Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-07-09
Extensive Fire in Cincin-
natl.

LA AsSAASAvC Il AIC HI OluCIus
natl.
On Friday night destructive fire tool
place m Cincinnati, of which the GazeH
gives the follwing particulars.
About haf-past eight O'Clock last even
ing, a fire broke out in Meader, johnson d
Co.'s extensive furniature mandatory, a
the southeast corner of Smith and Colum
bus streets, and in very short time tht
entire building, five story brick, was il
flames.
The fire soon communicated to an adjoining
brick building, eight stories high, owned
and used by the same firm, and this wa
also soon wrapt in flames. Two fram,
structures, two stories high, belonging t.
NJ, J. & Co., were likewise destroyed, anc
a large portion of the lumber in yard ad
joining the MANUFACTURES.
The fremen were promptly on the grount
and though they labored like Trojans, Al
one time it seemed inevitable that the prop.
erty on sevearl squares would become a
prey to the deyouring element. The heal
was intense, and the sparks and cinders were
flying in every direction, and in less than ar
hour after the alarm had been given, VIM
Resor & Co.'s extensive foundry for the
manufacture of stoves and hollow ware, sit
uated on Smith street, and extending from
Water to 'front.' caught fire, shortly after
the entire roof was in blaze.
The foundry, one of the largest in the
West, no exertion could save. 1t burned
from the roof to the fifth story, then TO an
other and another floor, until the vast
structute was one colossal blaze.
THE PROBABLE LOSS AND THE INSURANCE.
The material in the manufactory of Mea-
der, johnson & Co., was valued at about
$4,000, and the lumber at $50, 900 more,
the major portion of which was destroyed.
Upon all this the insurance was 10000,
but in what Offices We could not learn
The eight story building cost S2O, 900, and
the other buildings of NJ, J. d Co. were
worth about $4,000.
VIM. Resor & Co.'s loss, including the
building, must have been at least 81 SO 900,
number of valuable patterns being burned.
This firm was insured in divers offices,
whose names we could not obtain for some
$4,000.
A number of buildings in the immediate
vicinity were injured by the couhagration.
Holstein & Hammers mouldering factory
on the corner of Columb and Smith streets,
was materially damaged; J. K. Coolridge's
furniture establishment, on Smith, below
Columbia, and the Mechanics hotel, corner
Of front and Smith, were badly scorched.
The loss here was comparatively trifing.
Not much of the furniture in Meader,
johnson & Co.'s, nor many of the patterns
in Resor c Co.'s could be saved, because of
their combustible nature. The building
burned like tinder almost, and the flames
leaped from point to point, and encircled
every object they could reach in their fiery
We have rarely seen anything
burn faster than did those buildings, par
Licularly when there was SO little wind as
last evening.
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.
We wonder that a number ofpeople were
not hurt in the hurry, and cofusion, and
lin, but we learn that only three were Sc
.iously injured, and they by falling wall.
They were, employers of Meader, Johnson
Z Co., and standing on the roof of a build
ng adjoining the manufactory, when the
.ccident occurred.
One of the men, whose name we could not
earn, was so severely injured that we arc
informed he will probably die.
The steam fire engine A. B. Latta blew
he gasket out of her force pump, soon
'fter reaching the scene and was rendered
unfit for service.
Some of the property, we learn, was car
led off by thieves and several gentleman
lad their pockets picked of small sums.
ORIGIN OF THE FIRE.
The fire originated in the engine room
f Meader, johnson & Co.'s five story build
ng, and soon igniteing quantity of sha-
ings, spread through the building by
means of the matches which were left open.
THROWN OUT OF EMPLOYMENT.
Some three hundred operatives were
brown out of employment-one hundred
nd seventy five in Meader, johnson d Co.'s
nd one hundred and twenty-five in VIM.
.esor & Co.'s.