New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-24
FIRES.

FIRES
PRE- N THE ST. LOUIS HorsL--DtRISG ATTEMPT Ar
ARSON
Yesterday morning, one OF the most dsri8y st-
tempts at Arson vss inside in this City, thst has
CURED bee for years; ana il may be SD exceed,
in pon, Of yllsiny the Peverelly case-for in thu,
instance only the destruction OF property WAS sought
While in the present matter many lives would iuevta-
b, have bee sacrificed and much property des,i Dyed.
About o'clock yesterday mcrlins, ito night
Waterman employed 10 toe St. Louis Hoel &c. A.
Hsssirs, proprietor,l located corner OF Casmbsrs
and Churcb-sts discovered q strong smell OF snoke
apou, the building, # from the burning OF stray.
The wa,chrosn forthwith projected TO exsnins
whence the smoke came, shen he discovered inst
room No S. located IN the n'rtnSes' corner Of tia
building first floor was 90 ira. He immediately <sve
the aarl 10 which the r-men OF the District promptly
responded and in short time they succeeded in ex-
tngustng the flames The bedsiead, bed and bedding.
ard other furniture in The room was almost entireiy
destroyed, and the hall carpets, With considerable
furniture 10 the basement, badly damaged by wstsr.
The lcss will not probably exceed $500. Insured in
the ExceLior, Merchants, Aston and Greenwich In
sursr ce Companies Upon the alarm Of are the
bosdeis and guests in the house greatly fright
ered, and many Of then msie h,sty preparations to
leave the ESTABLISH mtIt Fpr 50 Tie time c,nsiisrs-
tle confasiop pr,vaet b., the fears ct the guests
were quoted by The Pohce aui bey agAin to)S pos
session of heir rooms.
The hotel, a. originally constructed consisted Of
two large buildings fronting Cha oberss,., and ex
tending back shout eighty i.et On Charrhs, the
rear Of ,he corner house sdjcirog the three story
brick buildings Nos 90 9OI sod o. Cnnrc'st. These
three buildings lsst mentioned occupies fbr many
wears prior TO this Spiiog as houe Of prostitution.
They are very old and have no party walls. being
divided only by lath and plaster partitions. Within
short time past Nos. 30 and 9Ol were sdded to the
Hot.l-No 90 being at present unoccupied.
From an examination Of the premises, made by our
reporter after the fire was exugushed, il appeared
that the incendary entered the basement Of the
cuped building, No % through the window, and
proceeded up stairs, commencing bis work by first
tearing Off the psper from the walls and taking it
over the iron grating in the front door 50 as to pro-
clude the possibility of bis operations being seen by
outsiders. He then tore away large portion of the
sth and psstering from the side wall, at the top OF
the second story stairway leaving only the lsth and
pasteripg the opposite side in the room belonging
10 the hotel, remaining untouched. The wall at the
top of the basement stairway was broken away in
the same manner that above described. and was
in this opening the fire was kndled. No fire was
made In the opening at the top OF the second-story
stairs. Scraps of paper from the wall, and small
sticks of pine wood used TO kinde the fire. IL
appears that room No. IS, to which the fire commu-
picated, was unoccupied at the time the gentleman
who usually roomtd there being out OF town. Tho
bed in this room stood sganst the wall, and wss the
nrs article OF furniture that took fire, after the lath
and plasteripg had been destroyed
The great smoke caused by the burning of the
straw. bed led TO the discovery Of the fire.
From the fact Of fire being kinded In only one u
the places prepared it is supposed that the ncendiary
became frightened. Tue proprietor OF the house says
be has his suspicious of who the perpetrstor OF the
deed is but has no evidence to justify him in causing
the arrest Of the person There is little doubt but that
the ip &C ndary conversaDt with the arrangement
and structure of the heusc and knew that the occu-
pant OF room No IS WAS out of TO vn The opening
OF the top of the second fight may have been the
snlt of miscsculsh,n, the design being apparent
q part OF the incencny to get fire to the promises
through the unoccuped room No. S. Had this ire
have got under Roadway, the hotel would probably
have teen cesfroy ed and lo-s OF life involved.
FIRE IN sEyEsrH.Av.
At lste hour on Sunday night fire broke out in
mall stable owned by Samuel Wllhsms, on
SeyeDth-av, between Seventeen and Seventy first
sts. The building, with lite contents, was entirely
destroyed. horse sbfocsted. Loss about
600 No insurance. Mr. Williams thinks the ire
was the work of an ocendiary, there bad been no
fire in The stable during the day or evening
FIRE IN PEARL.sr.
Lss. evening about o'clock, fire was discovered
by George Edmunds, private Waterman, ia the build
ing No. li9 Pesrlst, corner Of Wal, occupied a.
Offices by Noler & Carnahan NJ. Pepoon, Jas. Hurry,
Daniel Rolie and others. The 6remen soon extin-
guisbed the flames Damsge by fire trihing. The
occupants in the lower part of the building sustained
considerable damage by water. Msssrs Moilier 80
Csnahan, occupants Of the third story, In whose
place the fire originated, were moving from the
premises ard is supposed the fire was the result OF
accident, spa ks iom = candle having communicated