Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-01-06
FIRES IN NEW YORK.


fire. On Thursday morning, Dec. 26,
about a. m. a watchman in the circus
building, in Fourteenth street, discovered
smoke issuing from a trap door leading
to the boiler room in the back part of
the basement. He quickly aroused the
employees who were in the building.
but so rapid was the march of the flames,
although they threw some two dozen
pals of water on the fire, that they
could do nothing toward extinguishing
them. They had no time even to rescue
any Of the animals, and all that were
saved of the extensive collection were
two elephants and camel. who walked
out on the opening of the street doors.
Unavailing efforts were made to rescue
by undoing the fastenings that confined
the performing elephant Pedro, that ar
rived last week, but his keeper was
obliged to abandon him to his fate. The
fire department was quickly on hand but
the whole interior was one vast sheet of
flames. The frame work Of the circus
building was of wood and the fittings of
| the most infamable character. Within
ten minutes after the fire was discovered
the flames had spread through the en-
tire building and were pouring through
the roof On the west side was five
story iron front building occupied by T.
Grote & Co., ivory turner's, and three
other firms. An extension of this build
ing was directly in the rear Of the cir
Gus, with several windows through which
the flames poured and setting the build
ing on fire. On the east was Grace
Chapel, a handsome edifce, but unfortu-
nately the roof was colored plate glass
which quickly shivered with the heat
and in few minutes the building was
in flames. The heat was so intense that
the paint on the Academy of Music was
blistered and billboard caught in
blaze, Three alarms were given and
twenty powerful streams were directed
upon the fire with no apparent effect.
Foreseeing the destruction of the build
ings, attention was given to surrounding
buildings and the flames were confined
| 70 h. Nj
and partners, S. H. Hurd, Dan. CASTILLO
and VIM. G. Coup lose $500, 900 insur-
ance s9u,UUU. Grace Chapel, S7o,UUU,
insured 100000. T. Grote & Co., loss
S405, 900; insurance $4,000. other
parties lost about $4,000, more OF less
insured
About half-past five, p. m. the same
day, another fire broke out in the second
floor of four story building Nos. 81,
SO, 85 Center street, formerly occupied
by the New York Printing Company
The flames rapidly mounted to the up
per floors and in very short time the
entire building was in flames. On the
third and fourth floors were 50 young
women employed by Archy s. Co., book
binders. When the alarm was given
they fed in various directions Some
ran down the stair case, others descend
ed by the fire escape in the rear of the
building, which was in q very imper-
feet condition, and Several Of them fell
to the ground distance of several feet;
two of whom were severely injured. II
was hoped at first that all were rescued
from the building, but there seems nc
good reason to doubt that seven or eight
lost their lives The total loss by this
fire is estimated at S675.OOO.
A terrible accident occurred near the
5 little town of Prospect, N. Y, on The
| Buffalo, Cory and Pittsburgh railroad
E on Tuesday. The approach to Prospec
/ station is over trestle bridge about 6(
s feet high, and when within twenty rod
r of the bridge, and on a short curve, thu
t fange of one of the tender wheels broke
!. Being on down grade it was impossi
). BILE to stop the train and the baggag
b and passenger car were thrown off th
< bridge, distance of twenty feet. Whel
n clo,
t through the bottoms of them, and as th
n stoves were directly over the trucks the.
e were crushed to pieces and immediatel,
J the wood work of the cars took fire. 0
! 46 people known to have been in tn
i two cars but one escaped unaided,
n brakeman on the passenger coach VIII
S jumped clear of the cars as they wer
e falling. The woodwork of the passen
e ger cars, thickly coated with varnish
d burned freely, and before anything
d could be done by the force at hand t
e prevent it, the flames enveloped bot
II ends and crept steadily toward the Ger
o ter. Penned within it with no possibl
r. chance to extricate themselves were 4
v adult passengers, the conductor and on
l. child. Help arriving, there were saved
e more or less injured &c; dead, l9 mi:
sing Z.
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:, find the most perfect man, he would Nc
d probably find him composing body {
t divinity, but perhaps a cripple in poo
: house, whom the parish wish dead. an
# humbled before God with far lowe
re thought of himself than others think {
IS him