纽约消防八卦。

纽约消防八卦。

对35岁的约翰·麦登（John Madden）的纵火罪指控，没有家。申诉人是亨利·穆勒（Henry Muller），是干草驳船玛丽·奥古斯塔（Mary Augusta）的上尉，位于第三十四街和北河的脚下。上周，麦登因中毒指控在杰斐逊市场法院被提审，并被罚款5美元。他支付了罚款，然后离开法庭，再次开始喝酒。同一天，他爬在驳船上，点燃了几捆干草。然后，他跳到码头上，打电话给穆勒上尉，为自己的生命跳跃。穆勒跳了起来，发出警报，大火被造成逮捕。麦登说，他很醉，以至于他在做什么时没有意识到。他的审判额为2500美元。人民的热情款待是无限的。——不是在韦尔奇大火中失控的火警盒。 The reason for the delay of the fire department in arriving was that the box was not pulled for over twenty minutes after the fire broke out.—Secretary Charles Hopper, of the Retired Firemen’s Association, formerly lieutenant of engine company 32, has recently been presented with a diamond frog.— Chief Bonner returned from his trip to Salt Cake City on August 19. He has been greatly pleased by his trip, and benefited-by at the convention which, he says, was a huge success.” The most remarkable thing about it was that “it was held in a city where fire engines are unnecessary, the water pressure in Salt Lake City being 140 pounds to the square inch."—In consequence of its not being possible to sell the city bonds at present even at par,the $300,000 which the fire commissioners had arranged to spend for new buildings and sites for the fire department cannot be paid by the comptrolerz.

As if to keep up the tradition that several big fires come together after a lull, New York has been again severely visited since the two destructive fires of last week. No 189 Chambers street had a double experience. The first fire, a trifling one. on the evening of August 13, broke out in the second floor, occupied by Jerry Sauer, dealer In essential oils, etc. He suffered a loss of $300; two other tenants of the same floor lost about the same sum, and tenants on the first floor of No. 196. about $600. The building was damaged about $200. The firemen left, thinking the fire was out. It was not, however, as at il.54p. m. another outbreak occurred, which necessitated three alarms and the employment of the New Yorker fireboat to get it under. laws about fully insured. The fire was a peculiarly stubborn one to fight, as the upper three stories were occupied for storage purposes, and to these the blaze was chiefly confined. When the firemen arrived, the fire was showing itself in several places at once,and in about fifteen minutes the flames butst through the roof, but did not spread to other buildings, one being the Northwestern hotel at West and Chambers streets. The fuel in the warehouse—furniture, hair mattresses, carpets, whatever it was—burned fiercely, sank down after a long flooding, flared up again when the stream had been directed elsewhere for a few moments, and kept the firemen guessing by its uncertainty. Four times in an hour the department left the western end of the building, and concentrated its force upon the eastern end where the fire was still raging, and every time the hose had been away a few moments, the black windows suddenly brightened and soon formed a mass of dancing, tossing flames again. This work by the engines went on for about thirty minutes, when the fireboat New Yorker tied up to a wharf and her biggest hose was stretched to the place. It was coupled to the water tower, and the enormous stream which it threw was a great assistance. The fire was declared under control about 1 o'clock p. m.