The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-02-07
Fire I'm East Twenty -sourtL Street.
DESTRUCTION or THE WEST BUILDING or TuE BM.
FIRE WORKSHOPS ABOUT $3.50 900.

DESTRUCTION or THR WEST BUILDING or TuE en-.
FIRE WORKSHOPS ABOUT $3.50, 600.
About six O'Clock last night Gre broke out sixth
Goor OF tho large manufacturing bulldog known as the
Empire Works Twenty fourth street. avenue A.
and running through TO twenty fifth When Arst
discovered the Ore appeared 10 be the drying OF
the twtnc factory OF r. Holden. The famcs spread with
great rapidly and reached tho NTH aud fourth
floors. Owing TO the greas height OF the building
II almost impossible TO throw. water upon
the nAmcs The 6remen however deser wing OF much
their exertons preventing the FIRE from ex
tending into the east building At time II WIS sup.
posed that the Gro would be Gu. or the third a)or
owing TO their being open space centre OF
the building the flames extended through It from oor TO
floor and oct OF reach Of the streams OF water Ihs
entire building nearly destroyed The cur ,sius
nearly all TIER property Tho following Is lis. o. tho
occupants and their losses far could be obtaincf
SKIN FLOOR --R Holden manufacturer Of twue loss
about 81 eco q Seabod pear maker loss, abol. 800
Z. A. Williams 4 Co.. viewers loss, 900 VIM Walton
hoop skirts loss. 81 900. J Maurer, maausacturcr o.
loss about i20)o-pary insured Horny Meaach,
Or; loss 800 Within y Wells too,cco, ioss % o91
Fosner Gregor, turner's loss 81 300 Horny Hclsring
er, weaver; loss 81 900 John Sinclair boonc wire
81 900
Pryeayil, glass cutter loss 81 O01 sause agricul.
tcrai implements loss 5000 schumacher. maxor OF
Imam Floor s.. G. Walker. watch movements maker;
hss 500 Ihson Easyessen. piano:orte maaatio.
turefS. loss 1900. w A. Pixiev shove maker, loss
about 50 ,000no insurance. J. II Furnva rope maker
loss $40 000party insured IN the Liverpool aud Ioui,l
Insurance Company aud others.
Second FIooR William ali. machinis,, loss 81 COO.
c. II Rodgers, paao'orte manufacturer loss about
Leopold schmidt, pipe factory l1ss 81 900 }. Bu.X
hardt, pipe factory; loss $500.
FIRsr IfooR.1ne west haf OF tho FIRST door and part
OF the second floor was occupied by A. G. feggeis
feed n loss about S25 900; insured Tor only $500 IN
the security Insurance Company The east BAR o. the
hrst floor part OF the second and part third door
were occupied by w. D. Mangum, dealer 10 grain and
feed loss about $40 900. insured Tor s. 900.
BAssxKNT.-G Michael, tanner, loss about $500
There is but very little Insurance on the property Of
the tenants
Tho building destroyed was six stories high, about
sixty feet front by two hundred feet dcep extending
through the block from Twenty fourth 10 twenty attn
streets The loes will not be probably short OF $4,000
~ ownef by Samuel Legget and ouly insured Tor about
SzyVO0, ~ the Following Insurance companies VIZ
Pacinc. st. Marks Astor, Hope, Suyvesaut, security,
Hickman. Peter Cooper, aud Hope Of Providence aud
Hampden Of Massachusetts,
The east building occupied the n.st floor by
HARRISON x hcCready, sugar rehneFs Seccad floor AMI
part OF the third by r. s. Wright gun stocx maker, Mr.
Robinson, enamelled card maker, Hovoy Brother,
manufacturers Of bag cutters aud Mr. Cahen, weavo-
There more or lees damage do1e TO their stocks by
water.
Captain Cameron and his sergeant and were very
eicens, and materially aided the bremen 10 the dis,
charge OF their day. The reserves from the Iwenty
ninth seventeenth, kevcnsh aud Tweay FIRST precincts
we're on the ground, and aded Ia keeping or the speeia
tors out OF the way OF the aremen