The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-21
BrooIxl YIN City News.

noon fire broke out in a three story brick building
situated in the of Warrens gold pen factory, No
Stanton street, occupied part by Jonathan Warren
machine and jobbing shop containing boiler and engine
and other machinery also in the upper part by Jesse
NJ. Folk carpenter shop The building was entirely
destroyed. The flames communicated to an adjoining
hree story frame building situated between the brick
building and the gold pen factory and owned and
pied by Almon f. Warren as pencil case factory This
also destroyed frame shed ths Of the lot
l5l Concord street, and adjoining the brick building
owned by Tunis g. Bergen was also destroyed The fire
was discovered by John Rose, who passing at the
time and too little boys coming of the alley way
who told him there fire there. He down and
saw the inside OF the brick building in flames, and gave
the alarm
The fire supposed bave been the work of an ncen-
diary some men have been proving around the place
recently and were seen TO leave the vicinity by alley
way on Concord street shortly before the dre.
Loss on buildings, stock and machinery follows
Brick building, owned by Jonathan Warren and stock and
machinery also owned by him. .............. 50 900
j. NJ. Folks loss on tools and lumber in carpenters
T. G. Bergen's loss shed in rear of I5O;Concord
W.,rcn cs. 80 100
Total. $40 100
The only insurance was on the property of Mr. Bergen,
which is insured in the Nassau Insurance Company
The Messrs. Warren and Mr. Folk have insurance
their property at all.
FATAL AccIDESTs-About seven O'Clock on Saturday
evening, young named Charles II. Metcalf,
residing at No 375 State street, and in the employ of A.
$ Barnes Co., sationcrs No. 81 John street. New York.
fatally injured by falling down the rear steps in the
building corner of Fulton and Nassau streets. He was
taken to the City Hospital by officers Boyd and Elias of
the First precinct, where he died at about half past nine
O'Clock the same evening.
1t is supposed that he up the front stairs and on
reaching the landing walked directly along the passage
under the impression that it continued straight along
the other fight of steps going up to the third story At
the distance of five feet from the front stairs the landing
terminates, and another fight leads down to the back
yard He fell down this fight and found the bottom
in state of nsensbilty, with the lower part of MS
skull fractured, and blood gushing of his ears
lie was Immediately taken to the City Hospital, and
tended by Drs Sleeves and Hutchinson When he arrived
there he laborng under epptc couvulsions bleed
ing from the right ear, and entirely insensible After
short time he became quiet, and blood commenced gush
ing from the both Respiration ceased about
ten minutes after O'Clock. Externally there appears to
animation will be held this morning the Coroner will
hold an inquest this afternoon. Deceased native OF
Massachusetts, and about 20 years of age.
Michael Fitzpatrick brought the City Hospital on
Saturday evening, having sustained dslocation OF the
cerrcal yerebrc, by stone falling upon him while he
was digging in an embankment in Bergen street lie was
dead when he admitted The Coroner will hold an
inquest to day.
RECOVERY Goops SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEry SrorKS-
Henry c. Douglass George IRWIN Maurice Murtaugh and
John Burree arrested Saturday evening by OIL
Oats and Byrne of the Third precinct having Their
possession trunk containing large quantity of silks
so'es fUpohs &C, winch were supposed 10 have been
stolen. The men went into porter house kept by Mr.
Wallace in Columbia street. and wanted open the trunk
there but the suspicious OF lad In the place being excited
he sent after the officers and caused their arrest They
and the goods taken 10 the station house
await examination. They that they dow from
Albany ON Friday on a canal boat. Two of them
are boamen, one barkeeper, aud one a printer
The goods are supposed TO have been stolen
from millinery store, the silk Is Of the kind used ia
the manufacture of ladies' hats
Cry MoRrAuy.-Tho report of the Health Officer for
the week ending Dec. TO- shows total OF So Deaths OF
which Is we're men, 81 boys, 10 women aud % girls
The principal diseases were-Consumpon II; convui-
sions and scarlet fever each disease Of brain and de-
debility, each; congestion OF lungs aud still born,
each Sc