New-York tribune., 1873-02-03
IN RROOKLYN.

| A TENEMENT BURNED-LOss. So, ,0O0-A TRADES
MAN SUSPECTED or ARSON.
The four-story brick store and dwelling,
No sO7 FultOn-st. Brooklyn owned by Peter Fynn
discovered 10 be fire at Ei6 yesterday morning and
owing to the strong wind prevalent at the time the
flames spread rapidly through the building and forced
the occupants sleeping the three upper floors fee
in haste Nothing whatever saved by the tenants,
who were driven out into the bitter cold without ade-
duate clothing The fire completely gutted the building
and then extended 90 the fourstOry buildings. Nos 800
and sos FultOnst. considerably damaging these also
The fourth floor Of the building IN which the fire org-
mated occupied by four sisters named Krouau, who
finding themselves unable make their escape through
the lower hallway, forced to mount to the roof
through the scute and pass along 20 OF the adoin
ing buildings. They had a very escape from
being sulOcated burned TO death. No sW was Occu
pied by Charles 8. Furst fancy goods store; the
second floor by W. p. Howell and family and the third
floor by James Bennett and family. Furst's stock val
ued at t7,OO) entirely destroyed. His insurance
is S25OO in the Phenix OF Brooklyn and s0O in the I'm
perfal OF London Howeis loss 81 90; insurance
Bennetrs loss was $1,000; no insurance. The Misses
Kronan's furniture and clothing valued Ut $780,
tirely consumed insurance The building was
valued at OOO and insured for 5000 in part by the Me
chanes' Company No. sO5,Owner unknown was occupied
by Mrs Cox a fancy goods store Her stock was dam
aged 81 900 the building s2cOo No s9 owner unknown
occupied by Samuel Jalnison a fancy goods store,
DANA ged stock 500. building sl5Oo Furst,
who usually slept in the store, and had been carousing
with several men in adjacent lagerbeer saloon,
arrested after the fire by acting Capt Campbell OF the
Fourth Precinct suspicion of he wns partly
intoxicated aud could not satisfactorily answer the ques
lions asked by the police lie locked mp in the sta
ton-house and made an AFFIDAVIT yesterday afternoon
substantially as follows:
. s-aoy goods had n lease of
the building ~ three from May next: closed
the lie Saturday night and went 10
Stuben's lager-beer saloon remained there until be-
ana 2 o'clock and then went back 70 the store
with William Bourne. clerk in Green's drug store;
Luke Mabey, bOOkkeeper in Timothy DesmOnd'5 coal
yard. and Baltimore railroad conductor who is called
- these all that the with /
had a bottle Of brandy there. and they 20 take
drink with me: had been drinking lager before that;
sober when went into the store stayed there un-
time PLAYED for drinks out OF the bottle; the men
started To 60 home about o'clock and went 70 the
cloud of smoke, ana the beat drove Ine back; the
IRE seemed 10 be all through the store then; the men
whom brought there in aud out OF the yard bali
dozen times before the fire kept fire
in stove all night. with the dampers shut
of: IL was a selffeeding stove, and left
coal enough In IL last ill Monday morning the store
counter my stock was worth 1900 or $500 owed
from 5000 5000 TO H. T. Clan, sl.O0O; TO W. Hoyt
CO.. s7OO TO Field Morris, Tanner g. Co, t6O0 10 my
father 500 TO A. Lstner $500, ana small amounts 70
dozen others receipts about $50 week kept an
account IN the CITY Bank and bad $50 there an IN
sured in the PheniX Company for $500; Imperial $1,000
paid for lease, $40 per annum receive 500 Tor
tenants the who with me playing cards dld
not back the fire had box Of matches on the
floor and they took fire while the men passing
from behind the counter one Of the men stepped on
them and ground them under his feet; heard them
crack and he said he them all OUT him stamp
upon them, and thought he put them all out.
Furst will be arraigned before Justice Riley for exam
nation this morning