The sun., 1872-08-01
THE HUNTERS POINT FIRE.
THE VESSELS AND WH8RVEs STILL
BURNING LAST NIGHT.
4 survey Of the Ruius-The Work of tn,
Thicyes-PoIicemcn mud Firemon.at Worl
all Night-Thc Losses.

4 Survey of the Ruius-The Work of the
Thicves-PoIicemcn mud Firemen.at Work
all Night-Thc Losses.
The fire mt Hunters Point was witnessed
by thousands, some Of them remaining until
midnight The exhausted nrcmen were seeking
refreshment and rest, and ut o'clock tho place
was deserted except 10y watchmen Then an
other cry of " fire" rang out.
one Of the tanks was again in flames, and the
refinery, containing 500 barrels OF oil, the only
building of the standard oil Works which had
escaped, was In danger, the roof and one side
having already gnitcd. The 1rcmen quickly
responded to the alarm, aud with labors almost
supcrhuman VIGOROUSLY fought the fire and
saved the building.
The New York river thieves who had been
robbing the burning vessels in the afternoon,
continued their depredations throughout the
night. extending their operations to Astoria.
julius Graf, tailor, was robbed OF goods
valued at sN1. Officer Emmett detected James
shaw, a notorious river thief, stripping copper
Cfom one of the burning hulks. Shaw was taken
in custody, but a gang of his companions as
saulted the offlcer, who was badly beaten and
he might have been murdered but for assistance
from the police boat seneca The prisoner was
secured. shaw stole tho boat In which he was
operating from barney Couroy, OF 1hirty-fuurth
street. New York. The boat was swamped anu
the stolen copper lost.
Four men were arrested for stealing pocket
"
are william Dennis, Edward Rooney, James Nc
Cure, and John Carroll. " East Thirty seventh
Jail. Louis Green. OF $50 East Tenth street. New
York, WA locked up fnr till tapping Alderman
wcisenstein, Of the fifth Ward, while assisting
in keeping back he crowd at the IRE, had his
$50 gold watch stolen. Ellen Deyrcn stole $50
worth of clothing from the house of Mr. Dono-
hue. She was arrested yesterday morning.
watchmcn, weary lremen, and sleepy police
men uitted among the dy idg cmbers. n short
a.. a. /. VfF no HlI "a
They had become more hulks, but thcir nnam-
mahle cargocs continued to scnd ny column
after column ~ red fire, and volumes OF thicl,
snoke rolled over Long Island City black and
gloomy as pail.
The scene was one ~ dcsolation yesterday.
Mr. Coe had two buildings destroyed, one OF
them having been constructed Of stone and the
other OF brick. The bare walls OF the stone
structure were SIN standing, but the brtck
building had crumhled and fallen, fairly con
sumed by the intchse heat. Where the sheds
and storChouses had been there was an indis-
cribable collection Of iron hoops. hinges, bolts.
rews, rods, and great kettles. tie ground be-
ing entirely covered 10y these relics. smoke was
rising from several holes into which oil had
escaped and where n smuud arlug fire vet cX-
listed. The stencil from the burned material ON
Coc premises was sickoning, ana hiied the air
Opposite the boundary inc dividing Hunters
Point from RaNensWO Oud Ito aground The bark-
Elpe aud Edward. aud they arc still burning.
the heavy smoke rolling over Blackwclls Island
an settling on this city in dense clouds.
't Ii~lNAl lltt near hAs nut iie W ufF nv,
been eXtiuguishcd, and She Is in charge Of the
insurance Wre cl>er Il. Fletcher.
TuE LOSSES.
Rockafcller Andrew n Flacler lost 800 barr i
uf refined Oh and 10 barrels of MAI tha, valued at
SlwtO. They are insured, principally 10y Eng
llsl companies. for $500. An arrangement has
icon made with the Insurance agents through
which they wifi Immediately resume business.
Josiah Macy y Go. owned the buildings, ma.
oliuery, sheds, pier, and bulkhcads. The loss
To this firm will reach nearly $4,000; fully in
surel.
MIR. Core Is not In the city, and his loss cannot
he lscertiinrd. but it is estimated At 5000. "
addition to his buildings long pier, containing
storing sheds, was burned.
The Huslyn was chartered from u. II. Noryille
= william street, 10y Syhmltt strong n Co., 4
Exchange place; damage. So.o0O; insurance IN
known. Inc klIlc was consigned to funch
Edye \ Co.. of p South William street; totn
loss. Loss and insurance unknown. The Ed
wards belonged to L. +. whitney, Of %. Broad
way. Vessel and cargo consumed. Amount %
loss and Insurance unknown. When THE Sr'
went to press this morning the light from tn
burning ships was still visible over tho city.