New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-27

r., 49, oocu-iea ty the New-Toriz and Boston
,,ts,s.ob -o-rnary waken & Mclaughlin. CefI
49,. s=norte-s: Brasch & Rothens;ein'
General Forwarding agents. Mccarthy q NC
- ,.vr,-e~r ard the Wall Street Inf'rr'a-
tion Bureau.
A~,o,r .bs material Ia the Adams Express
t-oulrary's PREMISE vas box CONTAINING n
number 81 artificial skulls said ~ 10 the prop
.-.,-. O. r theatrical Company These were scat
So on -.e Sidewalk. Ia Broadway. when the
ero-len were washing down" the building
and presented CHASTITY sight
retI d. Weir president of the Adams hN-
press Company. said DO could form 10 accurate
estimate CT the loss his company suffered. Us
r-ea-est loss he soi1 would DO in SITS Working
records although great many Of is ooohS
and usfr-e had been saved He ala not think
fhe financial JOSS o. the basgaEe and ireiFh'
fn the buildings would be very heavy.
CHEZ CROKER estimated the damage az S9po-
o0o A. "a Thorburn. secretary Of the Board Of
T-.ra underwriters. placed The damage at 500
Oal aching chief Bnns thought the estimate
81 10000 about right.
After TIE Gre had been eNtinguished eleven
metal rt~onEboxes containing valuable pack
ages some OF which had been received just
prior 20 the outbreak OF the fire. and Others
which were awaiting shipment were recovered
from the Adams Express Company's building.
debris whore the floors had caved In above.
The st~ongboxes were taken TO the company's
office or Cana,-st and Broadway. Their con-
ren-s were soaked with water.
when The alarm was given small safe Of the
Manhattan Dcli-erv Company was rolled out OF
so. C1 Broadway and left outside the door.
where 81 remained for the rest OF the day.
strong guard ~ employees. aided by number
- detectives. 1s put in charge Of the vaults
SITTER rbe FIRE was out This guard Will he main
faire8 unt1 1he contents have been removed 20
another building
D. J. hickey. general agent Of the wells-Fargo
|cofnvaur said that the Adams Express Company
would on Monday transact its business in the
wells Fargo company's building No 63 Broad
Nav. and thet The Fargo company would
Iuovo to t= ov-r building just erected. a. No. "a
Rroadva- Tie believed the Adams Express
Company valued its building At $4,000. and
fhey had recently put in r. 100000 electric plant
shore Tie believed the company would not re-
build tho structure.
some ~ the wires Of the Postal and Western
Union TELEGRAPH companies. connecting their
main Offices with branch Offices and brokers
Offices near the burned buildings were burned
ou. and there was. in consequence, some delay
,7 the telegraph service about Wall Street. The
Morris European and American Express Cora-
panv. tho Manhattan Deliver Company and The
Network and Boston Dispatch Company hired
temporary quarters At so Is Broadway.
An incident Of the FIRE wss the conduct %
Smoke carriage dog attached 10 Engine
company so %. whose quarters are in John
- It has been Smokes custom when running
- 3 Gre 10 Jump at the heads OF the horses
drawing the engine. as f 20 urge them %
greater speed. He doing this when the
engine was on the way 10 the fire. At Wall.
81 one OF the horses kicked the dogs right
foreuaw. severely injuring it. Smoke llnped
frto wilson's drug store and whined for assist
ance John Ralphs one of the clerks. washed
tho injured nav and applied carbolic salve and
a handa-e Smoke limped out Of tho store. ana,
hndiug the engine. remained with the horses
tho rest ~ the afternoon
Last nirht Chief Croker said that in the be
ginning there had been some difficulty about
fhe water supply.
we got along al right" he declared. hut
81 We had had the salt water mains we could
have fought the fire easier and better. with a
FAR larger pressure
AS TO the bursting Of hose. a. - which many
stories had been aaOat. st was no more than
usual. he said; the coupling 81 two engines
NJ IN one line or the driving ~ engines over
Al taut line would account Tor 81. he said