Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-02-06

our trade with foreign nations for 1907 0itrial
Great Britain imports 1928 600, 000. exports I'll o.
100000. France import 81 o0oooU; exports sf''-
oDO 100 East and Wett lndirs Brazil, China.
Venezuela aud Grenada imports $50 .OOoOoo. ex-
port. S.}5 ,0O0,0 900 Ohcr cUuntres--imports Sio,-
ODh 90, exports Sl02 $4,000.
Mr. Lucas, of Illinois bids fair TO be the repub.
lean nominee for postmaster OF the House In
respect the doorkeeper see m reason To chanse
the Jew expressed in lust evenings dispatch, 9th
er thaa that Mr. Fletcher, # Massachusetts. will
have support in eaacu. ~ well u gentleman
from Michigan.
Lealing republicans. willie pluming themselves
upon the excellence If their party discipline, do
hot Disguise their especial .cpngnance to the aban-
/ doullent 81 Sherman. $50
! Melancholy Catastrophe In New YORK
! 4 tenement House Destroycd and betreen fif
! tan and 7renhy Lsrrs Lost-7hrtHiny Scenes
| ~ S0Herny and Danger.
| EctAten seven and eight o'clock on Thursday
! evening a fire broke oat IN the basement OF
! double Xix story tenement house, No az Elm
, street. New York city. iaa hfc originated IN "A
bakery, aud the flames shot up the etnlr"ry WITH
graf rapllty, and oxten lei II tho upper TO rs,
! wbl.d were occupied by twenty-five families
The Times furnishes the ltlowlng particulars oi
the dreadful consequences that ehsued;
Tie moment the alarm was given the scene oil
conhfion that ensucd was OF the most exciting
character The stairway MAS burned away, ANA
II course all chance OF escape IN that direction
was cut oH. Men. women and children could bc
,een Nv the spectators on the sidewalk clustered
NJ the windows, screaming for assistance aud
wt,uging their hands 10 e agony OF their despair
Some ~ them mustered courage enough to jump
linu the windows anl escaped with slight lnJn-
Iea.
The nrcbcIls quickly gave the alarm for the
fin i ret, nnl lie Ii cmen r.paire to the spot.
Ladders were iiDne iilleiy elevated 10 the windows
ba ,tt. lon. cst If them cIulI not reach above the
fourth Il nor. The ir"men rescued some OF the DC
cnna,,t-, hui were obliged 10 abandon all hope of
satIu2 tIe poor creature, in the twoupper ST rles,
and L. /, supposed hnt they all persisted. As the
hrtman ,toud on the iaddr>, they could see many
wamca aud chlld,en lsiag Frustrated On the floor.
surrounded hy the llamc~, which rendered all at
ton, r. IA approach them Intellectual. The hurn-
lug ha. Ing, extended ionr stories above any of
the surrounding structure, aud II must have been
il ant dat Tor any Of the poor crrntnr IN the
uppc, tlaors to have jumped from the rooi, "hcre
II .,r,,,t many ct them had clustered
l. l. sad thai the baker III the basement kept
un had large quantity Of hay aud shavlns1,
and " llru Tie fire calr Ia contact with tins com
bastlbte material, 1t created dense smoke which
1"ltr,Dtfri t. ia. upper portion OF the building,
nl,l. It's supposed, -uli'rhicl number ot the
u,rfr,lu b'ine the ltlnrs leached them. When
tito Hl, hal gained III" upper stuiics, the scene
N'a'i 44''''"~ !" Wv ~ -" ~ ,f",
>hft uP inI" the mr., ''nPNIhS any arlirIh' exit
hllian u fireworks, tie sh"uls OF the hrtil'nn,
HE graaus aud shrnks II the doomed creatures
~ ttr landing. nnd the cracking flames. conNtl-
tute'i a srcnc tragic enough I" make the st"u!est
heart shrink with horror. Inc hrrneh worked
II. t.y but II was no"nl imn'ss'ble to save the
lu l.toa. nnd at II O'Clock The walls fell.
lho hrst lilur oceuplel "n the south side by
JON pelIr>; grocery AID liquor store. Loss
about -61O insured. 81 the north slic 1t WIS
lra.tu. Is Il bake. whose mime it was iuito>sl-
hl,, Ira. He also occupied the basement
H., h. - unknown.
4I.r nlr,er unrt vn. or.ub,rl by about tyrut4