The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-23


From the PniIad.lphiA 5ulstin Dec. ~
About half PAST ten ocloos last night flames wero dis
covered bursting ron he upper shadows OF the large
double -four story brch warehouse OF Jsmtss Keen Mos
les and 200 North Third street bt<ssu Wood and Cal
lowhi streets The building contained cesvy stock Of
leather, hidss goAtskns and sunac
For SEINE reason the alarm was not promptly given
and the upper part Of tAs warehouse enveopsd in
flames Def 70 he remen had reached the ground In very
great strength The Are specify communicated to the
roof Of The brush msnrae ory ard comb and varsity store
81 Jacob Fritz No. ls6 Joining the south The Ere
had introduced tsir hose into Mr. Erzs premises
and pnnber q be officers Of the Ahrshars police wore
| In the ore on duty.
Soon at or Are in the leather store had go. fairly
under way. the southern gable end wall OF Mr. Kesns
store which elevated above the roof OF No 1896 fell
with awful crash carrying with 1t the roof
and each successive floor Of the comb store into the
| CELLAR
| The Wa most terrific; il was known that .
number OF hren police officers snd citizens were In
flames which dared furousy rough the ruins
rendered almost certain that those Who escaped being
crushed to death would perish BY the flames number
Of the frensn escaped from the ruins almost nrscu-
ously but it feared that ott wers completely
buried.
The Hremen and q number Of the Marshsrs officers
rushed darntlssiy among the mass Of ruius and made
the most heroic exestons to their panons;
one was foano to be tightly wedged among the tmbsrs
and bn groans incited those who Aborng to in
CREASED exertons to effect his Officers Jacob
Albright aud jenkins obtained rope, and about
the vesht Of the rubbish about him, when q second
crash took place. overwhelming the poor fellow for whose
and sntapgrg the lower part Of the body Of Mr. Albright
amt pg the burning timbeIs
number of wiling hands were speedily engaged In
the effort TO release Mr. Albright from his psous stuA
ton, and the femen kept the Ore down In vicinity
while az could labor strove to the rub
bin For about three hours this brave officer thus
entapged and When finally ssssd his l,wsr limb
found to be badly burr 3D. He kept by snulants
while in this friehfu situation, and preserved an
dsunted dcmeaEtr throughout Re remove to his
residence in Dnks sheet below Second, where he now
lies 10 . pTecarious conciton.
In ~iafy
1t Is feared that the removal Of ths ruins viii bring to
light the remains of 1T least two victims The man
himself buried, is certainly lost We have not as yet
learned who he was, whether he was in citizens
clothing or frennaE's equipments.
Officer Hiram Hammer an ettimable msn, and one of
tbs most valuable OIL GERS Of the Northern ,eries dv
sion Of the Marsbaps pocs was among the Victims and
bis body dresdfaly burned about the head taken
from the RUNS between eleven twelve O'Clock to-day
He was one OF the best men and most useful officers In
nun Der ofthe members Of the different fire compa.
mics we're In No le6 Mt the time Of the crash James A.
Stewart George Hess. Michael Dsvin, and Alexander
capped with comparatively trinng injuries We have heard
runors OF several fremn and others who believed
source.
The FIRE burned furously for several hours and num-
Der OF the fire companies remained In service to late
hour this morning. Too much praise cannot be awarded
the members Of the FIRE department their gallant
vces they not only tosd without cessation but they
performed deeds or noble daring IN the OF suffering
nifty which ente them to the TIA aks Of their tsl
low citizens
Fortunately there very little wind blowing during
the height OF the confagrstoD Had high wind pre-
vailed the consequsp would have been far serious
II In difficult s this time to ascertain the loss with any
degree OF csrtant The stock Of goods belonging 20 liz
Keen heavy, but it partially removed and per
ton Of that remaining In the lower part Of the WI
probably he saved in damaged condition Els entire
loss In covered by insurance.
The building occupied by Mr. X was insured for 800
1t belongs to Mr.. David Kirk patrick.
No. 1876 belonged to Mr.. Frits who occupied the pre-
nises The arst floor was used as wsreroom and the
three stories occupied workshops Almost
everything In this buildirg is total loss Mr.. F. e
mates his loss of stock, &s ut FRI 600 10 $15000
600 Of which insured. The building insured
for 81, Geo.
Mr.. Fritz lived in the Of his store his dwelling
but slightly damaged by FIRE, but his furniture much
injured by being hastily removed
Mr. Peter Armbruster, member OF the Hoard Of Com
mil foners o. the Northern Liberties had OF his
broken by falling through the hatchway o. NJ. Frltzs
store.
The grocery store Of Biting Norris, No 1874,
slightly damaged in the roof The stocb sustained
injury from water
When We left the ground to day active efforts be-
ing made to reach the bodies of the victims supposed to
be under the ruing.