New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-25

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Fire among the shipping.

Yesterday afternoon. about o'clock the alarm of fire
given and general rush took place toward Market
wharf The fire discOv. red 10 be- 'srd the store
ahp Nance owned by Mes-Ts Crosby g. D,be snch red
N the about two hundred feet from that VII r
the e~tsde OF Main wbsrt and almost dire lily on the
the projection OF Mission s wharf The Ere originated
The galley Of the vessel and soon communicated With the
rigging and spsrs the Nance well Of the bark Sac
obns alec ured for storage lying immediately alongside
BY the time the engines arrived upon the sdjscent
Ubsrvss which Was in an incredibly brief period, the
Asmss were rapidly ascending the combusble rigging OF
bath vessels. These ships we're fairly enveOped and
The James found odgment between decks With the
activity however which Is characteristic OF hreDen
some sx eight ncessant streams we're soon cast uPoa
Me burning vessels and the flames began gradually to
appear Between the end OF Mission Of Wharf and tn
ba'hing ships lay the clipper ship Herbert recently d.
engines passed Immediately from the whsrv-s, au
thoee Of the Juno 10 the deck Of the H-rbe
hom hich the water cast IN torrents Shortly after
operations had commenced large round.
ng the burning vessels 9th engine on board which
prove to b. the " Pennsyv snis" No ~.
After playing for seine time on the bscchus which
on the outside and somewhat subduing the flames the
pipe man calamity climbed the side, took his
on IN. poop deck from which he poured constant and
s6ec,ual Before thus feat was plished
cables made fast from the Herbert to the Nance aud
w observed several Of the fren-n With great sty
upon thee lines dragging after them their hose and
y TAXING th.r places the deck Of the burnng
From this but br. period elapsed b-f the lanes
deck we're nost entirely mastered aud the vessel
veIop ID in nothing but smoke Some hay deck gave
eos deal Of trouble and the FIRE continued 10 burn be
tween cks places the d. emen could not Near
Me end If Mission ST wharf. ana next 10 the Jlno ws
Howard Enx inc No then came the Lady Frsokhn NJ
3 y. 1t thu kbckerbooker No. and the California No
4 The Empire No stationed close by, as well as
Mopumenials Nos. and I.
Ds, ps Thea. the Crescent No TO- took it's
place by the side Of the California and the e Volunteer
n .Dced Justify the angle formed by the whsrees
The gilsnt and Columbia IN positions did
cb~.rve The st Frsnc. and Ssn-ome Hook and Ladder
Ceusat lee also in line. and did effective service
bcate soen As postinn could be taken
When the flames were 10 d. appearance in fair TO
be thoroughly subdued and sl danger seemed to have
passed the cry OF powder raised and the frsmsn
overheard snd al escaping boats best they could
The report uncsted 10 them IN reliable manner,
hst there fifteen barrels in the hold Of the vessel
Almost Simultaneous, the alarm Of tire up town.
proclaimed ard the engines and crowd hsened away from
vhAt vas believed to be impending destruction to look
sher the IN another quarter. rne latter alarm
proved to be unfounded.
meanwhile, the times inside hesdwsy I'M
sh'ched. none but the most adventurous daring 10 -
preach the burning magazine The Herbert and the Juno
We. ~ the Bscchus ch the flames bean en-
tuguSf.d we're hauled out from the Nance leaving her
Ape to her hate having BY this time been ole ssoar
tan'd that sne had about tteen barel of po ~der
beard In the course Of an hour. she wss comp.tsly
wrapped in smss when the Monums n,s bell again sounJ
ed The osnpg nr.men rushed Is the scans
of destruction regardless Of ali danger from .xoosion
An attempt had been made 20 south. the y..s- A. an
earl, perioo apparently without success |; vas "a
p~sfed and while the hr-men couteadipg with the
f.nes- from the wharf then from boats and 6oallv
rom the deck Of the barring vssseishe slowly settled
into the mud leaving considerable portion nj the hulou
OF wsier which lay psrtisly its side The u,ng
by 'he femen who stove hole IN her side <ih
their axes The flames virtuly suppressed 10 very
after the Of the engines. and farther
danger appr-hended .hnugh NJ the time o gong -
pre- S. the bulb w,s still burD-g satic Mt guard re
named in atte pdsnse prevent the flames from spread
Dg The extent Of the Damage We have been unable 10
ascertain. Alta Cal