The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-10-07
City Intelligence.

TREMENDOUS GALr.-The wind blow . hurricane last
evening and rain fell In torrents About half past
O'Clock the staging the of houses nearly finished
In Twenty Third street came down with crash, and
was blown the track OF the Harlem Railroad
The New Haven cars had just passedi they had been
two minutes later two would have been smashed
The gale increased IN violence towards midnight and
howed arfuiy through the shrouds Of the shipping in
the East River At half past IL clock whole dock OF
vessels blown sdrft together and 1t feared
they would 60 ashore on Governors slsnd. In the
majority Of them there either hands, only
tive, that they could not cast anchor
Two Of them hosted their jbs and getting detached
from tie rest before the wind till they
sbled to cast anchor the lee side Of the battery two
then succeeded Ia casting anchor, aud the
naming Eve narrowly escaped Governors Island pass-
ing quite close To the fort sud drifting In
towards the jersey shore There did not appear to be
sny men on board or ut least none that could be OF
any service II they ashore the Jersey Flats with
be got of, such tide may MT be in twenty years.
There has rot been high tide for the last ten
years So high was At half past eleven O'Clock, that
the Fulton and South Ferri,s ceased 70 for
three hours the pilots feared the guards of the
beats would get over the bridges and become fast,
the stakes Mt either tide The oatrr part Of tho
bridges were raised To M angle Of - degrees The
Wind blew from the east and there be No doubt
that 10 u the cqupocisl gale poet poned At quar-
ter psst one O'Clock. as nishsrd Aud was passing
through Park Row the liberty pole In front Of the
Park theatre fsll seriously Djursd them We fear
shail soon hear Of wrecks ON Long Island. {" 10
q rough night"
THE Far ~ WASHINGTON srRFrr- arorurR suaAa
R.riSrEY BUnrrp. We had merely time before going
topress yesterday morning 70 briefly announce ire Ia
Washington street. which occurred Al o'clock aud
continued to burn ~, near ave The bnidings 81 80,
81. aud "a. ell. more or less damaged by the
flames. Nos vi and 90 a sugar refinery. oEned by
hr SMALL No 81 l. t.nant.d BY Dutehnao nsmed
Mayors and 81 by Joseph Petty. yho keeps puolic
house. There Is some difference q opinion rho
building IN which the re uAted The tenants II 81
and 80 which lie south opi % state that 10 IN
the refinery In buidpg OF where IL oins 90,
that 10 frat broke ont and then spread to 50
side and 60 g3 on the other Th. Waterman IN the
gar refinery on The contrary, states that he dis
tinctly the flames is,uing cut ~ q crack
In tbs wall from 50 t. Oh ard subaelaently through
two irdows aud q the men employed in
the refinery states that the bags used ia the es-
tshsbment were haugirg out OF the ~indors to
dry and caught the flames fron No 30 The neigh
bors 20 differ about " but this Is probably
owing to prejudice sgsinst sugar rchneri.s ar
count II the smell arising from she buouk's blood,
witch Ia boiled for the purpose ~ refining AMI from
the steam engines used which they think daog-rous
and also the tremendous heat kept no which 10 20
great hat the employed have t. STRIP naked Certain
" ia that the IRE trst between Nos 80 md
flames In IN. direction ~ Nos 81 and 81 than 50
and ~ The three upper stories ~ both buildings
constituting the refinery completely Quilted and
all they contained consumed The sugar in the loser
story that saved from ere damaged BY
- 60 be worth very little The upper part Of No 50
was considerably buried and the roof of No 81 the
tenants sui red good deal so by having their furni-
tuie tossed into fbs street aud broken The Gre
suhdu.d about q quarter before o'coak IN. d.-
mage the stock In tire sugar refinery IL covered ny
The tuil1ngs IRE sso insured by the owners
Stephen hitn.y owns No 90. AID Robert Kermit e1,
10 ~ equally difficult 20 account the origin ~ the
FIRE. (uolesr Nv IN cebdaril In whichever building u
occurred The upper part Of No ~ 1.-THE dance houseJ
which burned wa not occupied. aud shut up;
an ~ tho refinery the fires guished at
O'Clock when the men we're going home from work.
The Waterman remained H. the building and ~as en-.
tsged In "rununeN sugar through black Tor char
when the ere VAS d. covered
Twrtvr Mus AROUND Ngw YoHa We have been
shown n and beautiful map that has recently been
nsde Of region Of country 81 twelve mites around
New York city. esscnted IN Philafephia by Wiz SID
nsy. bis map has been made from surveys, aud
IL particularly valuable. as showing the relative posi-
ton tf this city to oil the surrounding country.
livery proprietor ~ lands In the ucighborhoDi inte
rested ~ this mpp for every farm aud hotel aad loca-
lily within this range Of twelve mites u desgnaed
9th c.afncts IL II also convenient In tracing roads
avenues, streets rivers. bays tOSnp villages race
courier property and localities Of oil descriptions
IL " az exceedingly beautiful map Ia S3) aud ia one
ofthe cheapest ever published IN ttis country The
outlay hae been great but the sales will undoubtedly
justyit.
Tus poticr L.v.-we learn that petiti,ns are now
circulating throughout the city for the purpose Of get
ting the Ieess,ur- alter the police lss make the
term Of ofce one year instead ~ four ss at present
A SAP Aocip,Fr The Coroner yesterday held an In
ouest at Of 42d street East River the body
n David toley, aged ~ years horn In Ireland Who
Gene his dssfh while assisting In blasting rocks
II appears thst the deces'ed was lsborog man, aud
engaged In the blasting Of rocks at the foot ~ 42j
street , at River Yesterday morning the blast was
given and piece ~ the rock blown into the air to
great height On descending sgsin n fell upon the head
of deceased. whs so standing near the aver break
jng insiapi death at tho sane tim. knocking him into
the river whore be va fousd. The verdict rsn-
ssra ssooi aiss 10 tks seors iscte