The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-06-04
TWO CENTS.


city Intelligence.
GREAT FiHEiN OLD slIr.--At o'clock Monday uoen.
Ing the City Hall bell rang AN alarm of fire for the aA
nre district, and at half past nve O'Clock gsAerss
alarm rang awakening from their slumbers many oisi-
sens both in New York and Brooklyn Az the sensr.l
alarm continued to peal there much apprehenssos
OF great fire. Volumes Of dark smoke we're seen -
issus from the peighborhood OF the East river and
brosd street 1t was soon Sscsrtsined proceed frs
the extensive store of Otis Woodward corner Of Ola
slip tNs. ~ and Front street (No. 7g 1t was d.
covered by Assistant Captain Fulton Of the First Ward
fohce, VINO must have seen 1t immediately after 10
gave indacstion OF It's existence o the fact ofits b.
ing just opposite the station hous. The smoke W.
oozpg from all the windows bat yet tho flames hsA
not burst forth Assisted by the police of the ward
and also the police of the Second he broke oosn
the building and found the firs in tho rear OF tbs
first noor, and had he = hose then at command he
could have easily extinguished the flames without
any material damage BY great exertions many chests
OF tea and other goods removed into the street.
and piled up opposite the station house In the ms.a-
time the lambent flame ran up the hoist rope and
municated with the upper part Of the building rhs
progress OF the fire was rapid bur tho fact OF t being
discovered no soon after IL appeared and dren I'D
being promptly the spot at the call of danger
together vii the circumstance OF the ext,ne aSisu-
Of the morning. alayed in some mea ure tns sw-
prehension for the safety OF tn. surrounding bat-
ings Still, the fact that No 20 cornmu,cated xish
No "a by means Of IN srch~ay, aud that both build
ipgs contained cotton. aud NO "a large quantity OF
brandy excited great alarm and for long time
ed the question doubtful whether whole block va
not destined to perish At six o'clock there vas every
Indication Of this catastrophe and had tn. re
ed with the same vgor and by the tire msu
dous exertions OF tho fremen the loss II propsrtv
would have been very great Facing Old sin All ~
tween Front and aier streets there were i've
cent hve story buildings all uniform, with the prnci-
pal stories OF granite and the copngs the wndows
OF the others OF the tame material al having ruu
shutters. Numbers 20. "a, and ~ b.lon: to W p
Penta, Water street. The two former were occupn.d
the first entirely, and the In part bv Os and
Woodward who let Offices in "a to Charles sutton and
to Hastesd, Chamberlain Co whoiessl. rroc.rv s.,d
spirit merchants. No. 22 is occupied BY q IL 4 g.
Rusher, by A. W. Wardle, and bv C,uibert & Phol.v:
No. 20 by Center Co., and Mo- ls corner OF W.tsr
street by John A. Moore, copper, tin aud sh.et iron
store Adjoining the burning building In Front At rest
was the extensive tea store OF Bucklin & Crana h.
which there were goods to the value of SOD 900 witch
covered by insurance Great we're
ed for this building but the fact Of its having an nis
pendent wall and the exertons of the dremen saved it
Meantime, the hre communicated with so "a ,Nd
slip, aud two buildings were now in q blaze bat tho
hs s.m.s ss IN sn every s' that
brought to the roof Of the store Of Buckn Orans.
and the roofs OF tho adjoining stores in Old slip aud
mon enemy At 6s O'Clock the names we're so far sub
dued that there was every Confidence that they could
not pass the limits of the stores which they hsd AZ
ready attacked Meanwhile. the top OF tho vail facing
Front street had sprung out so considerably thA. enc
hremen found It necessary to keep out Of the way \
large crack visible in the old alp rds runuipe
rom the top over the upper window to the corner
ladder was then hoisted up: by means Of rope via
pany No l. pushed the wall towards Pront
street, vhen two stories fell out with loud crash
tell into the building carrying everything before it
and driving the fire out st the windows la a msznia-
cent nssh The windows having been burst this
operation the hose now played with better eect from
the front Of the store The hook men not vet
satsned with the condition Of the building drove out
the entire upper part Of the front Wall into the strsst
Though the danger Of the extension Of tn. sm-s vss
past the cotton continued TO burn TIL about half
past 10 o'clock, when the FIRE vas entirely subda~d.
