The New York herald., 1850-01-28
BroohIyn city Intelligence.

Drsrhucr'SN nv FISs LIesFisLp's On, Soar
AID cA"pls MsSuraoroRy.-o On saturday morning, at
O'Clock, IRE was discovered in the extensive OIL
soap and candle factory OF n. ID Liehaeid extending
from Water street to the East River The FIRE con.
fnusd to burn from that time till O'Clock yesterday
period of tbirtytwo hours There were three p,sn
In the at the Of the nre
who found considerable difculty In their es
cape BY the rtsr The engine Was iu operation all
night snd the spot where the IRE
to the chimney IRON which the probability may be Ia.
ferrd Of tn. cout.grstop originating In the used
for making the steam Al O'Clock. explo.ion took
place a. loud ss the of artillery. shakiug eysry
bundps around aud e.,troy ing portion
Ct the factory carsid.raby the front nor
ton of the buildsg, used a. an once aud store for
ttnp al csncl,s. before the In contact
WITH ~ 1b-,xplosion iesupposed to have been caused
~ the gererscb of which rad no vent to escape
81 s,n,e Nss the smoke that the building could COZ bs
ettto nor any Of the stock saved from the d.vourng
e.n'ent lie IRE engines sere s0nnoped to the
tceD., spd used their utmost Efforts to subdue III.
trtny; bot u vss too strong for them. There w-re
t,o eitttrns cf water connected with the premises,
hstd ,upfisd other engines. But go intense the
hsi that hey could not get enough to the baid
irs ana tLtt lsbors we're therefore. comparatively
uitefs a. lar o. regards the factory itself There
Nssfuch an ipuen macs of com bustible materials,
al the timber In IN. building 50 thoroughly sa,u-
rated sth he oh -hcn nowsd everywhere like water
that ~ se.nsd beyond the rsch Of human power 20
cr,reh th. nsuss. They rsgsi long aud fearfuily;
the cay be,rg aud warm The progress Of the are
vss slow bat not l.ss sure and destructive This cir
euDssnes, together -ith the unremittrg exsrtou. of
aud a half f..t prevented the extension Of the hre
tsyond tie factory isef though the greatest alarm
. IfsNsii,d every side There II range Of ware
hfrtss. belonging to Nr Hsxtun. adjoining the
factory the western tide aud ano her afoin.
itg " en- the eastern eide, all tled with various
coHntcitlss aud Tor the.. grest fears were en-
tritin,d hsjor Nesly whose house 1. in close pr.x-
Unity With III. frOnt Of the factory suffered consider
able Ices by removing hts furniture pfeciptaely and
thus trtsstg Sad uJurns a. u we're better the fur
niture had remsined Ter IN. house not iojured BIZ
the Gre. though ~ was In imminent danger SO well
did the hrem.p vork. and overcsuae we're some ~
them With fatigue and exhaustion that they tainted
away and fell u tie ground. when the flames had
eoLtidefab tubsided they TO work TO pr,strat.
the walls In ortsr the her progress of the
hre but 30 srorg the wsils that they found ~
extI,uey diGcult to thrcw them dosn They a. last
partially tucc,seed and the eject bepetcent.
Ihe s'shesin the yard consumed but the hoeses
we're saved, With much trouble. A few casks Of oil
sto ,sv,d and quantity of soap and candles In
the rubt ~ the buildiuR ofhce which only at
tscsed by the IRE yesterday aud preserved from
The tensrsl destrucion partly by the iron doors
shicn thut cut the hsmes, and partly by the tnde-
fstgabe persevsr 81 the hremen. The remainder
OF tss great estsblishmspt and all the stock II con
tanned (snd IL never full together With the
engine, we're totally destroyed There Is nsueht but
vf.ck behind The total loss OF buildings machinery
and stock IL ,stimed at $500. .oco. Of which about
s2se,ocois covered BY insurasce The loss TO Lieh.
field Who CT the buildings well IS OF what
they contained, IL calculated at $4,000 Some ides
may be formed Of the extent OF this fire from the
length Of time u burned namely, the whole day
(ssturdsy) Saturday night and yesterdsy, mp till tso
sclcek IL s1ouldered even after that, and last
ming ct Elk ocioch the smothered flame sti issu-
ing nom the smoking ruins