The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-08

building K ,;on and nd ssad s%
dsS. On s hs nsa with
Wcoa S e sso"y roof and
rear ana ron s.ay ana "a comparatively up
hurt. except by the failing walls.
-Sos 1s ssa and Sis Broadway; unnjured
I-Beecker Street Savings Bank extension wall badly
M-Other buildings unlnjured.
DANGER INCURRED BY OTHER BUILDINGS
All that left yesterday morning OF the stately
building heap OF smouidering runs. The smoke
cleared away and the lInea extent of the damage
and the dangers that had been avcred began be de-
termncd. With the exception Of three or four roof
hrcs occasioning hut little damage, which caught
Broadway and Great Jones street from the flying
sparks the damage was entirely confined TO tho west
ern half OF the block bounded by Broadway, Bond
street, the Bowery and Blocker street.
A narrow alley through the block from Blocker
street to Bond IN a zgzag direction. On the south
side OF this alley the scecker Street Savings Bank
standing by itself, separated from Its neighbors by
little passageway about four feet wide. running en-
tircly around the building, and divided from the alley
by ten foot wall The bank building - not through
out its depsh Of the same height as the front part
an extension considerably lower The two alleys and
the extension alone saved the bank from destruction
ing had fallen on the extension roof and crushed in
part OF It, Other parts OF the wall OF the bank
were cracked and otherwise damaged by the intense
heat The damage here will not exceed S.. 00U.
No damage was accustomed at the st. Charles Hotel
beyond that caused by the hurried removal OF some OF
the furniture
rear door of the unoccupied store at No. $50 Broad.
way crushed in by the weight OF the falling BRICKS
but the building did not catch fire.
The other buildings on Broadway were slightly dam
aged the and on the roofs but tue stock OF goods
In them only slightly injured by water.
Nos /, and Bond street Is the building that was
destroyed. Nos. and yet remain whole, but tho
walls OF the former may have 10 come down.
THE LOSSES. "
AT No 654 Broadway, Messrs. Flowers Hill, car
hurr vafr ran nv N 10 Ia ha M tusur
At No. $50 Broadway, Mr.. John q. Ham. carriage
and harness manufacture was damaged In stock about
So 000 Building, owned by the Stevens estate, dam
aged So 600; sured In the PARK Insurance Company
Mcssrs. Bangs Co., book auconeers had their stock
AZ No. 65S Broadway, Mr.. r. G. Enson engraver,
had his tools ana drawings injured Wilcox Gibbs
sewing machine factory the fourth floor. dam.
aged about $500 by water
In Nos I and 0 Bond street were Messrs Adams &
Shaw, silversmiths, whose machinery ana stock was
worth 100000 loss unknown. ana Messrs. Spadone
Able and John A. Riley Co, both heavily damaged
The following partial Est OF insurance stock,
fixtures, machinery and tools In Nos. ana Bond
street, upon which 1t Is reported there IS only slight
damage -Iondon Liverpool and Globe, SIS 600; Royal,
$4,000; New York FIRE and Marine, $4,000; Com
merclal, $4,000, Pacific $500; Now Jersey, $500;
Williamsburg City, s., 800
The destroyed building Nos. /, 8 and Bond street
was owned by Mr. K Appleton. II occupied on
the irst and sixth floors by the Gorham Silver Manu-
featuring Company. They are tho most DANA ged but
are unable ascertain the amount of loss they have
sustained until they can examine their sales
| Mcssrs Carter, Hawkins Co., dealers Ia sverwarc,
jcwelry hand. over 500, 900 worth was locked up
safe and they nxiousy awaiting the time
when II can be opened. They were insured as fol-
| lows-Ru gers Insurance Company, S., 900; Globe.
So 900; Manufacturers of Newark, So 900; Gernana
Of Newark, So, 00O Clinton OF New York. So QUO; and
| Ia two other companies, whose names they did not
recolIcct, 81, 900 each
The OF the bulldog occupied by the follow
ing firms, who unable to state their exact loss
Adams Il Shaw, siversmiths Baldwin, sexton aud
Peterson, diamonds and Jcwery; Dominck Half L.
Co., silverwarc; New York Jewellers Associations Jes-
sup, Cheney Co., optical instruments; Thomas @.
Brown, jcweler; Robbins Il Appleton, jewellers;
| Pierce, Kursh Co., watches; New York SIlverware
Manufacturing Company, and Hale Il Mulford, jewell
lers
number Of these firms placed sianboards their
recent Offices saying that they had removed to the
Grand Central HoicL A meeting OF all the above
named firms held at the latter place yesterday
afternoon at three O'Clock Sentiments OF mutual
regret add coincidence were expressed by the different
gentlemen. After some elaboration they all agreed TO
| hire dcskroom IN the building No. Bond street,
| where there IL a large vacant ROOM They did not
expect TO be able to begin work on the RUNS boore
Monday.
| THg BURNED BUILDING.
The store burned down Is rcputcd to have been one
OF the richest IN the world In regard " the stock II
| contained. over $20U0,000 worth OF Jcwery was
locked up In the sales OF the different nrms having
their Offices the building. II Is however, matter OF
absolute impossb billy 10 discover tho amount oil loss
on this immense stock until the sales are opened
| and examined. There certain articles of
| jewelry which rendered valucess when
| exposed moderate heat, wnio others
such diamonds bc injured but by tho greatest