The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-05-16
DEsTRUoTIVE G0NFIA GRAFTON.
SEVERAL. lStANuFAoruRnSG ESTABLISH
I'D, MENTs CONSUMED.
Heayy. lLOss to One Meehanlcs.
TwENTY-FIvEFAM ILIEsH0UsELESs.
PROPERTY TO THE AMOUNT OF ~
FoRTfrTHOUsAND DOLLARS
'f '-A I'm RUINS. 1thlt 2

g We are called upon this morning to chroni-
ole tho largest and most destructive fire which
has occurred in this city for two years or
moeE tsa7g 20 .stt-H fseal3.rr
About four O'Clock on Sunday morning, Gre
was discovered in the rear Of Mossrs. Kimball
and Weeds s,pianeing mills, situated on the west
side of Race street, short distance below Lib
erty. A strong wind was blowing from the
east at the time, and before the flames could
be subdued nearly a quarter Of o square was
desolated The building in which the irc
originated was occupied also in the second and
third stories as a chair factory, by, Mr.. W. NJ.
Nabor, and in the rear, fronting on Pleasant
street, by Messrs Graus & Co., box inanufac-
turers. This building, together with its con-
tents Of stock and machinery, was completely
destroyed f"it i.f ..1 .. .. .I.
The damage to Kimball e Weed over their
insurance, which is $4,000, will be about 50 900.
Mr.. Nabor is damaged to the extent of $2,50O,
and is insured for 81, 500. Graus & Co. lose
81, 500, on which they are not insured one dol
lar. The flames rapidly spread to the ox-
tensivo ice-chest factory of j. C. schooloy &
Co., adjoining Kimball & Weeds on the south,
and in an incredible short period nothing but
the walls remained. Their loss is 1000, on
which there is an insurance in the Commercial, +,
Fireman's, and Eagle, of $4,000 In this
establishment there were between thirty and
forty carpenters employed, all of whom lose
their tools and chests, averaging in value
about $lOO each. The building below Schooey
& Co., occupied by Messrs. Nayle & spreen,
as liquor store, was damaged in the roof,
about $I00-insured. North of Kimball
& Weeds was large three story brick building
4 owned by Mr.. Maynard, Merchant on Lower
Market street, and occupied by about ten fami-
lies, principally German. The rear of this
building was much injured, and it will take
about 81 900 to repair the loss, fully insured.
The flames spread so rapidly that many of the
inmates of this building were obliged to escape
in their night clothes, and q German woman
whose name we did not learn, was badly burned
in the arms, shoulders and neck, while making
her exit from tho burning room. Tho flames
now crossed Pleasant street and soon destroyed
four dwellings and injured two more. ,
These buildings were occupied by Mr.. N
Kendall, (who also owned the boiler and ongin
in Kimball & Weeds establishment Mr. Will
liam Knost, Mr.. Pfeister, locksmith, on Sixtl
street, Mr. Metzger, and others whose name
we did not learn. The amount of money tha
will be required to repair and rebuild thes
houses will not fall short Of $4,000. The fir
-, spread with such celebrity that the people |
| these houses were obliged to leave by the bac
| way. None of them saved their property
Mr.. Metzger left the day before for short tri
, in the country, and returned only to find b
house in ruins. A valuable horse was de:
troyed in Kimball & Weeds building.
The heat of this fire was SO intense that tn
firemen worked at great disadvantage, an
one or two were severely burnt while con
batting the flames, and were obliged to leaI
i the ground. Cinders as large as a man
: hand were picked up yesterday on Mint
street, near Baymiller, and in other reno
quarters from the fire. sa .f ts
!, Fortunately for Messrs. Schooley & &c
they happen to have large manufacture
stock on hand at their ware-rooms on Viz
), street, and will not be materially retarded
e their business. We learn that with chara,
teristic enterprise, they have already secure
u building in which to resume their mani
+ facture. F'| "-
= Messrs. Kimball & Weed, we learn, a
only recently proprietors of the PlaniI
- Mills, they formerly having belonged to
- W. Ashur, who, about a week since, dispos
:, of them to those gentlemen. ...