Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-01-30

From the Memphis Avalanche, Jan. 27-Extra.
Destructive ana Terrible Conna.ra-
tion--rhe City Postomce Rurned--
Letters nearly all saved--I he POST
office Block in IL uins--I immense loss
of Property.
About half past 3 o'clock this morning the
Livery Stable known as the Gaiety Stable,
adjoining the Postoffice, Second at, was
discovered to be- on fire. The fire made rapid
progress and before it could he checked, re-
dueed the stable. the post-office adjoining.
and the whole known Post-office Block,
to a heap efsmouldering ruins. A consider
able amonnt of goods was saved from the
stores burned but still the loss is immense.
Forty horses are reported to have been
burned We. Ourselves. c"uuted thirty
two carcasses chgrrcd aud halt CONSUMED
, II was rumnrCd at one time that two men
were killed 10y AN explosion OF chemicals in
a drug store. hut we have been unable to
trace the rumor To any reliable source, and
are disposed To believe that the demoniacal
incendiary who caused the fire has not upon
bis soul the guilt of human life sacrificed by
his diabnlical act. There seems No doubt The
fire was the wnIk of AN inc" ndiary. VIII ~
discovered bv a man sleeping in the stable.
it had actually attack, q. the bed upon Which
he was lying. the piliOw-caSe being IN a blaE =.
A bat-k...per in CorlanO's drinking saloon.
was badly though not dangerously burned
He reports several men in the room from
which he escaped, badly singed. Whether
all eScaned or not is uncertain. So rapid
was the progress of the flames that the fir.
departmen though early upon The ground,
were unable to check the IN at all, and con
fined their efforts mainly To saving the sur
rounding properly.
The stable building burned belonged to
Stratton, Med lviIL u Cn- was worth about
S5.OO0-insurcd for s., 600 in the Marin aud
Fire Insurance Company of Memphis 1t was
occupied hv J. VI. Woodward. whose loss is
probably $4,000 TO $4,000. He was insur-
ed So 900 IN the Charter Oak Insurance Com
pany. Hartford and s. 900 in the CT Y Fire
Insurance Company. OF Hartford $40 900 in
all The fire is supposed To have originated
in the hay in the back part OF this stable.
The fire from the stable communicated t.
the Postnfficr building owned by John Over
ton. and valued at $50 900. insured for sls.-
000--S9 90 in the Bluff City Insurance Com
pany, of Memphis aud 80 900 ia The Memphis
Insurance Company. The Postuiiiee fixtures
and iurnilurr. were mainly burned-loss
probably So goo to $1,000.
All. or nj arly all the letters, papers aud
stamps in the office were saw, d.
Anthony C,adano's drinking saloon, esti-
mated loss S35OO-probabIy insnr,d.
Goodyear j Co.'S drug-store--l"ss heavy,
probably SsOO0--insored for So $40 in The
Il M Insurance Company of Hartford.
Italian cont csiuuary. truit store, &c loss
unknown 40 INSURANCE.
Fuwlk,s & Co. groc,rs, cotton factors. &c,
much of their stuck WAS saved insured Tor
SIS ZOO in the Memphis Insurance Company.
There w,re about fifteen Offices in the Post
Office block. occupied mainly 10y lawyers aud
doctors, who mostly met with slight To- SEES
bat none 50 large a 10 require particular
iZing.
The Insurance on the property destroyed
amounts g. about S4l,OO0. Tue loss is pro-
badly about sos 900.