New-York tribune., 1877-03-10
THE BOND-ST. FIRE.
DIGGING OUT THE TREASURES.
SIX MORE SAFES RECOVERED YEsTERDAY-Mosr OF
THE VALUABLE CONTENTS UEINJURED.

cry MORE SAVES RECOVERED YEsTERDAY-MosT OF
THE VALUABLE CONTENTS UNINJURED.
Six more safes were recovered yesterday from
the ruins OF the waltham Building in Bondst and the
work promises continue week longer IL sad that
the safes which have already been taken from the debris
were comparatively near the surface. while the re-
nander are buried many feet below the pavement The
lowest calculation puts number Of safes in the build
ing and OF this number 20 or 30 sti remain IN the
ruins. A Valentine S Butler safe, No. a, belonging to
Robbins x Appleton, containing watches ana papers,
was found 10 feet from tho sidewalk on the site of
No 2 Bondst small Herring safe. belonging TO JacOt
& Gerard was found in the cellar Of No. Bond-st In
good condition. large Valentine Butler safe NO 3,
was recovered about O'Clock from the ruins near the
front entrance OF No Bondst and is supposed TO be-
long Robbins & Appleton. a Stearns * harVh saIe'
the owner OF whlsh not known, was found near the
southeast corner OF the building large valentine
Butler safe, No. 4, used as factory saie by Muiiou
Hale was found near southeast corner OF the build
ing at o'clock. 1t vas not opened, Dut Is sau 10 Do
filed with unfinished ewelry valentine @ Butlcr
safe, No = owned by Robbins Appleton, was ionhd h
the position the other two At p H. the WORK
men employed by Herring Co were at work upon TWO
very large double Safes and had partially exhumed the
The unknown.
Marvin e Co. had about 30 Inon at work among tue
ruins without being perfectly certain, hr Marvin sald
he thought that five safes of his firms make were
IN the Waltham Building-twO large ones belonging 10
Darress and two large ones belonging to Robbins Ap-
pcton On Thursday afternoon two safes OF an OLD pat
term made by McDayidson OF Albany ana o"ncu Wy
Robbins e Appleton, were removed 10 harNIh O. ~
manufactOry at No. 1928 West Thirtyseventnst. upon
he NO opened yesterday morning they were found to
contain large number OF watch cases and movements
The movements were completely ruined by heat and
wafer though not melted but tie only require pol
isbing to be as good before the fire. Mr. Appleton
said il would be impossible for him to state a present
the value of the movements which were spoiled. Mr.
wilson, representing the insurance companies was
present when these safes were opened, and' altef
examining their contents, he remarked That makes me
scsv No other safes were opened yesterday at the
OF Marvin CO.. but their workmen dnrinS
the day recovered three more--one Of their own make
ana two Valentine salcs Of the latter belonging to
the Gorhan Manufacturing Company ana one 70 MlIOru
& Hale, who the Marvin safe belonged TO George
Darre<s They were taken 10 Marvin cos mlnuIac-
tory, and will DE opened there TINS morning MI. hl.l.I
said that he confidently expected to find that the saIes
had wsood the heat and water, and that the contents
W0uld be found uniniued. The three recovered yeSt
day were thought to look handsome ana as thty ntu
PASSED cre,ably through the severe ordeal oi tuesday
center OF interest yesterday at the safe manu-,
factory Of Herring d Co.. where four sales, lelhONeu
from the RUNS OF the building were OpehS4 ine .Sn
hers Of the firms Of Taylor Brother ana BALDWIN, eek
tn d Peterson present, with number Oh cierh5
and expert in eTcry in the service OF tAe Isr"ncG
Patrol Three OF Her1ngs SAFES were opcneu, I aili
proved have preserved their contents III good conn.,
ton but one Of Terwlgers, bnrsarptOoi sa,G, rad id
not withsto0d the fire very We'll Inc hrSt SIi1 "pcnI ~
was Il small shop safe belonging 10 Taylor BrotheF; 10
contained IrWcry of the cheaper knd Nhlcn WAS hIEuy
arushcd by neat and dampness, but in Very if con-
dtiop considering the size and pTeensi0ns or he SAFE
TAYLOR Brothers. large safe next received attention,
and wOriiuen watched with great incresl as
tey slowly their way into II. 1t was opened by
! cutting through the outer plate ana SEVERN;
the combination lock bolt, after which the door opened
easily. This contained watch movements Oi great
value. ewery and precious stones, ana books; III con
tanned 100000 worth OF property Ille D0oAs III
the right hand corner were somewhat SnScd, put
| otherwise uninured. The jewery was In g0od order
Minute drops OF from the steam were FOUND upon
OF the watch movements, hut II Was hOped 10 Ceh
thc works that no material damage WOud DE uohe:
one or two precious stones showed slight indication OI
beng clUudtd bat the whole the contents 0f me salc
were in very satisfactory condition The best sde now
ever was No. g. containing books and ieweFy belonging
Baldwin, Sexton Peterson Ihc backs oI the DOohS
were slightly scOrched but nothing IN the drawers was
injured he least. Postage stamps even ulu ot SUCK
t0..thcr. icWcry sOnc bright and uDtarn shcd ana
large lratlen pOchctJ0O full OF grcenbackS showed no
sia1i5 OF The heat The TcrwIlgcr safe was the WORK
room safe of Baldwin, Sexton Peterson, Gud contained
paris of chains, brooches &c with canoes ana precious
stones. The contents We're damaged both ny IRE ara
water 10 Il considerable extent. Ihc valuable properly
was locked In safes ana sent to tAc temporary Cc,s
| of the two hrms
1he secr.iary OF the NcwYOrk City Insurance Com
pauy states thar the company mad 30 risks on any prop
in the burned hui.ung He also connects the aLGnh
OF tho rs, held ~ the New oIk and NonHcrs Company
Instead of policy of $4,000 having been given, there
was one uocy 900 held by Pierce, kuI.ch q Co.,
and one OF - $50 ne!J by tie American watch Com,
pauy, both reading contaucdih sabsiantaIlroh safes