, 1866-05-25
Tue Academy building Is insured for $780,
COO, and the scenery, machIncry and ward
rt,T,s, fn+ Sss1 mn f,11nr-s

lnc puliuinr anu contents were Tlltlel at
S3s5;55, GOO. The ground Is wurth nlout S51, ,O01.
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE
This building. which was erected in 1854,
is totally destroyed. Ii was valued nj 81, ,00o.
1t belonged to the fo!lowin: scnt1cmen:
Martin ra,pe M H. D;s L. D., Pro es:or Of Nascsta
John ". prapts, M- D., IL. D., Professor Of
Chemistry and rhystoloey.
and Operations Of Surgery. with Military surgery
william il. v-n Burn, " D., Professor Of Gen.
cIal AMI Descriptive ANATOMY.
Alfred l.. Lcomls. II. H., lad}unes Professor OK
John H. Draper, ~ D
Of collections of valuable anatomical and
mineralogical specimens Were lost, the pro-
1crty ol the following gentlemen: DR.. r,st,
DR.. vun lsurtn, DR.. Bedford. Dr. Draper and
Dr. Matt. DR.. Diapers collection was very
valuable, being the results OF HES labor.
Dr. Payne lost number OF superb speci-
n,cns Of minerals, -Nattria .Het!.cd, etc. DR..
Motifs collection WAS also Of great value.
None al them were insured. The furniture
and glass cases were valued al 5000.
| The Insurance on the building was In the
following companies: Long Island, Jefferson,
States and Nuw York Flremeu's, s., 90 each
81, coo in all.
III Tic building, At the time the fire occurred,
We're janito1 and two patients, who occli-
rivd rooms Oh the upper t}ou's. The }anitor
Succeeded in conveying one Of the patients, a
woman, 10 a M,usc on the opposite SIDE q,
he street, where she now lies. The other
laticnt escaped without help.
The Professors state that tho clnsscs and
lectures will proceed for the present ut the
:nd that the College Building will be re.
erected as so0u rs practicable.
SCENES AND lSc1rESTs.
The Immense size and great hcsght OF the
academy Of Music gave splcuaor anu bril-
liaucy 10 the flames whicl, VIC have never seen
as light rs day. The Rowcry fairly olazed
and 1ar down the street the gilded signs slh,nt
with daytime bril1iancy. The tops Of the
buildings up town. the steep!cs, spires and
drmes Of churches and public cdi'ices west
all aclow. sup town v rctires late. ci !
zcns were not in he'd or aslcti, when the aiar1,
was sounded, 20 thousands OF ladies and ec,
1lcuen crowded the streets and avenues ant
lhrcnsed all the approaches to the d7e. Th!
rrowd was made up largely Of we'll drcSset
people. while all the proletarian population
was ont IN Iull force.
From Irving Place to Third ayenuc, tn
North side oi Fourteenth street was an occai
q! flame. Failing r"ots. crumblnC walls ant
,rcken cornices crushed anA thuudcrvd ;lndc
The fierce heat. while the whistle aud putin.
lloal Sc orders oil officials, added to tue genera
din. On tho South side Of Fourteenth stree
the buildings were tlistertl with heat. 1t va
difficult to live in this pandemonlum bu
hravc men occupied the roofs of the hon Sc!
and risked their lives to save the dwellings
tho Chapel Of Grace Church, and the Ncs
York Circus, all Of which smoked and steam
| cd in their haste to bFeaE into blaze Th
Chapel was stveral times on IRE, and brokel
windows aud shattered window frames tell Q
the mastery that was secured over the frc
only by totlsome effort.
| Tho walls nf thn Ne,lfcoI Cnllror NJ th
Ilapu factory and the great German sa1oo1
| on tlr cornc. Of Third 1yeuuc, tclf in carly
and so concentrated tho fire and contu.d
ucar tie ground. This circumstance was til
salvation Of WorccstCr's piano factory. acsos
| ttir avenue, but burning ctnders carried th
cun!'arralfon to the sheds beyond. and ratne'
down upou the roof nf the Lutheran Church il
Fifteenth street, until that burst into blaze
Fruu this tho flames mounted to the spigc
which was far above and uf wood. rne >pir
cn,:c TT from top to bottom in o moment. nn
, blazcd like beacon. Finally the timber
slowly ca7eeutd to the eastward, and fl
heavily uron the dwelling house atljointn"
ilc1c the progress Of the tirr was stayed, q
| least thnusand feet from where 1t cotnunsne
| lad cost hundreds OF thousands OF dollars
! the piano factory OF Worcester stnuoiny in th
midst, a spared monument
Meantime, to the north of the Academy Of
Fifteenth Icet, another drama was IN PIC
. vress. LlnE's rrs:aurant was Eutted. Tn
cflire Of the Manhattan Gas Company wa
saved. Thu dwellings were dismantleu IN
! tuyn..rd hv the tirr. The little church o
\ Fifteenth street was On fire anu q Eeners
: ! 1.aaic prrysi1cd. lor II seemed rs II tue CT
ire square Eust 70. Had the wind bee