The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-12

Ons Of the NEST melancholy reflections OF thq catas
trophe II that 30 many beings thrown out Of em
ployment In Harpsrs' establishment there we're EN-
poyed somc six hundred people, and Coolidge employee
about two hundred The total number deprived of worh
win probably reach thousand. To be deprived of the
means Of subsistence just winter Is setting in ia de-
plorabls indeed.
We cannot refraiH again from speaking OF the noble
conduct Of our ArerssE Amid cracking tim6ers and
kissing flames they forced their way regardless every
peril, In their efforts to roll back tho billows Of are
Some idea be formed of the degree heat consider
ing the fact that 1t dncut at times TO bsSr
In the upper part of Franklin square Yet amid all this
for three long hours the heroic frenen at their
engines and yielded not till they were masters of the
angry element.
Hook and Ladder Co. No the second apparatus on
the ground and BY of their ladders several of the
girls made their escape Several the members OF this
company directed their efforts to the Massrs
Harpers' Safes TAs larger ONE about seven feet in
nesn was got out n safety and ls upon the sidewalk
Mr. James Harper was present, and requested thsm II
possible to rescue smaller one, which, he stated wa
near the front Of the next building They made eor
to do So but the flames swept through the bull ling with
such intensity ~ to battle their endsavors
Hook and Ladder Co. Ne had the job Of throwing down
tho walls ON tho Pearl street sds and performed the
work in satisac tory On the CMR street side
No. II had the same labor to perform Nos q s. and
were at work in different parts, while all Of No. II.
ladders were broken by the fall of portion of the wal
in Cliff street.
1t was for long time thought that many blocks would
be swept away, and for great distance people we're in
the greatest state of exctemsa heavng tho furniture
cut OF the windows and ping in the street. This 90
on endee all along Peck slip Dover and other streets
in that vicinity.
By no means considered BY the least tsna in tho
history OF this great The Of the
new manuscripts of embryo Walter Scots and Byrons.
and hsorians the arst appearance OF which before ths
public eyew looked forward to by their anxious AL, hors
as the birth OF their Immortality Who can say how
many new Harriet Beecher Stoves unedged ssprants
for literary fame had anticipate future OF sonaus
sunshine sudden, turned into dark and dismal night
ciout ed and by the columns of smsxe which
went up from Harpsr's ruins
VINO can say how many of these manuscripts were the
result q nights md years of
for IDEAS and which when comp eted received the full
admiration Of at least their ~rit<rs and which were
handed In to the publishers with air said
let that OF ce come before the blic aud, trust shall
not long live unknown When consider the % blipnt
ed hopes. the would be eAt obscured, the ary
caatea vanshed the literature Consumed the amount OF
property destroyed the numbers thrown out of employ
ment the walton, another revolutionary hero gone
And reflect that all this from setting off gill Of
canphene, how naturally up the words bshold
how reat matter little fire kiudeth" 1t has bsen
long time since confagratios such this took place
and may it be longer time ore We are called upon to
record such another.