Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-05-25
GREAT FIREIN NEW YORK.
THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC BURNED
Several Other Buildings DESTROYED.
Loss SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS

l<ts~ Cyl LAAL htLLANN bbA4i4AlsC.
GA Monday night about midnight q FIRE
broke out in the New York Academy OF
Music in Fourteenth street, and before it
could be subdued the whole block was des-
troyei.
The smoke was frst noueed CT the north
side Of the building, near the Irving Place
entrance. Owing to the dense volume Of
smoke, which soon filled the interior of the
building, the fremen had great difficulty IN
locating the exact spot where the fire was
burning. 1t was supposed that the great
mass OF FIRE was under the floor Of the stage.
Streams OF water we're at once directed
throughout the building. bat without effect,
as the flames gained so rapidly that the fire
men were driven from the interior OF the
Academy, and it is feared that several Of the
iremen were unable TO extricate themselves,
and are buried under the ruins. The flames
then spread 30 rapidly that in a few moments
the whole Of the interior vac MSS OF
flames 1t was found that it would be i'm
possible to save the building The atten
ton Of the fremen was then directed to
saving the adjoining property. The medical
college on Fourteenth street. Immediately
adjoining the Opera House, was on ERE on
the roof, and efforts to save this building
proved futile. The piano factory of lime &
Son, adjoining these, took fire on the roof,
and in q Few minutes flames were seen gush-
ing out of ali the windows. The flames
then communicated 70 tine restaurant on the
northwest corner Of Third avenue and pour
teenth street, and to seven buildings on
Third avenue, which were nearly all des-
trOyed.
All the Dwelling houses on East Fifteenth
street, with their eoatent-, were almost en-
tirely destroyed.
Worcester & Co.'S piano forte taeto1y IN
the corner of 18th st. and Sd Avenue took
fire, but was not very much injured.
All of the wardrobe belonging to the stock
holders {. The Academy, and valued at Sl0O-
600 was destroyed. as was also that Of Mr..
Grau's company. valued 1t $4,000. \
great portion OF Maretzek's wardrohe vas al
50 ia the building at the time and was total
ly destroyed.
Palmer Co., lost In piSturss and other
property over $4,000.
DR.. Valentine Motifs valuable anatomical
collection was destroyed in tie medical uni
Versity, loss $50, 900 The loss of the St
James Lutheran Church was $50 900, par
italy insured loss Of Col. Frazer, restau-
rant keeper, SIS, 600. 40 Insurance loss OF
the Worcester Factory, Which vas not great
ly damaged. is covered by insurance, and in
surance on the other buildings will reduce
the total loss, it is thought, to Sl,000.000.
Two iirrmen, it is supposed. were burned
in the Academy, and another barely escaped
with his lite. 4 steam FIRE engine was also
destroyed. The heat was 20 intense, that
the fremen could not approach the building,
on one side, and all efforts to save it were
fruitlcss
There had been an opera performance that
evening, but it bad closed. ami the building
was empty when the fire broke 0at. What
occasioned the eonaagration is not yet ascer,
tanned.
Grace Chapel, the Hippotheatron and
other buildings on the opposite side of Four
teenth ST., were repeatedly ON fire, but were
saved from final des tructiOn by the efforts Of
the fir men.