The New York herald., 1872-11-20
AMONG THE ASHES.
Pirtmen Still at Work On the Ruins Of the
Great Burned Warehouse in Brooklyn.
Thousands Of Spectators at the Scene Yesterday
The Narrow Escape Of Several Firemen-
Losses Estimated at Half q Million Dollars.

The ruins OF the large brick storehouses OF Wood
run h Robinson, at the foot OF Amity street, which
were levelled by fire on Monday evening, were
gazcd upon yesterday by thousands OF spectators,
whose curiosity has been more or less excited by
the connagrations which have occurred in other
cities AS viii he seen by the report in yesterdays
HERALD, several OF the companies which suffered
heavy
LOSSES BY TIE BOSTON FIRE
were also losers by the FIRE at Woodrun 4 Robin
son's These buildings were supposed to be almost
frepr0of, for they were brick, with iron shutters
II might have been difficult for them to have taken
1re from the outside, but in this instance they took
fire from the inside, and, as stated In yesterdays
paper, from the friction OF the machinery. The oil
on the machinery took lre and communicated to
the woodwork.
AMONG THE RUINS.
The heap OF sm0uldering ruins and burning
grain seemed like lesson Of warning to the
owners to be even more watchfu in the future for
the visit OF the Fire King. The Gremen OF the
Western District worked necessarily until yester-
day morning, when they became fatigued and
were relieved by body from the Eastern District.
Large streams Of water were continually poured
upon the ruins by the steamers; but the thick
smoke continued to rise, showing that there
were places beneath the debris which hal
not been reached by the water and which, II left
alone might kindle again and continue Its march
OF devastation. A fortunate discovery was made
In this respect yesterday morning by one OF the
w0rkmen.
TIMELY DISCOVERY.
! 1t appears the gaspipe which communicated from
the burning buildings to those adjoining, which the
firemen had worked SO hard to save, had been
| broken off, and the escaping gas was burn
ing from the end. The 1ame had COM
mnnicated to storehouse "a" in which
large quantities OF sugar were stored, and the
beams OF the flooring were ignited before it was
discovered. The fremen soon put stream on 1t
and thereby prevented another fire.
All that was left of the stOrehouses ''P and "J'
were the rear walls, the other portions being COM
pletely demolished. The elevator and the ma
chinery therein were at the bottom OF the river,
into which they slid when separated from the main
building.
or less danger Of loss of life, and the escape OF
half dozen men, mostly members OF Engine Com
pany No. 8, who were on the root, was narrow in
blowing the roof up ana they were landed pro-
miscuously, after going about ten feet into the air,
McConnell, "a volunteer fireman, had his hand
skinned, while Samuel Love, one OF the
members Of No. 8 was seriously, injured,
pital, where he was reported yesterday to
be in critical condition. The others escaped
with few slight bruises. Among those who were
present yesterday morning looking intently upon
the scene were the owners Of the property, Mr..
William Beard and Messrs. Woodruff Robinson.
They concluded that
would not be much over half a million dollars, for
first supposed The greater portion OF grain on
storage was corn, oats, rye and barley. While
tie wheat was worth from 81 45 to 50 per bushel,
the corn was not worth over 60 cents or 70 cents,
and the oats from Al to 50 cents, which would
make the loss considerably less than was at first
estimated. Mr.. Robinson said that he found upon
examining the books that the greater portion OF
the wheat was stored elsewhere. He was of the
opinion, from looking over the accounts, that the
loss on grain would not be much less than $3.50 o00
INSURANCE.
Generally speaking those who have grain in store
effect an insurance which they make transferable
with the negotiable receipt. From this it would
appear that the grain, before stated, was owned
by number Of different parties, anu it being in
sured the losses will fall upon the insurance COM
panies.
The firemen will continue their work on the fire
for two days longer.