American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-11-06

when put IN; besides greater efforts
could he made to extinguish the fire
here, as the force was broken to work
more effectively than earlier in the fire.
a COW in this stable, after aiming sun
dry unmatronly kicks at her deliverer,
and lifting him over her back, made
good her retreat out Of back door;
leaving him to philosophize upon her
ingratitude, and to follow suit at his
earliest convenience !! The dwelling
house of Mr.. Chislor was saved from
harm, as were the others, by the unrc.
hitting and determined efforts of those
who quailed not amid danger and labor
ed brayely while labor was needed to
achieve the security of property
At this point the fire was arrested in
It's course, so far as the real burning
OF property was concerned The loss
in all is not less than $1,000 to $1,000.
MIR. Jarrett lost large lot Of hay and
oats, 20 bush. wheat, wagon, harness,
&c.; besides, Mr.. JAS. Clark, (stove-
pedlar mentioned above) had four new
cooklng-stoves, cooking apparatus, pipe
&c. stored in the building. Mr.. Der
ing lost his stable, NOW full of hay,
corn, oats, &c. Mr.. Chisler lost his
stable, hay, &C., and his household cf-
tects were somewhat injured or dispers-
cd by being hastily carried out into the
street. Taken altogether our neigh
borhood escaped almost miraculously
from presenting, on the morrow,
scene of ruin such as was never beheld
in our borough before, and seldom wit
messed anywhere. The wind, which
was high during tho afternoon, lulled
at sunset, and the calmness of the night
allowed us to become masters ola scene
which else would have rolled u flood of
flame through our streets, and dcs-
troyed the accumulations of years.
SAT sundry times and in divers pla-
ccs" the shower Of sparks that doomed
up from the confagration endangered
buildings, remote from, as well as near
to, the main fire. Sacr's tavern was
on fire in the roof several times, and
the houses between that and the Bap-
fist Westinghouse and the old Somina-
ry, (the latter two igniting the roofs)
were carefully guarded and kept con-
stantly wet, or they would assurcdly
have been added to the list of proper
ty destroyed.
We noticed many acts Of true hero
ism and self-sacrifcng endurance that
were worthy the highest personal com.
mendation, and our desire to give the
deserved need of praise is only re-
pressed by the fear of doing the injus-
tee OF silence to equally brave and
meritorious conduct, in others, not so
prominent but mono the less efficient.
Men worked with the energy of honest
cndoavor, as though ruin was only de-
layed till they faltercd; women toiled,
and laid off tcmority as q cumbrous
garment, in the efiortto stay the flames;
and many boy, that had never beheld
such scene before, came into line and
worked with an intrcpidity worthy of
! ripper years. The result achieved cs-
tlmatcd from the present ruins, is the
highest cncomium we can introduce
upon the tolls oftwo fearful hours.
There were able bodied men that
stood with folded arms while the prop
crty of their ncighbors was being con-
sumed, and while women worked with
all their energy, but thank heaven the
number of such is a meagre minority
in every community! There we will
leave them!
AS to the origin of the fire, nothing
Is known, and we have not data upon
which to predicate supposition or to
| lntrude one upon our readers.