New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-05-03
THE BROADWAY FIRE.
CoRoNERs NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DAY.


The Jury vas called 10 order a: o'clock on IuosdGy
morning by Coroner Hilton snd the following testimony
taken: re.
Charles Sapdiord sworn-I reside at No 10 East Six
teeuths; nsson; have foowea mat yi
The sne Of he is.e e underpHnias Ct the pay
,.n, ard wersnspiie name nd hns La
esIs the wall nag Injured the strength o. ~ u ne -
tL work the store might have sunk u; sad = -~H De
,be .,a, aot had srnk il could ro have ben ne fault o.
wal neahe the rear enenon siPe1r. 70 '.e 800,
any, when the store fcoT ~ lowfsd the ebe. oi -
no S. Of k..e beam should have supported BY breS WI
hs Of III; na. the eah e building nor und
nans have syns 70 Do with I: 9y, t1s , 5 NOR bsss
,I,nn.d lii val oonpsny w.h dr. James Miller snce ne
.sas s r ~. ,5 de nag ,e rn Of Lc he'd been
mp the inside Of ft.s We ths We i9lhq h 10 -
mistake; when the Taryw,il vas orgnsiJ Da WIN ,s az
rY.u Hotel e FOR he hneys Of ms sa-dns ta
,s,ed I'D Iske fh rrrfsc, they iled up
with 6ck morsr; there one Of 'hse ecess Y ne olI
iee wide iA did 70: he ensh Of e.
wt; no. more ihlH = o. ~ o. NEE Yl'h Ne s ~ n
he building Reasonably strong either o. the wall,
socDs tolsa bu OI she non Icef that plo ed
Tie rear wei. "s Lo Of DE.. ~GiS .. l-s.' ia .s s
ineh,s in With ed or niche. il i5esne1 vii.
.es.i t"t,' Do ~ S A5 he i,.ert'd mo the sde walls
] i 90 ie,.i e,e t res M on en-;
c ,so @t I in s 5b . s G about ' tx 5 us on e
oher eeLle 2 how is Is se,t . mo n. sac @ s e
wall ih aIeh four os up vas osy esh, psles me-
wells with strong ron anehois eplt not per
o,iye that hd ever been anchored o. u IN
letweon The SIDE walls without siy 90,
m at mon ri The SUI OFT g't. It by INC 'Hseas %
cure ink Icsr walls ever saw the three. upper
stories wtfe not sshdcny tm5eied iot 1w'dng Of
het Lisl InaDy Of he tin inherited mo nnmeisi M
That he ,ds Of ihse inherited into are called
"a shon the Others; this not The
tudrs; many the naas were nered into trimmer,
who're hey should have been Inherited INTO ne wal aud n'ioEny
nccue ,enner in which the wal built from the
tetn p inch wall the ori rory e inches
thick oil ptore th was y .,cAesi Il was put up ~ I'll. an. $500
any heavy weigh: in the UPPER osis aad we OF On eNeey da
incl wal Xix stories sh sufficiently sio4s to luaq se
AFR ne eed, 9e IIoH ' oq u ' way a5 % &
when OF II sze and properly pa, up The above he
gualy e Tor fIepso h ends did not enter he original
d Es o h GI a % be- s% lsqae, hey be n.e
four inches; The ing hese beams ino he side
IN lsis the building o. an eighinch wall over his IRON arch
STsr s. feet hFh hsl be Sweivench walls only By
heansy has there oher buildings in tbs City a. unsafe =.
