New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-07-21

n, Saturday we published Five Editions OF o''
paper containing the progress OF the 6reh .oA'-A
grafton and full particulars as they iranspreo' ~
the las, momeni-supplying the Mails last No'",
and South. We this morning cancel the who'c %
this patched and piece meal description ana P''
pare new and complete account Of the caiAmH'
AT halfpast two clock on Saturday no'h"'s w
fire broke out in the store Of J. Ivan Dore" ~.
Merchant and Siearin Candle Manui@c'u'e'' ~
New street which communicated specify ~ u"e
adjoining buildings without efforts 10 oO'"'e -
g. .. e, .;as-shls ,ne-as there was no immediate
alarm gvep. owing 10 the buildings there not oeins
occupied at night and the City Han pei ho' oe1'H
.;,, % RIM, until three O'Clock. AZ half past three
o,.looL o- soroe .ay a. late as four-an explosion
- .i... Il, q n. ildinr near where the lre orisi-
- ,,hich shook the whole City. and Immediate
/, ,t,o. down six or eight buildings and communi-
Gated the flames to others in every direciion-so
thu, the fire thus go, start in many different places
a, once Engine Company %, which was pay ns
on house in Exchange Place, one door from the
corner Of Broad blown entirely across the street
and afterward burnt up completely. Francis har''
one OF the Company. who was standing on the
building where the explosion took place was car
RED on the roof clear across the street, and aghed
on his feet with little injury save the slight spran
ing Of an ANGLE. Several others oil the company
were more or less injured, being carried with the
Engine across the street Previous tothe explosion
the foreman of22, foreseeing the perllous condioh
of the men surrounded by fire, so that no human
frame could Withstand the heat, and with danger
from which escape appeared impossible ordered
them to retire and before they had time to move
their engine the walls fell
Two other explosions are said to have taxed place
a, different stages Of the hre-one OF which Is sup
posed to have been the Gas Reservoir IN News street
although we were positively informed yesterday
tina, the Meter had been found and was entire. This
we do not believe-for we in vain endeavored 10
reach the place where the Gas House stood Inc
weight ofopinion seems TO be that nothing but Gan
Do,raer could have caused an explosion OF such
force. At present, however, ii Is impossible TO
know certainly the facts in regard to the matter
and il would be wanton cruelty TO the innocent 10
speculate a, random There are ten thousand ru
mors ahoat respecting the origin OF the explosion
only one OF which can be right-ought We to under
take TO decide which is this
When the explosion took place the ar was hled
with fame Tor an immense distance, and the hire at
tacbcd itself to the buildings every slde-rendcr
ng all efforts to arrest the progress OF the flames
perfectly futile From the point OF the great ex
poson il is Impossible TO state the direction IN which
the fire spread fastest. To the West 1t leaPed ON
with cian, strides to Broadway, while the circle OF
flame rapidly enlarged itself on every side Al
half rast seven o'clock we thus described the scene
From The Tribune Third Edition.
SATURDAY y O'CLOCK A. II.
We have this moment returned from the scene OF
the CONFEDERATION, with eye, heart and BRAIN OPP
pressed with the sublime and appalling spectacle
The whole area between Broad street, Exchange
Place. Beaver street and Broadway, and up Broad
way to the Waverly House, is one vast amphithea
ire of blood red flame sweeping like a hurricane on
fire. falling walls smoke and clnders flying like 81
ganic meteors all ways at once. The Fire, It Is
believed, will not stop short Of William street
and the Exchange; and the fierce wind, which
has been raised by the terrific force of the flames
is driving the Contlagration furiously toward the
south and East. There Is calculating where II
may be stopped, this side the water.
fOn Broadway the roof aud walls OF the w averey
House have luel fdtn IN, ana inc eager Idlnt1 arr
licking about the doors and windows of the adjoin.
ing buildings and darling their fiery tongues toward
Inc Globe Hotel Below, the tall and costly build
ines down 10 the Boston and Providence Depot are
all in a mass of flame. and look like an immense
glass furnace-while ever and anon thunders tot
terne wall sending up a column of flame and burn
ing dust which spreads like pail of fire over the
sky and showers hail storm OF living Goals and
flaming brands over the crowd which horribly
throng and suiocatc the streets IN every direction
for mile around.
The Depot is now on fire, and tremendous rush
takes place among the trampling crowd, as rumor
spreads that the building contains large quantity OF
spirits The wind increases lis strength and fury
and now after blowing in whirwud about the
the hottest flame sets in steady current 10 the
south East The Dcphi--One OF the lotlest and
most extensive buildings in this part of the City
must almost inevitably go. Indeed, there is little
doubt that the whole of Broadway lying between
Exchange. New and Beaver streets and the Bow"
ing Green, will certainly be destroyed This block
is almos, exactly in the shape of molar tooth, with
the prong lying upward and the face fronting on the
Bowling Green.
The entire block between Broad and New streets,
from Exchange 70 Beaver, is heap of smoking and
blazing ruins Not building is left standing. On
the Souiheas, corner of Broad and Beaver which
forms the pon, of large triangular block of heavy
mercantile houses-one of the most valuable, per
haps in the Ciiy-the flames raging with un-
paraeled fury and we do not see how single
brick is TO be saved
The iiremen are making always in cases of
great emergency like this, almost superhuman ex-
ertions. but what can they do against this fearful
enemy, which attacks them on every side at once,
and seems possessed with spirit of human revenge
as il leaps shouting and roaring from ROOT 10 root
Already we fear two of their precious machines ~
and 81 are des,royed-22 certainly
The scene in Broadway near the fire, IN w all.
street South William, Exchange Place. Rector,
Morris and Thames streets quite deiies all attempts
at description Drays, carts and wheelbarrows.
hastily loaded with the most incongruous cargocs.
are pushing through the dense crowd in every di-
rcction. attended by the sweating. blackened and
exciting drivers Irish women. with a bed in one
hand and two three naked children in the other,
run to deposit them the walk, or wherever there
may be look for safety.
The sidewalk in front OF Old Trinity is filed high
err than your head with bslwark of beds, bureaus,
chests tables kettles, clocks sauce pans portraits,
vases. gridirons, easy chairs meal bags counter
panes potatoes, and every thing else that was ever
seen or heard Of
The Bowling Green is full OF similar materials,
while forty fifty poor families trying TO dress
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