, 1864-11-30
The St. kleholas, ST. James, Metropolitan,
Belmont, Tammany, Lofejoy, Bran-
dreth, and Lafarge Hotels, aud
BaEnnm's Museum Set On

md caused excitement, but was hardly cred
lied. At about IL o'clock the alarm seemed
general in the lower part Of the city; aud the
citizens searched their premises carefully.
r. TIE ST. JAMES.
The first IRE was discovered at eight o'clock
and 1ortv-three minutes, at the st. James
Hotel, corner Of Broadway and Twenty-sixth
street, but resulted in but slight damage, It
originated in one of the bed rooms, and the
the apartment, and the proximity Of matcaes
to the bed-clothcs, disclosed the fact that the
fire WIS the work Of an incendiary. The
guests were considerably alarmed, and some
thing like panic was Imminent at hr5t, but
as soon as the real extent Of the damagc was
aecertaincd order VAS restored and tie usual
quiet resumed
It is stated By the proprietors that man,
registering bis name as John School, Nd,
took room at this house about 5}z O'Clock,
and that the smoke Was discovered Issuing
from lis room by The occupant next door.
Upon tle door being broken open, the room
leaving black satchel with bottle Of Phos-
phorus behind.
THE ST. NICHOLAS.
At fivc minutes Of nine the st. Nicholas Ho-
tel was discovered on fire In rooms 13S, 1S9
aud 40, situated In the middle building Of
the three on the upper floor: About the same
time fire broke ont in bedroom 174, In the
front building Of the hotel. In both places
dance Of matches in the bed clothes, sfgni1ed
the fire to have been the work Of IN incendi-
ary, The rooms were burned completely out,
hut the fire department Of the hotel, under
the superintendent Of the proprietor, Mr..
Hawks, succeeded in :conlnlng the tire to
those apartments. Had 1t not been for the
admirable arrangements for taking care OF
fires at this house, 1t would hare been entire
" burned down. The damage done Is pr1ncl-
rally By water, md will probably amount to
three thousand dollars, covered W insurance.
The business Of the house Will not In any way
not having been damaged any whatever.
SUSPICIOUS PERSONS At THE ST. NICHOLAS.
4 wcll-lnown citizen, who boards At the
St. Nicholas hotel, was passing through the
muin hall Inst evening, On his way TO bis
room, just before the fire was discovered,
when Ills attention WAS attracted by the very
suspicious movements of two men who were
he hea1d Que say, " It's all right" when bo.h
etsrted 1br thc door, md Immediately left ths
hotel. Within few seconds afterwards the
alarm WAS given.
THE IL FARCE.
At twenty minutes past nine o'clock The
La Farge house was discovered to be On lire
in one Of The bedrooms on the upper floor,
ted with phosphorus, and matches lying
about in a1l directions. The damage vas
slitht, but, naturally enough, the guests
were thrown into panic, believing mat me
whole structure would be fired. The hamef
were soon extinguIshed, the damage amount mi
room IN which the fire was discovered WAS ta
ken hy Mr. ], B. Richardson, Of Camden
New Jersey, who was out Of the room at fht
time Of the fire.
METnopo11rN HOTEL.
At atout 10 O'Clock fire was discovered il
front room in the upper floor Of the Metro
politan Hotel, but it was speedily extinsuishet
By the servants Of the house. An alarm va
given, but before the firemen arrived Ut th'
age here is estimated at 81 500. One room
onlv was injured. In this room were fount
an empty bottle, which had contained phos
phor1ts, pair Of heavy boots and q Falise
These articles, and the bottle, were takel
possession Of BY Fire Marshal Baker. In th
valise were found q pair Of pantaloons and
pair Of prune1la gaiters. The bottle was OF
! description similar to that found at the othc
| hotels.
TAMMA1-E HALL.
