The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-01-02
Infants found dead in the streets alleys

Hydrophobia. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Explosion ...........-'.......'.''' .:
Ora "o
FAT OF telegraph pole..................
Judicial hanging..... ..............'
Totals. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 80. 1'-'S A'Ao
FATAL CITY FIRES THE NECESSITY OF PRE-
cAUT1oNARY MEASURES GENERAL CONDITION
OF FACTORIES, WAREHOUSES; AND STORE.
The year 1877 will be remarkable for the recurrence
OF several hres in tue city which brought death ana
disaster 10 large number OF persons employed IN the
buildings and river craft destroyed, and which in one
recent instance proved fatal 10 passersby on the
street while the conaagration was in progress The
record closes with alal end OF james MCPHERSON,
awatchman, who sought to extinguish the namos IN
frame building on Eighth avenue last Saturday morn
Ing
Tho Commissioners at the beginning OF the last
year directed their energies IN a special manner
toward tho safety Of churches and places OF pubic
amusement and adopted Tor their protection.
Impressed with the duty OF averting loss Of lie aud
destruction OF property they put plan in operation
to check fires IN their incipiency when they are
usually Of such slight magnitude as TO render their ex-
tingui shment matter requiring little but prompt
effort In the cases, however, OF factories, sucn as
Hales and Greonheld's, similar meth cd Will not
answer the purposes, and II Las come 10 the point
that unless New Workers consider II law OF nature
and OF necessity that buildings should burn up and
human beings with lhem more effective supervision
must be introduced There are, 1t is believed many
structures In this city insecure as the two Named
and It is only when disasters occur tAat proof
Is given that there really exists no protection
against them. Whatever provision may be made
in The way OF escapes, II mas TO DO Dorne ~
mind that If the buildings 10 question had been tene
ment houses and nres had broken out at an hour
When he inlnates had retired To sleep the loss OF
nava hacn
Legislature to enact laws 10 prevent the rope
ttion OF such tragedies IN tho iulure. though the
causes oil fire III Barclay street still remain IN
obscuriiy 1t Is now known that Hae's factory was
crammed with iniammabc materiai--a iuciter match
box a large scale-and there was not wanting sui
nc,enl experience Of past caamities OF similar Char
acer adonsh the proprietor 10 exercise tue great
est caution In the ist OF causes OF lres IL appears
that the following the most numerous: -Careless-
ness accidents children playing with matches, lm-
proper condition Of stovcpipes AMI detective hues
neat from pipes Igntng WOODWORK, incendlarism
and the . explosion OF kerosene lamps he appended
statement shows the NUMBER and location OF nres In
this city d2ring tue year 1917 ~ which there WAS loss
OF lfe- -
February 13-At No. $50 West Sixtieth street, Jo-
hanna Murphy, the occupant Of the building, was
fatally burned ny her clothes taking ire
March lI--ln tenement house No "a Ludlow
street, at seven p. NJ Inc hremcn were promptly on
Tho ground and removed nearly all Of the inmates in
safely TO the street II was soon discovered, how
ten months old, mad been left on the fifth floor, and
unsuccessful Efforts were at once made 10 save them
Subsequently their bodies were discovered, lie nav
ing become extinct from sunocation.
May Is Lighter Caution, at the loot oil Forty .irst
street, North River. Three men instantly killed.
August 23.-Aarm from the corner oil Blocker and
Bank streets at hallpast three I. NJ Explosion OF a
gas tank. John Boerini fatally injured; aterward
died N hospital -
street ana Tenth avenue. Remains Of what were
supposed to be i've persons. They were buried in
Uc.oDer l7.-Stable No. 165 wost Eighteenth street
Two men lost their lives-one was Killed ny iaiiing
from u WALL the other, alter having escaped from
the builong imprudenty returned TO save bis trunk
aud was burnea 10 death.
| November 27.-steamer c. II. Northam, foot of
Seventh street, East River Three OF Tue Twelve men
who were sleeping on board perished. Hall an hour
after the discovery Of the Dire thirteen streams were
pouring into the vessel, but without apparent effect
ana about lour O'Clock IN the morning the hurricane
deck fell with u crash. Tho bodies recovered were
| feariully Dackencd and charred.
December 2u--GrccDueld's candy factory, Barclly
street. Inc following persons, so Tar reported, lost
tneir ves-WIIiam Bradley, aged Iwen,y-six, native
OF Loag lsisnd; William Bennett tnswsooyh aged
| twelve, native OF New York; Thomas y. Grisich,
aged twenty mine, naive CT New Orlcans Charles
Josepnine sheppard aged eighteen; Martin Connors
aged twenty -tour, native OF Ireland Ferdinand kuDD
Philip Hczberser ;englneer), native oil Germany, and
the remains OF Two bodies not Identified.
December 29-So 6ly Eighth avenue James
Mcpherson, Waterman, died Two hours aiter being re-
moved FROM the burning building.
The Fire Department during the year was called out
CD the OCCASION Of the panic IN 81 Francis Xavier 8
Church, West Sixteenth street, March 8; TO suppress
threatcn ned IRE at No. ls2 Front street, August 20
caused by the explosion OF u hand grenade III the
POSSESSION OF George W. jewell, who was Instantly
Killed, and on the LIST OF May ny tho falling oil part
OF the roof of the new Post ONCE building while work
men were engaged IN making alterations Three men
wcre killed aud several Others injured. No iatai
Casualties occurred, as Will be seen, III tho Depart
mcnt during the year just closing, but CONSIDERABLE
number OF It's members suffered injuries OF moro or
less the line OF their duty. Ii has 10
be added us important IN conpecton with loss Of lilo
at conna that tile detection OF iIcendarsm is
prosecuted with vigor The number OF COW actions
effect which Is especially gratifying IN the present
period OF business oppression, when an increase might
THE IMMIGRATIoN OF THE PAST YEAR.
The total number OF passengers landed at Castle
Garden during the year 1877 amounted 10 63,S5o.
figures which show tho steady decline oil INN grafton
been In progress during the past hvs ycars.
Tho arrival Of aliens 1873 was 266siS. La 1870 the
total number that passed through tne depot at the
Battery 75.o3j The indications for 1878 are not
encouraging and IL Is expected that there will DO
change Tor some time TO come in tn, diminished
volume oil immigration. Rates oil passage are quit.
reasonable, bat there no longer exists tho desire u
Old the other side u the Atlantic to seek new home.
in tue Unilod States. The proportion OF Mormon ar
rivals, however, holds up, and there has been
able increase from northern European countries. The
following are tho natonalitics OF persons arriving IL
1S77:-
| Germany Qncludnq Austro-Hungary), IA, $685. Eng
land, l,7l9: Ireland, $500; scotland, sos; Italy
l,4oo' holIanu, oioi Norway, l,itt; belgium, loo
sweden, l,yl2; France, ss4; Russia. 1,7l6 turkey
| 65; Denmark, S62; Switzerland, 7l2; Canada, liz
Portugal, 10: West Indies, 43 East lnaies, Greece
| 10; Mexico, Is; China. IL JAPAN
Tho latest arrivals for 1871 were on Monday, whcr
tho England, IRON Llverpooi, landed 81 passengers
| and the Montana, IRON tho same port, IL
| FAILURES OF TWELVE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
THAT HAVE COLLAPSED AND TRADES INA,
| HAVE sUFFERED-ovEG FIFTY MILLIONS o.
| LIABILITIES.