new
at the foot of North Third Street, belonging to
the corporation, was totally destroyed, tog Loss
with a quantity of lumber—loss, 10,000 dols.
dais.;
of Flint and Hall, lumber dealers, 3,000 . e
loss of Fisher, Ricard, and Co., 10,000 dols.
worthl:n
barque belonging to Jewett and to
25,000 dols.—insnred. Two piersC:b.ellvloonasgs!,
nirooo
the Waterbury estate were destroye
dols. ; and the firm of E.
dols. M'Laughlin, the corn.
At the first explosion 1N rued
Hills and Co. lost 3,000
inn. condition and,
board and was rescued in a dye,
over-
mander, was terribly bu.
.He lumped
He was brother of the
conveyed to the hospital.
d Several
registrar. Some five
.men on board the lighter are
supposed to have perishe. •
.other persons
entzpc American.
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were badly injured.--Sce. -e

T elarge orders for all kinds of side arms
for Anion .
A letter from, Sholilng:n, in Rhenish Prussia, has
the f`-'l,l":o,,ing. w
,_,bich principally occupied our manufacturers
n largo
''
the last winter, have now entirely ceased, and a.
mber of workmen are out of employment." uri
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