The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-02-04
Disastrous Fire in New York, Loss
About 100000.

ABOUT b4UU.UUU.
Last "Wednesday evening. about II
O'clock FIRE wes discovered i, the
build;ng 81 Nassau stree, the INNER
mar, or which was occunieJ Inv N,cbnlas
r.. Oa,le,. dealer in boots shoes and
leather II was frs, found in the third |
story If the building. and ms there were
iron shu,ters il wasn, frs, ,e,v d,a,cul, |
C,r ,Lr 6remeu In oh,t,iu ncccss T., ,Le |
n mrs Axes v.re anon b,ougIu and
,h. tns,en,,rs knorLed d,u, ,,be, !,
wns fruua tia, ,b. ,ui.,ior ,( ,h. third
and fourth f,nrs was one mass or flames !
The entire s,ock ri Mr. O,,ley w,s
DESTROYED INV fire no,bing hei,g saved
r,nm l,,s as,,II;sbne,, I'm, his hn,.Ls ,,d
n few fixtures Ills stock was valued a.,
san COO and was insured for s35 o0O
shuOv IN each ,C tho Ioll,w;,. ,fI;ces
E,ua and Hartford At uar,lord The Nor.
w,cb a, Norwich Conn. the gr,oLl,n
Fire and Marine Insurance "a and
the Equitable and Commercial or This
cmy.
The store and basemeu, of No ~
were occupird hv Uns,,ngs I.;hhv g.
F,rbes i,bbers in hosiery Iaces Sc
Almns, ali their stock was rescued from
the flames and carried over N the Pos,
Office. The stock was ,alued At SGD
600. The goods saved cauuo, II. worth
more ,han 90 Nor GEM uf their orioiual
cos, rhe books aud papers were saved
The buiId,np formed an /. having me
entrance an Nassau and nuo,her on Lib.
er,y street, or course the fire randi,
extended ,o the I. TINS t,r,ned and soon
hurst forth ga Liberty street. Sur.
rounded hy the burning hullninr on Mas.
sau aud Liberty streets Aas the immense
warehouse of ID remus Su dan, g. Nix.
ON. the heay,e,, Dry food dealers m the
CITY. A, first it was hoped tina, their
building would be saved. and with ,hi.
hope the firenen directed all their ener.
pies to the preservation of IKE proper,y
that seemed already doomed To destruc.
ton. In II few moments. however. il
was seen that the corner mus, share the
fate of those adjoining. The en,ir,
building was soon burning p,le. from
which the firemen we're forced to recoil
r The upper portions of this building wer,
occupied by Messrs. Lister g. Robin
sou, dealers in div goods. and their en-
tire stuck. INCLUDING books and popers
D was DESTROYED. The loss of goods i,
this building IS estimated at sI75. 900
! which. it is understood, is nearly coyere,
= b, insurance.
The building No. 80 Nassau stree
was but slightly DAMAGED by the fire
though the contents were much damage
n by The water poured in upon them.
was occupied hy A. g. f.. Schiete:
-. Importers of hosiery. and by Messr:
=, Campton & Turner.
h From the store of Messrs Hasiinr.
Il Libby g. Foote on Liberty street. IN
+ fire spread 10 the adjoining store, n,
c. So Liberty street, which SION shared tn
u fate of the buildings in which the fir
originated. It was occupied by Messr
), Freeman, Hodges g. Co. dealers in DIR
J, goods, and by JOHN Lockwood. I'll
n adjoining stores, Nos. 60, 62, Ga, an
&c, were not much damaged by the FIR,
D. though the goods in them suffered muc
T. damage from the water thrown on then
M 60 was occupied by Messr.. Bar
% lett g. Goodrich, aud G. Mann; No G
rs by Messrs. Malcomb Il Gaul. A. Jacot
a. Co.. Burchard. Norihrup g. Co.
i, No. GA by ]. NJ. Jones. and " Barne
e a. Co, and No &C. hy Spear g. R,sIe,
Il, =, aud Robinson & Reynolds, all dealer
10 IN Foreign aud Domestic Dry Good