"General City News," New York Times, Feb. 26, 1866, p. 8.
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FIRE IN CHERRY-STREET -- Last evening, at about 10 1/2 o'clock, Officer OATES, of the Fourth Precinct, discovered a fire bursting out through the window of the second floor of the two-story frame building No. 59 Cherry-street, formerly enjoying the name of "The Dirty Spoon," but latterly occupied by TIERNAN & Co., dealer in cottons, who had a stock of baled and loose cottons on hand. The rapid headway made by the flre made it impossible for the firemen to save the building, which was totally destroyed. The stock of TIERNAN & Co. was damaged $4,000 -- insured for $5,000 in the Manhattan Fire Ins. Co. The building owned by Mr. HARMON was valued at $500. The flames extended to the three-story brick-front house No. 57 Cherry-street, occupied on the lower floor by WM. O'DEAY as a shoe-store and dwelling-house, and let out by him to poor families. O'DEAY's loss by water is $50; Insured for $600 In the Rutger's Fire Insurance Company. The tenants on the upper floors, mostly Chinese and Irishmen, lose $200. The building was damaged about $300. The owner, Mr. CUSHNY, is insured in a City Company. The Police of the Fourth Precinct, under Sergeant KELLY, with detachments from the adjoining precincts, were early on the ground, and rendered valuable aid.
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Cherry street between Roosevelt street and James Slip. This is a detail from the map accompanying the Report of the Council of Hygiene. It did not appear in the Times article |
