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

their red shirts and faces glowing a. Il IN emula'oh
Of the roaring fame and their lives exposed to every
wldes, hazard Of which II is possible to CONCEIVE
Its indeed sad or us 10 be compelled to record me
death Of Mr. Cowdrey. one OF the MEMBER u LII
CINE Company No. % whose engine Hsei wa u
tally destroyed by the FIRE and whose L" listed fOn
skeleton was carried to it, house on a dfsy' hisre
mains have not ye, been recovered
The Burnt District may be thus marked out As
you 60 down Broadway the commencement OF inc
distraction is marked By the lofty runs o' the
verley House. the walls Of which are sui paru!
standing This is No So, on the corner OF EXCHANGE
Place, two doors below the Globe Hotel rom per-
Broadway is completely swept 70 me po"Iln.
Green. where ii takes the name oil " ni'eha'i rrec'
and three doors down that
Next TO the Waverley House was No: "a ARG
iour-sory building occupied by stamford X Snlith
as Cabinet and Chair Faciory-en..lrel! ae7''o!e''
The stock was very large and costly
No. 5i-occupiea by c. Boorum. Jr az an exien
sve Chair Faci0ry-entirey destroyed. stock yer!
large and valuable.
No. 52-occupied By w. l. Branch. urniiure ana
Cabinetw are-eniirely destroyed Large ana eN'
pen-ive stock of Fashionable Furniture
Al the above were large four story buildings
and filed with goods from root 10 basement IL j.
OF course impossible to state the exact amount ~
loss, insurance. ,Sc. as the owners themselves do
not yet know how they stand.
No. 5O-Fine Brick Dwelling, totally destroyed
nothing saved
Nos a.. &C. A. ~. 40 g. Sc. "a, 3d. ., %. "a. %
20. L. Is, Il. l2, TO- = 6, and .. Broadway, Easi
side. are all swept cean-not frame standing
The splendid and spacious building known as tne
Adephi. was also among the above-together WIN
three or four other large and fashionable boarding
1 2 rt-nsa "A II.
from none of which could any thing OF consequence
have been saved The boarders, mostly strangers
spending the Sumner here Jared especially hard
Among these was also the large French LooknsCisss
Mandatory and Depot Of Gay Lusac Co -aid TO have
been under the same patronage with the Royal monopoly
Of the celebrated Gobelin Tapesry-Louis Philippe OF
France The stock on hand was valued AZ sio0oOo-oss
$4,000 It was insured in France for 100000
No 81 was the elegant residence OF Mr. J. -ehermer
horn Who with his family is out Of town His tuFni-
rure &c all rescued by friend with great
and deposited in house below where was afterwards
all consumed.
AtNo % Geo Douglass had two entire csrgoes Of Tea,
and part of another entirely lost
No 4 was the residence OF Lieut. Gerry, L. 5 n Val
liable furniture. all lost.
No 40 W. 10 large warehouse of ?. Chouteau, Jr &
Co. Amcr .n Fur Company. Loss not supposed TO be
very h. =.
No Mrs 6. B Miller & Co. extensive Tobacco
an-.aciory--nothng saved. Insured for 100000
No "a was occupied as dwelling. the Depot OF the
Norwich and Worcester Railroad and silk Manu-
factory employing two OF three hundred hands
The Waverley House has been built shout ten years
and narrowly escaped burning in the Great Fire Of S5
It WAS owned by Mr Fitch. and rented for 5000
| About o'clock in the morning the IRE crossed Broad
way and consumed several Of those large and elegant
house. in the vicinity Of the Bowling Green, among
| which WAS the splendid blue Granite House, with the
| spacious porch defended by two cast iron hons-re'
marked by every body who ever visited New YORK ms
was owned by Mr. Ray. and was built with unusual
pains and skill by Mr. Martin 4. Thompson Is com
pleely gone but the massive walls which are sun stand
| ing Mr. Ray is absent in Europe.
No l5->flegant three story marble dweline-ali des
,royed but the walls It owned and occupied by
Mr. Breyoort and occupied by NJ Lebere, whose furni'
iure was mostly burnt and destroyed by being thrown
| from the Windows
| No.l5-Mrs Bakers extensive boarding house IN.
| side completely burnt; walls standing
| The FIRE on the West side Of Broadway was here
checked after gigantic struggle and the Atlantic Gar
dens Atlantic Hotel Mr. Primes beautiful residence, on
the point Of the angle 81 bfuod"hg dhu 'ice""i'"7t
and several other buildings in that row, were saved
The Northern limit OF the Conhagraton Is Exchange
Place on Broadway through New and Broad and
nearly up 10 the Southwest corner Of the Exchange
Broad street i burnt from No p and - Opposite each
other down to and Is entirely gone with
the exception OF the large double Warehouse on the
Northeast corner Of Broad and Beaver. Nos "a and -
occupied by J. C. Muller s Co j. ii. Brown Brother
| and F Lawrence This Is tremendous sweep as our
| List will show.
Neysrect IS entirely burnt from Exchange Place to
Marketfed street 1t lies parallel and next 10 Broadway
Beaver swept from Broadway to Nos so and ~
Stone street il burnt from Nos. ) and 10 Broad.
south william street lie burnt TO No. e next door 70
Demonicos which latter was saved by the most I'M
nepse exertions Nos. IS and 80 South William were
partially burnt by the IRE coming through from Broad
Msrketheld street was partially burned from Whitehall
street on both sides through 70 Broad where the street
Is discontinued very large brick house on the corner
Of " and Whitehall fell just as We were passing
from which persons saved their lives by about
as many seconds.
We had ordered Diagram OF the Burnt District to
he prepared but il not what expected and ". omit
| j., our account Is so full We hope to render map
| scarcely necessary