The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-13
Terrible Cnlamltles.
SIX LIVES Lost ny suFfooArIoS-EioHx PERSON,


SIX LIVES LosI ny experimentation PERSONS
tApig INJURED.
Last night between The hcur Of nine and ten O'Clock,
afr,ghtu cssmy occurred 1T No 14o Centre street. in
building owned ly the oommisseners CT Emsra'
ton, for the reception G, the newly arrived emgrantr
The building is FIVE stories high and each foo- sppo-
pria;ed for the enigrarts-the upper ICONS principally
for the women and tie lower part Tor the In this
Iaee 81, human Iivcs lost, snG psrhsp. as many
more may yet die i,em the injuries sustained
II seems thai between and 10 o'clock TIE ely Han
bell yspe alarm OF IRE in the fifth district. and
Of To women the upper floors lIed oEs fire. which
instantly created panic of alarm each floor among
them Sc general ruth Vaa made for the stairway
viii heinz very contra they l one On the top OF
saeh otber creating aSfd state CT confusion So
rined me, that they lyoke cut TIE tecond and
third story wiz dovt and prat ont, falling with deadly
Niolecce il Tie yard below The screams ard cries
II tho tnighted women and chndren, called the
sid Il the police, and Captain ETennsn, aided By
lis ,fc tcers rendered every aesisesnes IN their
power and quickly az possible inssricatins
the il ured, 80 we'll ss the dead .romt6e elspe OF Gala
dead ana .eh we're conveyed TO IN ely hospital with
hCk,D ard bodily iniaies, some Ct whom are not
EXPECTED . survive Many others were Injured
,,nt the hofpita Those hillad all chiidren,
cept who is young woman ahoUt twenty years OF
age They all suocsted by the number of peraons
crowded tsnl Ghs AZ tho S4th Ward station
house pre,ented woful ssht-the mothers Ct the
decsased children bewairg over theia IL the most
pitiiuI manner At The time tho alarm was given
theye about iour hundred aEd eighty enigrants
in larger proportion wo mon and children
who were up stsirs ard in forcing their way down sars
the bsnnste-r gave way thus pTccp'tstrg them down
IN avery similar % the unfortunate children at
the H,ntb ~ard school house.
There was it seems, for the alarm Of Ere any
Than the bells rang alarm, which alarm lid not
refer to that otrio hat was niseonsrued by the emf
Alderman Barr quickly on the spot. rendering
every assistance In his to alleviate the sulerings
Of the poor unfortunate emicIentr
The relieving are the names OF the dead ~ lar as could
besscerta;ned =
John ". Dalton, years.
John GeDpan, yesrs
Mary Murphy. years.
Young womsn, unkno gD &c years.
Unknown boy, about years.
Unknown girl. about years
In the confusion it i'm cssibe to ascertain the
nimes q; the other dead persons
IrHr iHJusED ~ Bosr!T.L.
John EawR, leg and arm, tgcEsE.
woman, arm broken
Eliza Savage, shoulder OBLIGATED
Lucy Gushing injured internally.
Bridget darlington. injured interrslly.
William Whalan. shoulder DELEGATED.
john Eagun body injured.
Catherine SweeDy, body rJurea
The emgYaIts who were not injured, after while be
pacifed, and returned back their pectiye
rooms being that further danger Of tre
anticipated An inquest viii be held the bodies this
forenoon sni all the facts ecited before Coreners
jury respecting the Gauge Of tho fata! catastrophe
FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE-wARNrSG TO MOTHERS,
ere broke on; at ten o'clock yesterday rnng at 262
Eleventh street belonging to Mr. Van schaick, which
unfortunately accompanied by the loss Of two lives
1t appears that Mrs. Nc Sshon who lodged the
cond floor, went out and locked her cndren-respec-
lively aged enc and two and half years-in the
and shortly afterwards fire discovered which
suped the inside of the house. and the poor children
were burnt to death The engines were quickly on tho
spot, and rendered material aid The premises in.
euIed in the broadway Insurance Company for l000
The adjoining houses much damaged by the water
An nqueshas been held on the bodies OF the children,
by Mr.. Aldern On Smith.