New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-09

FIRE - TwESTY.FlRsT sT.-ENrLosloN 90 'It'N-
BoILER-ovE Y,V INJURED
About clock on Monday morn.ng tao residents
Of Twenty -frst-st IN the vicinity of the >Nth.ay,
were thrown into great CONSERVATION ~ Tremendous
explo.ion which shook their dwellings, 20 the ve-2
center. In few minutes af'cr q Il bars; from ne
bree-story bf.ck building No. ~ Wtst Twenty
fIstst betSe. the Filth md >Ato-Gvs., occupied ~
carpenter.shop by james epaen'. builder. The
fremen Of the ts'ric. SON n re scene Of con-
fagra,ion. bat before hey could rn-ov any w,tef
upon the flames the buidin. fell with = sr ~ crash,
in consequence If the 10 ser walls hiviug beea blown
ont hy the explosion Of large s'edm-1)'ler in the
cellar. The wreck was most conpete, TIE entire
building being completely demolished and portions 4
the ,trnc,rIe having been thrown in'o the yards of
the adjoining premises b. the violence OF tie *
plosion Tho building was three stores nigh, ant
about orc hurcrc1 f.et 1eep nearly c,ver'o; re
entire lot The upper part which US o'cu jed by
esrpeiters contained large stoez OF flushed AMI
unfinished work The cellar 9nsa.ncd large steam
engine. with boiler, viii IA u'cd :, dive the ma
chinery in the upper par OF the building
During the past thro, orr four weeks the engine AMI
boiler have b. EN- thorough o, haulcd and repaired.
ard since thai time the machinery has n. been u-ei
iIe % on Monday morning, VIZ =. be pos, and osf
started fire. ia be furnaces Al about I! 'r o'clock
A. the time of the explosion, Duun Ta' IN n engine
room, but niracuou-ly escaped VIA h life. tie
has, LoKever, sustained serious Internal injuries.
Tie fremen took bin ron the ruins, snd conveyed
him to h- r, sidence. The dwelling house No. 81
Wet Twenty FIST - occupied by hr. 'oFirey,
took fire, but WIS saved from much damage by tie
Of 4 iu n e. a
the house was smashed, and in some s,nlogs the
frames were shattered into thousand fragments.
Bricks end rubbish were thrown in great QUANTITIES.
into the rear rooms. The damage 70 the building
and furniture ia about 81 500. Insured.
The rear OF the buildI no. 81 Wes' rwenue,hs'.,
known as the parsonage Of the Church q the Holy
Communion, and occupied By Mrs. Rogers, sustained
extensive damage, as very nearly Joined the shop
Of Mr. Stephens. Several VI the window frames
were broken 10 pieces and every pane of glass in the
rear Of the house was smashed piece II jOi-t
about twenty feet long vas driven N opgh the outer
wall and two partitions into the second-sto-y AL.
fragmen, OF csst.irOn from he. Wa also thro Fn
into one of the rooms In he second'ory back room
Mrs Roger son.in-aw, wife and child were sleep
ing when the explosion occurred butthey fortunately
escaped withou; serious injury. Large quantities oil
bricks and rubbish we're thrown into their room. he
son.in.lsw received several about the face ron
fragments of glass, ami every one in the house wa-
greatly frightened
Mrs. Rogers has sustained damage 20 the amount
of about $500 On her furniture. Insured $4,000 10
the North River Insurance Co.
The windows in the rear Of 40. 20 Wes; rSen'eth-
st., occupied BY Mr. Garcia and also The windows OF
No. A. occupied by Mr. Calender, were greatly
damaged.
Mr. Stephens estimates his lo-s a; about 5000.
Insured tor a. 600 in the -. Nicholas Insurance co.
The lots Nos a., - and q West Twenty .firstst
were unoccupied except IS garden, AID in conse-
quence the explosion did lees dansge 20 the buildings
in the rear of the shop. Had there been building
on Il, other eide of the carpen ershop the damage
would, beyond doubt have been more extensive.
The explosion il supposed TO have occurred from
an insufciency OF water in the boiler, but ~ 20 the
precise cause nothing j. ye, known.