New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-26

Sale Of Million Of Government Cold
Burning of the Catholic PrOtectory-
Loss $3.50, ,O0O-Specie by the Wesrpha- =
Iia-Erie Railroad shops Burned-The
Last Ditchers - National Democratic
Committees Headquarters.
! New YORK, July 25.-The government
| sold to-day $1,000, 000 gold at prices rang
| ing from ia 1900 to ia 60-I00.
| The ioss by the burning of the Catholic
! Protect ,ry at Westchester this morning,
amounts to about Sl50,000. 1t was an edu-
| catiOnal home for vagrant and criminal
Catholic children, presided over 10y the Sis
ters of Charity. and its destruction leaves
some 500 children homeless. All the chill
dren were rescued without accident.
The Wes' 'phal q took to-day $875 900 in
specie. r..
The Tribune pu bishes a notice that as the
Times has aIeP ter who conccals his call
ing in order to lake notes of private CON
versations of " Greeleys Saturday visit
Ors at Chappaq Mr.. Greeley viii not en-
tertain after thi- eek.
The French b.. / will not return Unyil
August 10.
Grant passed th4y1gh for Long Branch
this morning.
About eight o'cloyl- last night FIRE broke
ont in the carpenter 00ps of the Erie Rail
road Company, near Ii" shore end of Long
dock, in Jersey City, which shops formed
the eastern end of the parallelogram of
shops, covering an area o, 300 by $50 feet,
the western end fronting OF Provost street.
Within tie space thus inc Ised were the
repair shops and machine shops, the blacL-
smith, carpenter and paint shops and the
general stOrer0Oms of the company. Be
fore the fremen could get word, the flames
extended along the roof of the machine
shop, and bursting out Of every window for
300 feet.
T., Ioss +bor IN I,o7rr tIa ,-bo1o Hal. cf
shops was in ruins. Within the repair shops
there were th,rty-thFee locomotives, about
half a dozen Of which were almost new.
Most of them were freight engines, but
there were several fine express locomotives
in the repair shop. The machine aud black
smith shops were full Of costly machinery,
boilers, trlgs, hammers, furnaces, etc. One
of the trig-hammeTs alone cost 200
within month. The. buildings also con
tained copper, tin and wooden patterns and
a full supply Of the best tools for railroad
purposes.
The shops were of brick, two stories high,
with slate roofs, ana were only completed
eight months ago, at a cost of about $50, ,0OO
Some v Orkmen state that the fire was Occa-
stoned by fires left unbanked in the black
smith shop when the men left at six o'clock.
Another account says a barrel of oil eE-
plOded; cause unknown. Still another &C
count locates the commencement in the car
penter shop, where evidences were first dis
covered. Over 500 workmen are thrown
out of employment.
The storerOOms of the company, three
stories high, we're the last to yield to the
flames. They contained a full assortment
Of miscellaneous stores, lamps, headlights,
etc. Among the losses, the machinery
amounts to Sl77,00O, the locomotives to
S345,0OO, the buildings to 1000. The CON
migration was witnessed by probably thirty
thousand people. All the books and papers
il the shops were destroyed.
The shops of the Erie road in Jersey City
burned last night Loss, $500,000; insurance
S4OO,OOO. The foreman was killed by the
falling of a wall. Five hundred labor
eTs thrown out of employment.
The Erie buildings covered an entire acre.
No such fire had ever before been witnessed
in Jersey City. Besides Engineer Mccarthy,
of the fire department, who met a horrible
death by falling walls, Charles Nagle, stoker
OF an engine, was also crushed, but escaped
with broken leg.
One man, machinist, entered the build.
lngs near the commencement of the fire for
his tools, and it is feared he perished The
fire lasted two hours. 1t is estimated it de-
stroyed property amounting to Sl,50O,000.
. All property, excepting tools, was in
sured. A significant fact connected with
the fire is that at the late strike ali the
Jersey City men were notified that they
would not be again employed. This threat
was carried out. The employees were from
New York and Patterson.
The flames illuminated the shipping in
the river, and extended to the New York
side for a great distance The scene around
the fire was one of excitement aud bewil
derment. The mechanics and their wives
were rushing to and fro, giving expression
to regrets at the loss of their tools, and
prospective idleness.
The entire premises covered five or SIX
acres. Upward of 100 hands have been
emp.oyed in them. There is no instance on
record of destruction so sudden and com
plete The machinery can only be sold Tor
old iron.
The loss of the Erie buildings in Jersey
City last night, by the latest estimate, is |
placed at SSO0,0O6, fully covered by in
surance in thirty different companies.
Arrived Seminole, Arrived aut-Aus-
tralia.
Messrs. Blanton Duncan, VI. NJ Polnaroy,
Mr.. Bayard, of New Jersey; Mr.. Van Allen
of New York, and other Leaders of the
straight out Democratic movement held q
private conference at the New YORK Hotel
this evening TO institute an or2a9izaticn