New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-06
FIRES.
FIRE ~ WHITE ST

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Lat evening fire occurred in the large building IN
White-st corner Of Centre; lower part occupied by
Harlem Railroad Company as depot; upper part A.
vork shops by different parties. Tie fire onsinaief
en- the second hoor in the ron-w )rks Of Helm Nor
ren but in what manner hiss net been ascertained.
The flames were speedily extinguishei, and before
much damage occurred TO the premises. Loss about
slo. work shop under which the FIRE started, was
damaged, ard hole burned through the floor. Had
this FIRE occurred at late hour Of the night it would
probably have resulted in immense destruction Of
property
DESTRUCTIVE coSFLA6RATIoS IN soUrH BRooKLrS.
An extensive fire occurred in Alante-st yests rdsy
morning, by which seven houses were either burned
down or greatly damaged. Most Of the buildings
were Of frame, and occupied stores and shops.
The FIRE broke out about O'clock in a cellar on the
cerner Of Hicks and Atlantic SITS, and the wind
being brisk the flames spread rapidly, aud soon
tended 10 the other houses the block fronting At
lantic st, till seven were enveloped. The intense
cold retarded the operations of the fremen bur they
finally succeeded in staying the progress Of the flames
and eonfning them TO the houses already on ire.
The names Of the owners and occupants, the Losses
and insuraDces are about as follows:
Nos. % and 9j owned by Joseph Burden, and oc-
cuped by himself as bakery and By Michael Hughes
as a grocery store. These are the premises in which
the fire originated. The loss bulldogs is about
$500; DO insurance. On the stock and furniture
owned by Mr. Hughes about 5000 insured for 500
in the St MARI Insur Co.
small adjoining building was occupied by James
CLARK and James Mcqueen, as porter, h)use. Loss
about $500. TIE house next aijoineg ultenant-
ed, the family having moved ont the day previous.
1t was owned by Moses ONeil. Less, $500.
No. 90 ives occupied by John ODwyer as dwell
ing and porter-hOuse. Loss about $500 on building,
and $500 on contents No insurance. Owned by
VIM Wade.
No. lOI, also owned by Mr.. Wade, and occupied
as fruit.stsre by Alvah H. Bedell Saved very lit
tie. Los, s7OO-Do insurance. Adjoining building
was occupied by Worhing'on & Thompson, as
grocery store, and by families who resided in the up
PER stories. The families lost all they hsd. The loss
sustained by the firm amounts to about $4,000 on
stock, and about 90 900 on buildng-mostly insured
in the Phenx, Grocers and Irving Insurance Offices.
Nos. 1O3 ard los were owned by joseph Lockit &
Co and los was occupied by them a. pork store
Loss on stock about $780, and on buildings about
Ga, GOO; insured in the Atlantic and other Brooklyn
insurance offices. No. l03 was occupied by John
Devoe, as boot ard shoe store. Loss about 5000.
The houses were mostly Of frame and Of inferior
construction. They bur- ed With great rApidity.
There can hardly be doubt bu, that the Ere was
caused by en- incen6iary as at . o'clock A. NJ,
flames were seen issuing from the basement Of No. 49,
by Officer Murphy of the First District Police who
txtinguished them. In about two hours thereafter
the flames bust out afresh the same spot. viii
resulted in the destruction of the property
While the hremen were engaged on the pork store,
a member OF one Of the companies Gus down an avn
ing post in front to clear away oil distractions
In falling, the pos, struck him on the head and
dered him senseless. He was conveyed to drug
store in the vicinity.
All the buildings, with the exception Of two owned
by j. Loekitt & Son, were completely demolished.
FIRE IN BUsHwIcK-Loss ABOUT $4,000.
Yesterday afternoon about O'Clock, fire broke
out in the extensive paentlea,her factory Of Thomas
and james Green, in Bushsick, foot Of Eyenst.
The fire originated in the JapanniDg building, from
What cause is unknown, and in fe minutes, owing
70 the strong wind from the north west the buildings
were enveloped in fames. The fremen from Bush
wick, Williamsburg and Brooklyn, were al work as
early as possible but the buildings being composed OF
wood were entirely consumed, together With nearly
all of the stock and machinery. LOss on The build
pgs about $1,000; machinery, $1,000; stock, about
g. zoe. Partially insured in the Fulton, III smiltOn
and other companies.
DEsTEUcTIoS OF A FREIGHT BARGE BY FIRE.
Last night the freight barge Seneca belonging to the
New-York and Erie RGilrosd Company, while beiog
towed by the steamboat Erie to Piermont, tooA fire
when nearly of Fort Washington, and was destroyed.
Che laden with frei1ht.