New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-03
MipTork Dailu Gribn,re
THE BURNING OF QUARANTINE.
LOSS OF LIFE.


thentc peitculsrs 1t well kDo shAt for years pss
more especially, ,hoveye- stce the yellosfever excite,
inert Of 1856, that the psops Of Staten Islsnd nave
beer determined 20 comp.ss tie reaovsl cfthe Quar-
antine f.on their island BY fair means or foul
The recent sppeartrce of the disease il their mis:
hss greatly ilfsmed then upon the srbj7ct and reso
luton passed by the Board q Heath OF Castle
ten the otbe, day. dsnoancing the n..i:uion a.
Q pubic ruissnce winch the citizens o. the
com .y ought 10 suppress forthwith, afforded a
l:rge and powerful confederation q p'stAxt for
carrying into effect pane l)Dg since mstu,ei for bs
destruction. The night Of the great celebration vss
pitched upon ss the favorable io- the designs o.
the cons prstors most OF the military and fire cJm-
psries OF the island uoai then be in N7s-York
At9! O'Clock, Wedrcdsy evsring, two Of the boat
men IN the Heath Oficsr's employ reported 70 MIN
that they believed mischief sfOs They had ssen,
nesr the northwest wall large BODY OF strsrs
whose appearance boled good. 10 feet. from their
acts and conversation, it evident that sn sttemp,
would be msde to fire The buildings DR.. Thompsoc
directed his men TO sppri:e Or. Bisss, the Resident
Physician Of tie isos without delay % order ths. he
ID gnt prepare defend the SAFE property against the
mob
The mer, however, had hardly left to- houae when
disIiss had preached the wall, rear the n)rth-wsst
apgle, sd we're applying tie torch to the buildings
Dr.. Bissell sumnoneo 'he stevedres, and others
poyed II the instit1tioD, aud with force OF nearly
100 men marched Gganit t1e mob
The force opposed to him however, oatnun5ered
lie ten to one yet the doctor and his set to work
ard put out the fires, almost fast as they we're
lighted. One Of the stevedOres named Frank lat
tbews Ssede who resides at No 365 Houston strest,
While engaged with III, others in puttng ont the fires
vas shot IN the back and fell it is feared, mortAly
wounded.
ibis created panic among many OF the men who
followed the doctor, and they retres.ed toward the
Female Hospital, bearing their ~ou1ed comrsde with
them. Bu, lew men stood by the doctor, aod they
worked with vii to save the lsrge building called
the st. Nicholas, by throwing out the copbustbe mat
ter which bad been piled agains, IT, and covering the
roof with wet blankets.
Iu this they succeeding pretty well, when Il
firener came and deu usrded admission The Doctor
r.fosei 10 allow them 20 enter. Thereupon the
remen battered hole 10 The wall large enough TO sd-
nit their engine. great crowd then rushed into the
il Jclcsure and surrounding the Doctor aud his men
hustled them away ION the buildings Tne Doctors
musket was fskeD from him. aud he was beaten With
his own weapon and driven of the ground.
TIE iie companies ranged themselves around the burn
ue buildrgs excusrg themselves from doing anything
toward puttrg oat the fire by saying thai their hose
had been cut. Dr. Westervet states that he sa Y the
work Of destruction 60 on from his own windows
The people ran about with torches dipped inturpsn.
tine, and plrg the straw beds from the hospitals
against the doors and windows, set them on fire. In
addition the fences we're torn down aud the wood
th,nvn rnnn the niles 10 feed the flames.
Some highly irfammsble liquid was also thrown INTO
the Asnes, and in brief space Of time dozen build
pgs were blszIg sgSinst the sky.
The iroerdisry work began upon the shentes on the
bib, which were originally built for ship fever but
we're lattery used as recepsoes for smallpox and yel-
la fever cases Tnere eight OF these ffams one
s,,ry sbsnties filed in with brick. Five of them We're
go feet by IS EACH ard tire oner three l2O feet by 30
They were, however by no means ~ unsubstant!a
Dr. their nenes would seem 10 imply bat were sao.
steuiioly built upon brick pllxs, aud contained hos
pia bedstt ads bees snd bedding stoves, and all the
furliture itQ i'e FOR the reception of the sick. la
ore of these st aDties were number Of small pox
psttIts two Others were occupied by yellow-feveT
pstsns 10 snother fifty steveoores lodged, AMI in ye.
81 OF er the ho,pi'a Iu'ses sep'. Ihose who were
able Cf course arose on the first alarm but We are
erociby informed Il at the thsniiss where the sick
lodged were fired while they were in them, and il vas
only by the ifots OF the Qasrsptne people mat they
were saved from horrible death. One of the poor
wreobes, woman E the last stages of smallpox, our
reporter saw under a oshvss shed which hsd tenn
poraIy been erected ,inst the wall she being too
sick to remove to the ho-pitsl.
Tie Smal-Pox Hospital the hill, 9 high two story
brick bung, 30 by 50 feet With pszzss to escn story,
was sto fred sud consumed. The s. Nch0 "a. 90
called lofty three-story bick building 60 by l3D fee'
where passengers III process Of disinechon were
lodged, suffered the same fate. Tnis building was
sCldly built, With boHIttoDe porticocs stOops AMI
high broad l. hts o. .'eps Whtl our reporter SAW it
on " the blsCkertd walls renamed. The NspdAls had
even SET re 10 the pup 10 1e square in front OF tue
touse, sn6 nearly consumed IT, TOs desd-house and
disst cling room tnj large two soy barn fl OF hay
and mp.emt nts were destroyed. Sons Ot the mob
took The caIisge for ccnvesifg tie sick to sad hom
the Hospi,a together with light carriage and
wager, 81 d wheeling them into tbe fire allowed them
TO bun up The carias house coal house, ice house,
bsgesgenouse, with bagRege Of sick eligfaots, and
owsilhg house for sttsehees Of the Hospital, were
oil bur ed TO the ground.
In the Sc bulldogs large stores Of hospital fur
ii we, wsgons, q six pouuder cacnon, tteenglne and
.50 feet CT tofe three dozen buckets and go tans
Of coal which were lost. couple # hoIses and LOT
of pgs in the stable let CIT, two of the hu
nan bIues sten pied to drive them back into the fire.
TIE process Of the Irceudisries va. 70 tahe al the
beds ard bedding, Sud pling them up agsins. fences
and bulldog, set them or i.e. 81 this meaus they
msde clean Sort of il.
Warnirg vss cent 70 DR.. Thompson, the Hesl'h OF.
feer, srd M Locke United Ss4,es Bosrdiog Oficer,
that their offices would be feed. Ms. rannos0n Was