The New York herald., 1872-10-05
Fire I'm Eighth Avenue.

AT tnlrty-nve minutes past SIX yesterday morn
Ing fire broke out at 543 Eighth avenue In two
story frame building the property of. A. Hardey,
that caused damage to the building of $4,000;
insured for 81, 400 in the Greenwich and Williams
burg City Insurance Companies The fire extended
to the buildings Nos. $50 and 5i1, two story frame
buildings belonging to the same estate. No. 643,
occupied by Marcus Van Praag as cigar store,
was damaged to the extent Of, Of sLSooi
st. Nicholas insurance 6ompanes Tne po ans
erty Of Philip Asher who kept fancy store iu the
same building, was damaged to the extent Of 600;
insured for $4,000 in the Republic, Pacific, Adratic
and Metropolitan insurance companies. No. SAL,
occupied by Emil Levy as fancy goods store, was
the London, Liverpool, Globe and Commercial in
surance companies. The property OF Richard
Weaver, who was the occupant of $50, was injured
to the extent Of $4 100; Insured for $1,000 in the
Imperial Insurance Company. The llrc was caused
by the SCOT in the chimney taking fire and COM
municating the flames 30 the shelving and boarding.
The Fire Fiend In Patcrson-Thc Watson
Manufacturing Company's Building on
Firc-LOss Estimated at $3.50, ,0OO-Three
Hundred Persons Out of Employment.
About twelve O'Clock Thursday night fire was
discovered in the second story Of the watson
Manufacturing Company's establishment on Rail
road avenue, Paterson, in room used by the
draughting department.. How the fire originated
is ineXplicabe. The private fire apparatus was
found unavailing to- stop the progress OF the hames
owing to the lack Of water in the hydrants, and by
the time the Fire Department was turned
out the most part of the establishment
was burning. The scarcity OF water In the
hydrants prevented the engines from doing
much service, and all that they could really
do was TO prevent the spread Of the flames to other
buildings in the neighborhoOd. The Erie freight
depot and several private houses were on fire
number OF times during the fire.
The buildings destroyed comprised, on the lower
floor, the machine shop and foundry. The upper
stories were used by the silk factory OF William G.
Watson " Sons. The buildings destroyed were four
story, very substantially built OF brick, and covered
an area of about three hundred by one hundred
firm, and although the remainder Is composed of
frame bull dlngs none were destroyed but the
substantial brick part The machine shop and
foundry, which had just been rebuilt, were
among the finest of their kind in the country.
Much valuable machinery was destroyed and in
the silk factory there was large quantity of that
costly stock The heat was intense, so that the
tlremen were several times forced to abandon
their positions. The Watson Manufacturing Com
pany preserved all their books and papers, and
saved over $4,000 worth OF patterns which had
been packed In fre.proof apartment Several
were however, destroyed.
About three hundred persons are thrown out OF
employment by the calamity, of whom about one
hundred were employed in the silk mill. 1t IS the
intention of the losers to rebuild Immediately, and
they expect TO be able to resume operations III
three or four months. Owing to the valuable
nature of the establishment and its contents the
loss foots up to heavy figure, being estimated in
round numbers at $350O0O (S27O 900 on machine
shop and $4,000 on silk works.. The following is
the amount OF insurance and the policies in the
respective companies mentioned -
On the Watson Manufacturing Company's estab-
81, 500; soe and Leather,
$4,000; LenoX. $4,000: National, $1,000; Citizens.
$4,000; Liverpool and London and Globe, sll $50 I:
1Etna, $4,000; Phenix, $1,000: Hartford, $G,25o;
Imperial, $4,000; North British, $500; Humboldt,
$4,000; Metropolitan, $1,000; Williamsburg City,
S2,50O-total. sS5, 900.
on the SILK factory OF william G. Watson & Sons -
Clinton, $1,000; Greenwich, $4,000; Commercial,
$500; Springfield j.. and NJ $1,000; Imperial,
$4,000; PheniX, $500; Liverpool and London
$500. Total, $751;