The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-02-16
ORIGIN OF THE FIRE
SKETCH OF THE BUILDINGS.
THE LOSSES AND ASSURANCES.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.


eleven A ~, and exngushed In about three hours.
TIKI FIRE.
The flames Ia supposed broke out In the saloon %
the theatre and wore nrst discovered by women
who had been engaged to cleanse the floor Of the dancing
hail. In preparation for the ball Of tho Highland regi
ment, which have taken place evening
They attempted put the ncipcnt confederation by
throwing pals full OF water upon H. but without success
IL having thus early gained too great headway be
vsibly affected by their ancient but not extremely
oficacious lrc department Something
needed, and tho alarm which tho sounded
brought the required assistance to tho
place And still the MeropoItans we're no, able
to save tho cdnce It's valuable contents.
Another statement II that the fire caused by
stovopipo In the property room, becoming detached
from the thmbe through which passed 70 tho chin
ney fue communicated the spark TO the light and in
Hammable materials collected there and that the
tho theatre although they tried hard 10 do 49,
unable to extinguish the fire Some mistake IN the
fittings OF the hose ppe to the hydrant prevented them
from at putting in the appliances furnished
expressly for such emergencies OF all the Stage
properties Of the theatre, with the vardrobcs Of the
actors and actresses wcrc quickly consumed.
SPREADING or THE FLAMES.
While tho attaches Of the theatre and persons attracted
by curiosity the spot buslly engaged in saving
such property they could carry out the Unsuitable Gre
ncnd within tho building did not Licking up,
with single movement of its nl-consumng tongue, the
combushle wings flats and drops OF the stage rurhed
its way into the oors the surrounding wood work and
the seats Of the auditorium. Thence glided towards
the ceilings, and then through these climbed upon nysi
bic ladders to the dancing ROOM only % penetrate aftcr
brief period TO the roof and TO burst out from Granny
and corner into the full light OF day This
pished, the flames had nearly all their way The
water thrown upon them seemed only TO make them
mere ravenous and destructive The wind catching
them, bore them aloft and continued until ma
cria was reached To be consumed Hotter and hotter
grew the seven times heated furnace below, upon
which. by this time, tho brave 1rcmcn throwing
dozen different streams Working toward Crosby street
Il In less than hour evident that the walls 81
the building must Inevitably give way and preparations
made 10 prevent any accident occurring por-
ton Of this wall did fail al about twelve O'Clock II
the nrcncn entrance and the heat exit, VIII oh
eventually brought about conquerng the element
which was accomplished at about three O'Clock In the
afternoon
THE cry ASSEMBLY ROOMS.
Alker's Rooms. better known the City Assembly
Rooms, were built In 1885, by q. W. Miller. On
the of the former building destroyed by lire the
ID u December, 1854. They consisted OF splendid
ball room spacious supper dressing and retiring rooms
In addition 10 la dimrnsona which very large,
the floor was the best for dancing In the coun
ties 70 three thousand persons, and even then
there was no overcrowdng IL was well ventilated and
the Of larger number OF than any other
room in the city. II was necessary NO great was the de-
mand for tem to engage them year ahead and this
they rented for every night To the commence
ment OF April some OF tho most fashionable balls
given held here; and tho uniform consideration
with which all gatherings treated by ts proprietor
insured the rooms this extensive patronage In addition
TO their for ball PURPOSES concerts bazaar fancy
fnirs and other held there through tho
summer months Their admirable position Broad
way made them great favortca with all parties Last
evening the annual ball OF the Seventy ninth Highland
been held there but their present con
don II hardly conducive IA Terpschorean exercises the
ball has been postponed to the LEI proSno when u will
DO held In Irving Hall Among the Other balls Ia
have been held there this and next week
were those Of the Henry Clay Associaiion Mutual
Il.aa ia fpt E.lIg he To
these bodies the loss will DO a great one, IL very
dhcult TO procure premises for holding ball a, such
advanced period u the Many Of our fair New
Workers will remember with pleasure the many ENJOY
able they have spent In these rooms WHICH from
a. the most like home Of any IN The city The property
has been said formerly belonged a. the Miller
estate but was recently purchased by Mr. . Matthew
TIM ANgRic,s THEATRE.
