New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-29

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pVp,r ones Of the middle iae.o,s VIZ broken oa
Ibe case was u en- submitted 10 the -Jury and IN q
few minutes tbo'y returned the following verdict:
We find thar the deceased persons came 10 their
death by bu1Ts received at the oon1agraton OF the
house No. 81 West Fofih-fflh street, on tho mornng
Of the Ssh inst The Jury further censure the owner
Of sad bu lding for not providing ladders the scu
tts whS H. had they been provided, would, in orr
opinion, have prevented the accident and loss of LIFE
TO TIE CHARITABLE.
To m Editor Of The NJ " Tribune
SIR: BY the fire this morning IN TIE wooden tene-
ers house., Foty fifth street. two families containing ten
proous, burned to death Mr Bennett and ar Woeele
Railroad stables The stables when the FIVE broh out
% 9S Ses s spe a the 5 a before %ss the
burning house found the lower stairs epysOped With
that ecaped after arrived did by getting ont Of the wiadoT
Mr. WheeTs wife and three children end MI nenlet WE
about oeioh sw Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Bennett .lmo'
cover ber families their agony was intense The uOernten4
the road speaks Of them exceedingly worthy men, and
deprived Of shelter by this terrible catastrophe and many
Of them loro their little all saying no. 50 maeH Is mt o. no gar
bos to ersbe them to go out Several mus slher
'Set snd s2y dent Of h Hsn of In
dusty appropriated to the necessities Of that afflicted
re Point. iosr Of Industry, Nos Is5 and ISL wOrhst.
DIApoLICAL ACT OF IScEsDARrsM ~ THE NINTH
AVENUE.
Between and o'clock yesterday morning. most
infamous attempt was made to destroy the tenement
house ard secondhand furntme-shop of James Curry,
No 80 Ninth avenue, between Forty and Foty-
fourth street, and the perpetrators Of the outrage we'll
nigh succeeded in their diabollcal plan Mr.. Seaman,
keeping a lager-beer saloon adjoining, having bsen
aroueed by TIE other fires, wac looking out OF his door,
when bis attention attracted by slight smell OF
smoke and cracking nose similar to that occasioned
by the burning OF light pine wood From the fact
that an attempt mad been made to burn ont bis neigt-
bor Curry twice before, his snspicion5 wers aroused
that q third attempt had been made 10 set the place on
fire. and he fastened 10 the hallway Of the house with
a view Of investigating the matter. Cropping his way
through the hall, which he found filed with smoke,
Mr.. s. discovered quite brisk fire burning under the
main stairway. Without much s1o, he tore away the
burpinepe and scattered the fire the floor in such
amaDrer TO preventmmedate danger. Help was then
procured, and with few pals Of water the lire w's
speedily subdued. Subsequent examination disclosed
the fact that this fire had been pupossy kndled On
the floor seyeia al empty tea boxes covered with
rags and sticks while standing against the boxes were
number of thin pine boards, the whole pile, when
discovered by Mr.. Seaman, being in blaze. The
part OF the building occupied az carpenter and
secondhand furniture repairing chop, and the upper
part as tenement bOuse, eeverh families residing On
the various floors Had the fire obtained he1dway,
as intended by the ineendiaFies, the stairway woud
have been impassable andtis than probable that
several lives would have been lost
FIRE Is WEST FoRTY-FoURTH AND FoRTY-FIFTH
STREETS.
At 10 O'Clock Tuesday night fire broke out in
the frame building rear of No. 29S West Forty-ii.h
street. occupied by GsTTit Becker, carpenter shop
Thence the flames extended to the sash aud blind man
ufscfory OF III & G. WaDnemacher, in the rear OF 10
and $50 West Forty-fourth street, and owing TO the
large quantity of nammable material about the prem
ICES both buildings were, in avery short space OF time,
destroyed, involving oss Of 81 300 to Mr.. Becker,
and So 600 to the Messrs Wannemacher. Neither are
insured. a frame building in front of the carpenter
chop slightly damaged by fire. The brick build
ing No $50 West FOr.y-iifth street. occupied by Jo
sePh Potter, was damaged by fire and water to the
amount of 5000 insured for 81 500 in the Goodhue ln
suTaYce Company. The frame dwelling, near No. 292
West Forty fifth street, owned and occupied by Mrs.
Morgan, was badly damaged. Insued IN the Brooklyn
Insurance Company. Several other buildings in the
immediate vicinity ALTO took fire, and were more or
damaged.
FIRE IN BEEKMAS sTREET--PRIsTISG OFFICE DE-
sTROYED.
Last night between and o'clock, fire occurred
in the fve.sory brick building No. - Beekman street.
occupied on the first floor by A. G. Goodman a. Co. as
paper warehouse; the second, third, and fourth
floors by IsaacJ. Oliver printing office; fifth floor
ty H. Beaumont, manufacturer OF writing desks port
oos &C. Messrs. Cole d Lynch, proprietors OF
The Hish-American Office. occupied portion of the
second floor. The fire originated in Mr.. Beaumonts
apartments but from what cause is unknown, although
IT, faid TO have been caused by small calorc engine
on the premises The third fourth, and fifth stories,
with their conteDts were nearly destroyed before the
fremen conld subdue the flames.
Tie stock on the lower floors was badly damagedby
water, and tie machinery in the basement suffered
from the same cause. Damage TO stock OF a. C. Good
man & Co., by wafer about $500. Insured for
Sl4 eco in various city ard country companies
Mr. Isaac j. Oliver suffered from fire and water and
the loss his stock and presses may be estimated at
$4,000 or Sl4 00C. lie is insured "a follows:
National Insurance Co... l0 Empire City Ins Co... 1900
RINGERS Insurance Co.. 5C0 Columbia ns. Coz. l5O0
Breyoort Insurance Co.. l5OOlCity Inc Co.... 100
Total. TlI wv
II is estimated that the stock of Mr. Beaumont is
damaged TO the amount Of 50 900. Insured for - 900
ip City Companies. The stock i'll The Irish american
Office was damaged to the amount of $3.50.
The building owned by Dir. VIM. Heustis was dam
eyed to the amount Of s. 500. Fully insured
FIRE IL SECOND AVENUE.
Last night about L. o'clock a fire broke out in the
basement of the grocery store If Mr. Paine Oh the
north eat corner of Second and Twenty thrd
street. Damage slight.
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