The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-10
FIVE AcnIs or rLAMEs.

Great Pire In aew York City-The Man
haitian Market, the FIuest One In th'
world, Burued-Total Loss over MIL
Ion Dollars.
NEw YORK, September 9.-Flames were
discovered in Manhattan market, Elev
enth and Twelfth avenues and Thirty
fourth and Thirty,tift streets, shortly af
ter midnight, and. before three o'clock this
morning the immense building which
covered the entire block was reduced to a
skeleton. The structure was 500 feet long
and 200 feet wide, and its interior remind.
ed one Of the Centennial buildings at
Philadelphia. The loss is variously esti-
mated at between $500, 900 and upwards Of
a million dollars. All the fire engines
and hook and ladder companies in the up.
per part Of the city combatted the flames
without success, owing to strong wind
and the size OF the building. The tiremen
made their way into the building at one
time, but were driven out again by the in.
tense heat. The buildings on the oppo.
site side OF Thirty. fourth street, known as
the Hay Market, caught fire, and the Hay
Market Hotel was in flames and the guests
driven out. The cause OF tho fire Is not
yet ascertained, but incendiarism is sus.
pected. Between two and three hundred
head OF cattle were burned TO death. 1t
said the lost to stand owners will be over
5000 The market was opened for
permanent business June 9th. The prin.
cipal occupants we're G. Brown, butcher;
Z. Blackiord, fish dealer; Robe Bros d
Co., provisions; Miss Dora Hegman, can
ned fruits; Manhattan Tea Company;
F. B. Chase & Co., foreign and domestic
fruits; Wm. Oldham, butcher; o. P.
Hitchcock, dining saloon, Middleton, Car
man & Co., Knapp & Vannasland, @. A.
Lewis. Thos. Anderson and others oCcu-
pied the largest stands. Two hundred
and sixty stalls were rented, and by the
first of October four hundred privileges
would have been leased. The market
was built in 1872. lhe walls Of the build.
ing were brick with stone trimmings, and
the rest Of the structure mainly iron and
glass. II cost 81, 10000 1t was not Ruc-
cessful at first. The estate OF Courtlandt
Palmer bought it under foreclosure, and
recently Courtlandt Palmer, the younger,
transie red It to new company, and for
the past few monthsit has been IN success.
ful operation. As yet the buildings loss
Ia not ascertained. The freight depot and
shed OF the Hudson River Railroad was
destroyed. Twenty or thirty cars were
burned.
The hay sheds on the south side Of
Thirty-leurth street were completely de.
stroyed. They were owned and occupied
hy ]. Starr & Co., Franze& Co, Hubbell
& Scoysed, Washburne & Co., LIS. Bowman
and numerous other firms, hose losses
on insurance are not yet stated. The site
OF the Manhattan Market included five
acres, and in size it is said to have ex-
ceeded the Grand Central Railroad Depot,
Forty.second street, this city. 1t has OF.
ten been styled the finest and largest mar
ket In the world. It's dome'shaped roof
with clock tower, 200 feet high, covered
100000 sauara feet. There were twenty
main entrances, FIVE on each side.
The sIde and interior was divided into
three sections. The west end was used as
abattoir, the middle section as wholesale
depot and the front end for a general mar
ket. The space was allotted for 500 stands.
The abattoir had facilities for slaughter
ing 1000 head OF cattle daily. The market
Company was Hrst chartered under the
old Tweed regime, and failed. The mar
ket two years afterward sold for about
$500 O00 The new company had been
succeeding well since the reopening OF the
market in June last.
NEW YoRx, September 0.-The loss by
the IRE at Manhattan Market is s., 500, ,000
The hay market sheds adjoining the
block, with ten brick buildings and nine
freight cars OF the Hudson River Rsilroad
were burned. During the are Inspector
Dilks and Captain Washburne, OF the
Twentieth Precinct, in command OF the
Police Reserves, had narrow escape from
being killed by 4 wall OF the market fall.
ing. Michael Lotus, homeless man,
was badly burned.