Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-10-21
BURNING OF TIE CRYSTAL PAL
iCE.
BFlLlIANr CLOSING or TuEF4lB
Hight If Two Thousand visitcrsr
Loss t.eeo,eNe Do.lars.

from the New York Tribune. Oct g.
The CRYSTAL Palace. located on Sixth
avenne. between Fortleth and foriy-seconi
streets. as destroyed by fire last evening.
ani Is now heaE 81 ruins About hvs
o'clcck rmoke was seen Issuing from a
large room III the north nave, end in front
of the ennan on Forty second street. and
IN lass than hall an hour there after tbs
Palace was total wrsclc. ami nothiMg
now remains Of this edih:s bat heap OF
unsigh,ly rtina The octag anal 'urretS
at each colnsf sill roma standing. while
here an there. on every sile MAJ be seen
stacks Of iron, the remains Of stair-asos.
and portions Of the framework composing
the 1>rieries
Iscm the room above mentioned danes
soon made their appearance. aud spiesd
/ with incredible lapidity IN every aiFcciion.
There was abopt 2oee rsrsoA7 Ecst.ercd
abont the ciihco A. the time. III ot whom.
) tho moment the alarm of hie was raised,
male rush for the sixth avenue entrance
the doors Of which rer. thicwn open.--
The enrance on Tortiath Il set was closed.
there being 10 cher means OF ingress o.
esress, except on Sixth avenue Under
the dreelion OF ex-Captain MAYNARD anl
several Of the Directors of the Institute
the crowd Of visitors wsie ooniuat-l safe
I ly 10 the street. aud NJ enc that we have
heaYd Of was in snyw.se injured.
! TEL oElaIE cr TIE rraE.
Tor NJ ths facts that eoasd russ,0lg
+ be asccr,aiacd from parties wlio were u ths
Palace at the tine the fire originated.
there cannot TO doubt bat that the fire
was :he worl, ot Al :aoendiary From
the manner in which tbs Games sha, Up
thsre must have been eiths- tnrpentine O.
camphene administered 10 aid the progress
of ,he fire. The room IN which the IRE was
+ first discovered is located directly on the
Northeast wing. adjoining 'hs stairway
leading MP TO tbs gallery. 7: ,ras at on:
time used for storing old hoxes and ths
like. bnt al the tine ot the Gre tbs man
ayers tatea that there wa. ro'bing tharin
but 4 quantity Of WOODEN patterns. aad
| the only paper material was some old
tickets used at the cable celebration a
strong smell OF turpontina. il is said. was
( perceived II tho beginning oithe 6re. which
Shows that there must have b:cn yilla:n-
ons wofl: in The matter
Jast pra,ioai to th5 fire, young LAZY.
who was near at The tins. states that shs
say man come ont Of tha above plaza.
she described him as drsleA in black, and
that he was the first enc 10 cry FIRE Tbs
managers state that ths palace waa closed
AMI a bar place asross the entrance. 80
that II any person sainei aimIttancs. hs
lid SO by taking down tho bar
! Mr.. Brewer. one Of the managers. was
lprcsent when the FIRE originated. and at
one time hal a very narrow escape from
being caught in the flames A. soon as
he heard the cry Of hro he ranto thc spot.
and saw tbs light OF tho FIRE through the
glass. he Immediately N. .de for tbs door
leading 10 the ioom where the FIRE ehot
ont Underneath the stairway AMI extended
with the greatest rapidlty 10 the dome.
giving no time 10 save single article, so
soon did II spread over the building He.
however. secured tbs books and prizes Of
the Institute AMI sueceedei In getting then.
ost in safety. At che tina be feared it
would be imposs,tle for him to escape by
the entrance. and he accordingly knocked
ont glass. with the iateatirn Of jumping
out
Mr. Bsower does NOT think il originated
among NJ. Heeker's boxes. as reported
BY many he says he has not a single
Ioub. br, flat rhs Gre started IN .he rco
used to. o,d rubbish. ard where. at the
tire. was 2 qua-t:ty Of o.. wooden pat
terms.
Ihsrs were nine hydraats in the Pslsce;
bat strange TO say none of them had hose
attached. AlsaQth was obtained from q
3 carriage and placed on one Of the hy-
drants and tAe water turned en-, ous the
man who had the butt was shortly driven
from his post by the heat. -
suxsEa OF rxHIs.-oas arp rzrIa Loss.
THE total NUN ber Of exhibitors at this
fair was about 1860. OF these no cat
alogue has yet been made'out, and it is diff :
cult to get an estimate of the loss of each
exhibitor. Some of the articles were, of
little or,no value, but ths majority. of the
articles were costly, and as they were not
Insured. the loss will fall heavily upon the
exhibitors. The average value Of each
exhibitor would not fall below $500 At
this rate the total loss would be asfollows:
$3.50 exhibitors. $500 each, sl,0SS. 900
Cost Of building, ss's a2asa'1 700. 1000
/ ibsr si-z.---s
Total loss, ~ @t,T68, ,000
4 This sstihsats may be 1 ntfls TOO high,
but the item seems little enoueh.eaQ =
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