New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-06-02
CITY Items.

than any tina, hs- occurred The Ci-T Or llr- ti
The actual amount q property destroyed - cornpa
.ncon.dersiie although nearly Two u taD-e Te'} %
b.cks between the sixth and Seventh Avenues N.-'
trey SWEPT and over One Hundred building o. a' 'i-
were consumcd-.eayinz more fhn Four Hundred
mile. entirely destitute. many % ilfm even "
cothe- Soi lny dollars worth ~ furniture ny y w.
- any kind far csn b. ascsFtainfd Wa -''' ~
Of the.e poor crea,ure- and not fsei's n-'al'- WEI
insured AZ a- 4 great portion u tie n-.''-l--
NOR sban.e. occupied mostly By lr-a families hili'
s. ,,,y So Tara. II va. A. a practicable o. procure
name. and details. IN tTo-hours wax among mo -i'.
.. .s ,s-.- crowd. tie following rc ,Ae naa'-
/ Of the suferer-
/ -. .t. ,-.r az .he Avenue AMI T. -a,ecntA sfle'.
.,o.s t -y, large stables 81 aner Pefe-- only 'i-'
.,.,r, Tbe.o contained ouc hundred and thirty ralua'
80. fr t.on.sng 70 their i.ne of ofnnhu-esI one bun
M and i've which were savcd the half burnt carcass
Of the other twenty-five lying amid the brands and a-
Adjoining the stable were coachmeudmz and hof-'-
shoing shop number oicarra-c- sheds Ac-f 90 Nnl
were burnt and coach Wa partially destroyed. li.'
stables were each insured !, 20 and Nor Palmer
Peters estimate their actual loss ~ $4,000 sd tr o-'
and men about the stable lost every thing they hadil
of,hem having families living Boo ,ae burnt a.-tnct lH'
Nance were Thomas and Michael Early Vim. Nifo1
Hugh Kelly Michael and Philip -. and Joseph Truce
lock The batter had barely time 20 save hi- 'ie- life
she escaping with nothing bat her night clothes None OF
these saved an article n furniture Of any description
From the stables The fire sweptdown Eighteenth
and along the Seventh Avenue wfh wonderful rapd.'t
and ran up Nineteenth street 90 the Sixth Avenue ni.
licking up every thing ~ way except BRICK and frame
house on The corner II Seventh Avenue. which Wa on
partially burned On his large area about hal me -/'
Of Washington square were ~ least eighty nlo.i-- "
dcnsey pacScd with poor fanlies-averasns three 'i
four ~ each Here nothing uui ic wl- saved ana ' F
indeed wonderful that n such a community 'i WOMB"
and children aroused from sleep by afrencndo'- Ii' m
stepped from house 10 house with dreadful. -p'ed n' ~
were los, There was indeed rumor ihaftwo chdr' Do
were nisilna. bat got authenticity conirad.ced De-
fore we left The only brick building burnt on ~.
block belonged to Thomas Hughes and was occupied by
hi. rnoherinlaw. who losi every thing. The building
was insured
Crossing Nnccenih-.ireet about twsn'y five shanti'
fronting on sixth Avenue were destroyed and .ar-'
quadruple frame building known a- storm Place each
wing being occupied Boy -ix or seven iain''--iiit' h
aH Next came handsome row oitwo-iory BRICK house
ak Of which were burnt either wholly 100 part The
hr.t u these was owned and occupied by james hc.'
