The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-26

found ur burnt beIessn his person. and natsoi rsh a.
sssd 10 fphrAm poane and VIM 5 Farmer.
In nrd body vas found . piece Of CLOTH ON which
wAs written IN :ndshble ink the name Of Evan Wal,
hHns en- he breast was breasspn with the compass
he negro Paul Of Mr.. wheasou ia not dead as rem,
ed, having eecaped with little harm
pan u NE hotel, with the number an occupan's of
rooms 80 isr ~ knova has been made numoers
N he hotel are estimated at seventy one or two OF
ese, forty four are now known 70 have escaped unhur
or put .hsnty injured Nine others known to have
reeesed Serious, some OF them probably fatal injuries
ehteen remaining thirteen OF these are corpses -Four
OF nse persons are yet certainly missing, aud very pro
An old gentleman known a. Dr. Lord, of Cincinnati &C.
cuped room No IL. and doubtless among the lost
esves wife and son al Cincinnati.
ne nre IA known not 70 have originated In the
drug store The result Of the investigation into is
viii be made public.
he bo,el was completed in January 1857, and owned
by Geo. H. Field, who valued at go goo 1t was FIRST
Isssed 70 1T suader who opened il In June, in partner
The base n,s were drinking saloons the FIRST floor was
Appropriated ~ stores the second story composed the no
Tel once ladies parior dining room and some sleeping
by lAh and psster. The house would accommodate 100
goests.
The following are the estimated losses Of properly
The ho,el owned by Geo. b Field, ioss SO, ooo nsu
nls Granville srooers oss % 500; insurance $4,000
panout &. Jones, dry goods loss 81 800; insured
iyoDs s,rader, hotel keepers, loss from $500 TO
Mr. Hrsch dry gods loss % 500; insurance q .ooo
$1,000. '''' ~ ~
The Coroner's jury met yesterday at 10 A. NJ IN the
hall Of the BOARD OF Delegates. With q facilitate
hs own The Fire Inspector, Captain Cozzens,
was present and nterrogaied the w.nesses-the latter
being sworn.
DIT DANIEL W. straber tes,6ed-Myself and Mr. G. Davis
sofa Mr. Sharpe. the wstchmAn, and Mr.. VIM Terrence
came in ~ about two O'Clock; time afterward WAS
reused by the dog barking; at the same tine heard
as If mr. NJ
and saw the light arng from the hall which leads rear
found thai flames were coming up also, and 70
passage cut OF saw that would be impossi-
bic for the inmates 70 escape and commenced hslloong
running, whom ] told 70 run out At once, but they
wanted me 70 let them get husbands wives, children,
&C, and made delay; my family slept over the
were between them and the Ore thinking they they
were better protected, ! eft them till last when
me s sss Sa h
porter and the dining room boys had pull by the ha
my own room door bad left open; was accustomed to
Sharpes Afterwards learned that sharpe lay asleep on
the sofa; when discovered the fire making its way
whether the fire originated in the drug store or not the
whole rear part Of the house covered with boards
think not five minutes elapsed from the moment took
the alarm till the whole house fre it almost
Ike powder the IRE bursting up the airs which
were made Of light pine wood; lost all my clothes;
member but few Of the persons the hou &c WAS wholly
uninsured; think that the wAichmsn was drunk tina,
night he was in the habit OF drinking deep but was
usually faithful at night IN occupant of room No 10
drunk that night and did not home thus saved
his le the front entrance Of the hotel of from
the drug store, and paroned from by boards only dis
of alteration which among the servants; think
they were good honest boys who would not do such
thing o. TO fire bousei did not keep the books they
were all lost from seventy nve 10 hundred persons
in the hotel
Samuel J. Gordon tsstiaed-I was clerk in the store;
sleps there first walked by the tramping Of feet
overhead and the alarm above; got up went TO the
front door, and saw the light from the fire then return
ed 70 my room in the back part got my trunk and brought
light out Of the back windows took the trunk out aud
placed il opposite the hardware store near and
back; now found that the steps the front Of the
store-the hete stars-were all on ire was AFRAID they
would fall and did not in; cannot cay where the
coming down stairs think the fire hare swept right
through the house; the stairs of light boards
on fire would soon fire the store; had half barrel Of
spirit gas, come turpenne and varnsh, and such chem
calls are usually in drug store had been but three
days there heard explosion during the fire. fire
could not have originated in the drug store.
Geo W. Hill testined-Am a member Of Birchs min
stres boarded at the hotel bad been the theatre
performance thence went 70 the rownsley house, and
then about one o'clock; NJ Jones wen, up stars and
sat sometime smoking by the fire in the office; wen,
my ROOM the same in which Dr. Strader was at about
half past A. NJ there was fire on the hearth and In
the stove; left at the fire. erwards aroused
by the barking Of the dog and by Dr. srader calling fire.
by the time had drawn my boots the rapidly
coming 10 the room in; Mr. Cassidy also member
Of the troupe the ROOM but got little before
me- found the flames passing the door and obliged
70 rush through them got 10 the street door and kicked
at the drug store being told that slept there:
the door was opened by person who also proPped i
back he then went back presume his room; look 81
the drug store and FIRE there; could not
say where the fire originated first II coming
up the stairway leaaipg 10 the rear; had smeled
no gas about when coming home met sharpe, Mr..
florence and Taylor the Of Walnut Seventh
streets they said they gong for oysters, and in
viied US u was then near one O'Clock; Sharpe in H.
quor and the others appeared the same advised To
home have not since Taylor but heard that be
was burned up; two others Of company boarded at
the hotel Mr. Bryce not at home that night think
the most Of those burned strangers supper
that night, and should Judge that from ninety hun
drcd were al supper-upre than usual the gas IL
the hall when we came in there burner from the
ceiling and or two from the wall when got out
sisted Dr. Strader in getting his family out have been
house on fire. but IRE rapid, never saw
Sharpe drunk before have heard threats made against
The proprietor the front hall door always open be
fore knocking at the drug store door heard ali the
head Of the stairs, and went up and found sharpe:
hs clothes crisped and his hair burned on
think be might have got out easily and safely he had
not been drunk.