The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-26
SERIOUS Fire IN nuane street.

ONE NAN KILLED-FIrTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
WORTH OF PROPERTY DESTROYED.
IRE OF an alarming and destructive character
at hapast eight o'clock yesterday morning in the hous
No IS Duane street The place has been occupied By
Messrs Mendes and Struclens and used steam con
dictionary and chocolate drying and grinding house
The fire originated In the Drying ROOM which oyes
heated and burst out from the third and fourth ore
with inconcevable rapidity The active exertion OF,
large force OF the fire department unavaing an
the building entirely destroyed, with all the stool
machinery, sc. At about nine O'Clock the hoistin
Wheel which fixed in the third story. fell throug
the floors underneath ana part Of struck your
man named Arthur J. Evans attached to Atlantic Hose
Company No. IL and injured him so severely that he
died his way to the City Hospital The walls Of the
building most wretched and hence, in grea. mea.
this fatal accident The total loss must amount
nearly $4,000; but accurate estimate be made
The sugar destroyed is valued $4,000 alone As the
season was just setting in for this trade there was
heavy stock of all material hand The walls were so
thin that tmoA ladder belonging to Mutual Hook and
Ladder Company No J. iced in large portion Of them
when handled only by two members OF the company.
The Coroner held inquest upon the body the City
Hospital q short time afterwards.
Thomas Voorhees,, being duly sworn, depose9.-I am
Assistant Foreman attached TO Hose Company No. ~;
at the fire this morning and deceased hsre
him fall the shaft Of the bost wheel fell upon MIN and
knocked bnl out Of the front door; cannot say II he
spoke after, as crowd was around him in moments
think The injury was to his head.
William Dietrich, shopkrsper at No SO Duane street
gave testimony nearly similar.
John u o'Donnell - Belongs to Engine Con-
pany No 42 OF the fire: the Chief Engineer ordered
deceased not to 90 into the burning buidng be went in
in few minutes after heard heavy body il falling
down the hatchway and something thrown into the
street. looking down saw II was man; he picked
up ard taken to the Hospital bot suppose he dead
then; think he was hit by the shaft Of the hoist
wheel; saw blood run from his ear.
Alfred Carson Is Chief Engineer % tho Fire
Department; this fire confined to the building; de-
ceased to and asked where he should 20;
told BIN TO remain in the street, next saw him going
into tbs building; told him not 10 60 in the host
wheel would be down. NOE Of him if he haSt
obey my order he wouo not have been hurt my order
decided one.
Medical testimony given TO the nature Of the in
came to his death by being hit on the mead By hoist
wheel a the FIRE at No. 70 D0ane street, the 25tls
inst said wheel falling from the nth story Of the house
1t il peculiarly melancholy 70 think that the docease
bad only joined this company week before and was
have been married in about another week. lie
tive OF New York, and about twenty one years old
The building IS underst aDd. insured by tho
and tie stock and machinery by the propretors the fo
MFR fnly, but the latter ouly partially. 10
folmed hoIGal estimate of carnage could he made at
late hour last night Assistant Captain Garrett. Sixt
ward Captain Carpenter. Filth ward and the officers
the Fourth, were promptly on the spot and rendered
sistancc in preserving oper'y. The house Is
ruins 1t most fortunate that the fire got undo
10 be confined to tho enc building