Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-03-07
FIRE AND LOSS LIFE IN CINCIN.
MATT.
From the Gin. Enquirer.
cVYAYUN
SUNDAY, Feb. 26, is4S.

Tending knowledge Of the occurrence.
About half past four O'Clock last night,
a FIRE caught in the smoke house attach
ed 10 the large pork eslabl shment cor
ner Of Walnut street and Canal. This
latter building, which was occupied by
Messrs. Pugh g. AlvOrd, and stored full
with pork, lard, &c. was very large,
fronting fully a hundred feet on Canal,
and perhaps sixty feet on Walnut, two
stories high. South OF the main build
ing was a wide shed.roOf addition, Iun.
ming back the whole depth, and this, too,
was slowed full of lard in kegs, pork sc.
The smoke house stood back Of and at
the south west angle of this immense
plea two story brick bnilding Of
considerable size. The bulldogs were
connected by dOorways opening from
the one into the other.
The FIRE was in the smoke house burn.
ing tnternally-the building had been
closed-all but the openings into the
main building. The outside doors and
win dows Of this latter were also shut,
doubtless with the view Of smothering the
FIRE. Immense volumes Of thick, black
smoke poured out Of every Ori6ce that it
could find in the walls, windows and
roofs Of each building. AS the FIRE pro.
gressed inwardly, this dense mass Of
smoke pent up gas, heated to the last de.
gree, Of course increased. At length
the roof Of the large house was, for sin.
gle second, thrown up-a CLEAN of fire,
quick and bright as the lightning fash,
burst forth, and then the heavy root clos.
ed down again with flap. A terrible
consciousness of their danger rushed up
on those who we're standing near the walls
Of the devoted building. But brief sec.
ond Of time only was allowed them to es
cape it. The next throe of the mighty
element within was now successful. 1t
hurled the roof, with concussion that
fairly shook the ground, in fragments
through the air, The walls were thrown
outward down TO the second story. The
shed roof was turned completely over
and the wall prostratsd.
And now ensued a scene that beggars
all terms Of description. But moment
before, numbers of our intrepid fremen
were upon the roof Of that shed and I'M
der the walls, whereoR they could ar
rest the fire with ths most Advantage
Crowds of citizens were engaged in en-
deaYoring to save property, or in cOnVeF
sation directly under the walls. Where
are they noWH Many il was kROwn
must have been crushed beneath the fall
ing masses, but how many, and whOm!.-
The flames were shooting up like a Volca-
no from the smoke honsei and under their
fierce heat, the first duty was to rescue
The wounded aud abe dead. A heart
rending duty indeed was that. The 6rst
person whom we saw disengaged, was
Mr.. George ShiilettO. He was jammed
down under fragment Of the roof, az
mOng pile Of barrels-his legs ctushed
beneath The wall. He is very badly hurt.
Near him was a man dressed in grey
clothes, whose name we could not learn
He was most shOckiDgiy maneIed, and
qdite dead. Nearer The wall was found
The lifeless hOdies Ol Joseph Bonsall, an
old, we'll kpOwn citizen; Henry s. Ed
mOnds, pork dealer on Sycamore street,
and Caleb w. Taylor, Of the firm OF
Woodruff 4 Taylor. The latter was yet
living, but with bis scull shockingly frac.
'ured. lie died about 7 O'Clock. The
two former we're dead. An industrious
and worthy carpenter, named Chamber.
lain, was also rescued, bat too late.
This was on tho Walnut street 'front.'
On the sida of the shed many were Sc.
verely wounded-some perhaps killed
Among the former we have with peculiar
regret TO say, was ThOms G. Shaeffer,
Clerk and Superintendent Of this Office
-one Of the most intrepid Of 6remen,
and faithful of men. He was upon
ladder, reared against the shed, with two
or three others, and was hurled TO the
ground, receiving a severe conclusion of
the brain and other injuries. How many
in all wer9 here hurt, more or less, We
are not able TO say; bnt had the lexplO-
sion taken place five minutes sooner, their
Humber must have heeu ten fold. On
the moth side several persons were hurt,
one or two being kpocked in to the ca
nal. PfOVideUtiahly, the deNse, stiiing
smoke had packed down 80 heavy here
buta few MiRpteH before as 10 drive
most Of the bysIaudeFs away, else the de
sNFNcLiOU Of life Gpual have been still
more deplOrable. We sum up our heart
FeRdiNg account, Gtom the best informa.
NNN @e'caN garhe<, thusE
KILLED:
llaNy$. Edmonds, pork merchant;
gsSFh RO1ssIl, late President Of the
Whitewater Canal Co.;
u, 9. Merrill, printer;
). u, Chamberlain, Foreman Hook and
Ladder Co.;
Caleb Taylor, Ofths firm of wOOdnu,
&EO.;
-ohet German;
Two Germans, names unknown:
WOUNDED:
IIanVn Nhnsn So.l.