Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-04-08
DOMESTIC NEWS.
A srDIorS nlSNs TER.

A SERIOUS DlSA STER
w.sH,sG4ex, Arr Wv. are soay 10 lave
10 announce That The Public Building Last Of the
Tresiaeals Square occupied The Iasasi II DE-
g.srmsKr. scas rensamsdig IRE yesterday mein.
ms between two oeoek and sunrise, III ffe
was drs discovered IN lie room adjoining tint 81
the ChiefCefk es the Department. usually known
ar,onr the Clerks and other officers by tic name
of Nr T. Laubs Room Il is no, know whether
the Fire orsnaledin the Door or the ceine Of the
,oom The Whole teiag "a a blaze before any ON
approached il ..bot 10 5o.bi appears 10 be ehiet.
,aincl that the Fire was accidental. Tie Who'll.
RON was Oh &c before the alarm vas given, and
un the alarm vas gwen, oven The watch " aik =
tie navemeni IN front Of the Branch Bank ineat
the SPOT perecse3 nothing Of the fire, tho building
oflhs State Department lnierposmg) Every II.
sron was made, as the people gathered 10 The
snot. finding that II would he IN vain Ia aiiemFi
SAVING the building. Ia rescue the books aud rapfs
ofthe several Offices. A great deal was saved, b
the Clerks and oher citizens, considering the
cunisiaiees. II Is hoped indeed, that few bnoes
orrspers OF much consequence are destroyed
An the books and papers on tho ground floor afe
believed 10 have been saved In sreat disorder Of
coarscl and all those IN the thIrd story were des
troyed. OF the books and papers IN the apart
incnis of the second story, much the greater part
were saved
The Offices on. the FIST floor, the books Of wheh
are sayrd we thusc at the REGISTER Of tn
Treasure the Treasurer. and tho Fnst Audi
~ IN #a sse4a npar, nearly all the books
oi the - a'nIaroller, whose office orcnPcd Tho
greater Il - al hs rooms, v.ctc saved. and a
par Of III 50 belonging tothc office oi the Secretary
of the Treasury, ia whose immediate apHn1efis
the arc wpa first discovered.
Dfihe offices connected with jhc Treasury De
y rtnont several Of the most extensive, are kept III
o,Lcr ltli, lnes than that destroyed, and are of
course entirely safe viz, those Of the lseeond,
Thja. Fourth, and Fifth Auditors, and the SoIie
to- oftue Treasury
TIE f,aper5 destroyed wee many ofthen ohso-
lcie, and almos' al ofn date prior 10 1870. Tho
most important fal'srs destroyed were perhaps the
corr. ,ndcnoe # the Head orthe Treasury De
paitr. which " kept TIA he room wherein the
Greo aled
WA.a aio Ere NJ l,st discovered It vas III
dead hour q. .Ae asa' and te ~, ple population II
the -.iy ~ - deep has q so a.uoP. HAL a eompa
ie'iy,'s sesi number arrived ally ou Inc GROUND
Very sooi. a.#5. ae ftst rs VI Ilro ~ scarcely
uli4u,, q. Ia pa. tNo e,''l.. thc keeper II ae
Oti,han Asylum bsll caught anI repeated abs u
lara, wheu1e Il happened thai thc as ons fit Al
tho lfe, hsss# immediate u, 4eteo.s. aefe III
sol u til. ! sHd had hl.f 70 rIHc o IN hfH=s
,hoy aaitea i i. Tosae, H.. Ha'Aa s, ta4s,ef.
whlu .. ire, would 0nd'r amy instances.
ha, a.eu impossible, So mlaA.InHia aa5 IL
srue Re- as vel a. - contents
~ one can loo. i'll tie -tooasrc rsif4, without
q alton OF a.lonisbnJcti az thc tduI3 aud NJ
&c. unrfovaeuee With which books ani p3pets Of
su.h yasi eeuseq9tna, l3yc h,eu 50 long trusted
to amy o,ia dan liz ffo't bt.i.IlHs. The few
t,arttf.os sa#.sld feeas i. the bI'ld.us enlltsIy
,ssnpeI - aa'sas, AMI bu1 'ha "la'. IN jim.
been similarly constructed. ,u, tirc e.led aal hags