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the assailants then set fire to a pan of tar on the first floor, and in an instant all the wooden work about that part of the building was in flames. The fire was, however, speedily checked by the police before much damage was done. Finally, while a few policemen were holding the ricters at bay, a large reinforcement arrived from the 42d, 43d, 44th, and 50th precincts, and those in the building were ejected, when a general row occurred between them and the police. A negro attacked officer John Donnelly, of the 43d precinct, thinking he was going to arrest him and inflicted a serious wound on his head with the side of a box. Sergeant Wright got badly cut during the melee in the shoulder with a pitchfork. At this juncture a voice cried out, "Boys, set the bloody building on fire and burn the damn niggers." This was received with the wildest shouts of approval by the crowd, who again surged toward the premises with the intention of carrying out the advice that had been given them