Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-05-02
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We have lust returned from wItnes M an I'M.
po,ias aud Grand though lie rife poet Il A
bout 10 O'Clock tins morning ile allfnof fire Va
given and PERSISTED IN W ti -, n,tt, h diligence u
10 rri ler II cernn TINT Their. WIS "A s#fions fire
Shortly afterwards We were ins,rmed ia, the City
IIotcl-a vas, strueiarc, rs al he world hnoss.
occupying the who'd Lp, well Of Broadway, he
tween Cedar and rham.. streets. was n flames
We repaired Immediately 10 tie scene Of the ca.
lnmity and worc 80 fortunate ~ To- sfrlfe II .iew
from I'm nnprr story. nearly Opposite.
The acerlent is sal ! to liaea been oe.asoncd hy
some defect m one of the ehiraucys IL snan4.
was Grs, observed from the stree, ISSUING apparent.
Is from SOM crcvIrts belyecn the btIclts of The
.ou,l en- liable. blt no alarm wns then even ;
and even some considerable tine Afterwards " hen
ia, smoke was seen ,ssuin,, ,om the utpcr van
dow ca4cinon,S IN lu,c yolnrr,q # p;n4 not supno.
scd that my serious consequences would cnaue.
Tn, alarm however. WINS now 'riycn and IN n few
moments n,ufwnds the 0am.s burst forth with
great Go,--hnying thus before the a,fi,nl Of tn
tprines attained n powrt which Il yyns difficult 10
arrcs,
G,,v n,or,,n,st,Ifc ,uo bre,n,c sn,cie,ors af
the scene an ,nrilen, occurred Of painful and thf
linz interest. In the orcmp, 10 check The uroeress
Of the fire two iudi,i one Of whom w believe
was Mr.. Jennings. the Keeper Of the hot,l himself,
had assembled the npp,r story. Immediately under
the roof and before they were aware their danger
the flames invested thcm on ev.,v side md pree5n
dcd their descent hv the case The building was
so hich tia, po lad Ter could he raised tn relieve
them nor even near enouph Ia throw n rome bv
which To descend In this perilous situa,ion-on The
verge of the roof md the rapi,lc clemcn, making
frigh,ful advances toward; them. they had for
some time thr melancholy prospec, of berg crush
Ell by the fail of the burning timhers around them
or Of perl.hins in ,hr flames Lon, ladders wore
sphccl but for some moments nil excr,,ors to
nch them wcr, in vain No the lnd,crs could MOI h,
raised 10 the corp,,c and the persons exposed were
upon the roof which was burning all around then,
having EMERGED throu-h n dormer windnw. A,
this pcrilous moment. when hone had plmos, fl, n
young man by an extraordinary effort threw a
rope from one of III, upper windows to the roof
providcn,alv il stuck fast and the gentlemen wtr,
enabled 10 creep along the gutter, seize the ropf
and fasten il 10 the dormcr easements They
| then succcssi"cly let themselves down until they
could be reached and taken lato an unpor win
dow.
Their situation had been watched with prea,
anxiety, and their GOODNESS and intrepidilv dntine
the tr, inv moments of their peril was hailed h,
,hcliyeest nccl tmnions of The so ,ctaors, the M,
mont thri~ safety was, nspred
Meantime the work of destruction proceeded ra
Ipidly. The flames burst I'D through the roo6or
si,h such violence as to throw the tiles Off in mas
scs which mmld.d down upon the paycmen,s be
low-,o the imminent dancer of the 6rem,n nm,
others hcnes,h-The fire pour, d forth for, the dor
mcr windows from the sables. and immense col
umns UPWARDS from tho centre of tho hu,l,j;n,
Broadway was lined w;,hn.ople from Rector s,,ee
to the Park and the ADJOINING roofs windows nm,
balconies were ocounicd with b, holders For Iono
time the r,mblinc If scarcely n car, or ,,,,,.ce
was To he heard in this mar, Of tho c,,v pnsinae,
seemed tn nnuse wh,ls, the work ~ a.s,rnc,;1r ,,
going IN
e Oh. 70 tho hr;ch,ross &c, ~, ,.n;. :. J..
no, the sublmc and mnosinc onno.rarcs ,ho, ' !;