Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-03-03

The FfRE IN SAco.--The Maine Palladium
OF "Wednesday gives the following, among
olher, details Of the burning Of the Co,tan Fac
tory IN that place;
The fire VS. first discovered about Is or 20
minutes b fore 3 O'Clock. by a boy who hap
pened TO De lying on The ground near the build
ing, and h. ard cracking ION he inside :;
climbing W. the window, he looked in and
saw several sticks Of DIR, pine wood (slabs) on
Are near The furnace, which ne supposed might
be easily extinguished. He frs, tried 10 open
the door, leading into the room, but 6ndng i,
! impossible, he called 10 he men who wee in
an upper story OF The Fac'ory They a, first
would uol believe the buy, bull al length came
out from door also in he upper part, and
went towards The Nail Factory nearly sdioin.
ing, with the idea tina, the fire was here but
very soon discovered smoke issuing from the
lower windows OF The Mill. The alarm was
ins''n ~ given by ringing ;hs Fac DRY bell. and
IN 4" few minutes the religious cor greg,,ions in
the Village poured forth & repaired to the spo'.
Two Of the men first alarmed by he boy return.
ing To The building, ian dawn into the basement
story containing he machine shop. and The
fur ace 70 m. which they found 6l e. with
mohe; unable 10 do any thing there, they
deavored 10 return, bat the smoke had rushed
iames, nat they were compelled 10 make their
escape by ano' her-passase TO which pne Of the
men happened to have key. There was a Sc,
o! forcing pumps, worked by water power,
which once 10 operation would have deuged
every room in he Mill; but he gales on me
inside WIRE SO situated that two or Tire. per-
sous whn endeavored 10 rais- them, we've forced
10 abandon the attempt by tns smoke. The
FIRE had communicated the oil room, which
was separated from he furnace room by i
bin. board partition, from which il spread
win great rapidly, shooting across The raflers
of the machine sop like s,reaks oil lightning"
as one Of The men described il. The smoke " as
rendered peeuia"ly oppressive and sufucating
BY The burning Of 'wo earooys Of viuio which
were near the oil room; had o. not been Tor this
poisonous clio. or had he men who FIRST de-
| : cod d to The machine shop, closed the door
behind them, the gt,es Of the forcing pump
might have been raised and The progiess of he
Iire probably stopped. One engine was stations
ed at che Nail orks, and pro ectrd hem al
| though the FIRE, communicating to The adjacent
out building, approached within a few yard.
"Some idle men stood by, while many je
males were actively engaged in passing buckets
and IN assisting TO trmove furniture and goods,
With a devotedness AID energy which deserve
| lie heariiest COMMUNICATIONS.
AS 10 ihe orig in Of the lie, some doubt seems
TO ,xis. One Of the (wsrchmen whose duty j.
was 10 visit he furnaces every hali-hou- had
been absent from the room, IN which II com
m, need, only ,w,n ty minutes, when ne replen
shed the fuanacr, having BEEN he pI acti {
to continue The fires over Sundsy.) /, is con
i.c,ured ny some hat u beam noS FAR removed
from the top of the furnace, oangh' Are from a
defrc, IN the pipe; an j. is ais, supposed hat
he furnace door having been left open on &C
count Of the length OF ne wood, the ne may
have communIca ed from 'ha qusr,er. Eve
nv precaulien seems o have been used TO guard
he Seam AID he upper h."rirg from darerr
eucasiug ihtm VIII >hee ir n ant p aster
| in 'hr ncighhorhood e he furnace, 50 tnai zoe
latter superstition seems the more probable o'
the TWO. A Considerable quantity 81 dry fuel
was piled up in thu room, which having once
taken fire, easily communicated it 10 the oil
room, ,Ger which il spread with inconetiva-
ple tapioI'y'
| From h above s'a'emcn,s II APPEARS TO u
that nere -sn b. but lt;le doubt mat his grea
d,struc ion OF p5Dper was Caused by cul
! n.hle negligence on the part Of those who had
he charge of hesi ing he buildiGg.-lt is also
STATED ,ha, tn. slabs being long, one end wa!
| out into the oven.
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