New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-09
FIRES.

,.p,xe Arrr1rr or An scKSpIsRr IN RzApE-sr.
Retweeu Ie and o'clock on Saturday night Officer
stseon of the Sixth Ward Police discovered smoke
is.uinr from the entry of buildings No. 80 and 40
Resdest.. and vent into the premises and found
a FIRE burning amo-g some straw at tie head OF the
stairs leading TO the cellar. The officer aroused the
inmates ON the second hOor, and with the aid q" pau
or two Of water the fire wss eAtinguished IL seems
some straw had been removed from tub whica
stood on the landing and placed alongside OF some
boxes for the purpose Of aids; the burning However,
i, was discovered Just in time to prevent further
Damage The officer fearing that another attempt
might be made kept lockout a. be pa
troLed his post. At about o'clock as he
came in front of the builcing he discovered light
flashing up through the entry-window on the third
floor. He again entered the bulldog, and on the
third flo or he found dense smoke sni FIRE burning
on the floor by the door post OF Coriuan & Brother.
silver.platers. The officer Immediately gave the
alarm. wi ich brought out the different tenants aid
in putting out the fire. and by the application of few
pals Of wster the rewss a second time ertngushed.
Upon examining the spot il was evident that the in
ceLdisry had placed some iniamm able msterisl be-
twt en- the side Of carboy aud the Dashboard by the
Gazing OF the siverplsters door and then set il
fire. The wood on one side of the carboy was
burned to a cinder the Dashboard was burned
nearly through and about one-half Of the door
easing. Close by the clrboy stood cask
of vinegar, the opposite end Of which had been
fred b. the incendiary, who is supposed to have
thought it contained spirits. Mr. A. Ramel wine and
liquor importer occupies the store the first floor snd
resides " It'll bis family on the second floor NJ. Rob
ert esbnetmaker, occupies rooms the fourth hoor
with his family. There also severa other families
who Occtpy apartments in the said premises; some Of
the inmates of the house suspect that the fire had been
communicated to the building by Italian named
Bartholomew CaseIot ON the fact of his having
quaneled with Mr.. Robert about some money matters.
In addition to this Officer Doran shortly before toe
discovery of tie last FIRE stopped man in Manhattan
pace wearing Kossuth hat, and asked him what he
was doing there; he replied " | am doing my BUSH
ness The officer let him pass along. These facts
were communicated to the Fire Marshal who took i'm
mediate steps to secure the supposed guilty party.
Accordingly after examination of the premises, &C
companied by Capt Bowling OF the Sixth Ward and
Officer Doran they visited the residence of Casielot'
ii at No. $40 Pearl-st Here they found him, who,
upon being asked where be the previous night,
be said no not out Of his roon" be also denied
at first being the owner Of Kossuth hat. Officer Do
ran at once identified him as the same pers N he met
in Manbatan-place shortly before the breaking out OF
tie FIRE. The accused was taken before Justice Bo-
CART. who committed him to prison to await the Fire
Marshals investigation.
1t will be well to remark here that the prisoner is
the husband of the unfortunate who killed her.
self BY taking poison week ago. After taking the
poison she went to the Workshop of Mr.. Robert, No.
40 Reades and said that in consequence of her hus-
bands illtreatment she had taken poison and asked
TO be permitted to lie down. She died soon after.
A difficulty then arose between Mr.. Robert and
Casellot the former refusing TO give him any more
work The latter says Mr.. Robert is indebted to him
some two or three dollars
FIRE on CANAL BOAT.
About O'Clock yesterday morning a fire broke out
in canal boat y ing at Pier No. AZ N. r., near Canal
st. The flames were extinguished before much dam
age was DONE
IScESDIARY FIRE IN BROOKLYN.
The premises of Augustus Octs, a butcher IN john
sonst, near Grahan,-av were discovered on fire on
Sunday morning about / o'clock, but was extin-
guisbed without serious damage. The police of the
Sixth District exsmi1 ed the place and found it had
been set on FIRE. From circumstances connected with
il suspicion fell upon the proprietor, Mr.. Octs he hav
lug bis stock insured in the Wiamsburgh City Fire
Insurance Company for $500, which appeared to be
considerably more than the stock worth, and he
had been seen taking things away from the place the
night before lie was taken into custody by Officer
Schneider and locked up for examination.
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