The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-02-25
The Disastrous Fire In St. Louis.

We have published telegraphic dispatch from
st. Louis giving an account Of most disastrous
fire which occurred in that city at three o'clock
on Saturday morning last, and which was attend
ed with fearful loss of life. 1t appears that the
fire originated in drug store under the hotel
aud that such the rapiGity of its progress that
the whole building was in flames before the sleep
ing inmates could be reused. terrible scene Of
excitement and confusion followed the discovery
of the fire, ard all means of egress by the stairs
were cut off by the flames, the terrified inmates
crowded to the windows imploring the assistance
of the spectators in the street. 1t is needless
say that every effort was made to rescue them,
but they appear to have been attended with very
poor success Many of those who were in the up
per stories attempted to save themselves by leap
ing iuto the street but several were killed aud 9th
the Windows, were smothered or burned to death
in their own rooms.
When the fire was extnguished the firemen, as
sisted bya large force OF citizens. commenced
clearing away the ruins. as the bodies of forty or
fifty persons who missing were supposed to be
lying beneath them Nearly one hundred persons
in the hotel at the time the Are broke out, OF
whom about twenty,nine were burned to death or
killed by jumping into the street; six OF seven
seriously injured, and the remainder are said
to be missing 1t is to be hoped that these, or IA
large portion of them, have succeeded in making
their escape and have not yet reported themselves.
The names of those positively known to be among
the dead are as follows :-uenrY III. Rochester and
Thomas H. Strong, of Rochester: III. NJ. Gregg.
Charles Davis, William Cunningham, George A
Crane, EvanJ J. Watkins, Mr. Johnson, of Michigan;
Ephraim Doane, of Chicago; Miss Huuter is miss
ing, and it is supposed she is dead. The bodies OF
Bruce NcNett, Burkhardt Weist, Paul Sterrill, VIM
Taylor, J. Wagner, and DR.. Lord, of Cincinnati
have been found.
Other bodies have been taken out of the ruins;
but so burned that they cannot be identified. Mr
and Mrs. Hubbard, of Boston, severely H.
jured-the latter fatally. Eihu Hayes, William
Torrance, James T. Geary, William Turner, Mrs
Jonathan Jones and Mr.. Sharpe were severely in
jured. Several committees of citizens have been
formed for the purpose of collecting means to sup
ply the wants of the destitute, TO furnish attend
aHce 10 the wounded, and provide for the obse
quies of the dead The funeral of those not iden-
titled, or taken charge of by friends, will take
place on Wednesday. vigorous search is still
being made for those bodies supposed to be ye,
among the ruins.
The ST. LOUIS FTRE.--Mr. T. Hart Strong, one o.
the victims by this fire, was son OF the Hon
rheren X. Strong, of Rochester n. Y. justice o
the Supreme Court, and left that city for ST. Lou,
a few months since. He had recently graduated
and commenced the practice of law, being for
time with District Attorney Hudson. Mir. Henry
Rochester, another victim, a son of Henry 4
Rochester, OF Avon, n. y, less than "A years o
age, and but had recently gone to st. Louis from
Avon.