The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-27
ANOTHER TREMENDOUS CONFEDERATION

hsme euodsuJ BURT up towards the heavens lu1ains
ting momentsry esst part Of the city evdentiy Civ
iug notice that . Gre Of impe-tance had broken
out At the time the City Han beu rang an alarm
Of 6o for the gbS district and the sesns Of the couaa
x,ston vas soon mas hnowp-the report being sprsad
thAt the 6re was among ths shipping.
This Intelligence fourA be too true; end
hss'ecipg 70 the spot on ths North river side
presented itsef that bsxvArs A1 descris sion. Tns
steamer Cbeeiee one Of tss Hsvsos and Nos Orissas
linsef steamers which ready TO ssi thia day at
ocLck, r NJ for New Orissas VIA Ravsua, was in one
imDenas bisxs
She wss lying 1t tie Compaay's dock a. tho
foot of Warren street North rivsr and all
tho necessary arrangements for her voyage had
been c'Dpls ely made; ber So, which ~rs q very
valuable freight consisting Of ali kinds Of u,rcaaal
including large an,uot Of specie, to be saipped
New 0resns and large quantity of oil bar
sway in the hold and other part. II tho ve,se Tasr
berhs he'd been taken by the passengers who vsr
were not board Waiting for the last moulent Of aa
ing and thers except the private watch
and few Of the officers and that couposei a cor
tion OF the crew. Suddenly, mentioned abcvs, o
oreht haue thot up from srout midrhp o. the ye7ss
but whether proceeded tron the hold gal
ley where the cooking performed and 1hich
in the miode o. ths vessel the paddles hsvs
not bern able to ascertain 0n the alarm Deng given
the fire eng from al Of the city hurried the
spot and proceeded to play upon tns rniog
from the pier At the foot Warren street. beside which
shs lay Az soon possible several sasn tags, six
or seven in number we're brought up 60 the side ia
front Of the vessel which attempted Tow Asf into
the stream but this foupd sn mpo si(lty
a. the steamer had stuck In the mud the being
very low IT the time, and the ds st, going d6sa suI
here she remained the whole time Until pstely do
strtyed.
1t being found impossible get weasel from her
BERTH attempt made, after had burning
for nearly two hours to sotte her. FOR which
holes were bored vi sugurs into ber sdss at the
line, and plank tsken from the lsroard -ids
farthest from the side Of the psr tse ,.dde
wheel. This attempt ho sever WAS Also usseas, from
the fact that the tide rising At time and shat
these OfeniDga the wabsr mark In tbs
near ime the frsmsn had not Idle The hose Of
the engines playing upon every part o the burning
vesaol, and numbers went board to tho
cargo, possible, rom destruction This however copla
not be done s that ssved being the live stosn
sstpg OF . COW, sheep and hogs-the former beng in
tended for providing the passengers vi milk during the
voyage The beDco0ps, shiloh full Of papltry tur
keys, &c. were likewise saved vita tner coateuts A.
also al the bammoeks that hsd pceesrd for
tbs day of sailing Tne hAzsrdo.s par. Of tLe,
duties however. 70 get the pososr ous, which
ths frenes alarmed by several successive cxpo
soSs which not however very load eco therefore
could not hsse proceeded from Large qu.ntty-0ut
was, 1t caureo Notwithstanding considerable alsrm
among those ~ho happened to be board,
Some slight Injuries consequent upon the event.
the parties not however hurt ny exposou tut
rjsred BY falls in their hurry esps from tho
posed scepe tf danger.
One fireman. member of a hook and ladder compaay,
to the pier stumbled in attempting get of and
sBehtly hurt.
Another fireman, . member of Hose Company No. IL,
named Van Buren,, the plank that led from tue
sesmer to The side Of the pier, and in huryns along
from the vessel to tho shore would have fallen into
he had not been laid hoA Of by another fireman.
Damed David Prcs, belonging % Hose Company No 23
Some time after. fell from the dock, at the
Of Warren street. into the river aud would have
drowned but for the timely aid OF two boats, flied
believe with remon, who, after few minutes search
for II rather dark below the foot Of the dock
succeeded In finding him. and took him ashore to the
pier at ths oot of Murray street. where after
plying some restoratvss he sufficiently wall 10 60
home.
The novelty Of ths scene and the comparatively early
hour in the evening when the fire broke out attracted
| myrads of spectators thu Warren street pisr.
platoon of off oers belonging to the Third ward un
der the command of Capt Hopkins and Lieut. Olmst sd
stationed for the Of preserving order These
latter formed Gordon across the pier and the
spectators from getting any nearer their psssuce
would have materially mpeded the efforts Of the dremen
Considering the muddy and filthy condition Of tns par
and street, It surprising that any indifferent person
could be induced to stop in unpleasant position
The engines stationed upon the pier but from the
confined nature Of the locality and s narrow width
The wiser portion Of the spectators proceeded to the ad
joining pier at the foot Of Murray street. where they
could view the with less discomfort and without
any degree Of wettiDg. Here they stationed In
thousands for the wind being from the southeast thsy
not nconvemsnced BY the smoke and Hsmes which
| blown in . contrary direction
So eager their curiosity and largo thu number
Of spectators that the Of .wo barges that LAY
alongside the pier at the foot Of Murry street.
other side Of the DOCK in which the burning
moored under that their boats would b
sunk by those who got board Of tbem to OBTAIN
ter view Of tho ooufsgrston One of these the barge
Republic which arrived Thursday from Poughk
laden with 600 bushels OF grain the whole Of which
was in bond. This together with some three four
hundred people, who rushed to tho upper decks
much for the parties In charge who fearful that the
boat weuld sink with the increased weight wera com
PEELED call In the aid Of the police drive the In
qusitive intruders of From very early period the
flames burstng out from all sides Of the vessel that
part of the hold where the oil xcd being psr
cuJay remarkable, from the intense clear flame thai
i was thrown out
AT hsfpast nine O'Clock the smokeppe cavsd In, fall
ing wi h crash, and about ten O'CLOCK the foreuss
began 10 show symptoms Of falling, being consdersby y
Inclined from its right postion. The msumsst In
the condition, and, addition to burning belo y
i their tops had caught fire, the flames from which re
sembled at distance clear lights the mssts such
are sometimes used by vessels at In coming into
Dor At qusrte past ten the rndder ropes
away and from ths tine the fire had got such headwA
that there not the sghtees chance of saving her
all Tho efforts OF the hremsn directed to tn
orepart where II stated that the specie had bss
stowed but there appeared probability Of saving II
| the whole ship from stem TO stern being on
| large bonfire, the flames and smoke Issuing fron
all directions and II was expected when our report 70