J. Almost simultaneously With the discover.
Of the fire at the Belmont Hotel, the bed 1n'
bedding, with furniture, Of room ou tn
third floor, front, were found to be in flames
During the afternoon man. who REGISTERS
himself as &C E. Morse, Of Rochester," al
rived at the hotel and engaged tue room i
| which the fire was discovered. He was no
seen during the evening, and has not bee
| seen since the occurrence Of the fire. Ih
| damage is not very great, and was contine
to the furniture and bedding Of the roon
The handwriting Of the man referred to r
engaged the room fired at the st. Nichola
| Hntef
BELMONT HOTEL.
Tic fire here was discovered ia bed-too1
| on tile third floor, which had been engage
by q man registering himself US :" Licutenau
Lewis, q. S. Az Smoke being seen to lSsu
from tls room, strong odor ct RhqfSRhS96 }Ss Soa
was VA Immediately burst open, and in a yer
few seconds the names were, completely e.
tinguished. The bed In this Ind the appear
ance Of having been occupied. The ma
| HIcwis'' has not been seen since the 1lsco'
| err Of the fire. At this place six bottles
phosphorus were found IN carpet Dag.
LoyE1oI's HOTEL.
Two attempts were mnde to burn this hote
The first occurred little before 1o1{ o'clocl
at which time fire was discovered In be-
room on the fourth floor Of the northea
wing Of the hotel. The bedclothes and Hn
trcss we're piled In the center Of tue floor, n n
were enve1oped in flames when found II
! 1lFG was EALIOEulSAlo "Ak4oAS <@"%s+'NAt7~
other portions Of the building.
Tie second attempt was madc at xoont
o'clock, and the alarm was given slmultan
ousIy with that Of the fires of the Belmo
Hotel and at Tammany. This time tue 1nce
| diary had performed his work ~ inc SOUL
east wing OF the building, on me ionr1n M not O.
| Attention was excited 81 smell Of smoE
and search developed the fact that ln t
room referred to, carpet- bag had. been pEae
inside the bed. within which carpet.bag y
d bottle Of phosphorus. Here, also, the 4
was cxtinguished without greater loss n .
that Of the furniture and bedding o1
room, .,
1axt nlclt, about uine O'Clock, some pcrs
o | or ,,ersnpt. unknown, proceeded to inc II
9 f1oar Of thc Museum, in the rear Of the gale
4 n thn lecture room, and threw down up
q lie flnnr. near a staircase, a bottle OF. ph
q 9 phorus, which igutted and get 1re 70 I
i yooden-work In the neiEhborhooa. me
: Of ire was almost immediately raised, and
& fhropThout the building In the lect'
i room. particularly. the feeling amounted
%.1 ranic i 1arre number ofthe audience r,
3 | 10 fncir feet in great alarm, and rushed to
= yarfons placcs 6f exit In wild confusion. az
SS9 tcrorstricken persons sid down ihe u
q pilla1s supporting the galleries, ~ ~ t,p :
g quette, adding, Of c9nrte' Ky ~ excitemcnt e
q The scene Fortunately, the IRE was assaa1! am
g Immediately exting1lshed by .9s ene omeef. +
8 done md 81 he display Of necessary .s ras C
ut ness On the part of several actors ana ge4 2
q. men connected with the Museum, ana
ii few eelEposteseed persons IN the audience
=; panicwas quickly suppressed. 50 iaT o. s
d. can learn, no one was seriously injured LII
be | rush.
g PANIC AT x1n1o's GARDEN. :
&: Last evening. as My. Wheatley and
S; Charles Popc were enactipg the duel seen
- he last act Of the Corslcan Brothers: at
q. bios Garden, an alarm Of fire vas raiset
sons person or persons in "the AUDI
w. Whether It was done by accident. or
r. merely IN emotion Of fear exhibited "
~. iudiyidud or ipdlyiduals " o caused
nd | alarm. 1t Is not known: put 4Ae oceAe
to ensred besssars description.