American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper., 1845-04-28

from the N. Y. Tribune of Saturday morning
TREMENDOUS FIRE BOWERY THEATRE
BURNT FOR TIE FOURTH TIME.
few minutes after 6 O'Clock, last evening,
a fire broke out in the carpenters room attach
cd TO the Bowery Theatre, which instantly
communicated to the Theatre itself, and in
three quarters of an hour that fine cdifce was
Il complete rum, with nothing but the high
walls and the massive columns standing. The
inside of The building--scenery, furniture,
wardrobe, machinery, SC. &c, was entirely de-
stroyed, and several OF tho performers, we un-
dcrstand, lost private dresses and property to
considerable amounts The evenings perform
ances were to have been for the benefit of Mr..
Davenport and the actors and actresses were
all in the building, Just commencing to dress
for the duties Of the night We are happy to
state that, so far as could be asccrtancd by the
strictcst enquiry possible under the crcum-
stances, every person in the Theatre escaped
in safety, although several Of them with narrow
risks Of life and limb.
The scene IN front, at the height of the con-
hagration, was mlguiicentlv fearful aud sub
lime. The Bowery, which is the broadeSt tho
ioughiare III the city, was denscly crowded in
either side Of the Theatre for great distance,
while the roofs Of the adjoining buildings were
literally covered to the very caves with specta-
tors. On the roofs adjoining and in the mme-
date vicinity Of the Theatre hundreds of fire.
men were performing their dauntess and heroic
deeds and seeming TO be absolutely insensiblc as
we'll as impervlOus TO the heat of the flames or
the danger OF their position. As the flames
burst out at the front windows and wreathed
around the entabature resting on the lofty CO.
lGmns, the saloon, with its row Of decanters,
pictures, SC, was spenddly illuminated, and
presented magnificent appearance The sky
glowed like a red-hot dome of iron, and cast
broad reflections Of urid light all over the city,
while the air sparked like a star-shower with
the burning cinderS, which flew in every drec-
ton, and were many of them carried by the
fre-breeze, which Immediately sprung up, fly
ing over the roofs as far as Broadway.
In the street below an indescrbable tumult
roared and ragged on every side. At first the
people rushed to the doors, burst them in and
completely jammcd up the lobbies--why, no
one thought or could tell The firemen shout
ed to them to come back, and endeavored to
introduce their hose over the heads of the
crowd, TO see what could be done wthin-but
they here effected little. The crowd obstinately
maintained their places until the heavy entab-
hture and tympanum-now all IN bright flame
fragments and enclosing them with wall of
fire in front while the burning theatre itself was
at their backs! The state of things immediate
ly warmed up their imagination, and general
rush (happily successful through the fallen and
burning mass to the street ensued, amid the
deafcning shouts of the multitude.
The roof now gave way, and the tall flag
stats on the building struck to the red flag of
the confagration, and all fell in with stunn-
ing crash. The fire then sought the neighbor-
ing buildings, on either sde and the following
more or less injured, before the progress of the
flames was arrested:
Bowery, North of Theatre-No. so, Thea
ire Hotel-bady burnt; No 50, Coffee House,
kept by N. Cort.
South side-Shaw's House, No. Al; Geo.
Westbrook s Ten Pin Alley and Coffee House,
No, AZ; st. Charles Hotel, No, 40-all badly
damaged.
Elizabeth st.-Back of Theatre-Two small
dwelling houses, and three or four buildings in
the intermediate area, tho particulars about
which could not be learned,
1t is understood that the loss will fall prnc-
pally OH t. S. Hambn and J. r. Whiting
The former, probably, had invested in stock
and properties, scarcely less than S60, ,000
whilst the latter had, we have heard, about
$4,000 worth Of stock. Besides these, num-
Der Of other stockholders, representing about
Sl5, 900, have suffered. Thus we may set down
the total loss at $50 900. Upon this, we are
led to believe that there were no insurance.
MIR. Hamblin, it is stated, had Just complet-
I'D his arrangements for the building of new
Theatre in Broadway on the lots adjoining the
Tabenacle-the ground having been already
purchased and paid for, and the contracts for
the building made
This is the fourth time the Bowery Theatre
has been burnt. First, in 1928, when it took
fire about the same time in the evening, (six
o'clock, and was owned by Mr.. Hamblin, who
was partially insured, So vigorous were that
gentleman's measures that in 60 days the Thea
ire was rebuilt and in full operation. ltagain
burnt down, we believe, in lS36-was rebuilt,
and again destroyed in the witer of 1875
the last two times without insurance.
1t noticed, as one of the remarkable CO.
incdenccs of this calamity, that on Thursday
night Major n oahs play of the "Plains of Chip
pewa" was produced, it not having been per-
formed in this city since the night when the
Park Theatre was burnt.
TAR AND FEATHERS. We learn from the
Haverhill On. H. True Democrat that on the
18th inst, man by the name of Parkhurst
was tarred and fedhered by the students of
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