New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-12

Gar her children and was on her way down for
s ST. ,he engine passed her, and she heard the shout
e~r-,sra, SQUARE Insiinctively she thought Of her
10 - and fancy pictured to her mind that they
banning building. To her, Franklin square had bu
IN, ana house one treasure one danger Fear lent her
n,,erns love gave her strength 70 reach the upper
So n. SQUARE and there her fears were all confirmed
me very house in flames What was the agony OF
s'.Iorsp.i she could not 20 on she could not stay
ND eroan and weep she could touch the heart Of ono
e0d hep her II was only one more Of the good acts
as. pooe we witnessed ,ha, day. lie listened moment
IA a. ,be idea that her children were in the burning
.~ured Der they were saved-bui that did moi, could
$50, Ter che prayed to 60 and see but could not get
- no crowd You shall Take my hand-;he left
',.,1-ccmef And he shouted Way there, Police -
"A ,,led with his other hand right and ot drawing the
-oan after him faster than they would have gone in
mare down acros the square, and there from the SIDE
n came up two little voices Mother Mother"
rs.s load Of wo was lifted from that womans
- what a thanksgiving went up through the smoke
"A asme TO Heaven from that womans tongue
What tispksgivpes went up sD day. eli night all round
a. fire AL 20 and down the narrow streets even among
e who we're turned ou doors that the conhagraon was
"a ,mong the dwellings Of the poor that few were rem
d,sd houseless none lole's that the calamity had not
ann mon those already borne down to the earth that
I'll a
pers Of that vast establishment yet Heaven has long
M their lalors and the great house Of the arpers viii
~ asit did before Ike phenix from the ashes, and
.ead IFS wings abroad over the land til they make
r, glorious picture for the American lovers Of good
,os, 10 gaze upon than that which painted ia hames
,.ls and sunlight in Franklin cquaro Saturday after
,oop December 10, 1883.
PM, leaving the more thrilling scenes Of the occasion
,s come TO tie facts gathered by our reporters
ORIGIN AND RAPID SPREAD The TIRE.
All o'clock in the afternoon the City Hall and Other bells
4rurhouf The City rang forth alarm for tho Seventh
n,,;ct ard in few moments thereafter a dense smoke
ett have been rising up from the eastern section Of
~ fsv apparently near the river between Boekman and
p,tfort sfs With the first round Of the Hall bell the
feu wire on the alert and The vaious companies with
r spparaus appeared in every street in the lower part
q ,he Civ moving rapidly toward the scene Of the conaa
rattan in he extensive publication establishment Of Harp
Brohers located in Gil and Pearl Sts near Ferry st.
The news stresd with unusual rapidly throughout the City
na arpers publishing house was on fire, calling together
almost simultaneously immense crowd Of excited peo
NJ Cifst from Frankfort s. on the north to Beekman
- be south and Franklin square filed with the most
,mret mas Of excited and swayng spectators ever col
keted OF short notice
The FIRE was fist discovered on the Gin g. portion o. the
,bshmept The origin Of the FIRE tho subject Of an
AZ fhe steam boilers used the establishment but is stated
byOne Of the proreos Of tho concernto have been
bycampbone
Hsss that plumber who YVES at work in the lower part
Sbe building, arranging some water pipes lighted piece
paper for the purpose Lighting his cigar or pipe which
having done he careessy threw the burning pePer into
vessel containing camphcne, the man surprising 1t
was water In an instant The liquid was in blaze
the flames communicated TO thin partition burn
ing through into a small apartment where was kept
a considerable quantity of camphene, for the pur
pose of cleaning the rollers Of the printing presses
The fluid in this room was insantancously in blaze
and the flames were carried by the strong daugh through
The hatcways and openings for the dumb walters INTO
every story of the building. The flames burst through the
partitions with great fury, and swept in all directions Of the
rooms fr building to building, until five OF them were
entirely enyeloped in flames The spread OF tire thus
starred n An establishment filed with such combusuDle
material as notony bound but unbound books in immense
quantities in the drying and bndores may be better
imagined than described. There was n large number OF
Employee engaged in the Establishment including about
four hundred females employed in the extensive binderies
&C. The panic among the latter class terrible and the
Escape of many Of them from the prisonhouse of fame
would, without aid, have been impossible.
The rt and most important work done was the rescung
ofhe male and female operatives By the Hook and Ladder
Companies assisted by their brother drenon, Police and
citizens
The long ladders were quickly hosed to the windows
on both streets and by careful and udciou management
the vast number carefully landed IN the street within
the short space of 20 minutes from the time the alarm was
frs sounded by the Hall bel Several Of the girls were
very nervous and whilo descending the ladder with ire
men and others two OF three Of them tainted but were
speedily resusctated at drug store in the immediate
vicinity
In little more than an hour after the alarm given
tie spectacle was awfuly grand BY this time the flames
had swept through from C to Pearl ST., anything
remaining Of this immense publishing house but the bare
walls within these the flames furOusy raging.
having the appearance Of great lake Of FIRE Adjoining
the Harper establishment the south side o. PeaIist,
the large six story buildings Nos 32i 925 occupied
by Messrs George f. Coolidge & Brothers, extensive
school book publishers and dealers The fire communi'
Gated with this establishment at the attic stories and all
Efforts to subdue the flames Of no avail From floor
Hoor the fire made its way The basement and destroyed
the entire buildings together with the vast quantities Of
property inside
About ?, O'Clock portion Of the walls Of he Harpe-s
and Coolidge buildings on Cliff and PEARL fell with
tremendous crash The apprehension o. the spectators
truly horrible the destruction Of many blocks Of
buildings in the vicinity seemed inevitable The wind was
blowing fresh for part of the time and large Goals OF fire
were carried into Beokman and other streets falling thick
and fast upon the roofs Of buildings and the heads OF the
assembled spectators.
CiIFFsT.
On Chfst, the publishing house of Msssrs. Harper
Brothers occupied lots Nos So S. Sc S. 90 and o. The
flames communicated here 10 the adjoining building Nos
Is and &C. occupied by Dousheriy extensive card
mandatory. Also TO No 90 occupied in the lower par
by Albro Howell carpenter and builder. Through the
eIertons of the fremen these buildings saved from
destruction the roofs and upper parts being damaged BY