Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-01-12
The Great Fire in New York.

We have by mail full particulars of the burning
of the Metropolitan Hall and Lafarge Hotel in
New York, of which we had an account by tele-
graph; ar at.a
The FIRE commenced in the basement OF The Ne
tropolltan Hall, under the Concer; Room. Scrap
id did the fire increase that in about fifteen min
uteS after il was diScov red the entire building
was enYe'oped i'll flames. r..
The LnfaTge Hotel, directly in front on Broad
way, caught fire in less than twenty minutes after
the alarm, and in few minutes more that new and
magnificent structure, with its valuable contents,
was also III sheet OF flame.
| general alarm was then sounded by the City
Hall bell, and most OF the firemen and police in
the city fastened To the of the confugIaton,
but Notwithstanding their eXeItionS, in less than
twn hours after the fire discovered the bald
lings " ere consumed. Nothing remained 10 mark
the spot but heap of ruins. A more extensive
conflar rlllon at one time feared, but the fire
was confined 10 the above structure. a
| Metropolitan Hall, (frst known as Tripler Hall,
was built by Mr.. J. NJ. lrimble for Mr.. Trip!er, al
cost o! $4,000, and was first opened to the pub
lie on the l4th of October, 1850. II was the moS
magnificent concert hall in this country, and prob
ably one of the finest in the world, being 100 BY
$50 feet. TWAS leased by Mr.. Walter E. Harding
in February, 1881. Mr.. Lafalge was the owner o.
the ground, and advanced $4,000 to Mr.. Triplcr
against whom he forecloSed the mortgage, which
h.. held for the loan. and thus came into full pos.
SIGN of the properly. Mr.. Harding was the lessee
until July /, 1858, when he vacated the premises
in favor of Lanler, Wright & Co., who then be-
came leSSceS of the hall aud hotel. The properly
passed into tIeir possession i'll November last. Mr.
LnlargeS loss aTIi above his insurance is pro-
badly not less than S1I0, 200.
TIE Lafatge Hotel had Just been completed n: q
cost OF about S300,000. Ii was designed by James
Renwick, JT., ESQ, with a font of white marble
in the Grecian style of archtecture-had ovel
three hundred sleeping rooms, and in its interior
finish, freScoed ceilings, and general arrangements
lad no superior in beauty and convenience. The
building was 100 feet front, 100 feet deep, and
seven stories high. The leSSees Of the hotel had
spared 10 expense il GuEnituHe, which vas Of the
most elegant description. comprising many very
large mirrors, the richest carpets, and in all thu
principal rooms cabinet work Of rosewood A few
mirrors and desks appear 10 have been all that were
saved. E-i 5.u.a.'.f t.-e
TIE silver ware which had been purchased for
the hotel had fortunately not been brought to the
house. On the entire stock Of furniture we IRE
told that there was but 20000 insurance. Tue
proprietors Intended last week to put on $4,000
re insurance, but Unfortunately they did not ef-
feet it. The only store that had been opened I'M
der the hotel, was iewelry and fancy establish
ment Of Messrs. Hertz & Co. Their stock was
principally rescued 10y the police, and taken to the
18th ward station house. 1t was insured for $4,000
in tile Irving Insurance Company, but $500 would
probably cover the loss sustained.
| The metropolitan Hall and the -LafaTge House
both belonged to Mr. John Laiarge, and were in
Sured as follows: arf IN r-..-..,af
In the American, Ph;ladelphia, $4,000; Au-
gusta 5000; Brooklyn 1000; Continental 10, 0O0i
Fulton, OF Williamsburgh,5 {, 200; Hamilton 5,0O0i
Lnfarge 5000. Mechanics and finders 5000, Me
tropols 5,O00i Market 5000; New iYolk Fire and
| Marine 10000; Northwestern, of Oswego, 5000;
Peter Cooper 5000; Peoples 5000; Reliance
Mutual 5000; ST. Marks 5000; State Mutual,
Virginia 5000; St. Nicholas 5000; Excelsior
2,h00; Commercial, of Charleston. 5000; CoIunl-
bia, Of Charleston, 5000; YiTginia flIe and Ma
rine 5,000-total, $ll7,5U0.
! On THE METROPOLITAN HALL.-Atlant'c, 81
Brooklyn, $4,000, Astur 5000; Broadway 5000;
Citizens 5,u00; FiremeIIs 5,000i LOHllard 5000;
Pacific 5000; 81. Nicholas $500; st. Marks, 800;
Stuyvesant 5000; Washington 5000; PL9nx
| 5,000-tOtnI $4,000. ~ 1911 20
The New York Commercial says:
The present winter will be memorable for the
number of destructive fires. 1t is estimated that
since the 2Sth of October last the loss by fire in
this city has amounted 10 nearly five millions oil
dollars, Of which about Two millions were covered
Ivy Insurance. l.I.IH sH-a- aESL
CONTINUATION OF THE Loss OF THE PACKET SnIF
SrAFFonDsHIRE OF BosToN.-The Merchants Elk.
change received telegrapbic despatch yesterday
afternoon from Halifax, which confirms the pre-.
vious report of the loss Of the packet ship Stat
fordshir-, Capt. Richardson, from Liverpool. She
was lost off Seal Island, night of Dec. %. The
despatch states that four mates with forty Others,
crew aud passengers, are saved. The first mate
and part Of the crew hal arrived at Halifax. and
that others were at Shelburne, on their way to
Halifax. Capt. Richardson with the rest OF the
passengers were lost. Hug
Adespatch received last evening from Barring
ton. N. S.. dated January Sd. says that three boats
landed there with 81 men and one woman, saved
from the ship. The schooner Expert had picked
up fourteen men, and landed them at shelburne,
making in all fourty, four saved. =,
The Washington, Neptune. Alliance, Mutual,
fremont and Equitable oficesin Boston have each
$4,000 insurance on the vessel; and various Of
fees in New York $4,000. The cargo is Insured
in this city at the Alliance Mutual office for 49,
600; fremont $1,000; New England $4,000;
Equitable 81, 900; Neptune office $4,000. Nation
Also, oC0i Boston 1000; Franklin 81, 900; Mer
chants $1,000; Mercantile Marine $500; War
rem office IS, 1000 Total on cargo in Boston, SI15,
300.-PortLand State of Main.