The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-12-28
SEW YORK CITY.



/ yesterday prevented the search lr The
girls burned Ia the Centre stree. IRE
! The superintendent u buildings, 10 q
card to-day, says there arc Thousands OF
building IN the city more dangerous than
the one burned in Centre street.
The debris Of the great Centre stree;
Ere is sull covered with snow and ice, and
untouched by the shovel OF pick. The
owner Ol the building, Robert CrAlgheAd
residing at YOnkers, has been telegraph.
ed 10 several times but made no reply.
The police bSye no authority 10 touch a
stone OF stick Of the bud, premises with.
OuI the sanction Of the owner, and afraid
TO employ lAbOrcrs for the purpose lest
Comptroller Green should refuse 10 paY
the bill. In the meantime the police head.
quarters and the 9th precinct Eial!0n-
house are daily beseiged by relatives o.
the unfortunate dead, demanding that the
work Of removal DO commenced and eag.
ely Offering assistance
Coroner Hermann this afternoon. ot.i-
Cially requested Supt Kelso 70 eyAcus,e
the ruins, expressing the belief that the
Board Of Police Commissioners or Depart,
ment Of Public Works have the powe; to
order the work performed, aud saying no
red tape ought 10 Dc allowed to interfere
with humane duty THIS appeal Is eX-
peCied 10 be successful \ formal iRyCs,i
CATION into the causes OF the fire, will be
cOmmenced after search is made for the
bodies. Several yUaRg girls employed in
the building, visited the ruins 20 day and
cried bitterly over the grave Of ,htir le!.
low workers.
ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE FIEg.
At about half past six o'clock this
morning fire was discovered ia the base.
ment OF the building 100 Mercer s,rtGl.
The frcmsn were pronfPhy on the ground,
notwithstanding the snow, but the fire
had gained considerable headway, Us IL
had doubtless been burning some time
inside the building before i, was dis.
covered Another alarm drew TO the fire
an additional force, including the Chief
OF the Fire Department. The flames soon
spread through the block 10 the building
Gl0 and G2l Broadway. The property
belonged 10 the S,uyveslnt estate. The
fire on Mercer street extended to Nos
I5S, 100 and 1862, and caused q damage
exceeding $4,000. The property On
Broadway was occupied by ]. MaillarI
as hotel and confectionery store. The
damage to the building and property /.
over 100000 Balls tailor store on
Broadway and one or two small stores on
Mercer street were also damaged The
engines are still at work at the fire,
though the flames have Fubsidcd, and
Broadway is temporarily blOckAded in
consequence at that point. Among the
buildings burned this morning on Mercer
street were two tenement houses, several
families being rendered homeless The
tOta! loss is estimated at $250,0OO.
Soon after the fire broke out the windows
Of the rooms on the upper floors Of
the Broadway buildings were filled by
persons who occupied them as dodgers
Some Ol the women were shriCkiug for
help, under the impression the the means
OF escape were cut OFT The majority Cs.
capped By the stairs, but some in their
fright aud bewildcrment did not avail
themselves Of this means OF exit. Two
men and three women were rescued from
the upper floors by means Of ladders, and
u man and woman were found ON the
stairway near the third floor nearly SUI.
foCatcd. Solomon J. GridOn, lawyer,
who lodged on one OF the upper floors,
was also rescued as late as II O'Clock
this morning in condition approaching
sullOcatiOn. The only means OF exit
from tho tenement house was on narrow
outside stairway, which was covered
with snow and ice. The fire escapes
were in dangerous condition. BY the
efforts OF the police all were Cxtricated
from the burning building. Many Of the
rescued we're only half clothed Their
condition was truly ptiable, and their
lamentations while shlvering in the snow
were as painful as their shrieks when in
danger from the fire.
Investigation into the fire has COM
menCed, and the evidence taken thus far
shows that the steam pipes do not come
in contact with the woodwork, though
running within six inches OF the floor
beams. The superintendent expressed
the belief that the fire may have been
caused by u lingering spark from fur.
mace used in roasting cocoa.
The loss by the franklin street fire last
night was July covered by insurance
Commissioner Smith was to-day re.
elected President Of the Police Board,
rico Nanierre resigned.
The Board Of Apportionment to-day
authorized the issue Of $5,0000O0 worth
Of city bonds for public Improvements, Of
which 100000 Is TOR the purchase Of
land for the Riverside Park.
Judge Blatchiord has decided that the
Adams Express Company is entitled to
recover from the United States the value
Of $500 in Treasury notes, Of which one
Of ils messengers was robbed in May,
1858, aud which were afterwards fore
closed in good iaith by Vermilege & Co.
The value Of the notes was paid into the
Court Of the United States, subject to the
decision Of which OF the claimants should
have it. II will be paid over 10 tho eX-
prcss company.
Three persons were badly frozen in
Brooklyn last night, and two fatally.
The mails, almost without exception,
arc still behind time. The Boston ex=
press, due at Q =. NJ, yesterday, Arrived at
IL to-day. The Central railroad Chicago
trains, due yesterday, also reached here
this forenoon. The train on the Erie road,
due yesterday morning, arrived to-day.
The Washington road has oil trains on
time.
In the Stokes case to-day, the prisoner
told his story OF the shooting, admitting
he shot Fisk, but did not intend to kill
him, and that the shooting moreover was
in self defense; Fisk having drawn u pistol
to shoot him. He had been he said, in
constant fear Of personal violence from
emmiSsaries OF Fisk. Stokes contradict.
ed the evidence Of Parker, given yesier-
day, and stated he never called Fisk o
hlackmailer. nor Threatened To shnot him