New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-12
THE FIRE RECORD.

RARE PLANTS AND FLOWERS DES ROY I'D.
JAY GouLp's CoNsERvAT, RY AT IRvfNGToN BURNED
Ill L,Ss ESTIMATED At FROM $l5O.OOO TO
5000. 900.
The conservatory of Jay Gould at Linden
hurs, situated AZ Iryington-on-tne Hudson, was DC
slroyed by fire AZ .. N. yesterday. The chmhey III
the central pant Of the bui dim was dis covered to oe III
flames by two W rkmen. Adclpn Anknelen and Ru1olph
Hams. who sep, upon IN, premises and an alarm was
gwen imnlcd aty. The Are apparatus was inaccessbe
aud with the hep OF tarce more worknen ana half a
dolen VII agers the made vain attempt 10 Op the
spreading the mes by the use of buckets OF water
In hrcc hours the building In runs with the xeep
ton ofa part OF the caS; wirg
The conservatory. sad TO be % the finest In T. G
United sGes bG!j IN the Moorish style OF archl-
lecture aud 400 feet long, aud at the lateral wings
% feet WIDE ow,r0 feet nigh from The north
etu SIDE Many Of the plants were rare and costly
and were collec ed III Belgium, BraZl, south
America aud Australia. In the central pat
OF tle building IN sort OF amphthca re, were pains
len and nfleen feet hph. Ga the lower shelves were
com, Of the rare,t tropical olage plants, and on two
sae stagiugs palms newly imported from Europe
which had taken premiums in England and France a
fountain played IN the OF tpe building and near
were a bowhng-a!ley, bhiardrO Ia ana u RECEPTION
room. Tne grapeics the west side contained IN o
fOpIcul grapes among then BENG me ~ i'h '"' -
ROYAL Ascot aud Imperial 81 Peter In tno east WI z
Ia e cOnsl garments sent III - to'ef ny II,
when y,eg. twenty f.,t .gh tie rs ever
scuf t. this nom Brazil aud many taie Yhlle-
| trs eli tropical tl .rts.
Tpec useryaOiy contained 80 var ties OF palms aud
Al y,ur.ie, Of ire-erns. Among the tropical plants
w,te also 100 varieties oI crOuns aud go varieties Of
/ G .oca-es and antnulnGns In inc l's nous Wr,e
n finest tei-rO.ss tOI winter blooming ana IT" ll' x
! house CONTAINED uirty-hys varttic, OF piuk5. IN
mot cr rnum were valuable South American ana III <
lean plans tie cod-ADusc pdnG azalca indra twenty
varieties The dzCa, mohcs from Japan SIX varieties
ol the bOuyHrd.rs, plano for winter blooming, ana
| many other var e les o. NIn .r blooming panl'.
MLGOud's secretary, NJ .MoCsnl, sad thai Tl)Uoop
would cover loss OF Du Ing aud pnn 3, ana tha
there S,s no Insurance. Ferdinand Mi-gOid, the heal
| gardener. estimate the lO.5 at 100000 Inc plants
", rs va ue 10000 ana Ia the cedr-lOO lott iOuS
wine cider auf coal 10 the amount 81 $1,000 Wt.e
| desire, ed. IN. uul ing was worth $lDOhOO MI
MancJid advised MI GOuid not 10 III 'uIr lhc pioic'
nrcpIis. ia. men In cuaGbc v re exceedingly careful
f ere were ci-.t men cmpiOycI In the building. Inc
| whoe propcrt,. comprising 1870 acres, was purchased
LAST -prInG Whea tie conservatory was rcmodeiicd,
| 100000 ben. expended in furnaces, Stagings, iron
Work. ric. The pro HZatlng house, when was saved,
con AIMED plants valued at about $4,000. 10 heat tue
building there were dZht boilers Tor the distribution OF
MOI watei-thle zee Of bcIug In the central p Inc
chimney where tao fire originated mad running alongside
OF II a rafter wHlcn caught lire from the heat Of the
| chimney.