The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-30
FIRES IN NEW YORK.


FIRES IN NEW YORK.
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Fire In Ann Street.
TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE LARGE PRINTING Es-
TABLrsHhENT OF THE LKDGER-L0ss EHTMArED
AT ABOUT SITS 000-DEsTRUcION OF THIS WEEKS
ISSUE OF THE LEDGER.
Between one and two O'Clock on Sunday morning fro
was discovered the second floor Of tho building No. -
Ann street, extending through 10 No. 1la Fulton street.
The alarm soon brought the nremen 70 the premises
and every exeron made 10 prevent the spread OF the
flames but Notwithstanding the efforts Of the nremen the
devourng element spread with great rapy the upper
and lower f0ors and In short time TIE entire building
was enveoped In fame. In about An hour and half
after the IRE discovered the entire ednce was heap
Of ruins At ono time fears entertained that the fire
would cross Fulton street. The large building No. 1lA
occupied by Walkers book bindery, in imminent
DANGER and had not been for the efficient service Of
Manhattan steam FIRE engine No. no doubt =
| conaagration far more serious than that Of Beck
man street would have occurred. The heat was
30 intense that the doors OF the building op
posite were blstered and charred This the seventh
eighth time that No. has proved her efficiency and clearly
demonstrated the superiority Of steam muscle"
The large fires which have recently occurred in the
Seventh and Eighth districts show the necessity for more
steam fire engines
At about half past three O'Clock, after the aremen
had left the ground the flames again made their ap-
pearance in the upper par, OF the adjoining building No
46 Ann street, when alarm Of IRE gwen and the
department again brought to the premises The fire. how
ever, extingushed.
The following IL a list Of the losses insurancee and
names Of owners nearly could be obtained
The names Of the insurance companies could not be had
as the lists and policies Of the parties insured we're in
their cafes In the buildings burned.
NO. AZ ANN STREET, AND NO. lib FULTON STREET
four story buiding-occupied by Robert Bonner ON
the first foor proprietor and publisher Of the New York
Ledger loss said 70 be about insured for $50 00o
About 600 copies Of the paper week. together
with the paper for the next ISSUE and the presses
destroyed.
The basement, and second third and fourth floors were
occupied by wyncoop, Halenbeck Thomas, steam
printers They estimate their loss at between SIS 600
and $4,000. Insured for $sI ooo mostly city COM
panes in amounts averaging from 81 900 10 g. each
The New York Mercury was printed in the building
Loss estimated at Insured for 81 900 the Park
Insurance Company.
j. NJ Bradstreet publisher of Bradstrcets Commercial
Report lost about S. o0o said 10 be insured Dnsmore
Co., publishers Of Dnsmoves Railroad Guide lose about
$4,000 insured for 81 500. j. N Stearns, publisher Of
Merrys Museum and Childrens Cabinet, lost about $500
no insurance. NJ. S,ratton, publisher Of the Coach
Makers Aagdsine lost about $500; no insurance
II
| loses about $3.50; insurance
Tie building is owned by George Bruce II is totally
destroyed. Loss about SIT, 900; insured for $4,000
The flames extended into the building No 46 street.
and llb Fulton street, occupied by Ward Close Co
druggists The upper floors OF the Ann end were
considerably damaged. The stock of drugs, &c, are
damaged by water probably the extent of s35 600
sured for $4,000 in city companies. The building
owned by j. D Bishop. It is damaged about $780, and
insured for $4,000.
Building No. A Ann street, occupied by the Sunday
Atlas and others, is damaged about $500; insured.
No. SO Ann street, occupied by Brosket Mills as
bpdery, the upper floor Damage by water about $780,
insured.
II. D. Wade manufacturer of printing inks, also occu
pied part Of this building Loss about $500 Insured for
IS ,0oo in the Ena Insurance Company Of New York.
No Ill Fulton street, running through No so Ann
street, occupied by Masury Wilton, the fret floor
dealers in artists coors Damage by water about $500
/ Fully insured.
Second floor. &. Enmerich, dealer in optical instru.
repts and paper hangngs Damage about $500 Insured
Tor 50 GOO In the Liverpool and London Insurance Com
pany.
Third floor Barton Son, printers Loss about $500.
insured for SO in the St. Nicholas and Exchange Insu
| rance Companies.
Fourth foor-Magnus Bro, fringe and tassel maker.
Loss SIC: insurance
Fifth foor-Barton Mooney, printers. Damaged bout
81 900; insured for 1000.
The building is owned by the Chiffon estate. It is
damaged about $780, and Is insured. The origin OF the
Ere is unknown at present
Amongst the newspaper property destroyed by the
late destructive Ere at wynkoop Hallenbeck Thomas,
was the second form Of the New York (old Spirit of the
Times We learn from Colonel Thorpe, one Of the pro-
prietors, that this will only occasion the delay of day
or two in the regular publication of the paper New
type will be Immediately purchased, and the disaster
remedied possible.
The fire in the Ledger press will not interfere at
all with the issue and supply Of the paper Numerous
Offers Of presses Immediately made to the pro.
prietor of the Ledger by publsherof other papers Mr.
Bonner fully insured He, in fact susains no loss
except some temporary and, probably, slight nconve
nience The fire originated in printing Office adjoining
The publication and type setting portions of the establish
| ment were not injured.
The New York Mercury will also be issued 10 day at
noon, Notwithstanding the destruction Of the press
Of the establishment by fire yesterday morning
The last two days have furnished another illustration
Of the value Of the steam fire engine and Of the import
ance Of increasing stu farther this part of the force of
the Fire Department The Niagara the Manhattan and
the new steamer in charge Of the Valley Forge Hose Com
pany, worked at the fire the John J. Boyd nearly
twelve hours after all the hand engines had been dis
missed. The Niagara worked about nineteen hours
almost without interruption playing through long lines Of
hose-frst two inch stream, and afterwards two one
and three quarter inch streams fire in the interior of
closely packed mass Of cotton always hopeless one
as the fire makes Its way where stream OF cannot
follow 1t. and the amount Of good effected by no means
| IN proportion 10 the labor expended on Il; but In
another way the service rendered by the steamers on
this occasion was Of the greatest Importance tn
labor which devolved them had come upon the
remen, they would have been exhausted that the fire
in the Ledger building must have been much more dsas
trous and seems TO be conceded that without the power
full assistance of the steam fire engines the fire could not
have been prevented from crossing Fulton street. and In
that have proved as destructive as the Beck