New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-12
DISASTROUS CONFEDERATION.
THREE ACRES OF SHEDS BURNED.
Immense Loss OF Property.
LARGE KInpLIsG WOOD sAw-MILL TX RUINS
Seven Hundred Cords of Pine Wood Destroyed
SHIPPING ENDANGERED.


disastrous col hagrstion occur d last night in tins
city, involving tue destruction Of West Washi'gton
Market and property to An slmo,t .oalculabe ,unt
AT lOl O'Clock some Of the warchmsn the dock of
n @ New York aud Hamburg line Of .tesm-rs at the
foot Of Fulton street. disc )vered slight fire ia Of
I, sbe5a reaI the ryer and instantly raised an alarm,
In, b,for. the remen arrived the had gaiued cDo-
adorable hradway, and in Lit le time becsno very
alarming in its aspect.
Tbi4 pos1ion of the ma ket il built on mad. gronnd,
al xtencs from vesey street on the north 10 Dsy
.,,o.t on The SOUTH and West street on the east. i i
ccmposed entirely Of sheps about story high, and
covers resily three ac,es Of gound. Tn, froat
market on Washington street is occupied mainly by
butchers, a. il slso the MIDDLE market, ending on
Ceri,er ayenue, the remainder being occupisd slnodt
entirely by fruit dealers, and hucxsters known 81
Middle Men,"
In less than twenty ninutes after the alarm was
,ornded by the City Hall and other bells The lower
alket, which is denomiDatei " West Was nngon
MARIE WIZ almost ent rely in flames.
Owing to tn, large quantity Of combustble material
about the N mises the flames spread with astonishing
raydity, deiying the efforts Of the hrernen, who
D ured copious streams Of water over the burning
I'll scturet The light caused by tie couiasration
could be distinctly neteced 10 the sky from any
part of the city. St. Pauls church s"epe, the spire
Of Trinity church and the tops Of maDy high build
ipcs I'D the lower par Of the city were brilliantly
Nominated SO iDerse the glare that any per.on
psstirg down Broadway could ds'inctly ascertain the
tine by the City Hal clock.
The wind WAS blowing rather stitfy from the north
uest and huge volumes Of smoke and largo quantities
4 H. 6, ~ bona far
a. Gre. " ch street below Dey street.
The steamship Bavaria" belonging TO the New.
York and Hamburg Line, and the packet ship Doc
TOT Bah" lying al TIE piers at the lower end Of the
lower erd Of the Market, were at time in great
danger Of teng buried from the Intense heat emitted
from the burning buildings, and it WA only by the
exertions of their respective ths they
were saved from destruction. Their upper works
were badly sstered and became necessary for the
men to keep the eas ard rigging GOV santly wet. On
he steamship the pumps were manned, aid two
strepms Of water were poured over the bOws2rit and
bowr.
Several ether vesses that lay THE and the pegh-
boring pi-rs dipped into the stream, aud vera thus
saved from injury.
From the market TIE flames extended 10 the extern
sve kudhr g-wood tsW mil of Jonas Sparta located at
Ire low er enc OF INC N"'oA """
dred co ds Of wood piled mp the dock at the lower
srd Of u g saw-ni also took fire and WA nearly de-
stroyed only small portion being saved BY the fire.
men who tumbled it into the water.
The slips in the Vi unity presented Curious appear
snee berg filed i,h bales of hay, barrels and ooxes
TO- ming perfec, raft from one dock to another.
Apprehenscns at time en- rrtained that tho
fame. would extend 10 the Old market building on
asbr II, street, bu, by emerge ic exeioa Of the
fr.men rhe ire confined TO the lower market In
order prevent cophsgraton fom extending cast
ard q la se number Of sheds taken down, under
the direction of the Chief and Assistant Engineers.
barge At the foot Of Dey street belonging to the
New York and Albany Line Of Prope'lers, took fire.
but was eaved from sustaining much injury. AL tn
baTg es in this direction hauled ont into IN
stream. The light from the burning s'eds threw a
lurieo glsre over the river, and veSs and buildings
could in consequence to easily distinguished in jersey
City.
This portion Of the market was occupied by about
two buDdred middle men, arc the names presented
below are I'll that could obtain, owing 10 the ex-
element Il at prevailed
The mo4t intense excitement prevailed ID the neigh
borho, d. and many persons residing nea. the market
made pieparstions their household effects.
Every avslahe place on the surrounding buildings
was crowded wi people, and, q; \ Eoash estimate,
there were II, 900 people on the ground.
Among the p oduce dealers vicli mixed by the co,as
grafton our reporter WAS enabled to procure the fcl
loa ING nance: