The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-03


the same authority announces tho death Of General
Mramon
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Fire In Sixth Street.
About fifteen minutes after nine O'Clock last night
occurred in lamp aud crockery store at No. 130
Sixth street. owned by Andrew Brech Tho contents OF
the store were pretty much all destroyed loss estimated
ut about $1,000; insured for $1,000 in the North
American Insurance Company. The fire was caused by
Mr. Brech very foolishly nllng the lamp while 1t was
heated which caused gas to generate from tho
oil and when he applied the match to light the lamp
explosion took place and fire to the store An officer
of the sixth precinct arrested Mr. Brech sus
plcion of feloniousy setting fire to his store Tho
accused detained in the Seventeenth precinct station
damage done to amounts to asou.
$1,000 in tho Peter Cooper insurance Company Some
secoad ~o TO the Of $50
$500 in the Continental Insurance Company
Additional Particulars Of the Burning Of the
Pneket ship Hibernia.
In yesterdays HERALD partial account or the burn
ing Of the packet ship Hberna was given II being i'm
possible give fun particulars IS the fire was raging
long after daylight Between four and fve O'Clock yes
terday morning the masts OF the vessel went by the
board and shortly after the docks fell In creating quite
commotion among the large crowd Of fremen and
portion OF foil athwar the quarter Of the schooner
Charles Thompson doing some damage
The appearance Of the ship nine O'Clock yesterday
was one OF ruin she lies the bed Of the dock her
| side the broken masts. with the spars ropes
| and rigging about, the interior burned 70
| shell, nothing having escaped the fury Of
| the flames but the little engine boilers and other
iron articles. Her exterior Is as perfect . on
the day she launched, with the exception Of
| the stern, where the nre burned through. Owing
70 the large volume Of water that was thrown
aesa and the sss VII M MOI $4,000 Or
should the owners attempt 70 rebuild her. The vesss
dollar in this country, but hSr owners Sa1 sos poiisa
upon hsr IN European ccmpanss--to whas anouns y
i ! ms cause or the nre IL sall myssssy Some have
hInisd that IL was the work sscsndiary but y .
workmsn employed upon the vessel dropped ars aoo-
dentally between decks FEW moments before suitsing
having been removed from the decks make for
| repair The policemen and 0remen who wovo injured
missns 3 sss: and put IN an appearance q No ss.
CINE house yesterday When ho fell into tho water he
ou ans e his On Lewis rss he sus
taiucd no serious injsry.
Destructive Fire In Chicag 0-Cattle Fair HoteD
Burned-Lsss $4,000.
Another destructive Ore occurred Al the linton seck
Ss s = Of the cse Fair HOTEL owned
ana occupied by Samuel H. Gill The inmates of the
and warned 70 make their escape as speedily possible,
aud many OF them fed from the place no half dressed
lower part Or the building which was nearly I'll
saved. |. l. Understood that the hotel had mar
rowly escaped destruction BY nrc on four fSv%s ne
The insurance on the property y limited, several con-
pancs looking upon Il IS hazardous and some refusing
TO any property IN thai ncishborhood The In
Baltic Of New York, $4,000; Exchange, Of New York.
American. Of Providence 5000; Esa.sbls Of Pssv
deDcs, $4,000; Merchants and Farmers, Of Quincy, H..
sars s City. $4,000; Commerce, $4,000; xsr-
chants Farmers, Of Quincy, 81 oo0 Total insur-
| ance on building and furniture, $4,000.
Fires In PhIIndeIphIa.
| Msssrs Ritter Co., whose store was consumed In
p Ga ..s New
companies. NJ. Ritter and two youths occupied -
apartment on the shd noCs Tor p as @ gs
broke ont Thor retreat was cut on By the flames ard
they escaped p going 90 hs roof and thence ne e
Messr Ivn Hornsr, dealers In dry soods ea Ne Ar
noor second aoOr BY Ksyssr dry goods jooess; and
About Ave O'Clock wednesday morning are broke ess
1 HoIbrook a. ! restaurant tho flames vest ~ ths
stairway TO the garrett The roof burned on ~ NE
%sns o. Uss and Fsse ssr lbs
5000 insurance s}oSS G Crr,. E n,ns
&oOD0, ineuranco ~, w. SekuaSino DyrnSs
$1,000 insurance 9, 900; NJ wsissr Co., los ssoA
no insurance: Eli K Price, loss $500. Insurance. eso0
John Il Douglass Ioss $500, Insurance 600; n. r.
spillep, loss mot known fully insured
A wesIIen Factory Bsrsed.
RomprxR N. r., Nay q 1857.
The woolen factory Of Charles Atkinson, ~ Farport,
ten miles from THE city, was totally destroyed b. frS
this morning The loss Is estimated a $4,000 Ths
property Insured for $4,000 the cause Of shs nss q
unknown.
The -. LenIs Fire. lN
81. Lour, May 2, 1857.
Rotban straus Bros. saddlery warshouss which
burned Tuesday night insured In The following
msrciai Exchange, Continental Excelsior Metropolitan
and Globe, OF New York; Ktna, Hartford; Home, New
Haven; North American, and Liverpool and London.
Wear Hickman mad risks IN the following forslen
companies smear, Manhattan, Fulton, Howard, 81
New York, 5000 each; PhUnix Of Brooklyn, ktna u
YORK ana North Amsricas, q Philadslphia eloooe
each Liverpool, London end Globe 3l0,Go0 ssoh;
rncnix, u Hartford os.0oo.
cAspMrEx
AcDgrTAl D1Au. -About half.past thrss e'sSss<
yesterday sftssnooa . young German, named Assss
schilllng was crushed BY pres which be - snsss
. moving = No u MERCER street. and -
in)ofod ~ h died ID . rev misutes
ounounx Ixsunup. John CoseFovs. - sMy.
boerd ~ canal boat n I. williams viDs ps@ -
Novsh rsvsr w. crushed bsswssa Two 1891 49,, -
wy severely iujursd. He wss ccsvyS ~
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pxrs v,ou Vnpcw. --Rsbsr Dsh child sesss
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