New-York daily tribune., 1843-03-03
gy THIS MORNINGS MAIL
cn,Firc tr Cincinnati-scvcn nen A"is
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Rn1taoaE. March 2, lo+5.


r,r, N,1 b,;np. us an account ot
dreadful hre which occurred Ia Cine'naali ." ~.
afternoon of the 25th ult., about octecS py whon
.eve, nen are known TO have been kllied. ana
twenty. more or less, seriously wounded Inc
S,s brokc out in the smoke house OF Messrs. usu
end Alvord a, the corner OF Walnut street ana Tue
canal. The smoke house stood IN the rear anu
was sornewte. detached from the main ou'o''s'
by wooden door which opened on narrow pas
.sse The FIRE, /. was supposed, could be con-
fined TO the smoke house, by closing up the pork
house on the main building, ard this was aceora-
;,,lv done-al the windows and doors and shnt-
tiers being closed. ~.
In the course of half an hour the main building
wa, filed with smoke, rarhed air, and Prooao'y
came naammabe gas, from the stnoAe mousse anu
when the flames burst through the woosen aeor
connecting the two buildings, an instantaneous
roar Of fa,-c was perceived, and in the twlneiing
o an eve the whole Of this spacious, substantial
building was n mass OF ruins. ihe wnoie iooi
was lifted up in the sir and thrown into the streets
in large frasmen.s-the second story walls On lhe
no,,b and south sides were thrown dewn, ana inc
whole eas,e.r e.. Of both stories, rootlsg on " al
nh, blown into the streets, from its foundation up.
The appearance Of the explosion was a~fuiy
terrific, and its consequences ata! to severa most
es,;mabe citizens 1t is thought that from eight
70 twelve persons were Immediately killed. ana
nrobab,y twenty severely wounded-some OF them
dangerously. OF the number that were PostlVeiy
a.ce,taiped to be killed On Sunday were
Joseph Bor SAIL
Caleb TAYLOR, of the late iitm OF Noednut q 20.
H. S. Edmunds. pork packer,
j. S. Chamberlain, pattern maker,
John Ohe, Gsrmas aborer
And ,wo or three other German laborers, whose
names we could not ascertain.
OF these most severely wounded, are
Geo. shilli,o. (frm of Worthing,oR, ,shiito u Co.
H.. Thorpe, Inspector OF Pork,
7. g. Shaefer, printer,
Mr.. Avord, firm OF Pugh Il AiyeId,
Samuel Schooley, lad,
Mr.. Finch, carpenter,
John Blackmorc, Machinis',
And probably dozen or twenty Others whose
names could not be ascertained with certainty
The 6remen exerted themselves maniuy, and
won high praise from all.
There were 200 00n lbs of bacon in the smoke
house-al lost bat fully insured. On the pork
house there was an insurance of 6,OOo whlch Will
cover the loss. The surrounding sheds were hlled
with lard, barrel pork, and bacoa but i, was gsner-
ally goteut without injury.
The Pork House was erected By George w.
Jones in $780, for the late Bank of the United
States, and built in the most faithful and .ubsan-
,ial manner throughout.
This is the largest FIRE that has occurred in Gin
cinnati since the 10th of March 1912, when the
Pork House occupied by R. w. Lee & Co. and
Pugh s. Alvord was destroyed. A similar explo-
sion took place then, from the pent up smoke and
gases, which shattered the walls, but did little
other damage, as the building was open and partly
burn. at the moment.
A bill has passed eur Legislature, authorizing
the receipt for taxes of coupons AID certificates
of interest now due on Maryland stocks, in pay
ment Of State stocks, which has already had the
effect of giving increased value 10 them, and aided
/ also the stock. Coupons are quoted at -, and b
per cent stock at 81. Baltimore City stock,
which at this time las, year was down to 30 81,
is now in good demand at So a s45.