The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-12-23

rounding buildings The two houses in wstsr street,
to woossy Co occupied BY several families chiefly
German, and the houres the opposite side Of the
About O'Clock . considsrsbie portion Of the large
store containing the drying house and in the mne-
diste vicinity OF the chimney fell With tremendous
crash terrifying those whs the avalanche OF
bricks One portion after another fell, doing both
good and injury for part Of the vail falling on the
crushed large portion Of IL right In, and sxpcssdthe
building to the devouring flames The Ore companies,
and from the roof e6ectuay stop the further
advance of the FIRE In that direction. At o'clock .
began to topple aud the front ran with pre-
cpitstion towards the water, and some seemed dis
posed to leap in to- their lives when the Pile fsk
with tremendous crash and the rsttlng bricks came
very close to the heels OF the fugitives a.. IL.
The tobacco inspection house object OF
much socitude, and IL in imminent danger; but,
from the precaution and exertons Of the the dam
ger was osvisted. me Windows ana doors were AL
window ready TO apply IL If needed while others
the top of the roof threw of the burning embers which
fell upon it. The roof fort nnatey, was Of very thick
tin, and painted with fire proof paint Nh Jervis, the
owner of the building there and used every pre-
caution against the destroyer Mr Nathan the store
keeper, got out the books OF the Custom House. We
also noticed Mr. Weldon. the Superintendent Of the
Tobacco Inspection, and Mr.. Maxwell, the Collector.
Captain Croft placed in charge for the night An
alarm OF pernicious kind given that the to-
baoco inspection continued large quantity Of gun
powder, and of the fremen were rushing in With
the hose to deluge the place With water, when the
time informed them that tbs alarm was false
1t was curious circumstance that two strong
Of air might be felt moving different directions
at the time owing to the rareaction the by
the intense heat and the rushing In Of the cold air to
The wind too, shifted two or three times which Of
course had the effect of spreading tho fire. but the
other hand the falling of the walls assisted to smother
It, Two immense corners, OF them the
south, and the other the north sde still remained
standing like chimneys and the great chimney itself
tower, its walls being red hot and a of vivid
flame issuing from its summit, which had a grand
effect The reason why this part OF the establishment
stood well, was, that it fastened with cement,
and built strong as to retain the heat for the
About FIVE O'Clock, though the fire still ragged 1t APP
peared probable its would be confned to the
psnies, With two or three exceptions left Ne con
tinued to operate in Water street. and Nos and In
very effective About eight o'clock the ere had
burned itself down that there longer any dan
ger OF the flames spreading The entire Of the store
and drying hLuse and machinery in South street,
utterly destroyed The refinery and store on the
Water street side were also consumed, and the
| store leased from Dsryes' in South street, much
damaged, both by water and fire. There is
store though low building, still untouched, the
Montgomery street eide. and also some Office build
ings but tze roof of what is called Dutehman's
Boarding House was broken through by the falling OF
to the company, and for the Of the German's
employed in the establishment. In that end of the
yard there from 400 500 tons Of coal which
escaped the flames The books and safe rescued
at great rsk, and with much difficulty by Edw ard
Wbitlock Thomas Whitte, william T.. Platt, and Mr..
Masen The police of the district rendered eficient
aid and observed, acting among them, Mr. Matssll,
The fire continued to burn till late hour, and will
| probably shoulder the greater part Of too day.
To estimate the exact amount Of damage is difficult;
but We are enabled to go pretty 1t. There
only about $4,000 worth OF refined sugar saved The
| place was well filled with stock and manufactures
In the night before and that morning from Sunny
| Eye. The following is list of the stock
| In the South street store, 5000 boxes OF raw
sugar. SoO,0O0
ovV boxes rehned sugar. ''............ lo,000
| 5000 boxes refined, in Duryea's store, worth
S60OC0, damaged to the extent Of. ...... 10000
1000 boxes raw In same, damaged to the ex.
In the store or refinery at the water st. side,
oVOo loaves. 5000
Zoo nan ioaves. ........... 800
Bastard sugar.. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Is 900
Machinery. 100000
Buildings. Observation-Disclosures. 30 900
s5a5,s,o
Other items would probably bring the amount of loss
up to $500 00o to nothing OF the loss of time and
business To sggra'ate the calamity 400 will be
only small proportion OF the damage is covered By
insurance and that the company lately let policies
out to the amount Of S25oOo0.
FREs At one O'Clock Friday morning Ere broke
out in the mahogany ssSmil m rompkins street.
Grand Being discovered Ia the beginning the pro-
gress of the flames arrested before much damage
was done.
At half past eleven O'Clock on Thursday night,
FIRE was Uncovered In the packing house OF John
whitlsw in Twenty sixth street near First avenue.
1t was quickly extinguished by the members Of hose
company No 3d.
.ovrRAeE FrREmrs.-At the alarm of fire about
eight o'clock last night the hose company No rs,
racing with engine 10 Broadway took the siiswalk
and at the corner OF Murray street, knocked down aud
ran over gentleman, esusipg hm most painful aud
| serious injury Without stopping to what had
been done they turned from their proper and
ran down Murray street 70 Church street where they
stopped knowing the alarm not In tina. direction
Such outrages have become common aud the auths-
rites taking no notice Of the violation Of the Law
against running fire apparatus upon the sidewalks that
IL has become positively dao in time als-u,
Of FIRE for pedestrians to venture the streets In
this case, the conduct Of the members of hose COM
psuy No 25 is without tie slightest extenuation and
the matter will be promptly laid before the proper
authority.
rents the whole day from ten o'clock In the forenoon
TIL three o'clock In the afternoon when It moderated
but continued to drizzls TIL eight o'clock,
wh.n a strong dry wind sprang up 80 heavily
did II fall that umbrellas sere Of no use. All
communication by lightning from any point of tho
compass Snow Is more usual at this than RAIN
but we shall, probably have enough Of that soon.
Tnr LAST on FiRsr snAp.-A dns shad. about s ibsI
weight was yesterday brought to Office by George
CURE, who caught it at Tsrry town Friday night.
We know not exactly whether 10 call IL the first the
last Of the season The old season is long since over
and the new has not yet begun 1t Is very unusual to
take chad In this month
TnE ERNA BALL.-The Trina ball will come off or
Wednesday evening next, the 26th inst. at Niblo's
Saloon There are three hundred orphans dependent
upon tns society for support and the ball will be
gwen with view to aid the funds The object Is so
philanthrorc that the call cannot but meet with a
hearty reponse and the Golfers society be mate
rsny aided by the undertaking That IL will be one OF
the most delightful sces Of the season. there 10 doubt
ana t patrons will feel doubly gratided h knos that
Wilt they are enjoying all its pleasures they also
contributing to the comfort and necessities OF the
orphan Livery one Who INDUCES In the pleasant and
ssTessIe smusemen. OF dancing as we'll as those who
iee an interest In the welfare OF the fsherle should
be at the ball and contribute to the fund
Drr srnrrr.-The Commissioners who're duty IL Is to
attend 70 the o2enpg Of this street. do not appear to
be attending TO their busne,s Several new buildings
have recently been erected aud have been set back to
the new line and they are completely shut out from
view and will continue 20 be- until the old ones are
tss.n down or removed back the required distance.
~ out justice ts those who hare abded by the law
that all should be made to follow their exampls ne
voald be well for the commissioners to wake up and
push this business.
bhrAEISo INTO a SroRE-On Tharsday night. the
store at the corner Of Reade and streets vas