The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-10
F1se Msrshsl's Inve-sis ssse..
before the Police Justices.


FIss IN WET FoRry sr1u nn-Tbe dwelling SSdA,
owned BY Jhn Curan, No $50 Wet Fort, sixsh street
destoyed by FIRE on the morning Of sunday, tho I'd
Of July. The Sysnin.tou before the Marshal sho~ed
that the pre- mses took Ore from the back ssoep evidently
the wos& Of an iocendisry The property valued at
5000; Insured In the Greenwich Fire Insure Com
pADy for q, 200
Day Goops sroRx IN nn BowssT On the 18th Of
July, the dry goods store Of Mark OBri.n, No. 2l6
Bovey took FIRE, alleged from the gaslight Ia the
store window. The evidence showed that Mr. o'Briss
aud hi clerk the only persons In the store ami
menc@ The Hanss e1t~nd@d to tue harawars store OF
A N. Sparks, next door. Both storcs destroyed.
The hss Of MI was estimated al $1,000 insured
for 5000 Mr. psrks estimated his stock a 0O0 and
VAS insured for 50 100.
FIR IN MARsnrnp STREET -The wool stores OF C. ].
&F W Ccgpil Mes Ia and ls MARKET Sc d street were
hu' Mt on sunday, the 9th July last The examination
before the marhsi lowed that tho fire originated
smocgat the wool haddy suppose TO have been caused
By spontapeous combustion. a. explosion heard
and the Are developed itself the loss estimated
al SIS hetusurance companies pail St3 900 and the
Lose wss setilrd Tor that amount.
FIRE IN EAST EINEr The color works owl
ed by Lewis Cornell at No 80 Fast Nne'eenh street,
were nearly ccDsumed by Gre on the morning Of the 10 n
July II shown by the nv-s that the pre-
msee had %eo de@ignety set on fire. the loss Il esd
mated 1T about 81. 0oO covered by insurance. In the
Beesman and New York Fire and Manc Insurance Com
papies
FIRE IN DWELLING HoUsH-The residence OF Mr..
Joseph Crietsdoro At No 18i East Twenty street.
discovered are the 20th OF July smoke rat
By the neighbours at about 10 O'Clock the
Ing oonirg from the third story window In the
The ipnstes of the house went TO the found
that LOT Of bidding on tire. 1t extiagutshed
by some huCsets Of water The invt etgatton showed
that In sn probability the FIRE originated from s,me
atches hrN crackers from tho hands Of Mr. Cista
doro's child, boy about four years OF age, who had
BEEN at paay Ia that room, ana short time
prior to the Gre, coming down stairs with AFRO
II his hand Loss By the drc Of bedding, aboat $40; 70
tho building about 450fuly covered by insur In
the City Fire Insurance Company, to the amount Of
5000
FRu IN Broadway The store Of Archer, Warner 4
Go No. 076 BsOaovay, gas fixture man afacturcrs
discovered on fire the plight of the 2lst July The
flames discovered between the iath and plaster
the brick WORK, directly 10 the Of q aue coming
from furDsce locaed In Mr. Gibsons cellar the glass
alner next door Upon the tigation OF the pre-
ses TO the origin Of The FRO Il foun1 that the
furnace Que had been built up against tho eight inch
Of this due the end Of beam let 10 four Inch
leaving the wall only brick thick from the inside
Of tho fue there also other wood work inse ted in
the brick near the aue and IN addition there hole
through which . stove pipe had been inserted from
Archer Warne q store Il evident from the tssu
mony that the Gre originated from the close proximity Of
the woed work t, the due There was intense heat
generated In the hue requisite for the prosecution OF
Mr.. Gibs0ns business Tho Fire Marshal recommended
Mr. Gibson u have all the wood work removed from the
vicinity OF the due and to have eight inch brick work
In the clear. Mr. Gibson has conform-d to these
instructions Tho damage to the building but tte
compared 10 the oas Of property sustained By Archer,
Warner Co. Their lss IA estimated at about IS 900.
They werc fully covered BY insurance.