Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-07-03
AWFUL CALAMITY
KEaREuEEoss ORLltgRH EIRE
From the QUel q, Mercury

From the llDet <esMercury.
v hss again pllassd ,he Almishiy to-,
sfftie' ovralrcsf5 ,ehsasaed cuv
last nigh 4Rl ten o'c'Oek FIRE broke
l-Uui in NJ Thsstrs Ro Eul, 81 Louis
Fsrsst, ,tbrns,ly The uding school, 81
fNT c<Sss Of Ne. Harason's sxhlblilon
81 h,s= ehemical dinpmss. Frum- the
Etoras'ton ws have bsen able TO glsan
~ eamphins lamp was Ovsrsst, from
ssmo csuss or other. and The sage at
0Ber became euVslopad in h,mes
The housp had brea epnsely cro Sded
fUs sOme hadlOtluEslely ltlt btiufs the
sgcidegh
'Ush was ~ onre made for he
stsiFease lsSdiH 2 rom he b"xes bv those
whh in 'ha excysmeni Of the moment,
ieygof 'he other passages Ol,csress...
Ia an iH"redihly shrr' space Of riap
The whole Of fhN inieeior part Of lhe
A,ildnq was enVph,ped in one sheet Of
Hans; the newly 60 nIlrm. GOV
TrfRg., the pit, an, ing al
} Raeh end VI the J ss, ia
NbFFW fhN bifE
The writer OF this : one Of
Ike earliest on the > 'ressnl AZ
The.cIosiRg .monsnts 'pless be.
6s+-whn persisted frO over -eXsr. .
on. 10 essapse
TIE staircase Communicating with
ihe~ boxes wass steep oUe, aod we are
Iopinion il had iallen from.Ih weight
ahahnsa " he crowded upon it.; at least
i sHch was ouropinjan at DhA mamenL
One loOtwss lHterposed between The
Ihpless crowd and elsrni,y. and 90 that
Saacp we wlhe FIVE or sxnthers stood,
ths fsrcs ff4mss playing around u,
EaJ The dense SNAKE repelIIng all eti'irls
iaRxhicate
As sGsE back as we could ste there wa =
asspa Of heads. OF wFiIhing dIes,, and
pn,streiched arms. Noise there was
nuae, bat few means escaped the doom-
vi A. The extreme end IN view there
are faces calm and resigned; persons
.ho. from the fuRsral veil, of smoke
g v,aich gradually eushr Uded them. APP
aTrt,ca mlv 20 dtop INT" e!eFnal sleep,
ks,oar SIDE was one bro her striving 10
+. Intricate anofher. but bsndonment wss
tsavodabe. Ohe poor creature NJ our
fiet offered his entire worldly wealth for
n sarescus; The sgoti5ing expression
\ oFhe sees-hsspgn. Us can neysr pc .el.
s IaGrd iTam our memory,
'Phe flames, at the iims we're above
Bnd around us-- nut humsntald WAS OF
D., avail in five minutes .rurn the time
human beings who had tut short 10
teFvaI previous been ~ the eujny NJ
olsa full aud active life, were exposed
10 our view a m4ss OF caIcnPd bones.
\ T1 lothis hour forty sic bodieS haze
6seaaecove ed from he runs Most Of
!. thpm have bern recognised greater
los nfllfe than IL he two dread COZ fl
creations Of last sumner,
Ssd walllDg peTVades iha. ct'y; scaroe:
las.street can he traVerspd in whIth the
Cmssd shutter or tho hang ng Grape does
Ior 5eioken asOdd u OUreay%meUl, Fq-
thsr,. .sIsleGs. .chIdren OF bolh sexes in,
Cnlesan,,hr dsepe>t lsmentHlon. Wo
I. IhA lallen upon many Of those who we'e
! ssddenly and avtDliy summoned into the
y, sence Of their Creator.
-Four clock Forty SIX bodies have
heeo recovered. All but two have been
TscogpIsed
The ruins ara srilI smoking; and as
Ia The ums of Lnndon's great plague.
m dendCart Plies 10 and ru IroO The
.esne.of tho calamity to different paris
q, the city. conveying us ghastIy TOAD
q, charrod remains IoI owed hv weeping
,.i.uves aud The pug crowd whlch
tysr aHend.suc dread scenes.
Sincetbe above was nlype, we have
,,a;vedan exrra sheet. published AZ The
,Mse at the Q4ebec GzHre. We
have carefully, comper-t thus account
v.,h the one from the Office OF the Mer'
a,v bul find no adduTns to make
,",he melancholy list, The editor oI
,,.. G. ze,re Justly remarks lbat ln,the
~, ct daaihs are The wet~inowR names
ot. many ,ofiho most respected residents
~ Qlpbec The Gazette concludes IL
aeenUnlIhus:
,Thets,is. always danger at places o
psbNe .exA,n,'ion when there are only
issW,duors for leuioe out ne visitor"
NA.ny de p,ornbIe accidents hsve oc'
ia from, lbts. cause The most re
sh,s ,n.Amerlca was az RirhmOnd
W%roinis, Dec q6, 1871, when SIX hun
seS parsons were present OF who"
.oy.o,y two persisted, among hem b'
cSss.,nor oflhe State aud 'ayoF OF The
c1s.''
GEN GAINES AT "ASh'NU'ON
X,.,., Io,elIipencer OF Frida'