having nrst destroyed No 2s, old -lip and nearly
all that 1t contained, and guttcd No. "a With
ing. a.. so.h inss1.a =" n. qs, sns., oas
26 contained tea, sugar coffee &c, with ten bales
Of cotton the goods ofotis and woolsard aud ainey
bales IL cotton on storage. owned by Center 4 20
The loss IL covered BY insurance of Si2Joo haf II
which is effected In the Long Island, aud the otsr
half In the Hartford Buckn crrue's store va. not
damaged even by water. Their. be- uo doubt thss
the fire the work OF an ineen iary for th- bad-
been accidental 1t would have broken out on suai.v
Yet the mystery Is, how IL could have been introduced
with the doers all so secure that 1t necessary 70
break them open II stated by the police thst there
has been great careesness In regard this store aod
that IL Is frequently found open night In No u
short time ago, Gre was fortunately dl-csver-d in
time, by the fret ward police. caused BY caresss-
connected with box Of charcoal used for fisht-
ing the 1t bad burned hole completely through
the noor There is matter worthy Of notic. in con-
ncxion with this IRE. The batchwsy, contrary
to the ordinance Of the Common Council, wss
lsn open and unprotected otherwise the nrs
would rot have extended, and tho building ana
all that 1t contsiusd would have been saved
=
also ls open. and understand h Is the iItcntiou ss
the police TO proceed against the tho re-
assured that tho hatchwsys In Messrs j. and r. Nil
banks store In Front street tho corner were all
open ff.m top TO bottom. II will be recol-
hcted that IL was In consequence of this very
neglect In the building adjoining that occ sIed By
Center h Co, In Water street consumed by late 1re
that the brave fireman, John L. CURE lost his life Il
the ordinsnee Of the Common Council to be a mere
orrirm Tuimen We shsli see The fires In the Yirst
ward, Of late aud particularly in 'FRONT.' and wat~r
nero IA air .l~xw
and Leonard, and Assistant Captains FULTON and sneL
grass with the police Of tho FIRST and Second vards
were ost active and useful the nrem-n are
Of the hghe,t for their skill energy and
daring displayed on ihs occasion: IL would s-~m
desirable TO have the different station hoas~s
especially in the lower wards, vherv 80 much
hose and other Ore apparatus, By which many ar.s
might be easily extnguished In the beginning which
n srtions the srem.n. In the afternoon eonsids
rabc quantity Of cotton was recovered from bensssh
the ruins
Bor Mr..rra rSp,s Errs.onptS.nr cIncuxr.,cr.-
boy. nam,d Thomas Ncsbitt years Of age rc.idinr
AT lz2 Church street. has been missing ever sine
1hursdsy afternoon AZ o'clock. lie 1rst sup
trAnrpircd leading 90 the belief that he has been
cccoysd away. he had been out with young woman
residing In the family and standing at the ooru~r
Of Pine and South streets when she allowed him TO run
down on the dock 70 play. She saw him after
vsrs. lie y smsil Of his se, sf dark compi-slon
scars cn bis freh,ad aud another the palm Of his
right hand from burn.
Rssiessrio, CArrsI~ WILLIAMS. or I'm, Tam,
WARD PoLicx-Captsin Williams, Of the Third ward
pcce, has sent In his rcsgnation some ohsrx.s bs1
been preferred ainss him In reference money mai
tsrs. -
Annu.L or Emfcrs-rs-The following are tho ar
rivals since Saturday -
stella, Belfast. us PHILADELPHIA chagrss. Is
fdwina Antwerp 20 -
iiendrick Hudson, Lon Total. sox
DON. ......... .313
srnucr ~ LaHrsf-G -Yesterdsy afternoon sb,ux
o'clock, during the thunder storm that burst over
the cny the Mariners Church flagstaff Wa struck
with lightning
ssnIor. Accinr-r. rrr Rrsutr oy . srur,-Asur
John MILLS residing atSo ~ North Nosr- vss re-
turning home this morning sst "A o'clock. no p.t a
sry 81 young men ~ the Of N Iudson and North
Moore streets quarrel cnsued, and blows foiio~.d
words In the course Of the rencontre Mr. Mills va
hnocs.a aovn. and In the fall broke his ankle. Ne
vas conveyed TO his residence by posiceman yora "a
the 9Th Ward.
AfHosr Dpov-sp- C.rr,o, - n. A.