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

= -, 10 i,x street. vaun1iny them>clvcs by the
fail OH ers ran 10 anl fro. 1eating their breasts
tearing their hair. and franticaly bcsoech'ns an
i from lie crowd of people below same thre" ,he'r
/ children out first. aud then followed thens'ner,
~ the quick lire einsel their hair, and laid hoii
! mon tier gurmen's Most ot tlise in the pas
/ sase- alter struggling vainly against fate, had
surcuml,ed to the officiating vapor; but at nearly
All H., upper Wind were women anu children,
whose vain appeals for aid rent the air. and i'li
heart piercing. upon the :mpotent people boio"
Ia ladders conll reach them; no hand could save
The lower parl of tie house was all ablnze and >"
they. too, al to Yield ut length to their fate, for
it we're a. certain Death to leap from that dizzy
Iei.ht ~ 10 stay I'LL tho fire came. Front a"d
r,lr the y!.nstlv faces looked out Of the windows
uY.n the hunifed, at urturned. sorro"ng coun-
tenauees below as hlHushea AS their own.
nen the taer iell in, which it did with tire
ncad.1u. crash, "A dazen OF poor inmates must have
tane with il from time to eternity. The immense
crowd below. observing this hor,id scene in vol
unfairly uttered Shrek OF horror. AMI many OF
them rckeue and went away, unable to be W.T.
ne,.e. any lonscr Of such suffering"
the Tribune srntea dat The frs originated III
consequence ol u little girl in the bakery, Willie
iiIn. lnd lamp. setting the huid on hre, ana
dropping the burning vessel upon the 'or, It's
blazing contruts spread over the floor nnl COM
mnnicatel with pile oi shayinss under the stair
cas-.
:, intense was tao cold that it WAS neeo 'sary to
hrat great tires III the strcetto prevent the engines
from teezng up. The water irozea+ soon as 1t
struck the walk AMI men md buildings were soon
co,r3el with an ley coat Of mail
TIC building consumed one OF those i'm
ineusc human pack. boxes called tenement
h,n.ef six siofie. hi "a above the side walk, l0)
Zee dep ul.l u ice front. and made to hive ID
f,nlil.cr.
Tlcre could not have been less than n hundred
and twenty lte neofie residing III the building. oil
the probably malurlt were infants or children
N.i.,' ii the 81 Ter one, Jumped from the wind IVA,
aud thuz save them-cye1 with b. oxen bare.
Nr.. De leung aud ehIl aud Mr- q ,Utlman are
among the saved. Mr.. S;llberg and !amily Of
sftet, a. AIMING the s,vcd. Mr-. Na.sel and lit
IL ,an5 hler and Nj iarre;t, wife and children
a'e among til" missing
j. smith, aa cse witness, states that ha dis
fiuetly saw i've women perish IN The inmes-Two
rtuau came to- the window and leaned ont ~ ii
L. get AR. They tceuel confused, and hun. out
81 la rl.tt he though. at time they would fall.
" llsn tn Ganes sainri the floor UPON which
the were they tell baea, aud he SAW no more Of
them.
Nlr.iaia Bioqae, aciid five years Of age jun
ped r. IN the fifth s'ary window, and Iccc, ell II
compound fracture Il tic thigh and extensive la.
81 Lon at tue leit le9 fellow the knee.
w saw at mi.ihighl,at the police headquarters.
Il r.tlr white hea'l" g,ri. who could not talk and
a. iuart who had ircn rescued by the trcmen
o;her rhlllren We're taken around 10 Howard
slrc"i, and to one appc tflng to claim them, they
Ncae pun to bed by the Glnd hearted neghbors.
S,nl" at the papers estimate the loss I'll life at
hot ov"r ten OF iliccn, while others place it ut
from twenty-five Ia taIrlv.