The New York herald., 1875-09-01
EXTENSIVE FIRE IN BROOKLYN.

DESTRUCTION OF WHITE LEAD FACTORIES AND
OTHER PRoPERTY-Loss NEARLY $3.50, ,000-
LIST OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BY THE
FIRE MARsHALr-FATAL ACCIDENT.
fire broke out between three and half past three
O'Clock yesterday morning the extensive white lead
works Of Baxter, Bell Co., four story brick build
ing, which included Nos 7S 75 II and 70 Jay street,
near York, which totally destroyed. The flames
extended to other property, and loss amounting In
the aggregate to $143 900 incurred The flames
from the white lead works communicated to the sheds
of Hull Bradey's establishment also engaged in the
manufacture Of white lead No 16o Front street From
thence the fire reached the stables the premises of
Leavy Kenny's brewery and also to Daniel Breslin's
coal yard sheds, No 93 York street. Chief Engineer
Nevins and the Fire Department speedily the
scene, and the second alarm given, which had the
effect of bringing the entire force and thereby check
ing what threatened to be most disastrous conhagra
tion the immediate neghborhood is very thicky
tled tenement frame houses aboundng Consternation
prevailed among the residents of the threat
ened district and preparations for moving made
by many poor families. Order maintained by the
police of the Second precinct under the direction OF
Captain Worth. As the fremen taking down a
ladder which had been placed against the Church of the
Assumption the ladder slipped from their grasp and In
falling struck Hamilton Bloomfield seven years of age
the head njuring him in a fatal manner The child
was taken TO his home, No 102 York street. where he
died during the day.
THE LOSSES AND INSURANCE.
Messrs. Baxter Bell 4 Co lose buildings $25 600;
on machinery SIS, 900; on stock, $40 O00 Their ag
gregae loss is $4,000 This property is insured on
buildings, IN the following companies, for 5000 in
each:-Exchange, Hanover, Ridgewoodp Pacific, North
American and Home. Their stock is insured to the
same amount in the respective companies named:-
Montauk, Mercantile, Greenwich, Lamar, Republic
Peoples, Metropolitan, Etna Eagle and Citizens There
an Insurance. $3 600 on each policy on the machin
cry in the Guardian and Royal Canadian making the
grand total OF their insurance $62 000 $8 900 less
than their estimated losses.
The losses of Messrs Hall 4 Bradley reach $50 0O0
They insured in the Meridian Peoples, of New
Jersey; American, of Philadelphia; Orient of Hartford
Williamsburg City, Niagara, New York. Union, of Lon
don; Commercial, Fairfield and Trades Of Chicago.
The policies held in each Of these companies range from
S., 900 to IS, 900.
Daniel Bresln's loss is 81 ooo He has a policy for
81 200 in the Montauk, and for 81, 500 in the Phoenix
Insurance Company.
Leavy Il Kenny brewers lose 81, 900 on stables
Fully insured but the companies not known
that the watchman, Thomas Mcclure who had been for
the past two years in the employment of Baxter Co.,
had three times during the night visited Leavy Ken
ny's brewery, where he drank glass of ale
each time The watchman testified that between
eleven and twelve O'Clock he went up stairs
in the lead works and found all SAFE and that feel
ing well he went down TO the Office the first 1oor
where he lay down and fell asleep He knaw nothing
more until he awoke hearing the iremen at work and
water combating the conflicting elements over head.
There was nobody in the building when he went to
sleep; but he sid not know whether the fires the
furnace banked not as it was the engineers
duty to look after that.
Hugh Clark, the watchman at the brewery said that
at twenty minutes past three he discovered the flames
bursting out Of the second story windows, and i'm
medately gave tho alarm. He did not Mcclure
about then Fire Marshal Ready says the loss will ex
ceed $4,000 The origin Of the fire spontaneous
combustion, 1t is supposed, proceeding from oil rags