The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-05-14
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

RoBBERY-On Thursday night last, the locksmith
and bell hanging establishment of A. II. Hebner
corner OF Chase and Decker streets, was entered
and robbed of a large quantity of skeleton keys
and CLOCK picks" valued at Sf2. The burglars
got into the premises through a window in the
rear by forcing off one of the shutters. They dis
turbed nothing but the instruments with which
they so amply provided themselves.
A VESSEL AND HER CREW MIssING-Some time in
November last, vessel called the "Prince de Join
vllle," commanded by Captain Sheppard Foster of
Mathews, Co., Va, left this port loaded with coal
for the use of the Paraguay Expedition, and has
not been heard of since Various cOniectures
have been raised as to her disappearance but no
thing is known
DIsSMSsED.-The two young men named Adams
and Murray, arrested on suspicion of firing the sta
BILE of Messrs. Kirby Sons, corner of Mill and
W ood streets, on the 26th of April had n hearing
yesterday before Justice McAlster. There not
being sufficient evidence to crminate them, they
were discharged.
RoBBED.-A man named Joseph Mitchell, whilst
passing along Pratt street near Frederick on Fri
day morning, between y and l o'clock, was knock
ed down and robbed of the sum of$lO He was
not able to recognize his assailants.
FIRES.
A few minutes before two o clock Yesterday morn
ing fire broke out in the engine house of the Phil
adelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Com
pany, at the President street depot. The structure
which has been almost entirely destroyed, was in
u
manner, the columns supporting the brick work
being of heavy brown stone from which arches
were sprung. The building was about co feet in
depth, and nearly two hundred feet from extremity
to extremity. To support the roof timbers of very
large size were used, and when the fire was discov-
cred some OF them were in flames which could not
be reached by persons who were first on the ground
The fire was discovered by VIM. Dodo, private
watchman of the establishment, who SAYS that
whilst in the machine shop, in the northeast wing
he noticed volumes Of smoke and found that the
roof in the southwest wing was on fire. He mme-
dlately gave the alarm which answered by the
bell OF Engine Company, No. 3, and spread through
out the city.
About two thirds of the building was used as an
engine house, the other space was occupied by the
torges and machine shops, in which there was some
valuable machinery and a stationary engine. This
department was separated from the engine house
by board partition, and although some of the
raters are burned, here it was that the immense
streams of water thrown by the steam fire engines
checked the flames The origin of the fire, is not
ascertained. 1t is supposed that it was caused by
sparks from the smoke stack of the locomotive
"Magnolia," which had been placed in the engine
house about o'clock yesterday morning after ar
irving with a train offreight cars from PhiadeI-
phia. In building the house an accident from
this cause was guarded against; each stand for a
locomotive having tunnel shaped chimney of iron
suspended immediately over the smoke stack of the
engine, but the fire when discovered was immedi-
ately over the ''Magnolia' There were six loco
motives in the house, one of which the "Gunpow-
firemen and others who were first the ground.
The other five locomotives, the "Cincnnati'
passenger engine; the "Maryland' and "Virginia'
freight and passenger engines; and the 'Magnolia"
and "BaltimCre." freight engines were almost ru-
ined. Most of these locomotives were built at the
New Castle, Delaware, Locomotive Works, and
were of a superior class. Their average cost when
new was about 81 500.
fireman employed by the Railroad Company,
came near being burnt to death; he was to get an
engine ready to start at four O'clock and had laid
down on the tender for the purpose of sleeping
when the fire first discovered. In the confu-
sion he forgotten by the watchman, and it was
with great risk that he was awakened and rescued
as the fire from the roof was dropping down on
every side.
The building was of one story, 25 or 80 feet high
The roof was covered with tin and the water to be
OF any avail had to be thrown inside the structure
until after portions of the frame work of the roof
fell in. The loss of the Company, on building
and Locomotives will not exceed S3O,OO0.-
The building was insured for $4,000; S3,-
600 by the Firemen's Insurance Company,
and 1000 by the Baltimore Fire Insurance Com
pany. The five locomotives were insured Jointly
for S20000 $4,000 in the Fremen' and 900 in
the Baltimore Fire Insurance Companies. The sta
tionary engine, machinery and turn tables were in
sured for 81 900, equally divided between the above
Companies. As the brick work of the building be-
gan to COOL part of the wall the north side fell
in, and the other parts being considerably cracked,
will render it necessary to pull them down and re-
build almost the whole structure. The fire caused
no interruption to the business of the road, the
trains arriving and departing usual. The Com
pany have large force engaged in clearing away
the ruins, and in few days their total loss can be
more definitely ascertained.