Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-02
Destructive Efre--FOur Business HOuSC 8
Communications Ss5 coo 10 s3e,0ee.
Prem the Memphis Avalan;hs, Sept -.


About O'Clock yesterday morning FIRE broke
cut IN picture frame mandatory On tbs aoTth-
wsst corner Of Washington street and Center alley.
The combuStibls materials ir the place cazssd the
flames 10 spread with great rapidity, and soon the
whole Of that portion OF the building wsS saFelop>
ed by them. The dremen were. al usual. promptly
en- the ground but despite their strenuous sxertOns
the ire could not be subdusd until four stores were
reduced 10 ashes
The picture frame establishment was owned BY
Mr. A. Tiench, who was lAtreriy engaged Ia aAkiBg
graduated sights for cannon for the SOulhsrn Con
fedsracy. He hSd about eight hundred Of these
already completed, which, together with bis mate
riala for framing pictures, were lest. The dAmEge
sustained by him will amSuut to between 81 500 and
S. O0O on which he had no Insurance.
Adjoining him on the west was the neWI depot Of
Mr.SpeckernAgle, whose entire atOek was goHsumed.
LoSs s2O0-nO insurance.
Adjoining him the West was 3 barber shop
kept BY negro named Frank, who lost assut $3.50.
Kris. p Stumm, who has carried on boot and
shoe mandatory IN the adjoining ap3rtmsut aimee
the death OF her husband lost her aEock Gad house
hold fu-niiure-in fact, her little all. Ii will be
rseolect.d that abe UGs robbed 3 night or two pre-
Vioua and thA second blow has completely prostra-
ted her. She has large family Of childrsH, and is
perfectly destitute. Her loss ia estimated at
$500. a
Mr.. Solomon Book lad an establishment for ma
king drums in the building on WAahingtoa street
and lost the entire contents. Loss 81 900. No l. :
IurancS.
On Front Row three stores were entirely coz
sumed, and one partially destroyed. Their num-
berS were 70, l0l. LOB, and l04 No. % was Occu-
pied a. dry goods and clothing establishment, by
RestAr / Barre. They succeeded in saving pOr
ton Of tn ,ir stock damaged condition bus their
loss will be heavy. We could not learn sIs sxteEt
Eor whether they were insured
No I0l Was occupied by an Italian naE ed Che
rslli, who kept drinking saloon and lost she most
OF his stock, amounting 30 5000 Ne InsurGbcs.
Mr.. John Shelby owned and occupied Iss q
provision store. HIS stock was low, but v hAt WsI
lsfs in the store was consumed re are Informed
that he insured for $40 900 in Louisville officer
house and stock, which if true will nearly
his loss.
No. IO4 was occupied IS clothing Etsrs BY Nh
Aacks. The building was not entirely ebnsaMpS,
and he succeeded in SAVING portion Of lis stock,
but his loss was heavy. No endurance.
Moses Levy occupied No los. His gsbSs were
all removed and the lOss to hir1 Will Asg ss great
The stOre did not take are. He states tk4s he wss
in bed when he heard the .larm, and looking from
the window, he saw the flames. His first thOUght
was TO secure what in the safe. and With that
intent he obtained the keys ard opened It The "A
contained S., S00-S3 500 in paper and $500 in gold
beai1es some watches. He removed everything b&
the money and when. some time after, he came 10
look for t. is bad disappeared. If ne doAI come Up
with it again it will be a heavy loss
The buildings destroyed, with one exception. bs-
lonEsd to Mr.. W. A Bedford, and we're worth SIS
OG0, we presume. He had them insured with
Kirkland for 81 O09. The block was Of brick, two
stsries and half in height aad very cid aud
dry. It ia 4 wonder that the FIRE did not extend
further, despite the almost superhunIa sssrts Of
the hremsa, whose praises are sounded by every
body. 1hs fire steansr did excellent service.
The total loss cannot fall short OF SIS 300 to
$50 eco. ard the destruction of these stores, al
though they were among the poorest on FFont Row,
at the present time, canaot but be regSrded
public calamity.
THz ARNAXsSr OF FORr PlCEENa.-The EsW York