Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-02-13

this vessel has been lost nearly six hun
! dred years, as one of its dimension
could not have navigated the Loeb o
Spynie, more particularly the par
where it has been found, after the
twelfth or thirteenth century.
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A new barn, belonging to William
Bats(ord, at Meriden, Conn.,, with all
tscontents, consisting OF hay and grain,
with valuable horse, was consumed
last week, by singular incident. Mr..
B. had a pig affected with scurvy; he
applied the usual specific, shovel full
of ashes to his back, to effect cure,
with which the pig ran under the barn.
, Some embers remaining in the ashes
set the combustibles around on fire, and
hence the calamity. The horse was
once rescued from the flames, but, be.
ing left to himself, in the general panic
rushed again into the flames, and was
destroyed.-Bah. Gaz.
The barn Of Mr.. Whiteford, near
Montreal, was discovered to be on fire,
on the morning of the 18th ult. Mr..
Whitelord, accompanied by his brother,
Immediately ran into the stable, with
the view of extricating the cattle; but
persisted in the attempt. He succeed.
ed in liberating six cows out of nine
teen; the remaining thirteen, together
with two horses and number of sheep
and pigs, were consumed; Mr.. WIS.
brother escaped with difficulty.-Bah.
Gaz.
Destruction Of the Warren Factory.
"A little before twelve O'Clock on
Thursday night the extensive Cotton
Mill belonging TO the Warren Manufac-
turing Company, about fifteen miles
from the city, was discovered to be on
fire. The flames first apr cared in the
highest story Of the building, near the
belfry about twenty minutes after the
Waterman had taken his regular half
hourly round through the rooms. He
Immediately attempted to give the a
larm to the workmen by ringing the bell
but the second pull of the rope caused
it to sever at the place where the fire
had already reached it. This eircum-
stance created some delay in rousing
the workmen but they were neverthe.
less at the premises in comparatively
short time and used every possible ex-
ertion to check the fire, but without,
we regret to add, being able to accom-
plish it. In n short time the whole
building, with oil its valuable machn-
cry, was reduced TO heap of ruins.
None Of the adjoining buildings were
injured.
The cause Of the fire cannot be trac-
ed. 1t broke out in garnet room con
tanning nothing combpstible, and but
little used, and the watch-clock indicat-
ed the regular half-hourly presence of
the Waterman until the alarm was given.
The fire was discovered at an early
stage, but the combustible nature Of
the building, rendered still more SO by
the quantity of oil used on the machin-
| cry, bafiled all efforts to subdue it. BY
far the most distressing circumstance
connected with the event, is the fact
that between seven and eight hundred
persons derived, directly or indirectly,
their support from this establishment,
and are thus suddenly deprived of en-
ployment at this very inclement sea-
son.
We understand that the building
and machinery were insured to the a.
mount of sixty three thousand dollars
in several offices in the Eastern States.
The property destroyed, however,
could not be replaced for 100000.
Bali. American.