The New York herald., 1872-12-25

was wen enough to go home with her father 70
Jersey city May Hopkins gf me o. nrs
escape, and was wounded In the cheek. She was TAX
en- home The girls told their story TO the HERALD
reporter In the station afterwards, and they were
stances.
1t is greatly feared that some OF the girls ara
been heard from up to eight O'Clock. One girl
named Mary Donovan was for time reported
killed, but she turned up afterward all right, TO
the great Joy OF her relatives, who were anxousiY
searching for her. Jennie Stuart is yet missing,
and sister s who could ' not s's succeed in nnSing
no trace Of her, run about frantic In the station
house. An old man, who worked on the same
grave fears that at least three OF them had
perished as he considered 1t impossible that all
succeeded the % alarm Had lad 'S the re W escapes been
good all would have been well, but
THEIR WANT OF LADDERS
caused serious loss OF life. The spectators breathed
more freely when the Imminent danger In which
admiration was expressed for the heroism and
daring with which the policemen and hremeD
Scarcely had the employees OF the establishment
been rescued when another striking incident took
place. Standing on the top OF the brick building
mel Were five fremen, who had stream OF
Weser Wnrsb IN & operation sa upon the wall % on the
could not be OF much service but they bravely
crash, sending up q million Of blazing sparks and
eDveloping everything around in q dense smoke.
emen are hey ae shouted
every one. They were not lost, however. The
middle part OF the wall slowly commenced to give
way first, and the fremen, perceiving this, had
time to get down from the roof In time to save
themselves. The wall fell upon the offices OF Howe
Hummel and Eawaa Price AND RooS
the bricks falling through to the apartment In
which so many secrets have been unfoided.
The excitement in the tenement houses In Elm
and Leonard streets was Intense, and the occu-
pants, who were all, OF course, OF the poorer
class, made all erorts in their power to remove
their eects They succeeded In getting some of the
miserable traps into the Streets but the greater
omes some Of t the %omen who had small chill
dren, had extreme difficulty to get them to place
OF safety in time The old women mingled their
curses with their lamentations, and bewailed the
cruel necessity which drove them from their habita.
tio9s, poor as they were, on such bitterly cold
The tenement houses were partially destroyed be-
fore the fire was got under; but the inmates, or
most OF them succeeded in getting shelter for the
The telegraph wires were pulled down for .
block, and 80 cold was the evening that, with an
the heat that was around, the water that was
poured upon the building no sooner struck the
ruins than
The water on the coats o! the policemen and
saturated With NV wet, % Il was % almost Mpossps % se
at one time entertained that the clipper Building
on the opposite side OF Centre street. would catch,
walls and interior COOL which they succeeded, with
some little trouble In doing.
George Middleton, who occupies the saloon cor
ner OF Centre street, Immediately opposite the
Tombs lived up stairs with his family. They Were
taken from the building at an early stage OF the
fire and by the direction Of Captain Kennedy they
were furnished with quarters ia the station house.
the Captain generously guaranteeing mis- own room
was burned out last night was destroyed the same
week, this being the second time IN which the
Various were the specuatons as to what the re-
suit would be should the fire once penetrate to the
historical lore with the Bastlle under similar cir
cumstances, and the opinion was expressed, how
easy would be for the dlsorderly portion Of the
UPON THE GLOOMY STRUCTURE
to rescue their friends. The Tombs, however,
loomed stern and silent as usual, notwithstand-
ing all the noise around. The Warden and his
deputies were on the alert to keep everything
working smoothly, and close Nv, watch all round
sISa' sIly be sSppossd they would, nA' ,ne
and the suIocating smoke, suggesting to them the
hear approach OF danger. Immediately after the
fire broke out , the premises were entered BY In In.
jas OF the city, and who wanted by q personal IN
specton to assure himself that all was right lie re.
NAMED around for some time, until the danger had
in great measure passed.
Standing like burning monumental was a
square stone structure, shooting up six or seven
stories high-the flames leaped up from window
to window and from story to story, until they had
reached the top, when they burst out In q fiery
volume sending the blazing debris, the sparks and
the smoke
HIGH INTO THE AIR.
The fire swept clear down to Leonard street and
licked up everything on Its way. The gas pipes
with which the building ab0undcd shot out their
fiery LIQUID, and oil the efforts or the nrcmen could
not extingulsh the names until the gas they
contained was exhausted. Had 1t not been
for the exertions or the Fire Department
might easily have become general, as high wind
prevailing o. the time was sweeping everything
before 1t. The fremen were In charge OF Engineer
E0l0cker, who was assisted by Engineers Monroe,
Orr and Giguel There were fourteen engines
upon the ground and six hook and ladder trucks.
Late last night the fire still continued to burn,
and It is still smouldering. The ruin is complete.
scarcely particle OF wall Is standing and moth
ing can be but heaps OF dismantled machinery,
broken printing presses and ruined furniture. 1t
will be days before the debris be cleared away.
The police OF the Sixth precinct, under the com
mand OF captain Kennedy and Sergeant Douglass,
did good service. Captain Clinchy and Sergeant
Bucklu, OF the Fourteenth precinct, with squad Of
men on hand, did valuable work.
Fire Marshal McSpedon will commence an inves-