New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-29
fIfL HdRSHhLS INVESTIGAr. 'OSS BE-
FoRE THE FOLTCL JGSTyCh'S.
FIRE IS yCLTOSsr


On the eyaling Of the 9sth Of Julya e, brox, a th
boot and shoe store Of John Beyle at So rs M
very rapid manner in which burnt cd to nav,
m'ses as to its origin. The evidence before he IN
MARSHAL showed that Mr.. Bevle and his vfo 77ere "a
As persons IN the store they locked the and in ,
'han Ten minutes after they e the Was diseovereJ
blaze and by the tine the iremen arrived the DANES
haa pcad throughout the store burst out and endangered
the San buildings. Ii further shown that Mr. Boyie
had been drinking that day and under the influence
OF liquor al tho time be loo ked up the store and that an
entering the store second tune 10 get Some money frr
his deA is pre- amfd that by hs csre,sness he ,ssi
have dropped lighted match by the desk which knded
up ater his oaving and act the fire t WIS At
rt attributed III the gas but the Investigation yoved
that the gas was not the Of the fire Mr. Bevile
was insured to the amount of $1,000; 800 in the Ne.
Iopolis Insurance Company and 500 in the NewYork
Cy Insurance Company, I,ch fay covered bis loss.
FlRE ~ SIKH AvTNUE
Oh ths ssme evening FIRE took place in the
90" o wallace Schoes, dry goods, No 26s Sixth-av.
inc evidence in this showed that in all probablity
The fe was occasoned by the goods in the window taking
IRE from the ghs lights II was shown that less IN an
Hve gas burners were lighted the window neither of
which had glass covering protect the goods from the
flames, and draft from tie door is supposed t. have
blown the goods into the lights and thus caused the fire.
Mr. Schoes was in the store At The fine and can give no
other account Of the origin of the fire than it took in the
window His clerk James j Baxter, could only testify
TO the goods taking fire in the window; any further ths an
that be coud not say but gives hs opinion that the
goods in the window have taken fire from the gas
burners The firm fully insured in the Home fnsur-
ance Co., and Beekman Insurance Co. Damage about
500. .
FIRE IS THIRD.Ay.
On the 18th INST fire broke out u the liquor of
John Bell No. 32l 1brd-av corner Of Twenty fith-st
This fire bore the evidence OF ncendia and the curious
manner in which the fire had been knded lead to con-
sderabie suspicion The testimony in the before the
Marshal showed that boy named John Conklin al lOi
o'clock went TO sleep in the part of the under
the counter there three holes made through the oor
for the purpose of admitting the Croon water pipe and the
don rVvaa nfaa anal
and from the cellar some person bad taken paper rags
saturated with oamphene turpe tine. pushed these
through these holes to the store floor under the
and then set them fire, and between and clock the
following morning the fire discovered in The by
some persons in The The boy when woke up
nearly ocaed by the smoke and escaped through the
entry door leading II the yard The fire burnt the
ter the inside and spreading around the when
discovered Mr. Bell the Of ihe store said he LETT
about 20 O'Clock and did not return He fully in
sured his stock 10 the amount Of $500 in the Peter
Cooper Insurance Company. lie also testified that he
felt satisfied the fire the work of design. How the in
cendary became acquainted with the holes in the floor
The most remarkable part about the ar The Insurance
Company settled the loss, which but trihng and
celed the policy.
On the afternoon of the 10th inst fire broke out in
the paint shop of Joseph IaacsOn No. s. Essexs The
evidence showed that the boy William Kern employed in
the store had been ordered tcwarm some oil and doing
he upset the pot in the fireplace and the oil took fire
tie floor. The flames did damage to brushes aud
paine amounts according 10 Mr. Isaacsons esnse, TO
about s4OO The loss fully covered by insu in
the st. Marks Insurance Co. to the amount of 500
From the testimony the fire appeared to have been the
result of accident oarelessness the part Of the boy
in upsettDg the heated oil.
AvEsTF \.
On the night of the 10th instant fire was discovered in
fancy kept by Leopold Sedner at No. 9s Avenue
A. This fire is Of those remarkable which the
occupants Of the premises csnnot assign give any de-
cded opinion as to its origin The evidence shown by
affidavit before the Marshal sets forth that Mr. Sedner
absent from the City at the time of the fire. that his
sister and his wife the only persons left in charge Of
the that the night in question the sister closed
the about clock and put out the at the
quest Mrs Sedner that about o'clock she retired to
bed and went sleep; Mrs. Seldner remained up with
some friends talking at the entry door until about II
O'Clock; she then TO the of the store and
bed shortly after retiring 10 bed the sister
was aroused by croaking noise which came
from the direction of the store; Mrs. Selduer
got up, saying she thought it was a mouse in
trap opening the door she discovered the store on
fire. An alarm given, and by the aid of the neghbors
the flames were extngushed, with few buckets of water
The fire originated the shelving, directly among the
stock of fancy articles. Mr. Sedner insured in the
Granite Fire Insurance Company for 81 OOo which amply
covers his loss.
There could be opinion given by Mr. Seidner or The
sister as TO how the fire occurred.