The New York herald., 1872-11-21
A Tobacco inspection Ware
house Destroyed. !
LOSS 100000.
An Entire Block in Flames-Bravery Of the
Firemen-What q Blunder in the Alarm
System Costa Gang Of Thieves
Routed by tho Police-Hoboken
Sends It's Aid-An Immense
Concourse Of ofspectators

vne breaking out OF IRE IN any O OuT large CiIcS
b sure to create unusual commotion among the
Inhabitants as it proved last evening in Jersey
City, when o fire broke out which kindled
Into q connagraton that struck the thousands
Of spectators with terror. few minutes after six
O'Clock q name shot up from the moulding
mill on Fourteenth street, between Hen
derson and Provost streets. On the
route OF this stood the large to-
baccoinspection warehouse Of A. s. Jarvis b
Co., OF New York. Within the latter building,
which 400 by 200 feet and one story high. with
. loft, were stored about forty-two hundred hogs
heads OF tobacco. Before the alarm was sounded
the whole OF this building had actually taken fire.
and when the fire companies reached the ground
the task before them was gigantic one Just
- the first length Of hose was adjusted portion
OF the loft fell in, and twenty minutes afterwards
the roof sank with a crash.
wHIRLwIND OF FLAME
swept in sOuthery direction, carrying the lighted
brands, which ignited long frame building south
OF the main one and used also as q storehouse
At one end of this smaller storehouse
. watchman and his family resided. The
inmates cleared out all the furniture and prepared
for the worst At this time the boys OF No. 10 en-
gine were stationed along the north side OF the
smaller storehouse, but when the flames
S SHOT ALMOST INTO THEIR FACES
they had to take to the roof where they could
operate to better advantage. No sooner would
the fre adhere the sides and roof Of the smaller
building than 1t was quickly extinguished. Never
DID fremen work with more vg0r and effect. Ten
companies were on the ground including two from
H0boken under command OF eX-Chief Engineer
Curran.
Of the New York Fire Department. was an inte
rested spectator OF the scene, and was, doubt,
the OF the coness @ ond s on the
Meanwhile,
were prOwlng around the burning building, and
some OF them succeeded in carrying OF handiuls Of
half burned tobacco that tumbled outside the build
point Of repeating the exploit when o posse OF
police from the Second precinct
swoOPED DOWN UPON THEM
Captain Van Ripper instructed his men to give no
quarter to the prowlers. The crowd OF spectators
ssa allotted to the pUce aa WAS inc
easy one, til! sergeants McKeag and Gilkinson
TH men from the s,
names cast stheiFs glare far into the gloom ia Of
and lighted up the little Dutch city at the foot OF
the hill. Away in the distance Of nearly two miles
The ever-increasng multitude were enjoying
AN ARTIFICIAL DAY.
AZ oae e s Se wad IS the anu ew
d U to pile Of umbsr na lying tS the
the superintendent of the warehouses, sat in
ton was half accomplished. Had this main ware
housel caught the flames no one could tell when
the ravages Of the dcvouring element would cease.
Firemen assembled to the root and kept it moist
cned with streams OF water. The flames
KISSED AND SEETHED
and occasionally sent forth an angry howl that al
ways evoked murmurs from the multitude. The
lumber pile was yet safe and @ al that
But o the MAS sPass within S Tie Tie
flames, was virtually unabated The residents on
the west and north were
tn the change of the wind Drought feeling OF re-
lief. "Never,n said Captain Van Ripper, "did en-
%os ia sxoeS An NO. w ey
who saw that fire when it leaped heavenward from
Its abyss after the roof had fallen in might well
TREMBLE FOR JERSEY CITY.
ChicagC's destruction proceeded from small
comparatively insignificant fire. and here was an
Immense conflagration burst suddenly upon an
The fire was controlled by the hardest work, but
o. Occupy this enre the socH
which consisted OF Kentucky and Virginia leaf to-
bacco, is as much damaged by water as by fire, SO
shat the bales or portions OF bales saved from the
names are nearly oil damaged.
THE LOSSES
within the building, and the value OF these
y ron dollars nn'y syach to s stock aqnassa was
owned by several parties, and was fully In
sured The insurance on stock held by an inspec-
zion bond as in this case, is transferable, and is
Equivalent to a storage receipt.
The loss On ont the tgtlding will not exceed $4,000;
The loss on the moulding mill is $4,000; insured
Tor $11 000. This concern was owned by Abraham
Collard, but the manager Of the establishment was
r. s. Perrine. The machinery is but little dam
aged except what will result from the heat.
Before closing it is proper to state that
IF AN ALARM HAD BEEN SOUNDED PROMPTLY
The damage would have been comparatively
not move Till the third alarm-the regular call for
hem-and yet when they arrived at the scene little
had been done to check the progress OF the flames.
Too much praise cannot be given to
The Jer ey City Fire Department for its
achievements last night. Chief Engineer Farrier
worked even harder than any OF his subOrdinates,
Ind even the Clerk of the Board OF Fire Com
nissioners addressed himself to the drud gerry
while danger threatened
Jersey City escaped this time, and the authorities
Will do well to obvate alarm blunders before the
ha vt fire hrAaka them.