New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-08

DESTRUCTIVE PRE- IN TwENrY-TOUgTH-S1REg
--LONS SIJO. 900.

LOSS $4,000.
On Saturday evening the upper tioor OF the
large siN.story building known the Empire Works
situated First avenue and avenue A. and extend.
Ing through from Twenty fourth to TWENTY fifth street
took re aud In consequence OF the immense height OF
the building. all efforts 10 check IL were fritess. The
flames rapidly spread from The upper to the lower floors
and tie vast building and contents were totally de-
sroycd. Below give list OF the late occupants and
their losses commencing with tie floor IN which the IRE
originated
pear, 4 80. G. A. Williams Z CO.. wssvers; 5000. Nm
Walton hocpssia; 81 500 Lemon GOldy about $1,000
FIvrn frooR-E. Bellins m,ccroni; $500; partially
ihsicd. HsSS Msneh wssysri sas. Wm od H. No.,
Hefinser weaver 1900 John Sinclair, bonnet~iI
sl.coO
tescutieT, $1,000. J. ssnse, agricultural mpeuients
500 J. seaain.sisr' yetI keys 100: :, 90
ohlson NGvyessen, piano. $500 WA. Prlsy, shovel
s2oOoj n.. }. b; FarnivI ropes $1,000 partially
' srcosD fI II, Brad. msckni.t 5000 C. H.
Rodgers Manufacturers ~ 0O0 Leopold Schmidt
pipe manufacturer; sloo. }. BuTkAasdi pIe msnusc'
Fnsr rIooH-Ths west fsf Of the first soor end portion
Of the second floors occupied by A. C. Legse feed
mill loss about s25no insured for $500 in tie Security
Co. Tho east half Of tho st floor and part Of second and
and feed los. about $4,000 Insured for 5000 o. Michael
tanner occupied the basement; 800 The insurance on the
propry o. The tenant, very slight most Of them being I'M
wide and 200 fee, deep The loss viii probably amount
owned X Samuel ss so and 1St
Security Hickman Peter Cooper ard Hope o, Pr9videnc.
ard Hsgd,Ts S o. H NJ c NJ s sGe ta
aoor and par, Of hiri by r. Wright maker of gun
Bo manufacturers Of hsycutters and wn Cohen,
Their stocks considerably damaged by water.
Detachmenu ofpouce from the Eighteenth Precinct
under Capt. Cametoni Seventeenth. Capt Brown
Iwenty-hrst, Capt Burdict and Twenty ninth, Capt
Speght were present, and rendered efficient service.
IN FOURTH AVENUE.
The barn attached To the hotel corner Of One
Hundredand Ihirty.second aud Fourth avenue,
on Saturday was totally destroyed. Damage $685. 10
insurance The building was occupied BY Solomon
Kip. who alto occupied the adjoining hotel
IN MERCgR STREET AND A FIGHT. II
On Saturday, in a house near the corner of
Mercer and Prince streets; damage slight, While
On the ground Engine Companies Nos 30 and - b..
came engaged In fight In which brickbats stones and
clubs we're freely used Several Of the oombatants
,eyed severe wounds on their heads and bodice
Joseph G. Morgan, during the racas. shot in tho
shoulder. receiving slight wound He was taken 10
he Now-YOrk hospital by his friends hs wound
lrossed, and he was then conveyed home.
rHR GREAT FIRE AT COLTS ABN0RY IN HART
FORD.
The fire broke ont about s o'clock on Friday
morning tho gong OF the arnory gave the note OF
darn, and the fire department. followed BY vast crowds
81 men women and children hasened 20 the rescue.
leather of smoke issuing from the attic Of the wing
% the main building over the polishing room, showed
v here the fire orig mated. number OF men rushed
IA the attic hose In hand and attempted TO LEI the
Sator bat none came and soon the flames forced them
10 retire, and In lees than half an hour the upper
WORKS OF The entire structure now burnt in flames.
Seventeen hundred worknen locked in TO their several
hops In Wild state OF excitement until their
ioors were thrown open when they exhibited great
oo!rcts and IN SOME instances remarkable courage.
The bnildng which destroyed the original
Structure erected by Col Colt in l-I The floors II the
building OF yellow pine, and had become saturated
with oil consequently furnished ready combustion.
The building used solely for the manufacture OF
)isiob and revolving rifles. aud about 200 men were
nployed in it. The principal contractors were:
Wesley Smith VIM II. Green. Charles Parker V.
'ooper. Nv ,gt Mitchell, Giles Remington y. X. Wit
Is. Robertson & Best. Evans Deming Joseph VII.
Jams. Joseph Davis, Charles Thur5ion. Chsnncey
johnson Robert Kenyon. Norman Smith. Peter Dusoh,
ugustus Fege and Messrs Eunnell Whtehouse,
Hopkins Cady. Iyes. Parker. Whitney. and Borden.
ein. hu,t Of these lost all their tools aud succeeded
saving but very little of the work they had IN hand
Fortunately the adjoining building. which was de-
voted the manufacture Of tho United States rite
nusksts. and ia which about eight hundred men were
mpoyed II damaged but slightly and after short de
Nv work will be resumed there. Various reasons
assigned for the origin OF the ire. It was suggested
hat friction had caused H. but The gearing ran IA heavy
ron bo,es that suppostion fell 10 the ground The
ry ing room Ia heated by seam.pipes IL may have
rignated there. Many believe IL was tho work cf !
ONE Secession incendiary and the fact thar water
when the tOso turned toward the hre goes TO I
ontrm that belief brave man. famed r.. h. roy,
vac burned 10 death while making Efforts 10 snye lie
nd property lie was about 80 years Of age. Two or
hree other persons are reported missing.
The loss OF properly is roundly estimated 1T two nil
ons. IL will require about three years OF labor 20
ls.s the works in the order in which the, before
ls IRE.
TIE total insurauco is sG6O COO This insurance is on
buildings machinery, Ac. IL is calculated that the T.
oioi.s or 500 Uo leaving heavy loss for She Com
any To bear Tho insurance held by the following
tice9;
HARTFORD.
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