New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-14
Immense and Excited Crowds.
Wholesale Plumber and Pockct-Picking.
The Greatest Sensation Of the
Prince of showmen.
Tragedy aud Comedy Stransely Combined.

About I2I o'clock the City Hall bell struck
The alarm. The ire companies turned out promptly.
and Park.row and Broadway were soon thronged with
excited thousands attracted the spot by the rapidly
spreading report that Barnum's Museum on FIRE
in brief while everyone oond the flames bursting
out from the Museum and spreading in every direction
Fortunately there were many persons in the build
ing at the time; there lad been . Number OF lives
must have been lost so rapidly did the eonfagraticn
extend. Those who were there. so isT as VIC hare
learned. escaped uumlured. s-
IHE SCENE
wa picturesque and exciting; the flames spread Will
great rspdity rushing out Of the windows and doors
and from behind the huge ransparencies placed on the
balcony which were speedily removed BY the hooks Of
the fTemen
EXPLOSION OF A BonrR u
Az Che FIRE progressed the heat became intense. The
crowd Of spectators steadily increased and had CON
petey fllei all the streets in the vicinity, when a
boiler inside OF The building burst causing the vast
throng to run 10 aponts Of the pass. Many men
women and children were knocked down, and one poor
MOI tai was thrown On his back, while dozen others
stumbled over him. almost killing him. Finding him
scf in dangerous predicament and not being able To
extricste himself he commenced kicking, as though
he was swimming (at tlis time he was almost swim
ming in mud) compelling those upon him and around
him to seek some other tIampng ground which they
quickly did much Ia HE relief On rising and getting
10 his feet he looked about FOR his hat which wa Lot
to be found This The with about one hundred
others who we've thoro as il wa afterwaid dis
covered that 10 the rush nearly every Lad lost his
hesd.piece.
RAID IN HATS.
After dgent searching about score Of The capital
Ia and
dirty condition ~ TO be fit 10 wear.
At this uneture several boxes Of hats and csps Of all
descriptions carried down Futons, st.. from Whites
establishment and every without one made sn in.
ayidual raid on the coveted articles Several p.rons
were forunste in getting two three and those who
did not procure them il that way bought from those
who had more than they needed.
IHE POLICE
Cant. Dc Camp Of the Second Precinct with de.
tachment OF men WAS early the ground, and seeing
,he probability of all extensive FIRE, telegraphed al
once 20 the Central Office for help. Io short time De
fachmeBs were Pre- from the Firs Third, Fonrih
Fifth, Sixth seventh, Eighth. Ninth, Tenth, -Four.
teepth Fifteenth Twenty seventh and Twenty eight
Precincts under the command OF their respective cap
tsins the whole commanded by Inspector Carpenter.
Lines were at once formed and but the fremen
and me bers Of the Iaess allowed 70 pass through. All
displayed equal energy in preserving order. saving
property and keeping wary eye upon the thieves who
were present in large numbers They renamed The
ground until late hour
TIE yIREdEy.
Never since the Organization Of the Department,
have the fremen 0rked With better will. In spite oI
the intense heat they nobly bsttled with the flames.
and to their perseverance, may be ascribed theiact
ihs, the entire block was not destroyed. Several
Brooklyn eompanies win their apparatuses came over
and rendered efficient service. Messis. Philip W.
Engs and Charles ". Pinckney. Two Of the new
Board of Five Comiuis S.;ners. the ground d
reetine affair. Chief Engineer Decker and the As
sistant Engineers Displayed signal ability in the con
troll Of the various apparatus, the means resorted
10 70 check the further progress OF the flames and in col
ectng the article. N the building. But many of them
Cor which large SUMS paid, haYiDg answered the
purpose of sensation" they terown into the
common receptacle cfcuriosties Tho contcts were IN
suied for s62 90 mostly IN city companies The build
ing was leased 10 them for term Of years. expiring in
so and this lease they hsd effected an insurance OF
$2e 900 ii occupied Nos 2ls and 2s0 and the upper
part Of Nos 2ll and 2lC Broadway and Nos. T. aud
eAnn-st The entire building aud contents com
petely destroyed.
HEAVY Loss.
No. 2le broadway corner Of fulton-st. cccRpicd
the first ard finn foors by Charles Knox. tie we'll
known halter. The building completely eu,ied.
lie loses in stock about $50 600 Insurel or $50 600
mostly in city companies. The bnildinr Is owned by
ahe Lcrillard esate and i. damaged tie OF
$4,000. Ensured for $4,000 in city companies.
ta AgREsrs Al THE FiRE.
john To1. Uenr! Inhof. James Mcdonald and An
drew S Giso were arrested for stealing boots and
shOcs from No. 6Annsf
fiank fairer Wa arrested svine in bis possession
care Of wire
seme, Cerrsn, rionss Newton George Thompson.