The American theatre situated almost Underneath
the ballroom ~ the City Assembly Rooms Bof1fr tho
IRE IN 1854 the premises we're ussd A. minstrel hail
nj various tim's being occupied by Chrsty Woods
and Campbclis companies
rHE scgsE on HRoADwAr
~ one o'clock the scene on broadway ~ p~cu.
liar character Tor this crowded Oroughfarc Prom How.
ard u Grand street occupied by engine
with their hoss aud workers The hhsing ~ The wafer
~ " fell on the burning building together 9TH Tho
rumblng nose ~ the engne-, accompanied tho
voices OF tho engineers A. they issasd orders
20 o, tag Nv erssanS in uIs We snr. pox
10 diaclose the Burning mas which the numerous
streams Of wafer we're phyns The sIar.- On either
IOscd aud the Sidewalk the ado covered by
proprriy saved. protected from the ~ huge
tpe al business pass the block and an i'm
mems. crowd u spectators reachsd from Srsnd W Brons
'on the side and from Howard " lanai on the
other. The police kept back the pressing crowd al
either end effectively and the fremsn enabled
70 work for The extinction o. the ar without ob.irpe
lton. Tie centre ~ tho street presented complete not
work of hose pipes from ~hch streams ~ water burst
their own account through rents thus rsnasrnT Ne at
mosphere 'rayther damp" In fact The position - spec
vtators this neshbOrhood anything but BvitBx
Az AsUsfss TscTDg~r
Over the door q The store No a., Kept BY El-s
sanitation u Tho trade u ia proprie,or u ~ss ON
pctey isolated and stood 0st 10 peculiar relief from Tie
men we're engaged throwns gut ths char. and bas ~
beams which capable n dsiss hneut A. eaoh
oessivs beam fell from The vihdos nmsaisy over the
boot it, DerrnaDency fsarfay lsypsriEed speca.
lafon rfs among the crowd, and IA caes. even
small beta made a. 70 how long would maintain
~ position The beams fell .r0nnd and shout IN sfss
nunlpern bat there a siOof mmovatle. " king
the surrounding d-srue,ios AZ Isns,h eAne bgsiom
the UPPER feathers Rs fan and boss amid shout
from tbs spectators. " the ground
A rHozr~ cRsrrn.
A. thr.s eeloct The nan.s hasins esss completely
The cDd theetrd the rtfeets 9TH ~
ieeles hung fro The shan. q No rn.ehlnss and IN.
eoats sbd bsu o. The trsmsn thrsiy sncrus.ed
with substance The appsArAncs u IN FEAT
wall u the building -as remaksbs Tho vstsr vbich
verisd into aud ,omples Nnils II that maternal
coated tbs vsl. Iciciss, a graf lsngth Lsng
from Tho uindo- siis pillars hAishmsn,s AMI every
available fp0t While within tho rofng yniune~ -
srDoks showed that the temt~ratsre ther- aa~
maisfsts. The coptng ca the top q the bldifg |
heavily crnsmsntsd by tss kitt0szb
frequent Intervals snioss aud fafDs~ ~usd frn
.. pfashls that ,hs u hsrr,r thss fers'sa 'sD4sd
sresily W Ne pfs~~rvstion u us ffunsi vail
rHg yfAsssr asD How rHsr voargp.
Too mol credit cAnn0t - l<etovei afss ths tr-ren
erreged m TIE ~rtlrrtgn ~ ~ fans reidpm a any
oonaATfnon have such AMI eednrAtce t~n
srhlbfed The gpd ssmDstsisrs Il the .aase tsfs AZ