New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-22
A Large Cotton Warehouse with its
Contents Destroyed
Loss 100000.
A Fireman and a4Citizen Injured.

Early on Saturday evening q fire was dis.
covered the first floor Of the large vestoy storage
warehouse. Nos. $50 and <si water-st, occupied BY
Miller & Conger. The alarm was promptly given, and
the Fire Department were soon on the spot. but the
flames had attained such headvay that efforts to
suppress them were unavsiling The immense buildng
was filed with cotton hemp and sugar. and the flames
mounted rapidly from story to story until the entire
edce was one Of fire. against which the Is or 20
streams Of water thrown by the powerful steamers Of
the Department were utterly useless This fact
became so apparent that all hopes Of saving the eoid
ing were given up and attention turned to the Sd,0n
Shortly sfter midnight the walls fe portion Of tho
debris covering the lumber and ath.yaSd Of Robert
Murray. No. "a! Wsterst smashing INC once sasaonoo
The warehouse extended through from Water 70
Souh.st numbering 24s and 249 on the latter street.
and had frontage of 50 feet on each street, and
j. l. & d. s. Riker, l39 casks Of bleaching powder.
$50; A. Uhlmann three casks black lead. value IN.
Known; J. Hoy Co, ls7 bales cotton. e5 400 G. 2;
bales cotton e22 900; Rice Chase Co. bags cotton
piekiugs o. 500; Murray Nephew. l0l bales cotton,
SEQ 2O6 Hopkins. Dwight TIowbridge. 257 bales OF
SGi.1 Co. j. NJ Jonss 70 bales cotton sssco M Bee
Der Co, "a bales cotton s. 400 o. K. KING Co.. II
bales cotton, $500 J. II: Brewer. bales cotton
900: Berger Hurbut Livingston. l36 bales ceton.
G. b. Dibbe, 46 bales cotton, o. 200; C. B. Dbbe. 70
bales Of rags. value unknown; j. b. FarweiI Co. ~
bales cotton $50 Curtis peaeod{ l s cs'e n o.
j. A, Wilkinson, 70 bales cotton % 400 Wstts Crane
& Co., 80 bales cotton. s,4Oo G. W. Attwater cases
roots value unknown; i. ). Morgan 100 cases bleeca'
Ing powder. s5 200; Barley Davis 20 bales cotton
es 600; TORY, Smith Co., LII bales cotton; ex2U;
Easton Co.. ls9 bales cotton. e31,6 500. J. L. small
wood & Co., i25 bales cotton. ZOO: kearney Wa
ner zoo bales hemp. 100000; Hugh Herman Bro. 267
bales cotton. esq 400, Lloyd Parsons. s2 bales cotton
ss 400 NJ ". G.iswod 10; barrels q GaS soo;
sulphate OF ue value unknown; II. 9. Meyers. r..
tuns Of Iron tubing value unknown: George Is Buell.
l. 496 dozen peach baskets s32oo; f. o nigg.s oo'
IL bales Of Jocks e.ls0; Dennison Wyckoi. an On:
known quantity Of moasses c. Bamforth, % bales OF
The building was owned by the late ". W. DcFor'
rest and 10 damaged 30 the extent OF e5OO90 under
stood to be insured. The damage TO Murray Robetss
property is estimated at $4,000 John Mac Mahop.
shpwright occupied the second floor OF the building
No 247 South.st loss ESQ., fully insured The storage
warehouse Of j. H.bHobby, No. 24s South'st Is only
slightly damaged. It appears from statement made
BY the receiving clerk that shout 90 bales OF cotton
were taken in on Saturday afternoon and nom appear
snces there s no doubt that the fire was In the cotton
when placed In the store. The estimate OF the prop
erty In Its sound condition as stored Is as published
In all probability there will be salvage Of from 80 TO
Fire Commissioners Brown and Pinckney. Chief
Engineer Kingsland. Assistant. Engineers Periey,
Everett, UT, MaOkey, Dtullv al
spcuous for their exer,ions In checking the spread OF
the fire.
Sections Of Police were present from the Seventh and
adjoining preciacts under the command OF Capt.
jameson and forming their Inca kept al persoas fea
the vicinity OF the nre but those whose business cahed
them there.
When the wall fell at midnight. CHRISTOPHER Fahner
was struck by Of the debris and seriously injured
He was taken TO the Station House and received med
cal attention. and then taken to his residence No.
Oil Jacksonst. Shortly before 4 O'Clock yesterday
morning George Wsyman. q membeg Of Engine Com
pany No. H. fell from the roof Of ono Of the buildings
adjoining the fire. and was seriously injured He
conveyed to the engine house. No l37 East Houstont
and attended by Police Surgeon Bliven.
NCENDARY FIRE IN MULBERRY-sT,
Early on Sunday morning John Lyons. who occupied
the rear basement Of the tenement house DO 81 Mul.
berry ST. quarreled with his wife. and In t Of anger
applied lighted candle to o straw bed In his apart
ment setting it on FIRE. The building soon filled
with smoke and the frightened inmates rushed out In
their night clothes The fire was extnguished b. Mr.
Marks Davis who occupied the front basement. Lyons
was arrested by Ocer McGuirk Of the Sixth Precinct
and on the complaint Of Fire. Marshal Baker Yves com.
mitted for trial BY Justice bowling.