New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-11-19
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BROOKLYN

TWO BONDED WAREHOUSES AND AN ELEVATOR
BURNED-LOss ABOUT Sl,OW,OOO.
The most disastrous fire that has visited
Brooklyn many years occurred yesterday afternoon
at the extensive bonded warehouses of Franklin Wood
run & James c. Robinson, which occupy Ito square
bounded by the East River and Columbia A nifty and
Congress-st The buildings OF BRICK and covered
An area OF I3Ox20O feet. The main buildings were i've
stories high and there also frame elevator seven
stories In hight The fro first discovered among
the machinery the third story Of Warehouse which
is close 10 the wharf and In COngressst The alarm was
quickly given. the hremen promptly responded, and
soon there perfect deuge OF water poured upon
the burning building aud the elevator which had also
caught fire.
When the extent OF tho confagaton became apparent
four additional alarms were sounded, and the entire
strength or the Fire Department was brought 70 the
work OF subduing the flames, which were gaining
headgay rapidly and threatened spread the other
warehouses The volume Of dense black smoke that
rose from tie buildings shut out the sky FOR
great distance and attracted the attention OF
great number Of people, who crowded INTO the immediate
vicinity from every direction. Special detacAments Of
police the different precincts were on the ground
under the command Of Inspector Folk and Sergeant
Rogers and the crowds prevented from interfering
in the least with the duties OF the ircmen who we're
hard nc work Among the spectators Mayor Pow
ell Fire Commissioners Massey, BrOwn aud Ph0rancr,
Chief Of Police Campbell and most Of the public officials
OF The city The river II the IRE soon crowd
ed with craft Of every description and the police-boa
senaea and the tugs Ida L. TeDo John Fuller = l. D. b.
cock and others anchored ohadacen piers aud rendered
valuable ala by pouring heavy aud We-drected streams
upon the burning elevator and storeh0uses.
After a time found impossible 20 save the eieva-
tor and the remen turned The streams upon the ware
houses 70 which the danes had communicated THESE
buildings were OF DrlcA' I'VE stories nigh Ahey Nelo
leased by William Beers q Co.. and contained over
lOOOOOO bushels Of grain and sugar mo property Oh -
eral New YORK merchants. fogIeen streams VI Wlle
poured upon these buildings and the nremen stood upon
the roofs hour trying 10 prevent the IRE from
reaching them, out were loteeu AZ iar 20 tDanuvu
to tho names, which were raging Hereby behind the
were stationed I'M front OF the warehouses; at the OK.
IRENE end OF the wharf aud, alter The iron shutters had
/ been torn frOm warehouse n. poured eOplous
streams into the doomed building The other steamers
were stationed the side streets ana deuscd the other
stOrehouses thus preventing the flames from reaching
them There also several hundred men and boys
work. pouring buckets Of water upon the roofs OF ne
Martin Co., winch we're tired IN several places W Dur
ng cindeIs which were blown ABOUT Dy inc slIOnz VIII
of the me and by their direction the contents OF the
storehouses A. B. c. d. and E. consisting OF many NIL
non barrels gar and mOsses, removed 70 parts
/ OF the wharf remote from the Names
fell mass of backeued ruins INTO the slips, and soon
afterward roof and side walls Of stOrehouses and
7 tappIed over with a loud crash At this time there
were rumOrs that several remen had been prccptated
the burning building, but happily TINS was untrue,
although there were number escapes. There
ars several extensive warehouses fronting on Columbia
st. owned by John Bates, and occupied as pork-paek-
Ing establishment and az times it was feared that the
| DANES would communicate 20 them They were only
saved by the energetic efforts OF the remon, who thus
/ prevented a much larger loss " property.
II almost certain Jhat the large vessels lying N the
decks would been consumed mad not the Wind sud
deuy yeered blown the flames and ctnders inland.
The shp Arctic lying the pier, and eight tugs
were unable 20 move her into the river, as she was
aground. Her bowspr badly slnged put Otherwise
no damage done. The nremeu nnaly goo the names
under control aud confined them % the two sOrehunse-
Mr. Beers estimates ms loss buildings az $4,000.
/ he Is insured Tor $4,000 by The following companies
Firemen'- Sl26OO Merchants, sl25o0i Nassau sOuooi
/ pbeux $1,000; htna OF Hartford. $1,000 sterling,
Sl0ts0. ana another company $1,000 Woodruff * Rob-
usOn owned the machinery Ia the storehOnse-. and
valued IL AZ $4,000 They Insurance OF $4,000 by
New-YOrk and Brooklyn companies Ahe value OF gram
AMI -urar burned estimated az f400J0. II Is covered
ty Irsurunee in Ncw-YOrk and Brooklyn companies
Fire Marshal Ready began an Investigation as 20 the
origin OF the nre aud took the testimony Of several per
sou- employed on the premises MchRel Larry tsuneu
| fhat be gls employed IN warehouse p ana nfst uls-
roy,r.d the flames the Jnlrd floor under me main
shnft The oil that the hy-wheels was burning,
"A. Was also the woodwork. There was no other IRE m
the building. The machinery running al iul speed
Al lie time Thomas Foley, tho foreman, corr0D0fates
this testimony. Terrence COrrlgan, VINO was WorkhE III
the storrhluse. jumped rOm third story WlHdoW Aid
was probably fatally injured He was removed 70 TIE
/ Tlty Hospital.