New-York tribune., 1881-12-26
GOODS BURNED IN BOND.

DOLLARS IN MERCHANDISE AND BUILDINGS
SWEPT AWAY.
When THE TRIBUNE went TO press yesterday
morning the fire in Covert, Acker ~ Co.'S bonded
warehouse in SOGth-st. was burning hercely. Tho
dense volumes OF smoke which in tho early part OF
the night made the ire a peculiar one hal disap-
peared, giving place TO great sheets of flame, which
lighted up the adjoining streets for several blocks
When this change occurred nearly the whole of the
! Fire Department had been summoned to the spot.
Four lines of hose were joined by "Siamese twin"
This sent such large stream of wafer through one
| nozzle that there was force enough 10 it
! to reach the fifth story of the Maiden
! lane wing In this part of tho warehouse.
which was stored full of bales of tobacco. the flames
were the iiercest. BY good work tine iremcn had
confined the fire to the fourth aud fifth storieS, and
! their efforts were directed TO preventing it from
| spreading downward. 1t was thought that II II
reached the lower stories the tenement houses and
stores forming the corner of Maiden-ane and South
st. would be destroyed. To prevent this. so mucn
water was thrown against the building that there
were shee's of it pouring from the window-slS'
This made a very picturesque series of waterfall,
lighted no by the urid glare of the roaring hames
While this work was gong on in MaIden-lane, good
service was being done in South aud Depeysier-5ts
Steadily for three hours more the men worked
until, at o'clock yesterday morning-eight hours
after the fire began-it under control. and seY-
eral OF the engines ordered home The hre tug
Havemeyer continued to throw great streams of wa
ter all day. assisted by another tug So much noise
confusion and excitement attracted large number
of people to that portion of the city. As the day
grew older the owners and occupants OF tho
burning warehouses appeared upon the scene
From them 1t was learned that one OF
the buildings was owned by George Peabody
| ". Il 1r,.I at AMI
said TO be fully insured Mr. We,more leased it 10
Covert. Acker Il Co. They occupied it for storing
in bond Che finer tOoaccos and ci ars teas and raw
silk son of Mr. Acker, in spaa king OF this iiras
loss said thai it would be chiefly in the destruction
of the business. as the goods which were in bold
had been paced there by their customers lyon
| these Gus omera and the Insurance companies tho
| some OF Ihe customers are f. Garcia, Bro. & CO.,
| Antonio Gonzalez, LOZamO PendOs ~ Co., h. hu-
Ianda X Co., '. M IDOr - Co., Vega "a Bernheih'
! Ii. ScAuDart u Co.. \. /. stephens AZ Co., u. Lew.
| l.. Friedman, T.. EreIse ana q. Fernandez, al OF
| whom lose tobacco and clg lrs. Inc loss on tuls
| kind OF stock was estimated by Mr. Acker 10 be ono
| million dollars. The Loss wlli be less, however, IS
the custOmhousr olcer present mt the ire SAID thai
| the custom fees would not DE Collected
Everett frazar' the senior r.. meiaSer ,,I.n,.Si ot
| the firm OI EFdAr Co occupied
aa Office up0a the tulri floor OF Nos. 73 ahd ~
South-st. lie sIld lie could not estimate ms loss
| winch was Oh silk, tea ana straw goods. (iemeit
| ueerdT a. Co., OF No. % hatgr->t., had bJO,OOO n
,iouor ,l5rsl in tic basement of No. II Sou.h-sJ.
| The Custom House valuation was SlooOOJ. ms
was insurcd, IS were nearly all the goods loSt
ITancs Gray UrL5TO.d, who has charge Oi ais !atA-
ers estate, had an 0liice IN The purued building
| Another OccupanJ was joan GflSwoid, Ihe owner o.
| No. ~ SOuth-Sl., an executor Tor me csttti u
George Grs Io.d, lOr No. Il SOuth-,t., and No %
| DepeysteU-st. The loss on these buildings -
$4,000; insurance IN the Standard, SI0,OOO:
! From these sources It was learned that the total
| loss will TeacH aUOut p- ,OOO,OCU.
