New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-13
DlulcE 70 4 GRAIN wIREHorSs.

loss OF 100000 IN SOUTH BRouHLYN.
A iire which threatened great damage in a
long row Of warehouses the water irnt of south
Brooklyn occurred yrstsriay. Hy the Efforts of tho
nremen the flames nearly confined 20 the building
I'm which they broke out and the los now estimated
will not much exceed 100000 One part OF the
syc system ~ piers 81 Red Hook Point. Brooklyn,
leased by the Atlantic Dock Company and covered
~ long rows OF grain WAREHOUSES; cAte"ls oppo-
site the foot OF william n. The entire building
has frontage Of 300 feet the bay just below Butter
milk Channel and pier extends In the ar II II d.
yiled into eight warehouses. four or lyo stories IN
height These were erected 1853 and are leased by
the Grain warchousng Company, Of which j. Is.
shaw s president. The New York office Il AT No. D
Moore a.
Ahout o'clock Yesterday morning the waichmen en-
poycd in warehouses smoled sn"k" in "" ~. which
l. close to the elevator and about the middle Of the row.
They searched Intellectually for time for the source
Of IT, but finally becoming convinced that there was
Are. an alarm sounded al o'clock The haInes
soon burst out on the second noor ot 80 20 In which
were about 20 600 bushels OF grain. The re hal eyi-
dcntly smoulderrd FOR some time, and II soon gancf
great hcadway The alarms sent ou' in quick suc-
ces-ion ~ the danger ~ the fire became Known and
thirteen engines the spot al one time with sew
era hook and ladder trucks The vessels ylng at the
wharf in the dock were removed a ..fe distance bo-
r,re any caught fire. At time the danger Of the
spread Of hames imminrnt that the hrr-ooat OF
New York. Haycmcyer tclcsapb"d for, ~ there
l. no fire boat Brooklyn but the order aft"rward
countermauled. By dlisent efforts IN" flames were
confined 10 No SO except that they extended 10 the
~ M 50 the cpoa being burned OF and the grain in it
much damaged by water. The flames were entirely
udrr control By noon and the interior II the burned
warehouse was a smOudertng of charTcd timbers,
corn rye and wheat SOM OF the engines continued TO-
play on the ruins for hours order a. quench all
suouldering Goals The elevator burned down 70
the second story and the Interior gu,ted
The details OF the loss were given q TRtBrNE
porter by Mr. shaw. president OF the Warehon-ug Com
pany lie estimated the quantity Of grain In No 10 al
from Is 900 10 30 900 bushes The probable value was
about 81 900 and owned by several persons The
exact quantity can only be- known by examining tho
books bu, the los Is believed 10 be covered by insr-
ance In the burned warehouse was large quantity II
machinery used I'm cleaning grain, etc II cost 10000
and Was now worth about S35 900. IL OF the
ppro, ed description and complete IN every particular.
The loss the buildings owned by the Atlsutic Dock
elevator was worth 80 OOO being built IN tue best
OF yellow pine.
The grain in the adjoining warehouses was much in
jured by water aud smoke hc estimated oss on TN.
placed about 10000 making the total loss not far
from 100000 Mr.. shaw said IL was Impossible 70 tei
how lar the smoke had penetrated or how nucn tho
grain hurt. The grain very sensitive ana hs
IA the smoke did great deal ot d.in.se 10
thought found Its way easily under the ron
The loss would have been much greater Tue a.,
which held 50 900 bushels OF grain had Deen run
Shaw said this wac the 1rst fire IN these ouluinss.
which had stood twenty two years E ~ no ~ NJ shaw
was AT loss 10 rpain how the fire Was caused IN 20,
So was the grain-drer, but the nre III ts e..ns3
guished NJ IL d. Saturday. III may nave occ.
In The wall hetxeen the warehouses from tus Hpo
snnoniered for several hours before i orose out.
nosses and attracted much attention from persons
ntoS 20 church Yesterday morning and those IN lne
ferryboats plying between this city and BfooXSn'