Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-09-24
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DESTRUCTION OF NlBLOS, By
FIRE.

INu~ pc Nsr Dost Irt+t" &" N~jttHhr II ]
DESTRUCTION OF NlBLOS, By ,
FIRE.
We regret having to announce The cn're
d.ufuclon. by IRE, tins morning Of the /
erirn,lve establishment known as Nlblo's
GARDEN including the Thcate. snloon bar.
rooms. dwelling house and other buildings
connected Nuh It.
The hf, was hrS discovered nbou, hall
pos, 4 o'clock. bv Police Officer Erickson
bursting from one e the lower winin", OF
the / h,alte, ou cBroadNnv ',de who ~
,tAn,ly gave the alarm the hIm.'rn7f
Is spread. and III s'... a. a.. .'.' Zoe
ou'j.ur N which II rugIna,rI 1uI taos"
O. .,la o. became cnv,lnpcd ty tn"
flliu,, mcn', r'quirlug the utmost energy
OF our FIRE - pn tmenl to combat In two
or three hours Re whole Of the buildings
we're level With the ground and also
large three aory establishment adjoining
he Theatre, on the North beng NO 500
Broadway
There can be llule or no doubt that the
FIRE was the work Of an lncendlnry. The
loss OF Mr. Niblo must be very large ms he
wss isisured, we ase sorry TO learn. only a.
bout oae-third the amount in the North
American. and ono or Two other Offices -
The ground on which the establishment
stood. belongs to the Van r. nsalaer, as also
did the large dwelling house on Broadway
The rest of the buildings belonged TO Mr.
NlbIo Ills principal lease. however hal
run out about three yenrs ago and he has
lcnscd from year TO year since thai time -
The dwelling house WINS the last to take
FIRE, and the absence Of all the lnrge cn.
eines was seriously felt, (nonc OF them be-
longing to the dlsrlct) and i, IS suppos d
this building might have been saved with
their use No ~ was brought up about
half pas, 6 o'clock, but It was too late -
The heat Of the fire. on Prince street, was
so great al one time, as to enddngrr the
buildings on the opposite side, but the con.
,nudl play Of the engines prevented their
* hrr Tn" buI..l On CroShy street
~ which the "Cuy Gnird' keep their ar.
mory was partially destroyed, but the ar
morv is sal"
The buildings n, the corner OF Prince <
Broadway were occupud by Mcssrs Bills
land AMI Sous, sccdsmrn who were insured
and Mr. Hof IN the same business who
has recently taken the store and gnl-Part oi
his sock IN. but no, yet opened No 592
wns occurred by Mr. Derrick saddle and
harness m,ker insured, Mr. r. S Smith
Homeopathic pharmacy do. Murphy and
Cunning, house decorators who were not
,,su,.A md hu knot in tho hn c.
men, The building was called PhGniS
Hall The second story was fitted up as
a place of worship, and was OCCUPIED by a
responsible colorcd society, who had lost
everything CONFINED III IT,
A considerable quantity Of furniture and
bar.room stock was saved by MIR NlbIo. -
. The Rnvrl family were assembled on the
sidewalk in Broad way, looking apparently
with deep regret at the destruction Of thu
establishment which bad been to them III,
scene Of so many trIumphs A rcpnr
sprclI around that they Ind sufrrrd'mncl
m p"cnnllry point Of view by the loss o
all their waudrnhr & 49, 'v.. "u '"-.'rn
/, such was not the Gas IS '., .
tho ne ytN0-Nood md were ~ the habl q
( rkn! AZ b ,ongeI to them home, whc
I they l,h at night.
The amount Of property destroyed is e'
lmalrd at 50 Goa, Mr Nrhlo's house an
/ furniture were insured to the amour, {
$4,000
We need no, say there is but one generr
. feeling in the community rs relates to VI
p NIblo, and thh! 10 tho deepest svmpalh
for hl- severe loss With his well know
( energy however and nbunA,n, resource
the period will doub,IcssIy be short ere h
can exclalm, "Rlchard's himself again"