, 1879-08-02


two-story iranc building, No. 135 West Nonroc
street. ounc1 by Atr. Lane, and occupct. rs n
tesidence by Mrs. Lipsry.. Dst,oEo to building,
$t0. Causc, a objective tluc.
At 0:'G last evening few pieces Of sarpot
lying ou hrncl In thu basement If No. ;al8 Wa
nphnlstertuE. were iounl to be- on fire. The
baaxe wns exitIHufAhcd With low pals of
water. Cuuso supposed TO be spontaneous com
bnBtttn.
Tic alarm from Bo. rs nt 3 o'ciock Yesterday
AFTERNOON was causc.t bv fire sIn barn IN
tlr rrar Ut No. :,tD Park avenue, owned and o.
eupied ~ ]. Il. PaimcteE. Damage to tic
sf' Ssrn f 1n a to qc,, Seeo 81 v SO m f1smS psnc
avenue, owned BY john Mct1Fow and
cruptri by j. Wlt,atd Smith, was damaged
sltglty by thu fire. sevcinl other barns which
clt,sely adloia werc also scurchcd.
This Il another piece OF work donc by MI In
cei'd!arv who l,as been tlnfng tho salnc surt Of
work almost daily In thu ctr for upwards OF a
year. Last rear barns a'o11g TOWNSEND, Bremen,
mi! 1.arlabcu atrccte, In the North Division,
Tied his operations, 10 r. district bounded by
Lalse, Maliton, Wood, t!nl Leayltt streets, Tho
ilres arc always started atn'ut nuou, aud always
ID the sntne mysterious !nanter. The police
thsn firc men on day-d.ity In district bounded
by ShrIdou street, tlu rity limits, ami UfIo and
sAu buren straeta. Upon Go!ng out in the
morning, the men work toward the outposts aud
ttE1I HQfh QhEAt IEuGHM4 LIE 8t2kluH al 4QQuL
moon. Some provision ought to 10 male for tho
protection Of that section: The citizens a.e
furious over tho matter, and II would 20 hurd
with anY ons caught n the act Of artne
e.. nar,.: Ssr., a. boy 1ivinx IN one q, Of
that about twenty minutes Gefare the alarm ho
saw TWO ruuRll.fookllg young men hanging
about the plncc. But tbisis no butter than q
t dozen other msagre sless whl,h tbs police havo
tGttiYu 10 QtstfuEufgh hfutEejf,
BuLLWINKLE's F1RE-1NsURANCE
PATROL.
The following is the showing for July, 1879:
Total number Of alarms, 5u; second alarms, 0;
slit'a, 81. Tho causes nrc as follows: Commu
nicated, IL; falac, II; children with mntcnes,
10; unknown, u; sparks from locomotives, &;
chimney frcs, 4; boys With hre-crackcfs, Q; cx-
ptosfon OF kerosene lamp, 3; ma!tciousuces, 1;
chi1,negs without fue-stoppor, 3; ignition OF
fireworks, 2; spark from chimney, g; spo,-
taneous combustion, 9: box on boiler, 3; hot
ashes deposited 10 wooden barrel, 2; tramus, 2;
ovcrheated stove, q; and ono each falling
OF BtoVe-ptpe, defective range, oyerhcatcd
chimney, accumulation Of gas, s,,n, ovcr-
heated shaving shute, grease falling on
embers, smoky furnace, defective tlue,
rubbish placed aGatnss tlre-bor, boiling over
Of pan OF grease, c!Gar-stub on awning, gus
arising IRON gasoline, wood 10 oven, rckindIfng,
bonfire. OF the buildings, ~ ~ere brick md
4 wnre frame, and were occupied aa follows:
Dwellings, 90; barns, IL; sheds, s; restaurant,
y; drs-Koods store. B; frsIeht.ears. 8; paint u,,d
oil store, 2; plantng-ntll, 2; preserving com.
store. wiro-Worka, millinery store, propeller,
laundry. sewlng-Ennchine, furniture nlauufac-
tory, atnoke-house, gaming house. lodge-room,
has1lware store, carocnfor shop, livery stable,
fGfjrH. WArRit0tiah.