The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-10
LOSSES BY THE GREAT FIRE.
EXTENT or TIE DESTRUCTION or
LIVES AND PROPERTY,
The SmonldcrinR Ruins that Block up Brond-
way-iiow tho Firemen were Crushcd-A
List Of the Losses and Insurance.

gan at o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, was not
quenched beyond tho point OF further danger
until O'Clock yesterday morning. In Its ten
hours duration 1t destroyed nearly two-thirds
OF the block between Grand and Howard streets,
embracing some Of the most imposing business
structures on the line OF the great thoroughfaro.
The throngs Of business men moving toward
their ofllces yesterday morning saw only a rroat
chasm nlled with smoking ruins, which returned
clouds OF steam for the water which the 1rcmen
were still playing on them. A fragment of the
party wall between 40 and 4is, and the FREQ
stone facade OF 49, with part Of its division WALL
were all the masonry left standing. wherever the
ruins were cool enough, men were hunting for
the safes most Of which stood near tho sidewalk,
and were easily accessible. The neishboring
buildings on both sides OF Broadway showed
evidences OF the intense heat to which they
had been subjected. The gliding and lettering
OF signs were peeled on plate glass windows
were broken, sign boards and cornices were
warped. and iron mouldir.s were started from
their places. Yet 1t was in the space between
them anl tie burning buildings that the Gro-
men fought the fire. and the police fought the
crowds that were more aggressive tn IN usual in
their Dat animation to get into dangerous
places. The stree. Yesterday morning was lllel
with fragments of the iron fronts or the burned
whfchpu@es bteat columns were broken into
small 4 d-inents, from Whird oil marks OF paint
u uuu GLAZING had been cna,cI Boy she heat.
Numbers iH. 4i6. AS. 45l and Az broadway
were practically three buildings, the four Drst
named occupi ing 20 - the 10 feet oi burned
frontage ON u B-oadwav. These structures all
ran through to Crosby street, aud iu some places
formed the back walls for tho buildings on
Grand nd Howard streets Becau.c the, were
tnick walls the buildings that abuttcd against
them we're saved. and the extension OF the fire
int) the stores along those streets was due TO
tho ial II walls when they we're unsupported.
Ten lU.idings were destroyed or damaged.
TEE % iiiN or THE FINE.
FROM ail the iactS INA could ne Uncovered yes
Hc,,, i7 ,,nn W 1|,.' anis .re nrs
WVSLan ~ ie-yher " hlthan 90 boi!er room.
Nnat Nnat st'ilsd J.. Is q m}stetY nut IN elevator,
tn Nun rs con- com 9us.l1da u "a VI hhllE was ,he nue
to 0"an. of cottn sna vooIsn fs ii
accounts, a 50. for The headway attained by the
mr. ucinre the hfst engine arrived, as wen IA iur
| Tue neat Nnl1h cmcined hedVy oiick walls
untI lheS zen IKE uiled shhu' ana turned
W on Whlcu wafer made no iinpre-s'on tutthet
than 70 iGrniah ol2uIs' on Whlcn ne hre vas re-
| u'ctti' A. one alitr ahother ot the roofs itli,
! the ISIS am Eltl upp ttlnG the patty WIS
! i.li "Is' ana tne Maii7 lploMed tn ~ speedily
LUIS proved the uesirucuoh o. the comment
~ ~" s 'n & ,4 , H. ne ,,'i' 49, 80 HI,I'n'l's oi
| -, 10 w t'c ~ NrAHl -lier'' NltiouEh t,e
! , ,,te inu'" uA:nl. nave ! 'ieu 10 uestfoV the
| 1i wa,fr service hy twenty engines Nct II ~ tnt
htNe ntth cohnned "i,h'h tn.se hlnits u the
supply haI n,tn aucluatr' IhtIe was however
| 81 81 n".n ulin u''4 IA .n'tlilins u tnat t"e en-
f,nVVs V WVle no' ~ .ls ~ H.a"o S''0aNS 'eaV"
| higher than Inc ioufth stores.
