New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-21

ont Oh 600 Mound. Of candies in day There were two
| large boilers In tho building one near the iron'
| OF the stO,e, and the other near the cehue
OF the buildings on each floor there valuable ma
chneTy, and there were scores OF furnaces on "mci
were watts of boiling sugar The firm had largo stoch
Of sugars starch and other materials for candy making
on hand but not as much usual The loss on ma
enery is estimated Mt 100000 and on the stock anu
manufactured goods at $4,000 Insurance about $|o-
600 The leasehod is owned by Snnuel ID. Babcock.
Nos 65 and ca Blrclay-st are double thrcestory
brick front building feet front by Is feet in depth
This structure was shattered by the explosion ana was
afterward involved in the fire and totally destroyed
The ground noor was occupied by Green Sehrrer To-
bacconists whose loss is $1,000; insured Tor Foooo
n the Merchants Insurance Company Next
door was liquor store kept by = J. Brady who places
bs loss at $500. Insured for Tl,5DO. Ihe d"eilhe
obove the ground floor was occupied by James English
Uis SON George B. English, who has re-
sided there for over thirty years. gave Il
TrIBUNE reporter a history of the buildings He said
that Nos 63 and 65 and al the property destroyed were
on ground owned by COlumbia College. ana heid Oh ohS
leases, Al one time the leases owned by the Bank
Of England. and they were purchased BY james Eng
llsh The old Graham Temperance House covered Nos
63 O. and 81 in 1910. It was cher meeting
place for the abolitionsts Of that day arthur
Tappan was mobbed there. and hromeh uife"
water 20 break NJ the meetings. There Horace "rec
Low vas an occasional visitor Aicrward, when y d.
when Peter Chanau's cafe there 1t was resort lor
o Wbys NJ tine Third Ward and is still remembered by
t,rtn I'm 1888 No 90 was changed 10 store uut Nos
G5 and 81 continued To be In part h"tel 'l" m''.
Emily j. Merriman, who subsequently hArIled
Pero HyaciRthe, was "A frequent N'iSor an" "n w
easional resident there. In 1868 Nh Greenfield oc-
cupicd No g. No Cottageplace was occupied down 10
op Inv Anthony Barclay, the British Consulat that
time II WAS then handsome residence, with pleasant
GARDEN i'm tine rear store built Oh he site ABOUT
nneeu years ago. ahd finally occupied by BIZ Green
field and connected with his Bircay-St' store me
lensehoId Is now held by estate OF isorge W. WeSn
The the double building Nos % IN" to b'ioi"'
ST. Il ~ 5000; insured FOR 5000
FHenry c. Far occupied the basement OF No 81 Bar
clay-st and lost everything by the falling III Of the
build,ug ~. So and 81 10 insurance.
No. 60 Barclay-st four-sory brick building auH
wlsoccupcd by the United states Dc'ccatils Esg Com
many and bv Offices The loss the building by fire and
water ~ estimated $4,000 Tine loss to Toe De~'cal-
ing Company is $4,000 insured tor $3.50 ia The Ena
Insurance Company, Of New York. The leasehoid De
longs to the est,te Of George w. welsh
No II Blrclay-st. !, u fourstOry brick building, and
was occupied a. harness store by chard Fisher, ana
~ a dwrlIing house The loss by lire and water is
II 800; insured The losses sustained on buildings ny
the Welsh estate are estimated at 10000, with nsu-
rance for 900 divided up between twelve companies
No 237 Greenwicl-,t, four-story brick building, was
occupied by CHARLES Westervc hat cap, and fur dealer
Loss By water - 800; insured for $500.
No. 233 GrreuvicI-st, lront-sIo,y brick binding
was occupied by william II. Woglow, stationer and
bookseller lis loss By water was 5000; insured
No,. 2lI and 2t3 Greenwicn-st, four-'tory brick
binding was occupied By A. q y. Little dry good,
merchants. Tneir loss by water and a falling wall
wa, 5000 insured Little & Co. own the leiseAod on
the buildings Nos 239, iii aud 2l3 Grccnwicust The
fan. OF che adjldcent buildings crushed IN the rear
wall. ON GrceuwirG-,t The loss is estimated at 80
600 insurcd $4,000 divided among the AanIattn'
American. Hartford aud other companies.
ON Colcgc-pLtce The new extension to Greenfield q
sons building was totally destroyed ana considerable
damage was done by water and falling imbei@ 10 W. H.
Monanye u Co.. coffee dealers, and several other Iins
Tie ngsregats osscs anmned up q. lolow,: