The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-20

buildings Garden street on the west side OF William
street, were on fire the fire in the middle OF MT
LORDS block the fire within stores OF AZ ~hen
went home was not In Garden street when No o. was
blown up was probably going home then when re-
point; went in to Mr. Meek,s / went from there to
Punch alley found the fire subsidized the walls OF the
Exchange were very thick about two feet Thick ~ was
my opinion that 1t would not have been burnt up the
walls OF Garden street thick and cen.
fury old; did not think that it would take ire knew
Mr. Tappans store; did not build it; many houses IA
wing separate walls burnt up that night buildings
OF every kind were burnt gave my opinion IN 1914
as TO the throwing down of As that would be pos
sibe to tear down such house in less than "a hours by
day light concur in that opinion now; testified thst
1t was customary to save the material OF buidlns
testified that 1t would take week 10 save the material OF
49, spoke OF "a hours as being the most rapid ume W
take down such house. =
O'clock cannot cay how many houses We're then ourn;
i should think there more than hundred was on
the ground from the time L arrived until . or
O'Clock in tina morning was about an hour at nome
the fire from the centre OF Garden street 10 the East
river when left it did not burn many more houses
after returned; thsexposons took place and the nre
stopped those buildings destroyed in the interval
Of my absence the walls Of No. so twelve inches
thick do not know positively that they were twelve
inches thick; there no specification at the time
built them No 80 built about three years before the
fire; the other houses we're built before that cannot
say that No 81 had party walls should say that it was
not party wall; there was contract; am carpen-
ter the mason work done by Seaman Hunt; they
were employed by Mr. Lord on my recommendation
To Mr.. Van Wagner-Warner & Pearson's store was
the north side of the church; there WIS boarding
feet from the church, the buildings the west were
three stories; think the Exchange took fire on the
southeast
TO MIR Davies-I never was fireman Witness de-
scbed to the jury from diagram the character OF the
buildings burnt up
To q Juror-On my return up Garden street,
and then into Mr. Meeks from there went into
Beaver street. and along the course Of the hre don
Che houses were covered with tin laid on pine wood
Nelson j. Elliott, examined by Mr.. Van Wagner re-
side in the city Of New York. resided there in 'o
pad No Eyr nj was hnru
into No So occupied by Mr. Lord; worked there about
half hour removing gssds; left the store when we
told that they to be blown up the facilities OF
removal then greater than they a. first there
then carts in Exchange place and the streets were
clear there greater numbers to assist In removing
but not great wd; people had been sent for with
their don't know who said that the stores Were
to be blown up from half to three Of an hour
elapsed after left the store until the explosion took
place; No. 4S thrown down by the explosion; be-
i.ve the whole Of it blown down with the exception
Of the western wall went to No 30 to see the effect
the exploson could not 60 into No 90 them No 81
not much damaged by the explosion of No. AS did
not see No so the explosion of No AS No. As
not on f1e when it was blown up; Nc 49, 1 think
fire. was at the corner OF Broad street and Exchange
place when the preparations were made TO blow up
To Mr. Cutting-I went into No AZ about O'Clock; L
didn't look my watch any oceasion it was little
past o'clock when left my store No. AZ looked then
my watch; the store all fire; was at work in
the cellar; No AZ was fire about twenty minutes;
when left it, it all fire; cannot say where the
fire took first; in Mr. Lords about half On hour;
at the of Exchange place when the explosion
took place. the explosion destroyed No 90 as much as IL
did No. 49, went home after that only know what
became of No. 81 by report did not stop TO make
survey of the fire; cannot say that any smoke was
coming out of the front of No 52 into the front
when we ordered away when No As was blown up
the facilities OF removal greater there was then no
crowd in The street. before that there great crowd
on the corner Of william street, the had cleared the
streets the heat SO intense greater facility
in rear, there carts there them tho heat
cleared the streets In degree saw carts in Exchange
place when abandoned my store; when left No so,
found fewer people the went directly in front
of No 50 after the explosion of No. AS no fire in
front; l could not FAY it was on fire.
To Juror-Haf dozen Of carts could 60 into the
court at the the alley DISTRACTED by goods;
those goods burnt Delmoncos at that tmewas an
old brick building
The Court adjourned till half past two o'clock.