| Dmlug the progress of tie lire it wa, reported
itpafs sfp1 guI
| Burns aud hIrChuer had been killed. The report
| was false. The men who belonged ~ the fire tug
HaycJneytr on the TOoi OI tne warehouse Juss
before II Iei Iu aud ~ tney were NOT seen IOI 5Omo
time afterwards, 1t was thought that they had Oeen
Killed. Fearing that the rOoi would iali, they mad
| jumped down upon pie OF Tea, thefcDy hifiuS
| tueIr lives. A theory as 10 the Orl9n 0I tho hio
was advanced by the son of Nh Norwood, III Whose
| otuce n was thought the cOdugrauOn had started.
lie SAID IhGt there uttie nre left III the rtove
ON Saturday nISnt and that the pipe may have set
rr u a beam. lie also sand THAI there Was cat IN
the Mice winch was very playful. 1t was possible,
| ne tnOugnT, that tne cat had played with paper
| until il had set 1t Oh ire irOm tue stoHe. .
Al the OF the destruction yesterday many Old
men who remembered the hre OF 1882 when ueary
all the business portion Oi the city was destroyed,
| stood commenting on the diHercuce between ING
| ability OF the Arc department OF tO-Jay and
thit of tOrty-Hye years ago. said ono
| of them: THAT Oid GriSw.ld building was maze
| 10 stand. IL was DuIit III the lass century, ana.
Whlc contents anu ali the stores Ground IL were
dcstrU ed, thc walls OF Tins building $1,000 urn. and
SO ii WA be nov. lhe owners will have TO rep.ir
| H., q
| uuns anu tue walls are ~ solid as ever" ,
| 4 line OF policemen. under the cOnlhaEu o. inc
Sergeant OF tue FIRST frcIhct kept the crowd away
t.Om ne buildings, and prevented men from gettih5
| delugcd Dy the water winch WAS thrown al, uay
from the six lines II uOS5 connected with the Tire
| boat HaNcImeycr. On account OF the hose y iIg
across The street. the StTest-cars on the BELT Lho
railroad wee ODngrd To leave tho track IA front-
ST. Fetcherst, and TO 60 through fietcher-St. 10
Sout ST. On tue pavement The Passengers following
close benind on 1907. la the afternoon two lengths
OF the tmca taken mp ANA the hose laid under
| thcm anu tno regular travel was Resumed.
| superintendent wilson, Oi the tIre Insurance.
| PatTOi, was present all day. W hCn asked 1T now
great figure he estimated the losses ne answered:
The loss nas been greatly oyerstatcd. Nearly ali
the hIguYines III the cellar are perfectly sale. 40
tea l. doubtless ueStrOyet DhJ lhc TOBACCO VIII 10
found to be in lar better condition than has been
supposed. wish | oo0id rotire from business hay.
ing the amount Oi M uey these damaged g0ouS Viii
brug.' -
Inc reporter went in the cellar OF No. III SOuth-st
and found that the tobacco piled Ill rUws Of nvo
Daies dc p. The ire had not been there, bat there
were aUOut two tcet Ot water IN the bottom Ol iAe
Gel ar which had compile .elY soaked the two lower
| bales, and the top bale was also damaged by me
| water; but the second third bales were per-
fectly dry. he in the cellar the color Or
tOJacco juice ana the general odur was very siihuar
| to that IN an average ilqaOr store. CaNto LOseL
| OF No. ll6 Maiden Lane, nad $4,000 In TOBACCO IN
| tins &C lar, and there was no INSURANCE upon ~.
| Two young men had $1,000 In tobacco theie aiso
| without insurance Their goods are Ina h'u on 'bo
| bales &c. * H." jerome COyert, oil Covert, AcAer
X Co., cOuId not give list OF those having sOols
On storage III hls buildings. lie Thought lha1 "
much toDacCo beng destroyed would raise tio pI'oo
oi that luxury III the market for Il lew weeks. -,
Inc fire BOAT HaVermcyer VIII rnain mooteu IN
the dock until the ire has been entiTey eAuu-
guished. several tunes yesterday LANES were seen
bursting FROM different parS ot the stone Dhliulns
on tDe corner but AT dark the fre was about out,
ana only single stream considered necessary
| TO prevent any iurther outbreak oi tne flames
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