New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-01-27
DESTRUCTIVE FIXES.
PRATT'S ASTRAL OIL WORKS. BROOKLYN, E. D.
LOSS, $4,000.

PRATTS ASTRAL OIL WORKS, BROOKLYN, f. D.
LOSS, $4,000.
About 10 o'clock last night one of the watch
in Prats astral OIL works. at the foot OF North
Thirteenth-st in Brooklyn, E. D., discovered fire
burning in Of the frame sheds covering the oil stills
and Immediately blew the steam whistle and summoned
the fire department The works occupy several squares
and consist of a number of brick buildings and frames
covered with iron, inside OF which are the stills.
The flames spread with the greatest rapidly and soon
several OF the stills exploded, and the burning oil was
scattered over the roofs Of the surrounding buildings
setting them in blaze. The dense volumes OF flames
and thick black smoke were plainly visible III an parts OF
the city, and immense crowd OF people collected
about the burning works.
and worked with their accustomed energy but 1t was
useless task for the burning Oil could not DO
until all OF the wooden buildings had Deen Durmeu ne
main brick buildings contained about 20OOOOOO gallons
of oil but these saved The stills were on the east
cnS ~ tbe works isolated from the other buildings
There II stills in all. SIX of which were burned;
-Four Of the stills OF 25 barrels capacity ana TWO Oh
500 barrels capacity. $1,000. -, a. AN
on buildings 5000 Mr. Pratt employs about 800 work
men, and that they will not lose days Work by
the fire, The Williamsburgh Gas Works ana several
rows of tenement houses close proximity 10 the
oil works, but the remen kept streams OF water upon
Peter McCIeay one of the stmen states that tbs fire
broe ont in sd No O. which had just been charged and
started up He happened open the furnace door and
that the on T at an a 20 g s have opened
and thereby caused explosion IN the 0thei stlls
IN THIS CITY.
Saturday was a remarkable day in the an
mails of the Fire Department Of this CITY, from the fact
that there was no fire alarm Of fire.
In the early part of yesterday fires were discovered IN
the three following named places, all OF which were put
ont before the buildings had been at all damaged: at
No Ill Eldridge-s four-story BRICK tenement III the
room of Jacob Pitcher the first floor; at NO 4 East
ythird-st ve-story brick building occupied by
81 cardnar Sn-inp mandatory in the engine room;
aud AT No 757 Broadway, hve-story Drck, owned Dy
samuel White on the first floor. The last mentioned
Ave originated through 1.-THE careessness OF the JanOT
Hbo ig5ited some straw by the fame OF lamp with
which he WAS attempting W INA" water iio@on !" ''
pipes -,
Solomon, on the first floor Of No. 66s Thrd-ave last
night and before the fremen succeeded In putting out
the flames the stock in the store had been damaged
exon. insurance not known. The building is owned by
lanes Kelly whose loss will amount 10 stCO Inc pIolu
and beIieying that they discovered indications OF
the officers arrested Henry Solomon reIdVe oI
N,neteenth Precinct Station House, and Fire Marshal
McSpedon was informed of the suspected case oi arson
ELSEWHERE.
The loss by the burning OF Martins dlstll-
lerv at Philadelphia Saturday is estimated at s6Oo
Insurance $4,000; which is divided between Phladei-
mia New-York, and Eastern companies
The Jersey-st. Methodist Episcopal Church,
in Buffalo, was entirely destroyed by hre' Saturday
morning; loss $4,000 insurance $4,000 me hre Is sup
~ I'd ~ have been the work Of an incendiary
&c. Cummings wagon factory at Hlllsboro'
IN Vas DESTROYED by fire on Saturday Loss about
eco oo Insured in the Etna for 5000 Imperial 5000
Frspklin OF Philadelphia, 5000 American Central ana
Phenx 500 each. The NeoS Letter once aoJo Hi
was pulled down TO prevent IHe pder nress was de-
OF tne ns 81 100 insured for 1000 the American
Central oil ST. Louis.