New-York tribune., 1868-03-04

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''''e ''' nv LOSSES AND rssCRAXcrs ,.o .,,, -,
The Museum bndlng COMPRISED Noe 9S'' 5S' a,a ~
DfnadWaV running through tO McrCeI-st, dlstaceo oI
200 feet with frontage OF 70 feet On eSh street & 40 %
was Originally a AstOry building and Nos $50 ana al
were os,4y & as re- leave scarcely any trace of their
original shape The theater portion Of the building, or
the LectnreOOm. it WAS termed comprised an audi
torium OF 70 feet containing long parquette, dress
Circle and family circle tie whole capable Of containing
about 1000 persons. The stage located IN Meicerst,
side was &c feet in depth and wide, and Wen sup
piled with modern machinery and scenery. One or two
scenes had been especially painted for the play OF
Uncle Toms Cabin" which has been running for two
three weeks past, and which was performed on the
evening the re The front portion OF the building
contained the collection OF 10000 curoses" for which
the place was famous and Van Amburgh's collection Of
wild animals beside Gordon Cummings collection Of
stuffed animals. secured by him during hIs long
sojourD in Equatorial Africa and at the Cape
Of Good Hope. The building and contents
burgh Museum ana Monagerie Company, Incorporated
body Mr.. Barnum owned 80 per OF the stock. The
loss IS estimated at about 100000 insured for $1,000
The Company, about month since, purchased the
Museum building for $4,000, Of which one payment of
$4,000 had been made Ii was insured Tor $G2oNDy GU!
companies. The safes, containing the policies of iIs
ance the ruins and the insurance companies inter-
the animals and birds saved are the following;
One giraffe one sacTsd Zebra cue young eeps.nt me- R &
moose tanes japanese hoss Persian sheep three
| In addition there were number OF smaller animals
and birds, comprising monkeys parrots etc. OF no greai
value which be easily replaced Inc animals 9uneu
were among the most costly VI the ooIleeuo' anu eo
F u cB fosr spard two hyeuas one white two ynr
ar porcurn tSo large lions black bear one ber one Brazilian
Two white peacocts together with most OF tho brls
parrots monkeys @ %S on @ te Tdase not long since
a cost Of S2O000 was burned badly beside hhlnk s
Jaw broken and aferward suffered greatly from tho cold
1t is not expected TO live. The baby etpht hno"n as
the Tom Thumb elephant suffered m9eh IIqm eAo5uo
| 10 the cold that he will probably die Iie was pur
| chased n few months ago for $4,000. The Learned
! seal. almost the only animal rescued from from
1865 was burned The pair Of royal Bengal tigers were
the finest In the country and were valued 90 soGo Ihe
especially valuable. new spectacular piece, entitled
Alaska; Or the Land OF the Lady Bird" was in prepa
ration and the loss IFS scenery, machinery, ana Naiu
robe Is estimated s2OOo Many Of the employees lose
all their personal effects Miss Anna swap INC Nova
scotia piantess had narrow escape from being SUMO
Gated she sleeping In an apartment ON inc Ieurlh
oor and aroused by shouts sprag from pea and opfGu
the door of hcTOom onyt0 LET ina volume or smoke hr
Cu{ at over 81 G00 and her contain
ing over 5000 started TO 70 down stas The smoke
at this time very dense. ON e way down sue met
policcman who attempted TO aid her In the confusion
Incident 10 the scene she dropped the ieWelry ana wallet
Search was made for the vauable but the fastncreas
ing smoke rendered the gloom almost imlehelrabe ana
as suocatOn was feared, the search was gwen up by
em and they hurried down stairs lnto the street. flne
minutes after Miss Swan left her room II was IN faines
The Clrcassan GIRL Zulema Agca, lost about Sl0D worth
of clothing Mrs. G.. G. Howard, VINO has been playing
at several hundred dollars Not insured james 8. Conan
who owned the pistol gallery on the roof sustained loss
Of $1,000 Not insured Messs Nichols Woodruff sas'
blowers sustained loss OF <6OO not insured In addi-
on TO the above there were lumber on "ther ofsons
who sustained considerable loss The basement OF No
53T Broadway uccuptuul NHds SNll n
loss about 500; not insured ine ',l,1iit od 80 ~
occupied by Sglcr Clluton az sample ROOM loss
about $2iO0; insured. The basement of No 6l was 0c
