New-York daily tribune., 1861-09-10
DEsTRUCTIgE CONPLAGRATE0A ~
MURRAY STREET.
LOSS ARouT 80. 900 DOLLARS.


Petveen II and IL o'clock last night tre broke
ont IN the yestory rnarbIeront building No. 45 Muir
ray street. occupied on the first floor by Lockwood
Bros. & UnderhI auctoneers; second story by E. )
Wheeler & Co.. manufacturers Of buttons; third floor
Nv Hecht & Friedlander, shirt manufactures; fourth
snd df,h floors by A. Weinsten & CO., manufacturers
Of clothing.
The Gre oriainated In the center Of the building aud
rapdly extended the upper Hoors bursting forth IN
little time from the roof and front windows win IN
conr ollable fury.
The heat was 40 intenfe as to endaDger the buildings
on the opposite sde of the street, and they were only
save from injury through the exerions OF the hfe-
mon who occasionally threw stIeam or two OF wa
ter over the fronts.
In half an hour after the alarm was given he ite-
r;oy Of No. IS was totally destroyed the walls Of tie
building only remained.
The flames extended to the upper part Of the sdon-
;no building, No. AZ, occupied by James ID. Nsrne,
inporter of eubroideres Setback Hotop, importers,
and NJ. & T.. Stiman Il Co., manufacturers oi sboes'
The roof and fifth story destroyed the efforts Oh
the sromen 10 save the building from injury proving
unayailinQ The stock Of the upans on the lower
floors was greatly dsnnaged-by water. 80.
The stockg of j. Lang, dealer III millinery goods,
+ a. Kuspp and Matthews & Co., occupants OF No.
AZ were aiso much damaged by water by hnt OF
hard labor the firemen succeeded IN preventing te
fuyher spread Of the coniagrtion, although az one
time il seemed Inevitable that No AZ ~ond De entirely
destroyed aud that the flames would communicate 10
the Isyoe ores fronting Warren street the rears OF
b;ch pearly adioned the building IN which the fire
oriainated. The lgh. from the conhagration COM
oeely illuminated he lower part OF the city, ana the
snertaels az viewed from the Park was lnaSniheen.
AZ 10 o'clock the fire communicated with the hith
story OF the next building No. AZ and Tor while
,Lrosnea danger t the whole building, but the fTe-
men cohcentrated they engines on iDas spO, seelub
that No 45 was in hopeless coadl!l9n. uueSui py
ohont ily o'clock the building in which the eonagra'
a." or;onated was completely burned out. The ef-
forts expended upon No. wee not 10 VAN, IhaslucS
ga the Aap,es were drowned by She lncessah streams
which were thrown on the roof AMI on tne moor u 'ne
fourth story.
Owing 10 the intense heat which penetrated through
The rear Of No As the building OF the corresponding
number In Warren street stood in great danger.
When the rear wall Of the Murray street building fell
in or nj least a portion OF IT, II did considerable
damage to the bHilding aud stock in No. % Warren
street.
importers of Clothes doeskins damasks, corsets, ho
sery, &c. and Sutton Beach & Co.. cloth merchants.
The Insurance wachmen covered the stock OF Satton
Reach Co. with and IN Of further dan.
ger were ready to remove II.
The stock Of Schuffher, Mnldener 4 Co. was also
cared for by the insurance wGtchmen. Considerable
damage must have been sustained, however, by water
which was thrown in eopOus streams 20 counteret the
heat The skylight at the end Of Sutton, Beach
& Co.'s store demolished, aud the red glare was
plaiuly percepIible on the Warren street side.
Owing TO the late hour the insrances on the buid-
ings and stock could rot he obtained but IL Is estimated
tbat the entire oss coald not fail f short OF fl5'0ov.
About Ia o'clock the bGilding No. A. Murray ssreet
was left mere she'll but all danger by lire to the I'D
Joining buildings wss avered, further than wast has
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