as store and dwelling Next was the house OF Mr. Bar
ton which was entirely destroyed except the wal- Her
insurance expired only three days She lost ai her
furniture Next was "a house owned hy VIM j. COokof
and occupied ly him and by John and james Hyatt md
families Building only insured. house belonging 'o
| Henry IIane was next which insured. 10 i- on.i
partially burnt and was occupied hy Mc-sr- Richard
| Westfali Rlno VANDERBILT and 1hompson-neiDer OF
whom was insured. The adjoining building was owned
by Mr. Hunt GusuredJ and occupied hy I've ianlAe--
Next was Il building owned by Mr Ha-ict and occupied
by Mcssr- Fowler. Van Zandt Howell and ~tI Mr. h
Zandt had been confined only three day before and 1914"
carried in bed with her baby nearly half f. mile 20 70
friends house, on the shoulders Of hc gallant hrcme-
Neither of the occupants Of This house insured hut
| the owner wa-
On Twentieth street nine buildings oi cou-'dcrah size
| were burnt They were owned or occupied hy Ne--r-
Cvpher Archer Rogers Dnizn-cr and Tucker fhc l-'
keeping large family grocery There was Feri ifa'
insurance ON any thin. in h- quarter Ia this block a
together there were about thirty building ani one tur
bred families burnt oui-nok.ng ihc sum % thc DAINTY
| rather over than under what have stated above
| This caamtous fire was unquc-tonaby the work of
| an incendiary. It told ~. apparently good 900
ihory that 10 so the stable on IRE aud
run. lie Immediately pursued and would have been
caught had not the pur-ucr stumbled over sleeping
waichman-ihus causing TWO catastrophe ihe Escape
Of the man and the waking up of the waiciman from
4 I l.
boy who had recently been discharged iy Palmer Pc
tcr. but these gentlemen themselves have no idea tni
such i, the case The spread of the fire Wa in.tanfe
ncous-ovcry thing being very dry. and the building a
composed Of the most combu-iiblc materials The cn
zines too were many Of them down attracted hy
the FIRE al the corncr Of John and Ctreeis and were
weary and exhausted when they arrived ia Eighteenth
street But they worked ike beavers and fought ihe
enemy ike lions To their cxcri.ons many frightened
father and husband the lives of h- wife ami cl
drcn Ncvcrhavc they done themselves more honor
Until short time since hydrni has stood in front OF
the stable which the FIRE originated. and The stables
have been for years past furnished with toll supply
II hose by which the fire could have been confined fo
the one stable 4 few days since however Mr.. Coffin
President Of the Croion Board. oricnd tins hyduut
with some hMfduzcn others n that vicinity. cui down
under the prcrcNt that they wasted the water
Nothing can be- conceived utterly sad and puii as
the condition OF these three thousand men and
children dor the number viii reach fhai1 thus an boz
.,ani reduced Ia absolute and hun-cr--hcicr,--
and many Of them uncad and viih only blanket a uf
their shoulders They sitting weeping ani starving
under the fence. and i'm the vacant lo's-cro~dcd into
coNp,us and conference.-the middclifd The yolu-
the dccrclid aged the heel iess initt--vhai scene
Could very respectable Bobu-e- 0ho meet tonight
|
can be- found who may De trusted with the Management,
Of thieves and stolen properly and 10 decide that It'll
more important point whether Alderman Mcs-eroe shall
swceien his with spoon real silver or silver Ger
man-could they have yesterday walked through ihe
wide field Of dcsoaiion have described they mi-hf
they would gel startled into H'io activity n behalf OF
these dcsoaie and iorskcn Of fortune and a ihc world
Let SEE II they viii do something this very dal
for the di.irc-sc- and of these wr,ched beings
are imminent as if they had been eii PSI ihe trmq.n-
foot of
our citizens held public meeting ana uised $4,000
for cur distressed brethren in Pr.bursii-how much
will We give these afflicted fellow who here
suffering very doors We do hope that prompt
measures wall be taken collect aid Cor them 90 the
earliest possible moment meeting ought 20 be- held
i0-d0v People who have mo- roof, over them nothing
20 eat clothes hed.io rest canno, afford % wait
ANOTHER FWE-fhc large hat store Zoo John
~ fire saturday night and injured g. fle
amount OF 5000 before icoud be- stopped The engine
wcrc promptly the ground the damage would have
been much more extensive. There i- scarcely doubt
that the fire was the work Of iuccnlary who stole