cupied by d. Obermeyer as tiuhk STORE ine l@ea.,I @
portion Of his stock saved loss about u eO Insured
The first floor occupied 10y :. * NJ Welsh a. MILL
nery store; loss about $OOO Insured The first floor and
basement OF No. 5,5 occupied by Messrs. b. Kahn
Coz opticians; they estimate Their loss on stock by nfe
water and breahagc, about S2o0oo they are insured
! for s25,cOO by The following colnpanss eo.oo
49,. 5000 th'fter oak. .......... 200
NcrcSsu Of Chie,go.... 1000 Me.ncs ana rr'ir,. $50
Mutual lN United states FIRE and Ma 49,
Western of BuGalo...... Ice nae Of Bauore...... 2teO
/ Merchants Of flsriori'.'.'' z"0l
| The second floor was occupied by John Wiley & Son,
extent of 81 500 insured by the following companies
s2:p Eiua, of - .ol
s.i5s Nf,Is,r.' W $SS
The third floor was unoccupied Tho ionrth floor was
| occupied by Philip Fraukenhcimer, dealer in fringes
loss 1000 by water; insured for $500 by city com
/ paues The building is owned by Mr. {. b. Brcwcstcr
aud damaged TO the extent 81 5000; insured for
seT iI@s.e e We're dl9ased to the eEent OF $1,000 It's
owned and occupied by Frederick D!ct and j. insured
for .6l0O 10y city companies Many of mo guests nag
their effects lost or mislad ana nun1cr o atiees VI
cwcry were stolen No 5ii Is occupied ON the nist moor
by the Elliptic Sewing Machine company on lhe socohd
by Wm. Hall Sons, music publishers and on thC upper
1eor by various parties They snsaiusd ,Hsh' ISs
water No 90 spring-st was occupied oy nis NsMesI @ "a
rs "A bOardnghO Loss ON furniture ana INJURIES n9
The building is owned 10y estate, and may be
repaired 600; insured by city companies for $3.50
T9 S5 S @ yS oGgFfSG @Sa y aD aDGSt % + ] by city
companies. Tie building belobs7 - 'hc Sos'"i estate
"'% Wi I the articles were being remeTed from tho Mu
scnm Policeman Iahqrn Of iLo Fourteenth Precinct
wo struck in the face With auarticle thrown ol an W.
E5i E5.e. E-'''"' 4''u "'' .'.-, O',-'' ~ - ,,.
The fire was first discovered from the street by some
citizen passing, and Mas located IN the rouilet corner
of inc third nOor Of No. 5J near the cages Of The smaller
animals aud birds believed t9 have originated from
a defective Hue Of the heating appartus'
The absence OF the nrcmen AZ the sprlngst nre and
fr,lnn hydr1uts allowed the flames 10 Obtain tho head
did when the fiDtucu ala lfdCn tNc
with their powerful apparatus 10 body 0t men could
Kingsand, and Engineers Nackey, Pcrlcy, shannessy
Bates, Brandon, sullivan. Rhodes aud their respective
oromen. The men worked like Beavers ON the slippery
and ladders the roofs oi the adjoining houses
many OF which were IN great danger ana IN hroad"hy
ana Merccrst. IN front ard rear oi Ihe building
TN rOLGcE.
Soon after the first alarm sounded, sections Of police
| were upon The ground, under The command OF Olptt
Mls and Garland aud these were soon loihcd by otcr
sections from adjacent precincts Tue crowd including
was driven back considerable distance uoin tho hre
tage, ana preventing toa certain eNtchi lhe Wno. slo
llundenng that would otherwise have been carried on
A. 10 was number O articles were stolen, 1ud many O
tic spectators relieved Of their yauahies.
1liE EElORTID PURCHASE.
Another report says that MCssrs. H. J. Bcckmnn and
g. T. Bccdor purchased tine Ilmum's Museum properly
nearly year nom the heirs to the COatcr estate and
Museum Company made Offer Tor IT. ana 10 was sold 20
them Tor SiooCO. The deeds conveying The property
were to nave been signed the day fore Tie fire, but The
GeiIP ,S 2oI,bie " Te Wsrnn b"jls Wr,
valued at SlOhOl aud were insured fpr less iiu 0uOD
A GARD FROM MR.. BAESCN.
/ Editor Of ne TfiJuir
The ioss OF the Barnum and Van Amhugh Museum and
Menagerie Co is follows Contents OF Museum cost
$40OOO twas insured for about third its value
The building was insured for $4,000
We shall not build On the present Site but the six lots
on which the Museum stood are for sale Broadway,
and on Mercer 200 feet deep IouIs, &C.
r. 4. BARNUM.
\ SURPRISE.
The ErooEyH Timcs says that the Rev T. W. Jones was
10 have preached at the Museum Sunday next. and
that the announcement about 10 be made yesterday
morning, when the intended advertiser learned to his
great surprise that the building in Tuius.