The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-18

the factory to No. 127 and extended with fearful rspid
to Nos 1876 123 l21, 49, IT. and the rectyng dists
~ of William sudike, occupying four lots
NO. 1T was occupied by Mr.. Buschman as grocery
and number Of poor families who lived in the uppel
part OF the house. Fusshman lost stock $780, but
the loss on furniture not known There insurance
upon the bulldog, but the loss cannot exceed 600
Ine furniture Of the occupants saved but In da
mayed state. The house is still standing but viii have
| to be pulled down.
The next house, No 1876 was also occupied as a dwell
ing house. and rented by two families whose furni
ture wss considerably damaged by re and water The
building is extensively damaged the walls cracked
and the roof broken through in several places Damage
to furniture by fire and water 81 Insurance. The
building owned by Mr.. Edward Hurry, architect,
whose loss amounted to s., ,0O0-fully insured.
Nos l23 and l21, owned by Senior veasquez were al
most totally destroyed The furniture of the occupants
saved with slight damage The owners loss Is esti
mated at S. 000-fuly insured.
Nos. 40 and III occupied by two families who
saved their furniture The of the buildings Mr..
John schotte tobacconist doing business down town.
Both of the houses destroyed the insurance them
is So coo, in the St Nicholas Office
Thers several extensive stabes in the of Nos
l19 and H. owned also by Mr. Schote which
pletey destroyed. At the time of the drs there
about thirty horses in them all of which saved.
The loss caused by the destruction of the stables aouna
TO about $780, which is also covered by insurance
The rectifyng distiery of Wm Snediker, which
pisd four lots Nos 1l5 49, Ill and 109 completely
desr yed. The building insured FOR $4,000, and the
stock for about So 500 The dsery property owned
by Nrs Miller, but occupied by Mr. snediker, who
Quoted the business Mr. s. lost about 1900 on his
niture, which not insured
The reyoing is far could ascertain
rate account Of the destruction on Troy street.
THE FIREMEN AND POLICE.
There was an immense force of fremen and police at
the great conagraon. Three Of the 6remen were In
jured BY the breaking Of ladder while they pre-.
pairing to enter OF the burning buildings. Charles
Miller Of these, is foreman Of Engine Co. No. "a.
The other two escaped with few slight bruises They
precipitated from height of abe ut fifteen feet The
following the companies which were present.
Engine Companies-Nos 81 II, "a, 20, "a, 4S, TO- s.
and 49,
Hose Companies TO- s, 49, IL, 49, 35, 49, IL, "a,
Al, "a and g.
Hook and Ladder Companles-Nos 8, 6 and2.
The police force, have said, was very large
sisng of orc platoon from each Of the following dis
trcts-Ninth. commanded by Capt. Alderman; Eighth,
Sixteenth, Capt, Stevenson and Twentieth.
While the Marston firearms mandatory in flames,
the store of the company In Broadway entered by
burglars and some ef the property stolen
By this fire. informed about three hundred ope-
rativss are thrown out Of employ while nearly
thirty families rendered houseless for the Tins
being Some Of those have not yet found place for their
furniture, which is lying in the streets.
TIE total loss amounts to about Sl2b 000 and the in
su1ance to nearly half that amount. Thirteen
dwellings, two large factories distery and two sta
bes we're destroyed The majority of the dwellings
small story buildings, Of which not worth
over one or two thousand dollars.
THE FIRE IN TWENTY-FIFTH STREET.
One Of the greatest conHag1atoDs which has taken
place in city for long time occurred yesterday
morning in Twenty fifth street, the East river.
At about two O'Clock the fire was discovered in the
of Brooks panoforts manufactory No. 2o6 Twenty
fifth street. hich in . short time was entirely con.
sumed Every effort that gallant fremsn could
exert was brought to bear upon the consuming block
out Of sympatby for the Thousands of mechanics who
found employment within the crumblng Buildings.
From Brooks' manuactory the flames communicated with
the Empire Iron Works, which Immediately one sheet
of fame The scene was awfuly grand. The sky was
illuminated to be from every part of the CITY,
and notwitt standing the lateness OF the hour MANY
thousand spectators called to the spot In short
first building Brooks' mAnufactory, aod presented
charred of ruins The Empire feed mill went next
and Notwithstanding the many streams Of water falling
upon it. the building licked up BY the furious fire.
IL delicious morse in the jaws Of great monster
Together with all these swept away large bull ing
known as"Cbapmans building" being used for many elf
ferent manufactures Here the fire subdued and il
now extinguished, excepting the burning of the ruins
From this sad catastrophe ut least one thousand me
chanics who earning their daily bread within these
manufactures have been thrown out Of employment
Considering the approach Of winter, when permanent
situation is most desirable and mot difficult to obtain
this fact is melancholy than all the loss of property
Many of these poor men, besides the loss of employment
lost their entire stock Of TOOLS which in the
factories.
We a. informed by the plain Of Police that the fire
might in all probability, have boen confined to single
building provided the benger of this district had done
his duty promptly given the alarm l. stated that
there WAS lapse of time OF about fifteen twenty
minutes between the time Of giving the alarm in the
street, and the ringing of the bell Owing to this
dsay the fire obtained headway sufficient to battle all the
attempts the till it had pleted the destruc
ton recorded.
1t is not yet fully asceraned but Is supposed that
this is the work OF jncsndaiy, nasmuoh there had
been Gre in the building where it first discovered
during the night although little fre had bsen used In
the mandatory at time during the day Brooks
mandatory, being filled with piano frames which were
very dry combusbles the fire speedily enveloped the
entire building presenting sheet of flame awful to be
hold The great brillancy of the reflection led many
believe, who rot the spot, that the fire was Ii
some kind frame buildings and exaggerated the
horror of the by fancyng OF the numerous
stables in this quarter Of the city to be the consuming
pile Mr. Brooks lost his entire stock of pianos TOOLS nc
We unable to estimate his loss He insured In
the As.or Insurance Company and the stuyvesant fol
| $500.
In the same building with Mr.. Brooks, was David
Ogden Esq, . mscbIist, who lost his entire stock
valued at about s., 900. He WAS insured Tor $500
The other buildings which have alluded to as being
consumed were Nos 2os, 2o, 2i2 and 24, making the
full range Of buildings through to street
These houses all Of brick and two of them five
i - ~iaa 49,