The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-08-23

Shortly after two o'clock on Monday morning Are
broke out In tho steam towboat Frank Carter lying at
the foot Of Jay street. Tho flames were first to
issue smdship The nremen succeeded in flooding the
boat 50 that she sunk thus extnguishng the fire. The
boat is owned by Thomas Cornell, Of Rondout. The
damage will amount to about So 500. The value Of the
boat IL represented to DO about $40 900 said be in
sured Tho cause of the fro is at present unknown.
INCENDIARY FIRE IN FOURTH sTREEr-sEvERAL
PERSONS NARROWLY ESCAPE sUFFoCATlON-AR-
REST OF THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE, ON sUs-
PICi0N OF ARSON.
About three O'Clock Monday morning alarm Of fire
took place in the boarding house OF Mrs. Frances A.
Kirby, No. 400 Fourth street. The alarm brought
the police 10 tho promises All the inmates OF the house
except compelled to escape through the scute
to the roof Of back extension Mr.. Meeker escaped In
his night clothes nuring himself severely the leg by
broken glass. Mrs Kirby and Mrs Crosthwat and the
two girls their escape through tho scute
Fire Marshal Baker was quickly at the Premises and at
once went INTO animation He found less than six
distinct and independent fires kndlcd, which ut
tablshod tho work OF nceDdiarsm There four res
III the arors the kitchen and in the front base
mont The basement fire prepared by placing several
chairs one on top ct the other. making pic then by
setting Are to newspapers which fred the chairs The Are
in tho kitchen made like manner The fires in tho
paros were made by firing separate pieces OF furniture
The estimated loss to the household effects will he about
81 0C0; covered by insurance in tho Metropolitan nsu-
rance Company. The building is owned by Mr.. Wright
the damage done to It amounts to about $780, insured.
Tho suspicious circumstances Of the ro caused tho police
to arros, Mrs. Kirby and Ellen OConnor, servant girl
suspicion They taken before Justice Steers and
held Tor further Investigation to be made by the Fire
Marshal.
FIRE IN BANK SraEEr-DE rRucTioN OF A LARGE MANU-
FEATURING BuIipING-Loss S25 G0O-Betwccn Ave and
O'Clock on Monday morning fire broke out in the boiler
ROOM the first oor of the building Nos. 1i3 las and
l47 Bank street. occupied by several tenants for
featuring purposes and owned by William Van Hook.
The flames spread rapidly, and Notwithstanding the Efforts
pf thn limit,
destroyed In less than half hour after the fire broke
out the building was snondering heap Of ruins From
what we could learn on tho premises the fire Is sup
posed to have b,Na caused by back dragit. Tho
loss of Mr.. Van Hook, building AMI machinery,
will amount to about $40 900 $4,000. Insured Tor
80 900 in the following companies, viz:-wi-
lamsburg City, ST. Nicloas Hamilton, Harmony, st.
Marks, North Western OF Oswcgo state of New Haven;
Jersey cy, and state, Of sy City Tho first floor was
occupied by Stewart Ennis, macNiss loss about $500,
no insurance and also by stiiman llsley resawng
mill loss aboa; 50 900, insured for 81 900 in the New
York aad Lrlo ms Company The second floor
occupied by Sherman Rich, packing box manufacturers
loss about So COO insured for 81 SEQ in the Rutgers and
another city company Tho third floor was occupied by
Haley Post, carpet cleaners: loss about s. 900
chiaery and about $500 on carpets no insurance.
FIRE IN WEST BRoApwAy-Ioss ABOUT sc, ooo.-shortly
after ten O'Clock Tuesday morning fire broke out In
tho drug warehouse OF Fortenhach, Wisscrmann & Fry
gand, No ISL West Broadway II originated in tho base
ment by the ignition of some alcohol Several parties
engaged taking Of stock in the basement
at the time and narrowly escaped being burned Mr..
Frygand, who was in tho store at tho tmc rushed into
the basem ut and tried to extinguish the ,ines. He
driven back by the heat AMI had his eyebrows burned
The flames reached the middle Of he and eofu
ncated The FIRE To tho upper Goors through c dumb waiter
Before the flames oxtinguishcl the nsdc Of
The building and its contents destroy cd and had
it not been for tho steam IRE engines the hro would in
all probability have extended to the adjoining buildings.
Tho loss on tho stock will amount I" about $l4 GEO. in
sared for 50 goo in the Manhattan aud Peter Cooper In
Com ancs. The building belongs to tho estate
WiSkcrmapn,