New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-10-21
Destructive Fire.

Destructive Fire.
Last night about halfpas, SIX o ciock' nre O''Ae
Cut in the Placement of the building No i spruce
a. within one door Of the Tribune Buildings il
broke on, in boiling cellar. underneath me auc-
ton .,ore room. Of the celebrated auctioneer Thomas
geu I, occurred in thi. way spor'er went down mo
III. basement for the purpose Of drawing OF some ~c
bol with Ugh. in bis hand matter oil course VI"
alcohol took ere the man tried extinggisn y, ana
.ever.y burned In the attempt al as, be had 10 fee"
from the place the flames caught with ges' isP'1i'
.verv thing that was combustble 10 the Vcin1I she
bur., up with great fury through the grs'ings ru'hs
the ,,sr spreading through the floors 10 me
room, and wrapping the greater part OF the ouonz III
one sheet Of fame Ii few minutes
with the greatest difficulty. indeed ihat me 'sh
q, work in the upper stories escaped Win me
The upper part Of the building was occupied y ''
se.bi,, a. bindery and By Newell & Co stereotype
-;,,.,. In their establishment the Lus'rsied SHaN'
.,es,e owned by Heret; and the Hsrper. wa got Up
a large quantity Of which was consumed
The bnnaing was owned By GEORGE JANEs PRICE
I'D VA. insured in the Jefferson Insurance Co. Newell
1 "a were insured for s. 800 the Howard once and
$1,000 at the Equitable.
The adjoining store. No. g. q occupied oy PiKRof
REED printers in the upper part. md by Mr. Nehnisn'
LIQUOR store The roof Of this building 1t the time
we are writing il on Ere.
All the stereotype plates and al the valuable engrs
wings Of Hewets edition Of Shakespeare "'re destroyed
One set Of the large stereotype plates Of ne C'f
mon Prayer and the paies Of the French Prayer BOOK
Jus, com pleted among the articles Destroyed MI
Heweus loss will be very heavy
Nesbitt Lewis g. Co occupied one Of the stores As
bindery They were insured 500 in The Equitable 20
There was large quantity Of law books IN hls ''ory
belonging TO Gould. Banks & Co.
The building adjoining forms part Of The Tribune
Boldings which extend Sprucest 100 feet to Has-
sau-st.
Srep e'elek have this oineni no anxiety Tor
the safety Of this Office owing 20 the great end unr
vailed exertons Of the New-iork Fremen they seem 20
have 20, the FIRE in check
The view from our Office windows AZ this moment
of the mos, picturesque character. Within the large
suace between our Nassu-st front and the Parsrans'
is one unbroken Of heads Of oil ages sexes sizes
characters and compilations; and down sprncest from
Nassau 10 Gold ST. one line Of adventurous and ener
getc fremen with their torches engines hosecas ana
all their splendid apparatus, lit up with the gorgeous
blaze Of the burning building.
N, Newell who was In the building at the time the
FIRE commenced made a narrow escape for his lie by
nsssng through the flames the stairs Some others
4, the same part II the building escaped through the
roof and down through the adjoining buildings and so
,apdlv did the flames rush up the hstchwsys that four
n, FIVE men working in the second story, had to make
their escape by coming out Of the windows and down ~
the signs and spout
We are alarmed TO hear that one Of Newell q Cos
workmen who was known to be IN the building az tne
time of the FIRE is still, missing and fears are entertained
that he is buried in the ruins.
The "a story of No spruce-st. was occupied py D..
II Tob,t az the Wesleyan Book concern and a. the
g. ., the Sabbath Recorder and the Advocate aud
Moral Reform This was damaged very much by water
and the upse,ng of the types the upper stores occu
MED by Percy & Reed printers were similarly injured
In the rear Of No IL sprucest was porter mouse
kent By Ambrose Jackson, the pedestrian caied ihe
Hole in the Wall this was partially burned and knocked
down BY the falling ruins sig Rigal who keeps very
splendid collection Of plaster statusry OF al MINUS
NJ : Frapkfort.st had a narrow escape he moved
sre Of his most valuable moulds but fortunately the
FIRE did not reach him. s .
Togine No 40 was the first he spot in sPruce.si
and the fret that carried her hose into NO = 10 %neh
y are indebted for the safety OF the Tribune buhdnsf
Ms q Ia and several others and Nos and D. and 10
Uose Carts also did good service In Frankortst Hose
Cart No and Engine No. O. by their great eNeTlohs'
got the fire under In that quarter
! 10 IL p M-The front wall OF the runs mas Just
fall en- and feared that more are buried De-
meath II.
In addition TO what our Reporter has stated about
the fire we desire TO return our sincere thanks 10
The ,rhole Fare DEPARTMENT for their energy, acti'i
~ and intrepidity last evening by which alone the
Tribune Buildings were saved from destruction