The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-10
The Fires Of Yester.aS>
MvABER or DwxLLfnas And A oHS> 'on DIES

The Fires or YestersaN
SCSBEk OF DWELLINGS AID CHS> on DnS'
TkOYBn
At ar. eaSy hour ye~t4 rday moruiog the Rre asari
was sounded end before 10 O'Clock night ~
tereneuts u.>chice hop aud church were tataliy
Consumed. Quire numhe Of poor families dc.
prvcd OF their homes snd IN many instances their little
stock OF furniture so'.liy destroyed.
FIks IN ELUxGDGs sTssEr.
At about four O'Clock YESTERDAY morning Ore was
discover d. la the machine sisck shop of c. C.
John, situated iu the of 81 Edridge street Tho
8ames spread rapidly and b~fore arsaen could get
stresm Of water tho Are II had spread through every
H~r Of the building. The promises storiss the
whole of whish Is .totslly destroyed.
Tho Of the house No. 80 Forsyth street.
which touched tho workshops, damaged BY Ore aud
water; room each floor are at Il NE. but
BY the increasing exertons of the 6rcmeu the flames
were extiugUisbsd ~i'hOut further damage
The shops destroyed pisi folowsThs basc
mtnt cons.Sed the steam engine beloaging TO Mr. Bal
wSAie, ~hs leases the property from Ar. Cleo. A. oys
sn black swth shos Vi John the nrst noor
tho chine sbp of Mr. 81 John floor b, Janes
Knipc, saving and turning shop issured 10 the
glass cuttrrtneur~d In til. Ratscrs Iasuranos % for
500; fourth Hoor, William wood case uaaker
Dannfs tea .quases, loss about SsOo-no
insIsDce Mr. Chavnc%y Il John estiuates his lss At
~ sZ' 90 ~n,cn " onsfs M u@ !. no n'aLss % % Inc
at $1,000 on which we understand there fe< hus
died doisrr insurance The Are arst dscovorod BY
p ncemen Bcgart and Ward, OF the Tcnth ward, aid
when they got 10 the building they found the asmes
bursting out Of the hasemeut windows, and ver,
were quietly on the spot and water would have been
much the 6re had II not hean for tho very
bad condition of No 22s hose Tue wheel wright shop Of
Il H. sti,ers as eoraewhs. damaged By are Hs is 10
eured 10 the amount Of 81 500 Ia the ISnox, Of Now
York. nnd Mohawk Valley companies fila loss Is fully
covered
PIRH IN sEvENTxRKrH STREET..
Between and two o'clock a Gre broke out 10 Seven
teenth street, between Sixth aui Seventh avenues
amongst number Of small frame tenements, occupied
b5 poor families. Tho are 6rst discovered In the
premises of cclored woman, named Holland in the
Of No So Sevcpteei th street From this dwelling the
faes spread rapidly to stables, and before the
fremen had procured stream OF water, three Of tho
buildings and stable wcre in flames and burning
furiously. Several lots Of ground, extending from
Ssvene nth TO Eighteenth street. covered by hess
email frame tenements, and the consternation mani
fes BY tie inhabitants rushing in every direction
tho safety OF their articles Of furniture was
painful sight o. Eighteenth street the flames dia
sSvencenth street. every habtaton was swept 10 the
ground numbering on Seventeenth street from So to
NO Tns ds%es w.re checked 70 seout tso hours and
hat scorched tho school house took Are Che
Roof; and In ADDITION 20 the roof sorno incandlary
tsth advantage Of tho circumstance built Are in
coset inaide the school house, vhch discovered BY
.he building saved There great many famiIios
burnt out perhaps sixty or seventy.nd as many moro
Eighteenth street for safety, anticipating that their
boures would be swept say. large number Of these
families at the close Of tho afternoon had ccmenced TO
remove back TO their tcnemenss 5& q.
1hc following Ia llat Of come Of those who barnt
out IN esvcnte q th street. 2 3
No 81, Geosgc Thompson. ~
No. 50, james McAsdel -
No 81, Robot Nugent
No 10, Nj marble cutter
No 1903, .everal poor families. t
No lc6. Mr. ScCartby carmar
II Impossible from ths very confused condition of
tbe nbabitants 70 got lst Of a those who burn
ont H.- #sa#9
The property, IL seems has been In dispute. Il ID
Known ths estate OF Mr. roxnsly. and pen sing the
decision Of the court these poor families have occupied
tho around. There but small amount Of property
oese5sd considering the nunncr o. building. cSn
property. q
rrRE IN ELrzABsrH sTKEEr.
While this FIRE got burning, the alarm struck up
for the Fifth stric and the Gre discovered In the
hsy loft belonging to the feed store kept by oha Tno
the northwest of Elizabeth and spring streets
Mr. Tyne also heps the grocery store. The danes ex.
tended from tho store to the following building.
sPRIyC syRyxr :--sN
No 13---Kept oyster house, and In the rear by
several colcred families. W
Ne is-kspt BY Ceo.go Desaidscn, Dyer;
Ne 17-0ccupied by Mrs hgcr dwelling.
No. 2i--oocnpicd BY Nr FINK; roGf damaged.
No. Je7Abrick buil1ng, occupied by several fsmkes.
No. l66-Feet store, owned by Mr.. Tyne II was in
these premises that the Gro orgnsed rhe whole Of tho
buildings swept TO tho ground, With the exception
OF No. u Spring street. tina. Ueing only damaged in the
roof and upper stories,
Scarcely had the Gremen extlngshod this fire before
alarm given In tho sixth district The companies
turned out, but II believed 20 be false alarm At
sbeut quarter pact O'Clock the alarm struck for tho
Fifth district.
THE CHURCH IN RgooNH STREET.
Tho Presby teran Church. in B-oome street. between
FJn and Marion streets, known Rev. Or. pstton's
church, discovered to be hro In the roof, or
cupos caused supposed by many, from SPARKS
blown from tho Ia Elizabeth street. others attributed
the Gre to the csralcssnoss ef plumbers who had
been at work the church thai day; others again say
the work ai design fer the purpose of destroying
II. The flames barnt furiou,ly and in Iess than
hour the roof fell In, and nothing left but the wallis
Tho frvmen bose,cr by sheir united Efforts succeeded
10 keeping the ames from extending beyond the church.
There appears to he difficulty exsting amongst tho
members OF the church respecting its management. and
attribute the fire to that This story how
ever, 10 but rumor
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