East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-11-30
FIRE IN NEW YORK.


FIRE IN NEW YORK.
NEW YoRK, Nov. %.
Fires occurred this evening at the
st. Nicholas Hotel, Lafarge and Bar
NUNS Museum. Three or four rooms
wore considerably damaged in the for
mer by fire, and considerable injury
was done by water. The Lafarge
House was not damaged, but thore
was greatexcitement in Winter Gar
den, in the same building, for n while
though it resulted in no injury to life
or limb. The business of either
house will not be materially inter-
fered with. Barnum's, evidently set
on fire, also, was only slightly dam
aged. Here a panic ensued, but be-
yond dresses being torn, no injury
was done. Tho fires were quite COIN
cident, to say the least.
NEW YoRK, Nov. 26.
The fires last night at the five diff
lerent hotels were made with phos-
phorus, and it is thought for the pur-
pose of robbery. In Barnum's Mu-
scum, which was also set on fire, the
panic struck audience was robbed
most thoroughly in the great smoke
and confusion that ensued. At the
hotels the robbers did not succeed SO
well.
The places set on fire last night
were the St Nicholas, st. James, La
Fargo, Astor House; Lovejoy's Hotel,
Belmont House and Barnum's Mu-
scum, none of which were much dam
aged, but caused great CONSERVATION
to occupants Of hotels and audiences
at the Winter Gardens and Barnum's
The manner in which the fires
were produced shows preconcerted
plot. In the hotels, the beds, clothes,
trunks. &c, were covered with phos-
phorus. Matches were scattered III
the beds, the fires were then set and
the doors locked.
AS in the July riots, the thieves
swarmed about the hotel doors, ready
to rush in and plumber when the fire
was under way, but the timely inter
ference OF the police prevensed this
portion of the programme from being
carried out.
This morning an examination OF
the Astor Honse took place to learn
if any attempt had been made to burn
that building, when on opening room
| No. 20I, an immensa- volnma o1
| smoke poured out into the hall. The
floor was burned TO cinder. The
bedding was saturated with turpen
tine, the chairs placed on the bed
and the bedclothes thrown over them
General Dix's order, requiring
Southerners TO register their names
and which has proved almost deaC
letter, will be strictly enforced.
The Investigations into the incen
diarism on Friday night is till going
on DO the authorities. Fires wer'
discovered in twelve hotels, besides
the Museum, and some vessels at the
wharfs.
Some of the principal parties have
been arrested, and with them SO mucl
Of the means that had been provided
to carry on the work as had not We
been expended. The money was il
s2la. and was found s u r the safe of II!
is now under arrest The hotel keel
ers havo offered reward of $1,000
for the arrest and conviction of thu
guilty parties, and the insusanc,
companies will also offer reward.
NEW York, Nov. ~.
1t is ascertained that most of the
persons concerned in the late attemp
to burn the city, came from Canada
from Toronto and vicinity. Most o
the conspirators were officers in til,
rebel army and had served as guer
rillas in Kentucky and Missouri. TIL,
movements of tho incendaries wer,
arranged very uniformly. At each o
tho hotels they appeared in the char
actor Of travellers, desiring rooms 70,
a few days.
Thep carried small, black leathe
valices, placing fictitious names on tn
hotel books, and carried their owl
baggage to the rooms in the hotel.
SO for as discovered the origina
plan was to FIRE the Astor, Belmon
Hotel. Hanna, Loveioy's, Tammany
st. Nicholas, Fifth Avenue, Unite,
States, New England, la Fargo, ST
James and Metropolitan simultaneou
/ ly. The hotels at the upper and low
er parts Of the city to be fired, an,
while the fire department and polio
had their attention attracted to thes
portions Of inc city, to fire hotels an,
other public buildings in the NOR
central parts. The next step woul,
have been to fire the shipping, begin
ming with the hay barges alongsid
of the ships and steamers. DurinI
the time three of the gang were TO at
tempt the destruction of the iron-clad
now in the harbor. They had pro
vided themselves with numerous ap
pliances, among which was larg
quantity of Greek fire. AS nearly a
possible their steps were to be takel
together, or so close upon each othe
as to render detection by the police al
most impossible. Failure in nearl
all case is attributed to the incendarie
neglecting to open the windows.