Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-25
NEW YORK.
Utter Destruction of the Erie Shops.
80 Locomotives Melted Down.
The Loss Estimated at 100000.
Two Acres OF Fire.

ANO NNASS w -
NE# YORK, July 24.-About 8 O'Clock
tonight fire broke out in the car enter
shops of the Erie Railway Company near
the shore end of Long Dock, Jersey City,
which shop formed the eastern end of
parallelogram Of shops covering an area Of
500 by $50 feet, the western end fronting
on Provost street. Within the space thus
enclosed were the repair shops, machine
shops, blacksmith, carpenter and paint
shops and the general store rooms of the
company. Before the firemen could get to
work the flames extended along the roof of
the machine shop and were bursting out at
every window pr two hundred feet. With
in an hour the = hole block of shops was in
ruins.
Within the repair shops were thirty-three
locomotives, about ahalf dozen almost new.
Most Of them were freight engines, but
there were several fine express locomotives
in the repair shop. The machine and
blacksmith shops were full of costly
machinery, boilers, trip hammers, furnaces,
etc. One of the trip hammers alone cost
thirty thousand dollars within a month.
The buildings also contained copper, tin
and wooden patterns and full supply of
the best tools for railway purposes. The
shops were of brick, two stories high, slate
roof, and only completed eight months ago
at a cost of about $4,000
Some Of the workmen state that the fire
was occasioned by fires left banked in
the blacksmith shop when the men left at
6 o'clock. Another account says barrel
Of oil exploded from some cause unknown.
Still another locates the origin of the fire
- IL Of
the fire ives discovered. Over five hun
bred workmen are thrown out Of employ
ment.
The store rooms of the company three
stories high were the last to yield to the
flames, they contained full assortment of
miscellaneous stores, lamps, headlights, etc.
The total loss is estimated at $500, 900 as
follows: Machinery $l75, 200; locomotives
S345, 900; buildings $4,000. Insurance
about 100000; companies not yet ascer-
tanned.
The conhagration was witnessed by prob
ably $4,000 people. Two -fremen were
struck by falling walls; one, Jas. McCarty,
was killed, and the other badly injured.
all the books and papers in the shops
were destroyed. McCarty, who was killed,
was the engineer OF one of the steamers,
and was crushed by falling walls while at
his post.
The First Bale of Cotton.
The first bale of new cotton, classed as
low middlings, raised in Western Texas,
sold to-day at auction at 49, cents pound.
Attempted Assassination.
The police are agitated over an attempt
t. assassinate music teacher named Null
Ter, last night, after he had been inveigled
from home by decoy letter signed Fisher,
the supposed assailant who is missing.
Muller was shot at, and assaulted in the
face with the pistol after the bullet missed
its mark, bat was not seriously injured. 1t
is believed the cause is revenge for a real or
fancied wrong on lady.
The Stokes Trial.
Writs of habeas corpus returnable to-
morrow have been issued in favor of Thos,
Hart, Patrick Hart and John I. Redmond,
the hallboys detained as witnesses in the
Stokes case. Application will then be
made for their release on bail.
Dan Drew in Trouble.
The Times of tomorrow will contain the
following: The PeeseLt Board of Managers
of the Erie Railroad are about TO bring suit
agaist Daniel Drew for the 100000 shares
of stock which it is claimed be illegally is
sued in 1865 while Treasurer OF the corpo-
ration. This issue is the one which Drew
made to cover his shorts when Vanderbilt
was trying to obtain possession OF the Erie
railway, and occasioned the flight of Fisk,
Gould and Drew to New Jersey. Drew
claims to be innocent of any illegal practice
and alleges that he paid the entire proceeds
into the Treasury Of the company.
JGGge barnard.
SARATOGA, July 24.-In the Barnard
trial Charles Robinson testified that he was
receiver in the case of Fisk against Heath
q Raphael; borrowed s., 900 of Gould; paid
paid it to Barnard; Barnard applied to wit
ness for the loan, they being old friends.
Witness didn't thiuk though that Barnard
| knew he borrowed from Gould, or thai
Gould knew the money was to be given to
| Barnard.
Counsel announced that their case so
| far as the Erie cases were concerned, wa;
| closed.
Counsel for Barnard objected to the
charge specifying that Barnard used un-
| gentlemanly language in reference to certain
gentlemen, but lhe objection was overruled
Adjourned.
A Babe in a Fuss
New YORK, July "a. jerome L. BABE
was robbed in a Fifth avenue stage yester
day Of a package Containing ten thousand
dollars worth Of diamonds.
Metal Roofs