The New York herald., 1877-09-04

The loss suffered by Joseph l.. Hale his bull iinss
and stock may DO estimated at ss00,000 owing 10
tho absence OF that gentleman from tho city the
amount of insurance could no, be learned yesterday.
THE HALE BuILpIYG's HISTORY.
On the l5tn OF December, 1870, the Hale building
then but partially constructed-was the scene OF ter
ribIe disaster. Al tDe usual nour on that day the
wDrkmcn engaged In tire completion Of the building
observed that tho high wind blowing at the
time was shaking the walls and, consequently they
LETT before the event. which occurred alter John
DonneiIy, tho engineer however, was less for,u-
nate. Ho remained TO Get up steam IN The
boiler OF the stationary engine. At twenty minutes
past nine A. N. the gale blew strongest. and force
gust OF wind swept over the streets The unfinished
factory reeed beneath II. and tell with "a tremendous
crash toward Tenth avenue, buryng beneath IT'S runs
threc houses and number OF persons who were IN
them at the Tho killed from the falling OF the
walls looted mp four persons, including aMrs. Hsmil-
ton. whose BODY was found ~ the dcor,s after the
or less injured cither in the debrs or by making
their Escape IRON ,nc falling structures
WHY THE WATER FAILED
Assistant Chief Engineer shay, In speak NJ OF the
failure OF the engines To get a supply o water. stated
10 HERALD reporter that he could reason for
pipes tho bydrants
Chief OF Battalion Gcqucl said that he was OH the
ground within i've minu.cs OF the commencement oil
tho FIRE The embarrassment caused by the failure Of
the hydrants situated nearest TO Hales factory
very great. SAID he. pointing to phean's aud
OF Tenth avenuc:"M drst thought II
would have got to 'heso factories, aud
OF ius don't know how we could have checked It.
Now wanted 10 get a line down here along Tenth
avenue to check IL here but the hydrauis along the
avenue, nearest the fire, wouldn't work The eug mes
had to go back toward Ninth avenue, and there
great delay about getting stream just on the part
where II was most wanted
Mr. j. G. Campbell, the chief engineer OF tho Board
of Public Works, was seen at his house last evening.
He said that when the present pipes laid the old
hand engines were alone used and the supply
ample for them Now ono engine was nearly enough
to exhaust a six.nch pipe. lie did not rene mbei
that tho Fire Comnissi toner's had made any
special complaint OF tnat uc ghborhood. They did VI
some o the downtown streets, and IN com.
plancc with their request, the Board lay ug
mains. rho Board bad started to lay
lorty. eight inch main direct IRON the Park
reservoir down Tenth avenue. They had fin
ishcd IT as far as Thirty eighth street. but never
got authority or money TO push 1t further There
way OF increasing tho force OF wster the pipes
in case OF ire The supply OF water reservoirs
Is nos very good He did not think 1t probable that
any OF the hydrants viii be found out OF order
very small part OF the city, no says is as badly sup
Piled a. tue unfortunate locality where yesterdays dU
occurred.
i.OoklyG FOR MISSING
About twenty people called nj Bellevue Hospital last
night inqlWlng u their trends who worked In
tho factory mad been taken to that institution Thar
trends, they said had returned from The factory.
ana they feared thcy had been buried IN the ruinA