The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-07-23
BURNING OF THE CINCINNATI MI.
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Fifth and Walnut streets, better known
as the Cincinnati Museum, was discover
ed to be on fire. The watchmen gave
the alarm, but before the fremen could
arrive on the ground the upper stories
were enveloped in flames, and in one
hour the whole building was in ruins
When we arrived at the scene of confia-
grafton the flames were fast bursting from
the windows of the ith story. The roof
was one broad sheet of flame. The slo-
rious old flag which was tattered and torn
at the battle of ChepuItepec was still wa
ing from the southern balcony. some in
tire pid fireman rushed through the flames
and bore it of in triumph. The Muse
um, with its scene properties; its great
amount of valuable wax statuary, aud its
900. 900 curiosities.' were totally de-
stroyed.
T lie flames speedily communicated to the
second story destroying the daguerr can
gallery of Mr.. L. C. Hawkin. His prop
erty, including materials and the SPLEEN
ded gallery of pictures were mostly saved
in damaged state. His loss is about
$500. No insurance.
MI Gundry's Commercial College. and
several lawyers offices were also in the
second story, the furniture of which was
mostly saved. Mr.. GundryS loss is d
bout S300-no insurance
The China store of George Stachhouse
& Cow perhaps. the heaviest loser on
the first floor. A small portion only of
the goods were saved. Loss about SO,
OOO-fullv insured.
A. U. Hazen's dry goods store, at the
corner, was insured; the goods were most
" saved. Loss about $1,000.
NJ. A Westcott's shoe store was also
Insured; loss $1,000.
The dry goods store and dwelling Of
H. Moses, adjoining the Museum, was
considera bly, injured by fire and by the
falling Of the western wall; estimated
loss $500.
The hat and cap store of Messrs G. &
E. Mason was ms Ired loss 81 GEO.
Mr.. Niedehr's tailor shop, facing on
Walnut street, AMI the barber shop of J.
NJ Filley acknowledgements mostly saved.
Mr.. J. P. BroadwelI, proprietor of the
buildings lost about $40, 90 insured
for $4,000. Mr.. j.. Ii. Rice had $1,000
invested in the Museum-no insu-
rance. Mr. J. H. Wood also had about
5000 invested in the Museum, which is
a total loss.
Forty hands were put 10 work early
yesterday morning by Mr. Broadwell,
clearing away, preparatory to rebui lding
the premises
Many curious and ludicrous incidents
occurred during the progress Of the flames.
A few of the wax figures aud stuffed spe-
cimens belonging to the Museum. were
thrown out of the windows by persons
wlo venturcd amongst the scorehing
flames. These were tossed about among
the immersed crowd that had assembled,
and we noticed Pontius PLATE and Mary
Magdalene, minus their wigs, mounted
upon fire engine, as if doing duty al the
brakes. Preserved birds and animals
were elevated also TO like dignity
The immense figure of the renowned Dan
lei Lambert was pitched out of the third
story window, the flames bursting out
of his bowels, his jolly waxen head hav-
ing persisted In the flames,
Several serious accidents occurred, none
proved fatal, sc far as we could learn
AIR. John Gibbs, a member of Franklin
Fire Co., was muched burned and bruised
by the falling OF portion of the WALL
He was taken home by his brother fire.
men, and we learn is doing well. Mr..
George Hargrave was also hit on the head
with brick. and badly wounded.
The Market house-and other buildings
adjacent caught fire several times from
falling cinGers. but little damage was
done. Several persons were arrested in
the act of carrying of goods, and the Off
icers in their zeal took firemen in their
uniform, from their engines to the watch
house, who had been guilty of no inten-
tional misdemeanor. We hope never to
see the like done again.
The fire was unquestionably the work
of an incendiary. Ii originated in the
lecture room, where there had been no
fire during the day. Tie perpetrator is
not hnown.-Cin. Non.
NARROW EscAPE.-Thomas A, Logan.
an estimeble young lawyer Of Cincinnati
son Of the Comedian, had a narrow
escape for his life few days ago at
Niagara Falls. A young lady-a stranger
to him, had ventured too far out on a
projecting rock over the rapids above the
cataract, she became giddy and screamed
for help. Young Logan who happened
to be standing on the bank, flew to her
rescue, and succeeded in getting her sa-
fely on shorc-but lost his own balance
and fell into the boiling surge. The
young lady tainted, and the men on the
bank were too much paralized to offer as
Extraordinarily for Logan the water
at the spot where he fell formed whirl-
pool. and carried him round several times
In one of his gyrations he seized a bush