New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-04-03
CITY ITEMS.

CITY ITEMS.
The DEMONSTRATIONS THIS AFTERSOON.-Ine
great de,nsrs,ion on occasion Of the triumph of the
People Of France takes place IN the PARK this afternoon
commencing a, o'clock Hi. Honor tie Mayor presde'
assisted by gentlemen Of different nations who direct the
rroceednr. Of their respective countrymen Different
stand. will be provided for speskers different languages
and we shall have such demonstration wss never seen
IN New.York before full report Of the proceedings will
s1pear IN to nouow's Tribune
Destructive FIRES AND Loss OF LFE.-At
utte after o'clock yesterday morning the Congress Sugar
Reanery Of Mr. DEsNIs HAsRs st la Duane-st was dis
covered 10 he on FIRE by the mes bursting out the top
Of the rear part the building In spite Of the arduous
exertlons Of tie FIRE companies, which were promptly on
the SPOT the building and It's contents together with
small frame house the rear In Reaies and some o,her
buildings, were totally consumed.
In the progress Of the FIRE some kind Of gas was genera
ted from the various sugar or other substances within the
building. which exploded and forced greater portion Of
the front wall into the street Al this time the Ere was 90
m Is feet in the rear u the wall and after It had filen the
m ard the floors Of the different stories remained I'M
broken while the sugar piles ard boxes was exposed TO
the sight.
Allree number OF nremen engaged 10 front OF the
wall and many Of them escaped they saw 1t about u
f,u nv rurrng into The doors Il the establishment. OF
which the-e were several We regret however to say
,hst m any were not fortunate AZ TO avoid the crash
Two OF our heroic aremen lost their lives by it, and se'e
raj we're wounded The victims were GEORGE KERR aged
3d. Assistant rngineer and Henry FAscp Assistant Fore
man Of EnzRo CO. No g. They were both taken TO the
Hospal: Mr KERR survived two hours, but Mr.. tAR'is
expired N lew minutes after arriving there. Among
,h ,ounaed were Nj c. j. DuRAsr OF Hose c. IS, who
- Ia Duna
panv and Mr. JENrSs Of Hose Co. - badly wounded two
policemen were also wounded, and the whole number oil
persons ard including those who lost their lives was
/ TO- -Four aremen who on part of the wall when
remained standing continued hold their pipes after the
catastrophe with The same s,eadnes before, although
they might have expected to pFecpitated TO the earth
the mex. moment As soon however, as they understood
ths, lie had been lost they descended % lend their ad
where It was mos. needed Are not these brave fellows
worthy Of higher honor than many Of our heroes who have
come back from the murderous plains Of Mexico
Policeman GooDwrs hal a fortunate and narrow escape
He was standing under the wall tho moment 1t gave way
and only saved himself by creeping under Engine NO. 49,
tho cylinder Of which crushed to pieces. Mr. HARRIS
the propre,o and his brother also barely escaped with
their lives the latter was struck tie head by brick
and had he not heavy cap he would doubtless nave
been either killed or dangerously wounded.
great risk to set the safe to save the papers and
other but did not succeed owing so the Intensity
Of the heat ami rapidly of the flames IL was reported
Yesterday that the building slightly built aud that the
fall Of the wal thus TO be accounted Tor We UNDER
stand from Mr. HARRIS that this Is entirely erroneous
The building Of tho best and most substantial KIND
and built under the immediate inspection OF MI Haris
himself by ddysrork There was nothing hmsy aooutl
The origin CT the IRE as yet unexplained. took In
the upper part of the building where no fire was ever used
The establishment II o'clock on the night pre-
vous with man guard 1t who With his WIFE, resided
on the premises The stock hsnd IN the establishment
was large great quantity Of sugar having Just been
stored in the tarehouse which full Of both refined
and unrennei The value Of the stock is estimated at
$4,000; the machinery was worth between $4,000 aud
100000 the building S25OOO total $4,000 all be-
longing to Mr. HARRIS. The insurance was In large
number Of offices in this City and other places In this
country On the stock between $4,000 and 50 0O0 on ma
chnery SOS 900 and the building $4,000, total say
sos GEO. leaving loss Of $4,000 to be borne by Mr.
HARRIS In this heavy misfortune he Will receive the
general sympathy Of the community. Few men stand
gher In the esteem Of business people for sterling iueg
rty and ndomitable Industry in the management Of
tensive Affairs This Is the second time he has met with
the calamity Of having his Enlistment consumed by re
and our regret heightened by the fact that one whom
We know makes a nOber Of the fruits OF his bushes
= than Dr. Harris his misfortune Is hass public calamity
We mast not omit TO add that the books and papers
the establishment together with 5000 IN bank notes, wer
L preserved unframed by VI uEKArso's Salamanca
= saGes NJ nAsats naturally IA great anxiety
lest the had been increased by the destruction
OF the contents Of the safe whose external appear
Il ance after II was dug out from among the runs IL
the cellar anything but promising. II hs'
been bruised by heavy substances falling upon H. sn
II been subjected rhns heat which had caused te exte
p plates TO swell and bulge in very omnous manner
and entirely melted the brass knob Of tho door, and the plat
" containing The makers name. On drilling into H. for
could opened other way tho contents were ioun
y perfectly unlnured This IL triumphant proof OF thu
excellence Of Mr. HrsRses safes could DO desired -
y Were Mr.. H. man given 10 making noise In the news
Al papers Such would probably be ,rumpe,ei iron
one end Of country tho other but his shrinking d
ndsneo and modssy with regard TO tho excellence Of If
r. manufactures will doubtless allow Il 10 pssa whou,
farther notice than present spontaneous statement
d About n O'Clock M. yesterday IRE broke on, Ia N
store Of premise. at tho sw oor. OF rhr svcnu
and Twenty ssvonthst The asmes aegesi with irshio
rapidly and In very brief space the building ees
I. with stable and dwelling occupied by 'srpsei'
y bio oolafsd family entirely consumed In the stab
- there were three valuaba horses Of which only
rescued hon the dsvoufinF element with tho u,oa ar
70 Guilty. Several q Tho adjoining building. fcp,as N
(, rhiri avenue were likewise somewhat damaged nefo'
" Tie nfe companies hal all sf the ruins In rwsu, seventh
h the bells sounded aaoiha, slsrn the wufAs hep II
yafisn. cabinet nahet discovered Ore ard befef
m the hsmss could no sphdusd the whole huldns aud
q contents. together with suHs name buildings II
"a Ms vsfien not insured AMI his iess Il eel
mated ~ $1,000 There vas one hefss burned :, ass
The IRE believed e. have hssn the vrih II az lnesnd
~ ~ this hte 30 lsss than drssn rant Families We
" turned out aruis A, shrui half rAsi nrleeA en- "a
utdaY evening the sarv dtr n"ris Ia the wiaiew ~ u
" store - Jsws Go se.ieniir srA a,s Ard wsse ha,