The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-01-23

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Bracket reports upon the origin Of thrty-one nrel
that occurred between the sth of December 1885, and
January II, ls89 His conclusions are that one was
OF incendiary origin; three probably caused ~ an
nineteen nsr e pses
supposed accidental and four from causes unasceM
tained The Fire Marshal IN compiling these r4y
sr sses to gys Ms %Ss the most
Companies are more directly interested il me origin
OF fires the public are anxious to have statisc9 6ets
I'M m With the names Of the compan
affected and any other particulars that VIII enable
them to keep posted as 70 the ssaus o. e
clerks and three active policemen detailed from th4
force, Captain Bracket should certainly be able 70
collect this very necessary information. f n
THE Aston PLACE SUICIDE cAsE-coroner Flynn
commenced an inquest yesterday over the remains
OF John Fritz, the German who shot himself through
the head on wednesday night, as already reported
in the HERALD. DR.. Shine made o post-m0rtem
examination and found that the ball had eDtere4
the frontal bone, passed through the brain ana
poyed in a commission house In Broadway, and had
Ss1 sny ne few sae 1nhS n i MS as p
though some letters he received during the DAY
from Europe gave hum great uneasiness ana depress
sion of spirits. He left the store at eight r. M on
Fourth street. and is supposed that he there pre-
pistol thar evening. He left his erects all packed m
In his trunk, and addressed letter to his br0thef IN
his and m
would IND $500 In the trunks. The nature OF the
letter received by deceased did not transpire. The
inquest Is not concluded. ~ -s-{
PROFESSOR CHANDLER ON DANGEROUS KEROSENE
LAMPs.-Dr. Chandler, chemist to tho Board Of
Health, has made q supplementary report upon dan.
gerous kerosene lamps. To determine the temperas
ture to which the oil is heated eleven metal and
were secured. THEY were filed with the same oil
and allowed to burn for one two four and seven
to "A dess Fahrenheit The range o Of emperarurs
was from 76 to 100 dogs. Fahrenheit the highest
having been reached at the end OF the first hod in
brass lamp The highest temperature reached in
other lamps was % degs. In the metal lamps the
temperature varied from 70 to SO degs the average
being 81 degs. The average on all the lamps was SO
degs He does not consider the experiments to have
established any claim to superior safety on the part
81 the glass LAMPS hs greater greater aDty 70
heating OF the OIL The chemist recommends that in
making laws to regulate the sale OF kerosene oil the
Board fix 100 degs for the vaporlzng point, and ITO
degs. Fahrenheit for the burning point OF safe oil,
and permit none to be sold which falls below this
standard.
WOMAN POISONED BY AN OVERDOSE or MEDIl
CINE-An inquest was held yesterday by Coroner
Flynn over the remains Of Mrs. Harriet Perry, q
widow aged forty-fve who died at No. AZ West
Twenty ninth street. suddenly. The evidence showed
that Dr. Edward H. NJ. Sell, who lives in the same
house with deceased, had attended her for phthsis
pulmonalis, and on the 10th inst. gave nor four
powders, each containing grain Of gciscmium, to
NC GdhcL edCt ulruts lHc lOuOWiiS iiOIuiHB tu0
deceased complained Of double vision, and q sister,
Mrs. Sarah Jackson, stated that she had given
q second powder that morning by direction OF
Both Dr. Sell and Dr. Messenger attended Mrs. Perry
and used stimuants galvanlc battery and artificial
inspiration, when she rallied for short. time, but
soon relapsed and died. Both Mrs. Were and Dr..
Sell denied that they had given any directions to adj
jury was composed OF medical men, at the request
or the Board OF HEALTH and they rendered verdict
that death had been caused by phthsis puimonalis,
Were's directions, contrary TO those OF DR.. Sell.
Although the fact was elected that no written drec
tons had accompanied the medicine no mention
was made OF censure on any one, though there
seemed 10 be every ground for It.