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Show IIANtiKnolS HBK, aPewder aiirt rireerarhers In m (turnip (turn-ip it Waribuiiaie. Nkw Vohk, Vco. O.Fire broke out enr y title n i,-..lnr lu the sli-tnry WT"houw, 171 1,74 H uth, and f.-7 CTt Water atret , utcupted br K. F. DrlcT- and n I he re. On tbe fourtii lltor fully $76,000 worth o Kreoraukfi were b'rej, Tnese rxtdoded aud made the work of the flmnon dnutce-'uus. In the bulhllUK Uiere waa stored over 1, CUd.lW wnfih uf merohandie lu buim lor the Katt India and Cuua trade. It Is fully covered by Insurance. Ou tbe tnp ft 'r a lr;) quantity of puwder is said to be at re I, No llarae can be pn from the out slije. the Ore biai,Zjpiier, Mills and llavameyer, have beau dnrked at t!ie pier opposite tue burn in tj buildlug a tad are play line streams on It. The Ureui n up lo 1 o'clock bad not entered Ibe butidlit:. The only wuy to reach the bUi1 with eftoot was through t: e roof, and the work of cutting tiiat away, while underneath waa gu powder and -x-pluailvrp, Wiis ex.remeiy alanverGus work. Tmsoll nut ueter the tweive mam wliu were aul to work there. In abort time a Ur.:o bole wun made, and a great pllUr ol -njube rubed out, lr tu tli In hole streams ut water were reett-d and the yuupjauer tavsil irom the fl tn ii. The windows nn the south ilda ware also opened and streams from the walr towers playi-U on them. It is beiievnd the goods stored In tba bulldluir sutlrad much damage. l ha luia un tba building aud coo U rite ia estimated al I'JA l.nou, muoli el wulub was caused by water. |