davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1877-09-08
--latest by Telegraph.
EASTERN STATES.

New YORK, Sept 3.--Thc H'oyids
Washington special says: The annual
reports OF the heads OF several depart
ments and bureaus of the government,
will not be prepared Tor submission to
Congress at its session in October, but
viii take the ordinary course and go ON
with the annual message of the P,esi.
dent at the commencement of the reg uar
see4sion in December. This enables the
President and his Cabinet to absent most
ot thls month on their trip west.
Sept. 3.--HaIc's piauo factory was dc
stroycd to day with terrible results. IL
was the largest shipper Of pianos to the
Pactic Coast, the ship Continental, which
sailed to-day, having twenty On board,
while the Ocean King, loaded Friday
last, had fifteen.
j. p. HHle's piano factory on 3jth
street was destroyed by fire this morn
ing. The flames extended to tue south
side OF tie street, destroying the entire
block between 10th and llth avenues ;
also ConnoIly's barrel factory, j. Graham
81 Co.'S silk factory and several houses
adjoining on the south; JnmeS Walkers
charcoal factory north of 3jlh street, and
u block OF frame houses on 10th avenue,
between Both ana 36lh. One steam fire
engine was burned.
1t is reported that 100 hv0s have been
lost in the fire to-day at 10th avenue
and 50 street.
The Telegram says there is no hope
tn vestigc oi thy block bounded by
Thirty fifth and Thirty sixth streets and
Tenth and Eleventh avenues will be- lett .
the school house Of Thirty-fth street is
entnely demolished. The tenement
houses on four sides Of the block are in
ruins. Sparks from the burning build
ing lighted upon the canvass roof OF the
Gospel tent and it was destroyed. The
conviction Is growing thnt the loss ol
life will be serious, and several ambu.
lanccs are in the ncighborhood. One
authority says there must he from Is to
80 bodies buried in the ruins. Another
statement is tlat % to 30 girls, en-
poycd in the upper stories OF IInc's lac.
tory, have persisted. Ambulances have
removed somc lS ur 20 wounded who
jumped from the turning factory at the
time Of the fire. Comparatively few
escaped death or fatal wounds. Occu.
pants OF houses on Seth street could dis
tinctIy see vorkmcn in the piano factory
making futile efforts to escape from the
roof aud upper stories and could hear
shrieks loI assistance.
The fire originated through Nicholas
Monk, who was heating varnish over Il
stove, While his back was turned it 90.