New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-30
TEE r-Ru III COMPENSATORY
TIE FEE PEARL-srREET.
LOSSES AND ASSURANCES.
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little air stirring cane from the Nortbward keen and
cutting blast from the Polar sea Every one Aly
ing occasion to be abroad was muf'ed up Ike ,asm
Ter Of tie Kane Exredition-exPec, those wretcaes
whom poverty or crime, OK both. had sent forth in
summer rsgs beg seal and freeze through the long
night Il night to dread anu to expect the OUT
break Of tie Demon OF F.se such night as that OF De
cemb,r l6, 1885. when the Fend forth reysl Of
defTucton uroGualed sI e tie Burning Of Moscow
At Il. o'clock on Saturday night the Hal bell oled ~
wsInne-tle demon had broken bis bounds; d3nse
fro followed suddenly by glare of fame up from
The noghborhcod Centre and Duane s aud before The
frs, round OF strokes had ceased bundled hungry
and enorsess tongues Of fire darling ike Lightning
from the doors ard windows OF the Columbian Foundry and
Machnc Factory in Duane Centre This foundry
YVES in the ceIn- OF block OF OF wooden houses dsnsey
DO, uated and painful panic among the res lents broke
simultaneously with the Ere AZ tbs hour most OF tn
LhalGn were in bed Reused by the nose, and seeing
IT, terrific glare pouring Ike MONDAY sung into Their
windows each Id ursy believed their house 10 be 10
fame and sezng tie, clothes snd the nearest movable
properly rushed fianticoly into lie street
Ia brief space Of time tie eycrreGdy fremoa were Oh
hand ard h,a lly work. The water thai flowed iuo
tie street almost Immediately frozen and il with
greet difficulty hat people could keep their feet On The
awning posts and irou of the houses long iices and
thick cakes formed from the water which thrown
uron the FIRE The a work at the engines clsed
in ice 90 that it with cons der ibe df uy that they
could walk The front wall OF the foundry covered
with perfect plate OF ice from 10 three iucLes Til
although TIE inside aid the windows and ngs the
| same wall all burned ont
Tie crowd assembled az the file ct srbec, ioI the
meet graphic description The Aouseess wreches lynn
hall naked from their burning homes; in one place a
woman and two children brought ont they laid bed
and lying for an hour in nook behind the steps -
house in Elm -, the brawny french batting the ground
with the end inch By ch glistening in the scay in
which their tutesr SAINT Coton had enoased them the
squald creatures, all rags and filth, who came up
Cow Bay, and Robbers Alley and Misery Lane gad OF
any chance to their almost frozen LIMBS and caring
upon the flames with half smile of JOY to think Lit oh
ers were being rendered wreiched they he OF
thieves and pick pockets who sought they do every
similar occeson-to plumber the sufferers the latest srag
gl,rs of Broadway few of whom druak that
the slippery str cts too much for perpeadicuar pos
ton tleso with hundreds from the theaters which lad
just cood hundreds OF residents in the neghborood and
the half clad women ard children who had been driven
forth by he fire. Ludded in door ways in Pearlst, watch
ing with 1ous faces and shverng forms the destruction
OF their homeall these made up a congregation highly
picturesque and instructive. The strong eh from the fire
illuminated the streets in every decion and made the
whole neighhorhood bright md day
Tie Old Dance house on Centre sta famous resort for
young fellows abou. and the free and easy of the
other sex wtoe love for the dance unoon rolled
passion and whose hi hest state OF development ened 70
be the Cheek Apron Ball. burned next after the loan
dry While all in sheet Of flame the foundry wall
came dow H. rushing the remains OF the Old brrack into
earth, and putting end 10 the fire IN that direction
The light suddenly quenched the grateful hect
Withdrawn, and tie ohur,h Gliding Of the winter g.nd
econ turned the motley crowd honeward
of the painful nature, though Of less
tent occurred two hours atarward in PeGhs near toe
Batery-wLich we did not see
Our reporters furnish the following particulars Of theas
confogratitns
On saturday night our City visited by another Tor
rbe which Destroyed over $50 600 worth o.
properly About II clock fire discovered in the
engine room OF the nsiyo iron foundry buding3 NOs
A. 49, 81 and 81 Duane ST occupied by Per Morris
Co and others The buildings No 43 IS aud ~ o.
brick and four stories high while Nos 49, 81 and 50 were
of ron one sory IN hghth and covered with wood and
tn roof The foundry buildings extended back $50 feet
from Duane forming square With aspacioas yard in
the center The engine located in the Of No
a. and was below The ground Several of the worsmen
were about the foundry the time and Immediately 50. to
work 10 exnsuish the flames In this they partially suo
oeed.d getting the fire under two three tunes bat he
flames suddenly BURT out il new place when the work
III. L becane discouraged
The alarm ives then given, snd in short time the fire
companies OF the distrc the ground In conse
oe ce Of the large amount Of nanabie materia about
the pre misses The flames spread with great rapidly and
about 10 o'clock the interior Of the brick buildings
mass Of FIRE all efforts Of the fremen this portion
of the foundry its contents proving useless The fires
communicated to the wooden roof OF the ron buildings
! but II was extinguished by the iIemen.
ELM STREET
large fves.o.y brick building in the OF No .
Elm Il occupied By James Lynch bIaas founder William
Moore brass fnisher Mr. Burnet fancy clock case maker
and Mr. Buhle fancy clock maker also took FIRE This
building ado;red the Of the foundry and being filed
with considerable coinbustle mater IN rsmes
Several streams of brought 10 beer upon The
flames at this point but the efforts of the frenen IA
tie The building completely gut,ed nothing bu: ne
| bare walk being sft standing.
Tie buildings ourng on this srtet in the vicinity OF he
fire. being OF wood were in sres. danger Of .ny fire but
by the OF The reuen who kept sresms
OF water pouring Item. hey saved from injury
| Theie buildings we're occupied by poor families among
whom the greGiest CONSERVATION prevailed Fearing that
Their bsbstons would be destroyed they moved their fur
nture &c, into the street, bu. IN doing sustained con-
siderable damage b. water.
PTAnL-sr.
The following buildings this street between Elm and
Center took fire b1i der pie the exerOns Of the Ore
stationed here they were partially destroyed
No U.s. brick occupied the frs; floor Dy Mr. Abus
boot maker, second foOr by Hairy gold and silver smith
ard book-clasp maker-rearly destroyed.
No ;29, occupied by Albert Doog German spoihecary.
No s2I, upper par occupied by Richard Seeiy pump
msker-lower part as q millinery shop.
No SO brcAl occupied the hr.. floor by James
Dona!d as an oil and csnphens store-upper par, as