New-York daily tribune., 1857-09-30
FIRES.
plRr ~ 1HIsrr.1HIRp STREET.

piRr IN THIRTr-IHIRD STREET.
About a o'clock yesterday morning, FIRE broke
out in wood shed adjoining the frame tenement SOuse
in Thi,ty.th Street. between Teeth and Eleventh
avenues, causing about 90 damsge. The building is
owned by VIM c. Mooney, and Is insured. man
vhoee name we did NOT esrn discovered the FIRE, and
a.cended the roof Of the shed for the purpose OF
tnguisbiog it, aud while there, wss pe..e3 with stones
in SO violent manner that he obliged 70 retreat.
The fire was no doubt the work of an incendiary.
FIRE CANNON sTREEr-ARREsr.
At IL O'Clock yesterday forenoon, fire. broke OF, in
the cellar of tenement house, rear Of No. 80 Cannon
street but it was speedily extiDgushed by the fire
lnan named John Bridget was arrested BY :he E'sv
enth Ward Police on suspicion OF having wlfuly frea
the premises. The accused wss tsken before Justice
Wood who committed him. TO a. sr the result Of tine
Fire Marshals examination. Damage 70 the bu.ldp ;,
abcut(
FIRE ~ wEsr TWENTIETH STREET.
About II O. clock Mopdsy night, FIRE wa dscov-
cred in one of the thrdstory Of the tenement
house No. 15S West Twentieth sireet, sjoinir, the
Sixteenth Precinct Station House and upon breaking
into the apartment, woman nsmsd Esther HanTay,
was found in bed asleep and the bed clothes in flames
The womsr severely burned abou, the hands and
arms. She was removed to the Station House. No
damsge was done to the building. Il supposed that
Hanway went to bed intoxicated ard left candle near
the bed clothes.
FIRE N BRooELYs.
Yesterday morning, between L. and O'clock, FIRE
broke out in tine out house attached nal cottage
in South Fourth street, between Second so1 rhird
streets, owned by Messrs Clock & Miller sad occu-
pied by Mr. Hartsby Both buildings were destroyed
Damage about $1,000; covered by insurance.
BAY.
The propeller Cork which bss beer employed for
time past in carrying cement sn6 brick from this
city TO Jamaica Bay for he Brooklyn Water Works
had dhcharsed her cargo Saturday aften oon la,t
ard was lying in the bay about two miles from the
shore.
On board Of her were the engineer and one Of the
deck hands, who had his wife and child ~itk MIN. On
Sunday morning as at Daylight, those on board were
avskesed from their slumbers by the noise 0! cam
escaping from the escape pipe and starting up they
found that the vessel tire eli around the boiler,
and had, fortunately for them, gos steam sp. The
flames were spreading rapidly. and there being TO
hopes Of getting them under they lmmeoistely went
10 work constructing raft which TO make their
escape IS the only boa. with which The propeller was
supplied had been taken ashore the night previous by
the captain; but before finishing their raft they ss~
the captain comirs to ae s'sce aaa ia 10 s. sno,.
situation.
II was fortunate for them that the engineer had eft
the safey valve of the boiler open, ss in all probability
hey would have lost their lives by the explosion Of the
boiler; a. it was the escape Of the steam was the
means of warning them Of beir danger. The propel-
Ter was entirely consumed. The boiler having been
nr,tty we'll gil. with water may not have received
much injury, but the engine is probably badly dam
aged. The cause of the fire was urkn )~n.
The Cork was 100 turs burden. and was owned by
Messr.. Henry e. Alfred Kemp Of Brooklyn, and We
undsrttand wss not insured.