The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-06
Disastrous FIRE In Fulton Street.

ABOUT past CLOCK yesterday morning, IRE was
discovered issuing from the building l4o Fulton street.
nearly opposite the HERALD Office. An alarm i'm
mediately sounded but before the arrival Of the remen
the flames burst forth from the third stories great
volume.
The lower floor Of the building was occupied by r. l..
]. Tilton a clothing warehouse. Their stock aud
all the movable fixtures saved by the Insurance.
watch and the police, without damage. The upper
floors occupied by j. Fairchild Co publishers
and booksellers; II. Young bookseller; g. W. Hatch,
Jr., hthographc prrter and engraver; II N. Keeney,
letter press printer, and wyncoop Co., manufacturers
Of ocloth IL whose premises 1t is by some supposed
the fire originated, and E. F. Quidort, wine importer
The efforts Of the fremen, who got to work with ad.
mirabe ceerity for long time proved unavalng, and
the fire extended to the adjoining building No. 1885, the
upper part of which occupied by Price 4 Sons,
Of labels The lower part of this house
was unoccupied.
Shortly after No. 13s took fire. explosion occurred
which for brief Of time created considerable
sternation, and caused stampede Of the fremen and
police who within the building. resulted from
the bursting Of the chimney between the two buildings
the brckwork falling upon the third floor with tre
menauous crash.
Harry Howard was Of the persons in the burning
building at the time Of the explosion SO far could
ascertain, however, injured.
From the front buildings the two extensions took fire.
They run back fifty feet, and some four
stories high. They also all gutted, from top TO
bottom, leaving only portion of its walls standing.
The fremen succeeded in keeping the fire confined to
Nos 38 and l40 both of which the time we write are
completely gutted.
When the Are first It appeared 70 be by the
hatchway the third floor OF No. l4O and is supposed
to have been the work of design.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
The fire Of last night has resulted most dsastrously
The buildings, Nos 1888 and l40, leveaed to the
ground and nothing but of chArred, dis
jonted ruins The Of 1876 also badly burned the
upper portion the house being Destroyed the front
however, Ia damaged only by water There were
Der of small Offices in the building, ard many persons
have been made to suffer by this conaagraton There
considerable suspicion to the origin OF the fire. which
evidently began in the third story OF No. 14O dis
tancc back and the flames had made considerable head
way before it discovered; when it finally reached
the front windows the flames burst with great vic
enee and there every danger that No 142 would bs
destroyed. This building is occupied by Thomas Sutton
printer; Hunts Merchants Mdgarine; f. Dc Groot en-
pe clothing store; Z Mcwood bookbnder; s. G. Steele
eng1aver, and w. b. Heath, engraver There aut
slight Dame done this building
No l38 was occupied the second thIrdand part OF
the fourth stories, by Messrs. Price 5on, label
manufacturers. The presses thirteen number, used
for printing labels together with the stereotype plates
entirely destroyed. The loss Of this firm was about
$50 900; insured for 900 in the Atlantic, Granite
ST Nicholas, Etna Norwich and Rutgers The store in
this building was unoccupied. The basement used
by Mr. John Oliver porter and beer bottlng estab-
sbment loss estimated at 81 000-insured for t 600 In
the North River Insurance Company
The ad joining basement occupied by Mr.. Z. +.
Quidort importer -of Frer ch and liquors. His
whole stock consisting Of costly wines and liquors,
totally destroyed oss esmat ted at s12 000ipsured for
% 060 in the Merchants Rutgers and other companies.
- =; = ssse~sn vso iesssssd pesssSs % a.. q the
bss IN an, about SO o00 He insured in the Fire
mems and St Nicholas companies, s35 500. Wyncoop (
Co., commission agents for the sale OF oil cloths patent
medicines, &c. lost all their stock, valued at 81 ooono
insurance.
Mr. George W. Hatch, lthographer lost 90, ,ooO-not
insured
The buildings owned by Mr. Edward Macomber,
and were valued at SIS, goo esch--insured
No l40 was occupied on the Hrst floor as wholesale
and retail clothing store by r. L. J. Tilton. Through
the exeroDs Of the fremen and friends these gentlemen
succeeded in saving the better part Of their stock which
valued at $4,000 They insured in the Astor
City Hamilton, st. Marks, Pacific, Tredesmans'. Ira
ders' and Mechanics for $4,000 Mr. X. T. Young
book and stationery dealer lost s. ,ooo Is understood
to be insured.
Mr II. NJ. Keeney, who Aas large paper mills in the
country, kept Office In No. 40 He lost all his let
ters and books, valued at S300-not insured.
During the fire, the store Of Mr. stevers clother Nos
ia and l33 Fulton street, was broken open, and $40
stolen fro IN the money drawer
During the ntinuance OF the fire fears express
cd OF the safety OF the Newspaper Offices the immcdi
ate vicinity Hac the wind bio wing feshe there
s every to ppose that the conagraton would
have been most disastrous.