The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-12

Destruetavs FIRE IN Baitansre-ls~ e1SOyooo.
[Yrom the Baltimore San, Dec. H.
One Of Tie most disastrous aIss that he's occurred
In this city foe long time, broke ous On Saturday
vs9isg last, about Eve O'Clock, IN the warehouae
Of ]. kcGowaa 4 Sons, ON Baltimore street., one
door south from Psca, which, ere 1t was checked,
destroyed seven buildings, besides injuring three
others TO . considerable extent, and causing loss
estimated IN the whole ct from $3.50 900 to 000
In IN unusual short time after the alarm was
sounded, the whole fro department was on the
ground, and though they exsrted themselves to the
utmost Of human power to cheek tho rapid career
Of The flames, stu, owing to the scarcity Of water
ginated containing . large quantity Of various
Kinds of liquors-which greatly added to the pro-
gress of the fre-in the short space o. one hour
nom the discovery Of the fire, the entire block.
the Eutaw House on ono side ami the warehouse Of
Clark d Bro. on the other, was mass Of ruins, as
were also the almost entire contents Of the various
buildings.
The first building destroyed was oc upied by J.
fire broke out in the third story Of their warehouse
and from its timely discovery they were enabled
to have removed thereffom some 81 500 worth Of
their stock, the whole Of which they estimated at
fIom 50 900 to $4,000 They have policy Of In
surance in the Baltimore Fire insurance Company
for IS O00 The building was owned by Clark b
Brother, and insured in the Equitable Insurance
Company.
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Clark h Brother -four dealers, on the west adjoin-
ing, and the building occupied by Messrs: Knabe,
G sehle d Co., piano manufacturers, on the east.
The loss Of Clark Brothers was slight, neither the
building or stock sustaining much damage. Messrs.
Knabe, Gsshle q Co. suffered considerable loss,
amounting, near as We could learn, to about SIG,
900, on which there was an insurance Of II, 900.
Nearly ono hundred piano cases were amongst the
property destroyed. Mr.. Edward Belts, son OF ono
Of the partners, exerted himself ct considerable
risk amongst the dense smoke and the approaching
flame, TO save the tools Of workmen, but In vain.
They occupied the building a. workshops, In which
they had employed q large number Of hands, who
aleo suffered much loss from the destruction OF their
and Fenton, and insured in the Equitable Insurance
Company.
The building next adjoining was occupied by
Mesrs: Newsham Co., iron railing manufacturers,
which there Ia no insurance. The building was
owrsd by Messs. Rieman & Sons, and insured in
the Equitable Insurance Company. From this the
flames communicated to the building adjoining, oc-
They estimate their loss at So 900, upon which they
have policy for 81 500 in the Firemen's Insurance
Company. This building was owned by Messrs.
Smith Il Nichodemus and also insured in the Equit-
able Insurance Company.
The next building destroyedwas that occupied by
Aeasrs. Mills Bro. stove and tin ware manufac-
turers, who sustained loss Of from 5000 to
5000, upon which they have an insurance OF
u ,UUW IN B NEW 1Otk OWC0. xnc Dull0Ing was
owned by Thos. r. Matthews, and insured In the
Equitable insurance Company. Messrs. RothYOck
d Peacock, timers and ro0fers, who occupied the
next adjoining building, sustained q neavy loss,
upon which there was no insurance, their policy
upon their stock having expired about one week
since. The building was owned by J, 10 ward Nc
Henry, Esq, and covered by insurance In the Equi.
table Insurance Company.
The foregoing were all four story buildings.
builoings, occupied by Mr.. Casper, cedar cooper,
and Mr.. Oser, tin ware manufacturer, the first Of
whom sustained slight loss, with no insurance.
The loss Of Osler was also triAing, and he Is In
sned In the Baltimore Insurance Company. The
heat from the building occupied by Mr.. MCGOWAN
d Sons fred that In the rear, fronting on Paca
stxeet, and occupied by MesMs. Kahler d Messer.
smith, -four, grain and feed dealers, bat it was ex-
tin guished before much damage was done. One
end OF their warehouse stove in by the falling
Of the rear wall Of the warehouses on Bsltim0 e
street. They estimated their loss in grain destroy.
ed and damaged, and injury to building, at from
two to three thousand dollars, which Is covered by
insurance in the Baltimore Fire Insurance Compa-
n.y.. A stable adjoining Was also slightly damaged
The fine hotel known as the Eataw House, it was
thought, would also fall prey to the fury Of the
dGvouring element, but it was saved by tearing
away from adjoining it al combussible material,
and keeping 1t constantly saturated with water. As
TO the origin OF the fire, al Is yet mere speculation
though the occupants Of the building first destroyed
attribute It to incendiarism, as NO fire, to their
knowledge, had been used in that portion Of it in
which the flames were first discovered.