bong unsafe; don't hink tunoss ike Mr. Jennass
could his building unless he knew al he
relative building should be bull On sas ain
heavy weight une wts oi-4uy Oqii; WIN vas sla
lud building without s1choIus the walls; builders soaenes
John Keil swOrr-I reside at No % South ThId-.t.,
ismsbuIgh deIose md ssy 'hat VIII tanslete Eash into
Henry Gake swoni-I reside al No. IA ForEyili-st.;
in the employ Of Mrs VIM Jennings Coz have been IN
The thirteen months there IRE the
T r ire 4, the G,nsce near the head OF the ind s,ory sas
A. NJ that day until f. Nj the open when LETT the
in the stole story; had been up
on shs en 1ISs S ON e' soo With me we we're ycd
IS sul'els End LEN the so,e iosei b wns o e ,
the ole the ori,r name RoeeF know 20 hing Of The
origin Of The Ere nor have heard any one % anyns about W
in the third AL The afternoon; and no. noce any one
sIf ~ ~ he no h Of nos my tnotde since ire Mr.
kehoIdn hs' sAd me hsr w 'y IRE 20 is aS s ' b
any employed about the and The @ mar AN aware
Stars When have done have Away. found the scge
haze 1n SI .Sn o 5eo s have wen wen up o
without being by me; ihe other three
ef,ned hey could oins stairs.
day; when Stair that day went to zee pattern for
Alfred Carson swom-I am the ChiefEngineer of the
Fire Department his City, YVES in the Cry Han he time ihe
r sm ii he T Mas U E Nj looked out Of one Of the
Cry Hall Windows and saw the zane issuing on Of ana 'eou, twenty
he u Sd went mic Mr. Mesdes buldiss adjoining he
No l4s follow with their hose which
they did, The roof OF Ibis buildings there solid
OF hane coming GU q the eh Of Jennins ofe: s
time; oIdctd waller sssoon as possible fearing h Nj Meades
be Xn,cm M and olde,sd Noe = and SO to pass heir up
through this building has was immediately done 'en wen! ino
he in he building Gei hsn went
No SO bring le from the roof OF the hoe and play oui
shortly SANDING the front door Of he sore Q;
No ~, esne on When be came on, he spoke to me and
M 10 a men in 10 se aen Ca, Of nc ruins a. efe were
hee told h,n would no' send any ono H. =.
thought there would lie another eIsS in few and ey
would he buried lkewe Tesi many attempted 20 ash in aud
set thoe GU buried that they paid
eou th. time 'ecend nash came buins up those whom
We. cI,sses then deeed all opea
s I s % SH fs
. ".y o n a. AGl s,o OF ''S b S,' s % ne
tea,es were tsAs1 0i o1t aS 70 Ao E NAG S y Jos
keyse Hose Co No Andrew c sekenek Of Hook and Lad
wcIe kd belonging to tie Fire Department Nesss ODoare and
rusan had resigned osn 'he Department s Previous tho
departments when the wall fell tia, night surprised aud
examined e ana confidently assert that va one Of lhs
tilted forward and this the Of The walls sins s~
round would them with Article Of eohus hard
Ss Ms s s al b E ss css.
that heie sas IN the UPPER pa OF The building tins was
nsed to tie The Department twenty Yeas. AID meyer
AIew bslSns to fan 50 soon .I bns on aIo as rs eIeePila
the with understand that MoFsn run with ensins p Il
sIpsrsirs ny there law .ssins it an snde
stae,, anon tns oneI h "a s - Ss. M. III
this building in the course Of duties often
any engine heads the department.
I'd to , y s ,I, OF s0 Gp ws Ss
tired esk up y have Succeeded the tenders TO engines are
pURer aud smaller class OF boys FIRES have head
bat boys sometimes nunIbeEs heiT wAch
admits them the immediate Of the iTe under
de iHps~on that the Police boys wearing these
bsdses the object Of getting bese numbers that FIRE
might have them By the they did have their
tie hre thus showing Themselves 70 be aremen am OF the opinion
that these badges be oblaineS jewelers. thieves
tLcs think they would be beneficial others
slowed them there law prevent pei
these hsdsc. neither eap the Fire De
in The Board foiescn aud Representatives have msd
have lawful ard exclusive h
men, OF the opinion thar person.
the posc OF stealing; think THE Police Department did
THEN duty that this could II srcs, measure be peven;ed have
esc policemen point out persons D saying That fellow Is
tho sad with engine" h would specify
Council ak carrying
lay ae.r. The