~. ~ was ioaii,u M A ,Anas AmHsle ,s 80 many ntem%tn men
80 49,, 80 - ro,r, ~ III, 's ','.l,
I,f ,h ~, ov e oss %
| re anu 'ne serious lnJuIies "eTe cohhnel 70
~" uien" , ~ a. i,s s s s, o. e. neS @ OOSupisl
,hp p"ss III go, ~ ,h ,t raru Wv,A 10
~, u,,,., ", ,hs en,ins s,ys,ho, a., 49, 49,,
LIZ III ie'',aii Vl ',e e".ne i sts my io' nteen
n,nntes pfe,'ous o 10 VI" r ianS oi ,me l,v9ts M
,tus s,is ss y o. a. M I;t,is @ ,i ", 80 " p, -, oa % ,no
vi. ~ "'u ~ rtreu q, ouu tue
ensiv E,, % aue ,hnov ot nm ,my @
m''inuteil up"n nennsei'es, 'uo ens,ne' anu anu
,,, ~ NM a,d lin, c,l,,,,5 stt,7.u he
,t. ni, "a LEN ,r"aried ,ha en',,, ,S e
,,hhst,pH ,,h ny AVA en-, c t"e ne % @ H',n
Mn a K,ife Fnrtnnsteiv The mcn,beIs ~ t%c
", ~ a h ,,, t''s g. q, t,,i 10 Ia % ,o
cVriinm % tbe f1cade premonitor, of ts III, 'to 10
he rnt Of ~. w,v "N' ~ ''s ''' W
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| Th,s lot , p,u IRON vbirh the fo-o,,nr
| ,h.,,,,nt n t.llir, stro ~ c"ntI ~, ,,S.,nn S.nnn
,, t7'c mon xn'eJ ~" ,c'yu, H
L'." L'." ~ 'h , 20 CIV 10 We we
Ino, n, no., n,,,rati ~, M s ~, 'i,' ~ I'.h, ~
wn teorest nom nor ~, ~; 10 U, p&1,.1 &
Iuiiding So tneV st,,d undrr r. ''v , 'o,e'
,"ctin. no d moor T6S Cther fn, w sis ,
IL hui ~ oui sioyiv an ,r,od saw ene
ne 'nen m wT were tdrGeMeI -, r Py IT, he' were
when they saw the danger it was too iate Tor
four of them. They were seen moment, and
then the ling wall shut them ont from 81 int
Their comrades ran to their assistance and
| WORKED manfulv. Mildrew was found 0rst
without apparent exterior bruises Of conse-
oileure hut % hurt Internally that he died al
mos. as soon ~ he WIS lal In place II snfety
'Theu they found an arm Of Assistant Forcinan
John II. Bush The rcscuers worked with more
za,l Than discretion and four or 0ye tuv ed nj
tho frm; but toe wiser command ras SlSea tn a.
disent'tnb Him orst Coriissen opd Cl1te ,rero
ncxtextrcated the latter de ,d "mG the frr
sun tiytng, but so badly crushed hat he d,d mex
recover consciousnt,-s until late yestcrIay'
nnvld C,ute eithonch oniv the d,ivsr ~ I,
ctne ~ hnd n,',io "a rara rec'r1 fnr hr ,yarv % IL IL
was n"mb"r Of In yiIe 23 ndsr tho vo,, M ,ir
"rr,nizat"n lie r@scued ,n',iher and ci,ii q,
the FIX OF MS life from an III ,ht avenue ,cne. az
ment n f,w months ago ue leaves "a ~ ife nrd
~hiid David Muidtew was a . ,lu'tssr nraa,n ~,,H
and served viii Engine "a pefSre he VS. '"s' w.
sirneJ 10 Fu,ine p1 lie Ienves ono cLil, ioIn
III Itl.h Who. Although buried nnder he f,Ii,n,
vii esc1nrd with his life was Issist,nt fnrn
man of Engine 3D. lie, too, was Of The yolin.
teer denorimept and mas SERVED ,vttb v,r, ,,,s
enriues lie il badly niirt nm hia rhan',ss 49, ~,
recoyery are believed To- lie Good He has ~ i9s
ana four children rhom = I Crrtt.on the = n,,ar ~ M
iniiirri man Wis A member Of EngIne ~ befora
| his ossirnment 10 Enune M M wn,inrs ara
about lie Lrenst and stomach he .ides viii ris
| lonv.rrotrlrtel Observation-Disclosures suyrests in9 =
iuties nbont the head lie will nrohehIv recovsr
lie j. wiIower and ha, TWO chiidren'
| Ihe Fine I ON nissioners VesterLnv .'nssed reao
utions c0mmendatorv Of the eilclenry Of the
| rrrli. an and Of coud ,lence win the slain md
| Injured
AT WORK IN THE Rims
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r. ne G"nu',In ~ & t,e saiH' unht @ were eAtr cteu