New-York daily tribune., 1866-02-12
Fires.
IN CUA,IPERg-gr.


About 10 o'clock on Saturday morning fire
occurred in the ferry house belonging to the New" os
and Eric Railroad COMPANY, situated at tbe 1901 o.
Cham mbeTsst North River caused by the stove IN 'ht
tcsetselei's Office becoming overhealeu' Dummy
$50. No insurance.
IN PEARL-sT.
Shortly after o'clock ON Saturday afternoon nre
was caused on the first floor Of No. 301 Pearl Dy the
spontaneous combustion Of barrel OF OIL 1he entire
floor together with the basement was occupied az a
paint oil and yarDish store. by julius Conn 70
Owing TO the cOmbustibe nature Of the material win
which the place was filed the flames spread Wth great
rapidity and before they could be sxtnguished the
lower part OF the building and stock were badly DAM
aged Messrs COhn & Co.'S loss will amount 20 about
siS Geo. Insured for S2 500 in the following companies
Morris 900; international, 5000 Baltic. e3Oo
Tnc upper floors were occupied by Mrs. Ellen Nc
DOnoueh boarding house, who states that she had
20 6oarders living with her Loss sI9Oo Insured of
is owned by w. w. Fox and damaged TO the extent OF
e. 200 Insured Cor s., 500 in the Indemnity Company
The adjoining premises, No. 30J occupied by "
IIech Co.. dealers in tinyare, was also slightly dam
aged brt the loss IL covered by an insurance Of ebVO
in the Astor. Firemen's and Central Park Companies
The basement is occupied by Gustayus Ficke a.
restaurant, whose loss by water Is about 500 Insured
for 5000 in the Germania Insurance Company.
No - Ferryst.. occupied by William Hogg, leather
dealer. was slightly damaged by fire and water being
covered by insurance Of $500 in the brooklyn In
surance Company.
IN BRoAD-ST.
At O'Clock Saturday evening, fire was dis
Mcssrs Draper q Chapman. dealers IN cotton. Ihe
hanes were extinguished. Messrs. ID. Z. loss
amounts to abOnt OO0 insured. The third aud fourth
noors are occupied by Witter Tieson, cotton deal.
ers loss 81 O00 fully insured in the Continental Com
p0ny The second floor il occupied by w. j. Wilcox.
broker loss by water slight The first floor Is occupied
by Jacob ). Brown, commission merchant; slightly
damaged by water. The basement is occupied by
Smith & White tiD-smths; damaged by water. The
building vas damaged about 6 800.
N FIFTY -SISTH-sT.
Shortly after o'clock Saturday evening q fire
broke the first floor Of the ogf story building
the rear of No ll3 East Fifty.nintl-st., owned by
Joseph Ey who occupied the third and fourth floors.
Loss about 81 coo. not insured The first and second
floors were occupied by John Drew az cabinet shop;
loss about 0O insured for e. coo in tie Peter Cooper
Company. There being a very strong smell OF cam
phcne. the FIRE is presumed TO be the work OF an
ncendiary and during the progress OF the FIRE the Nine
,eenth Precinct Police arrested a man named JOhn
Drehr on suspicion. and be was locked up 10 await
further investigation.
Az ALARM or FGRR-A Man SEVERELY BURNED.
An alarm OF bre Saturday nght was
caused bY the clothing Of Owen Kelly taxing
fire in his apartment on the upper LOor OF No.
4-5 pearlst. lie sitting beside the stove rub
bing his legs with benzne remedy forrheumatt ~,
when the fluid caught FIRE aud he was severely burned
about the legs and arms. The injured man was con
veyed to the New York Hospital by the Sixth Precinct
Police.