The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-18

tne walls, ot the two churrhes ar. stand
,ne imm'nsi artnory building remain.
The loss on the building and stock will he not
flf rom s3h.Oon. and there wis an Insurance
on the building OF $3.50 900 nnl on the stock ~
Sl1luop. Besides this. the Stnte had property
In Tie armory. consisting Of SOO stand of arms.
ammunition, y - valued NJ sijo.uJo which is u
total loss. The private losses to members OF
o." reS mont 'annot he .arn"j. rhe Third Re-
sur,u lor s2uNOp; and the West Twputv-third
Sir'ti irr~' 'ptrr.sn Church cost sijOOup. and
wns insured 'or $4,000 IN approximation Of
the loss ana 4n uraner Is Is follows;
A@iI. 5s s".ag- rs, a ,.a..s ''s'S2 s3; :,;$
Mtsi Twenty tl.ri street rrcsiytc-
nan Church ............ ......... iip"O Spnpp
STATE property .................. is5oS
Total Observation-Disclosures. so50lo sl75oo
-, So far as tho armory. building is concerned
built IN 1871. hY YIN. II. ,ogilyie. the fathcr.in,
law of james II. Ingersoll. aud was understood
to bc one OF the Tweed Ring enterprises. The
mo- Of an nrmory was the excuse offered for
building it, and IL was intended to use the up
per iloors for such purposes They were thus
ntied up; nj enormous expense to the city. by
time that the exposures Of the Ring We're made.
Tho armory was rented to the city in 1871 and
Eighth Regiment. This lease xpircd May /. SIG.
hut the regiment has remained there ever since.
renew the lease until recently Last December
the Committee of the Common Council on
Tr92qniy Ailalrs offered to pay 81 900 year rent
less than $4,000. Thereupon the Common
Council decided TO hire the upper part of the
street. and ordered the Eighth Rogimcnt
70 move into T. The ,o1lcers, refused TO
fencnta AM reacHsd @Sarn u vannyIa v6snIa ne
MMor Gen. Shalcr approved of the acton q the
aycnue building had been declared unsafe and
unit Tor armory purposes. AMI Gen. Shal"r adj
ylsing dishandment Il removal was ins .stnd on.
al
Fly 10 veto the Aldermcn's resolution. The
Common Council then voted to instruct Comp
ing tnat the city had no further use for it, and
would pay no more rent Since then no action
T The % Reormed lse t Church wo bu
AZ 1850. The pastor i the Rev. David Gregg.
The society was one OF the largest OF that de-
boon held there last evening
The West Twenty-th!rd street Presbyterian
rhe pastor is ihe Re2. ErsEine EEi Whitiee' TRc
society has worshipei in this church since
church fronts in the city. II was Of
brown stone. the northwest corner carried up
trcmoly graceful etoople Service was To- have
been held there last evening and the church
was oren aud rcady for the congregation when
~ one e-, evening could explain the cause
ot the ir'. l,lt th"r" was general belief that it
wa- tl" work ol Gn ineeudinry.
IhoTas Murphy. the RrmOrcr ~ the Eighth
Regiment with his wife nnl three children
lived IN the armory. Oh d- 'overing the fire
he Lastncd T. remoye his lnmlly t. n
Place Of snfe,y. H. ihon ran lax int"
the l., ,azing building NJ stairs into the armory
tore down the regimcnta ilags. and escaped in
SAFETY with them, They were the only regimen
tai property saved.
Al the breaking ont II the fro p great audi
ence WAS assembling IN the Grand Opera House
at Eighth avenue and Twenty-thi ird street Mt q
ana that there was about 20 be a great explosion
81 powder spread among thom. and they rushed
from ~ building panic stricken.
q Mrs. hirny, 40 years Of afe. WIS iornc hy the
hro, -. raralyled hy irighl ns to l"' hetp,.s-.
found MR. s5cld bewa,n%tnc 6.- VI h@r ar,i a
monis that she dared not rr'ntnr her house 10
save lie made her happy by searching her
worth several thousand dollars.
The Wilson City Mission was on tho first noor
of the building. Alter the walls had fallen this
tablet remained in lis place uninIured:
suG,rAltle ,llren to come untomc.
ofi6r Twenty-thiri Street rrt.bytorian Church.
This Kept the si""pl" from falling until -.
q crash.
Tqnrt en- trunks werc hron-ht out 9' 2oi and
2O6 Twcnty-third street by the bJgrders within
tn minutes after the church adjoining took
Whom tn, front wall fell the cornice landed
ty-thrid stroot. II krpl hot for over one hour.
small boy named john Nolan fnll from an
awning at the corner Of Twenly-tlrd street
and seventh avenue, and disloeated his Jaw
He fell lust after receiving blow on the feet
from polic,mon's club.
The Zig chimney in tho rear OF the armory
building j. still standing bat has an immense
crack running uerpendicularly through il. Last
nigh, the nremcn thought il would fall.
The Colonel OF the regiment was present
fow minutes after the breaking ont Of the fire.
and great many anxious Inquiries were made
~ him rs 10 the ammunition IN the armory
Strangely, ne armory was the last part
be- feared. There were 10000 rounds
of cartridges IN H. rooms. hut there would be-
no dangerous eNplosion ~ SAID II cartridges
were. put in an ordinary fire person, might
stand near by without fear oi injury. After the
armory n1Or had fallen the cartridges con-
tnucd to explode. The Colonel said that there
were 500 stand Of arms there belonging 10 the
regiment:
Adult. ]. O Johnston was overcome with grief
Ilc had been three years collecting together the
history ana annals of the regiment, and hal al
80. Mr. Johnston valued them at $1,000.
Ih"u.l rs rooms worr handsomely furnish
s'hiIi seen ~ ii' war pm "l''h the regiment
lurfnNk. There Was a hands pue st Of en-
sro,.' r'.olu'i"ns pros 'plnd by CO.. Flsh Of
N" Ninth EngImeui. On Frinny, Fcb, p. the
regiment were to haye had their grand annual
hill ana reception. Ihrr" are sjD mnulhrrs ui
ihr regiment, a.i OF whom las" their uniforms;
THr 4tsiluflt has been unfortunate. rad
B,ior, th lr--oe ~ me luil ldin.; ran away with
The cnlla tod rent. az i lc!t lhnm in ilX.
hHartiiul ynun~ lWiy was bathing IN house
e1..~stIo +tltri startled h. thc prns Of tire and
ana wrapping a sheet Nlout j ran into the
sr.t Mr.. NnlWm + Pr {a ihssT NJ, eyer
llr. ir3"r.ok WooI.the srAion ot Dr.Nlir'
tnur,h. soYed the two large Blnlc7 ana the
recol /, o.. .inechur,h. Thrrc WIS to have been
az extra service IL Tie ;Aur ii last night.