New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-24
FIRES.

DESTRUCTIVE cosFLAoRATIoSs bRooKLYs.
Two very destructive fires occurred in this city yeer
day. involving the destruction of property to the amount
Of about $4,000 About O'clock A. NJ, flames
discovered breaking out of small stable in the lumber
yard Of Hessrs. Allen & Clifford formerly Van Nostrand
Silwe in the of Auilton-av the ferry and
facing the Atlantic Dock Basin. The flames spread rap
Idly and the building with horse, wagon and guam
lily Of fodder destroyed The wind blowing brsky
the time the lumber in the yard caught and the
flames spread over the whole extent in comparatively
abort time. The space occupied by the yard embraced
six lots which all under cover, and from the naam
mable state of the material it evident from the frat
that nothing could be saved The sparks few thick and
fast among the rigging of vessels in the BASIN and at
one time three fire. The sails of the brig G.. w.
Brinckerho Of Boston considerably damaged, but
by the timely aid of engines Nos le and 10 she was
saved from destruction, when she towed away from
the wharf. Two large stone warehouses on the dock,
owned by Mesers. n L. d G. Grswod OF No. 81 Front
st. New-York and occupied by Messrs. Thorne & Co.,
wihstood the action of The fire for upward of an hour,
when of the Russian hemp, stored on the upper oor
caught and the emen compelled to burst open the
iron shutters and let in stream, after which it burned
with great fury The warehouse filled with Russian
hemp Ia very scarce article a, present of which there
we're about 50 tuns and III hogheads of moases and s
gar which were all either destroyed or greatly damaged
by fire and water combined One of the buildings was
completely gutted the other was not quite SO much DAM
aged Thurstons coal and wood yard, adjoining, had
very narrow escape, only few loads OF wood being
burned
Messrs Van Nosrand Stilwell recently sold out their
lumberyard TO Messrs Allen e. Clifford who took posses
son on the lst Of July. The amount OF their stock e
in the yard was valued at about $1,000 when was iaiy
covered by insurance in the Atlantic and number of
other companies.
The loss sustained by Messrs Allen Clifford amounts
10 10 ooo Oh which there insurance of In the
Atlantic Company of Brooklyn and Continental Company
Of New York. 80
The damage TO the buildings Of Messrs N L. q IT,
Criswold amounts to $4,000 each Fully covered oy
;rsursnee in the East River Company of New'fork'
h loss on the goods stored in the warehouses belong
inc 10 the Messrs Thorne supposed to amount TO eoo
sos ooo Said 10 be insured in several ofhces
The FIRE ia supposed to be the work OF an incendary
While the remen were yet engaged at the scene Oh 's
copfagraon, dense smoke was seen 10 ARISE !" uio vi
rection of Gowanus. On proceeding thither II was ,o
=, proceed from one of the workshops OF the Marine
Factory occupying several lots of ground on
At between Third and Fourth-avs. Ii was o"neu oy WI
y,r of the firm Of Benedict & Vann of No. ia Cna''
-. N v The buildings were with two exceptions,
III f rood and the stock of very combustble nature
Os tho hrck buildings occupied as part oi "o
f.torv and WAS entirely destroyed next STOOD Hane
beuse which had a steam engine In H. wlio" s"a w
~ e, and the other brick building divided INTO tnree
dvelng beuses were gutted-everything movable oeing
taken ont. In the main building there was an'."e. w
,.rrcr engine which was believe destroyed a Haue
bouse occupied by Mr. Matthias baker was oa'neu'
,oga,ber with 20 barrels Of -four which he naa ~
a. preyious His furniture saved. Inc mouse
lanes Toole was destroyed and his wife severely
he soue " ood falling upon her. The houses occuPio "
Jobn Keeean Mr. Lapin George Cahill, MIR. Irn'.o'''
Anthony Deary, Mr. Duffy and others, were all cohsiaoi
.hlv damaged and great portion of their goods ana AZ
,nre destroyed About IL o'clock the boilers in the ac
o, e,noded but as they in the midst OF the RUNS
no damage resulted thererom. am
The aggregate loss sustained amounts 70 ABOUT soOV
Several of the houses destroyed on Egh'eeh-'' "er.
ovnod nv Edw1rd Wilson, and two or three were o"hea
by Peter @. Bergen. T.. .ooa so,.
The 6remen at this, well as the hrs' hie u,0 ~
;cs They labored increasingly from O'Clock ''n h0'n
and were quite exhausted.
FIRE IN wILLIAMsBuRSH'
yeste,Say forenoon, between ana ~ o0'O.~
.l.ugbterbouse and constable in Bushwick-av w.
NV Messrs. Wright Mysr Co., were destroyed "
Ioss about $780, no insurance. arr,
n,..s1aous cosYLAoRArIos AT SEwARh-L''' '
s20, 600.
disastrous fire occurred yesterday morning IN w."
~ of which Tie Daily Advertiser gives inc 'o"0"e
e. b;cb proyed more destructive than any wh ~
,,s on, city has been visited for ayear' proke "" '