New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-12-20
The Great oonaagration In New York.

The New York papers Of the 12th to contain
ing lengthy accounts Of the great re which occurred in
that city on the 10th.
The following account ID from the Mirror:
In the second edition Of Saturdays Mirror We gave
brief account Of the destruction BY IRE Of the pubshnS
house Of the Messrs Harper, and other buildnxs We
now give syaopsis Of the particulars Ths are took
the Messrs II were resuming work after dinner.
Having suffered from fire some ten yesrs since. the
Harpers had taken extraordinary preeasons 70 prevent
steam boiler in the cellar other fire allowed
to be used about the building in any form The sasshs
ings were heated With steam pipes and instead Of the
charcoal furnaces generally used in bndery establish
ment for heating the tools had been provided
1t necessary to clean the ink rollers used the Adams
presses and this be done most e6ectualy By employ
ing cunp In order 10 render the Of this perfectly
safe small had been provided the third noof Of
the lower building Pearl street adjoining the press
been carefully lined with zinc The eamphens used was
kept In shallow iron pans and the paper rags ETC. with
which was applied Of course were scattered about the
room It seems that Plumber employed In this room
Saturday to make some repairs and in the Of
his work he had occasion to use light He Lit oil
posing Be It blaxed up instantly burst through
the partitions and swept with tremendous fury through
the entire range OF buildings This occurred at hapat
one o'clock and in than hours the entire estab
lishment was In ruins.
The alarm and sudden spread Of the FIRE excited the
greatest among the operatives and though
all escaped without loss Of life many did at great peril
and most Of them unable to gather their clothing
Several had be secured by the nremens ladders One
girl by Ieaying from window dislocated her hip and
otherwise injured and boy was hurt BY brick fs
Ling upon his head beyond this there were NO serious
personal injuries All the presses at work. but not
Of them Of the stereotype plates upon them
could be saved As the alarm given in the
took s30O0 which lying in his desk called the bank
clerk him the book OF bank where he knew bis
had Sssn s h% De-
uneasy after the fire He then went to the head Of the
stairs leading to the roomand seeing the hopeless
make his way the boiler and let OF the steam
The propretors Of the establishment having done all
ing and seeing the hopeessness Of any effort to save the
property took their stand in Firth Ponds music estab
ishment from which they had splendid view Of the
Of their labor and enterprise ior thirty years
Finding the fire still gaining ground the Chief Engineer
orsred the general alarm to be given which brought to
ground nearly the whole Of the Fire Depart
ment, with a great number Of engines from Brooklyn
| Harlem and Yorkville.
At about halfpast two o'clock the walls Of the lowe,
buildings Peal street fell in after the walls o
Nos 50 and 50 Cliff street fell in also; and not long after
the floors and nner-was tumbed in with tremendous
crash, BY O'Clock the walls Of all the buildings had
fallen downths vast stores Of books and other property
had been consumed Fortunately the stereotype plates
which next to their stock books constituted
valuable single item Of their property stored in
all the buildings Of the These plates
therefore, invaluable enabling them to resume bu
sness Presses and other required facilities
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Among many new books consumedis DR.. Kanes History
Of his Arctic Exploratonsa large octave profuseiy Illus
trsted with engrsvings which had been ready for some
days kept back until larger supply could be
cured Henry Grinnel Esq had received copy Of the
work that it will not have to be rewritten well
re-issued. Several other books in similar cond
ton Mr. Adams the artist who did the engr aviDg fOr
the splendia Pictorial Bible issued few years since
half ofthe copies that work which destroyed
Some days since, he urged by Of the firm to
insure his interest is them but did not think 1t worth
while His loss will probably be not far from $4,000
The conhagrstion witnessed by at least fifty thou
| sand persons during the afternoon.
By this terrible fire there has been thousand
male female operatives thrown out Of employment
Col John Harper employed in one of his counting
rooms when the startling announcement brought him
that the building FIRE coupled with the enquiry
What portion Of the property shall save first sir
''Never mind the property" replied Mr.. Harper sav'
| the hres.n
This is sad calamity sir,' said friend to Mr. JohI
Harper alluding to the connAgration- large number
| poor persons thrown out Of employment"
"0h, yes,' answered MI Harper, "aod bless them the
| must be to-"
Another Of the brothers present at the ire whe
he heard Of It. asked, Are any lives lost MOI
the reply. "Tben." said he, all is Wells With such
spirit to meet such calamity. all will be well and III
enterprising and indefatgabe Harpers backed by tn
sympathies Of the community and the country vii
rise from the ashes Of this confagraton Phoenix like
| No loss of property oyerwhelm such men.
Take altogether this the most destructive and in,
porant fire that has occurred for For muc
of the data touching the Of the Hsrpers hav
erawn upon tho summary of the Times. The Tribune
which only in trinng degree gives the following