New-York tribune., 1878-02-20
FIRES On LAND AND WATER
LOSSES IN AND NEAR THIS CITY.


LOSSES IN AND NEAR THIS CITY.
INVESTIGATION OF THE CAUSE OF THE l"ES1i-
THInD-sr. F1RE-TnK CITY OF DALLAS SILL
UNDER wAIER-EXPLosI0S OF AN OIL iANh
NEAR BERGEN POINT.
The record OF fires is unusually vared and I'M
portant. Investigation of the Of the Twenty
tb;rd-st. couAagratiOn was begun yesterday
Arrangements were made for raising the burned
steamship City OF Dallas, whose cargo OF cotton
caught fire Monday. An oil tank exploded near
Bergen Point, causing a loss of over S3o,ooo.
There were other fires also in New-fork and It's
vicinity.
THE WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET RUINS
SILL WORKING AMONG TIE BURNED BUILDINGS
THE FIRE-MARsHALs INVESTIGATION BEGUN
TESTIMONY OF ALEXANDER BOILER
The smoking ruins in West Twenty-third-st.
stn continued to be source Of curiosity 70 many W
persons yesterday The fre-iines were relaxed auu
passersby were allowed the freedom OF the siee"aA
opposite the burned buildings No one, however was
peritted 10 stop the street or near the twochurch
The curt, stone was lined with throng OF unAempt
,eone who seemed 20 take solid satisfaction In star
ing AT the ruins and nduging in caustc criticism on he
sye In which the work OF demolition was carried on
Other idlers summed themselves on the ieoees
of the houses directly opposite; stih others
invaded the front yards and the doOrsteps while Ic"
restless spirits made The polcemens positions no sine
cure cloud OF smoke hung over the ruins Ihe
smonderng heap OF coal az the west end OF the Excel
sior Buidinswhich had been watered as persistent!
a. some speculative stocks in Wall-st-woud mol DC p
out In the West Twenty-thrd Street Presbyterian
Church the smoking rubbish blazed up brightly cary
YESTERDAY morning The fremen called out, ana
soon mt damper on the Hlmcs very queer ehect
VA. given To beaps of brick and fragments OF wood IN
the Church By the crimson rs "a sSf nnred by fire.
and were beaten into the most grotes qne snaps ~
was AZ work YESTERDAY tearing down the remaining
walls OF the Excelsior Building The WORK Is necessay
fick walls withou; using explosives or impeding traffic
In tine street Several companies were engaged IN ge,
fsnc ont the safes their manufacture one safe was
taken nom the Office of c. Gross and another late I'm n
the afternoon from the factory oi !! pceheu d cond
tio3 and il thought II could be readily olened:
were ensased on sunday laying he asphalt pavement
for the roller skating rink at Nos 20 a.d ,l
were on the premise sunday. and furthermore tha'
DO hot tar used in laying the pavement 49,. -. a.,
cause Of the fre yosteTsy only witness nad been
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Boiler Of No l62 West IniFy rd
ffth-st Mr.. sheldon said that Boilers testnohy hha
given him a new insight into the matter and no now ne
knew just whom to Sa 10 a W. m %oad be
resumed either to-day tomorrow. The foilo"Ines Is
the Inony n Ise Cl eapoy of GeoTse Davis attended
to outside work and bad charge Of the factory onf
in ON sunday morning last about O'Clock Ine % ehgr
necr, c. MeyerhOf Of No. PA seyenth-aye was olAng
en- I saw Sir. Doench there for about Eve minutes,
ana Mr. Ronx was also in the building: lei.
hi 1890. R0uxs men were sun there, SoinJ % %
The haehes we're broke a1d iae csIpen'ers '=enhs9 =
Brown OF No. sis East Eighteeltl-st were oFdeleu
about two weeks 10 fix ihem but had nor dOhe 90
Tfere was a stairway each end OF the building lEe
workmen entered the building frtm Tweniy-secoa1-st,
and used only the stairway In the southeast corner OF
fhe building. This open stairway, wltD a WOO,en
partition on each floor separating the stan way ron te
ehOps In case OF fire during worklng hours Ihe men
had access to the stairs at the west END oi the oulS
eve were empioyIug about thirty men az TIE uDe.
The oel basement full OF lumber belonging 20 di-
fereuf persons but principally 70 Davis ROux drying
room was full that they could get DO more ia H. IDS
room az well as the entire building heated by steam
All The work done by steam heat 1nere was stove
IN the laundry, and suppose the janof had cohlhs
stove. | know OF 10 othfr stoves III the Duiiui.s.
tho fires were drawn Saturday nlgIt. No
efeam was In the building on Sundays. 1Ee dfy-
room md bOier-roon were In separate Ouid
Ing on the rear. There was space OF about
was rooted With glass; aud there was an iron dooT IN the
basement shutting OF the main balllpg from the pOo
room The brick shUte emptied into TIE bassagc~a! 10
front Of the boilers The engineer used the Wood ana
sbaypRs for his fire the oily were carried down 10
The encne-room every afternoon aud burned Roux and
Rpple only using oily rags ana eacn had
attend thi Daviss loss on STOCK Will be
from $4,000 10 So. 600. asked Joseph HaIt aDoli
the hatches He Rad everything was all tlEhl "heh he
left Saturday night" ,..
Company y Of the Eighth Regiment met last evening.
md repOrtcS that only fifteen uniforms out OF severity
were saved For the relief Of the arfnorer, Ih0nas
Murphy o5 subscribed, and SO was gwen TO pri-
tates seLer and elne Tor loss o! tools while renting
the compauy's ROOM The cOmpanys loss OF paintings.
will give at the 9th Regiment ArDory, on Friday
evening the reception which was intended 10 nave Deeh
The Rev A stewart walsh pastor OF the south Bap-
tst Church. offers the Of his church edce 20 either
OF the burned ont congregations. lie says: We VIII
share tie best we have with either both OF you"