Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-11
Great Fire on wator.street
AN EXTEEsWE LAaD-On FAcTOaY CONSUMED.
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About eight o'clock yesterday morning
the extensive Lard-oil and Candle Factory
at the foot of vine-street, near the ferry
landing, belonging to Thomas Emery 4 Son,
was discovered to be on FIRE in the fourth
story, and the bells commenced ringing i'm
mediately. The building being filed with
oil, however, the FIRE spread with more than
usual rspidity, and by the time the first an
CINE reached the ground, il had been COM
municated to all parts of the building, 80
that the entire stock Of ~combustibles was
ignited, and when the flames burst through
the roof, windows and doors, the heat was
rendered insupportable for a considerable
distance around.
The engines were worked with great
vigor, but nothing could arrest the flames,
and the attention of the firemen was directed
more especially to saving the ad~jacentbuild-
ings; and we think it is not saying too
much, when we assert that no other depart
ment in the world could have confined the
FIRE to the structure in which il originated.
The greater portion of the walls Of the
building fell with a great crash, the west end
breaking down the wires Of the Lexington
telegraph. Fortunately, however, no one
was injured, and the openings gave the fire.
men On opportunity to so conine the flames
as to remove all danger to other property.
The wind blew strongly from the north,
which was fortunate, as there are no houses
in the opposite direction.
There is no certainty as to how the FIRE
originated, but the general impression is
that it was the work of an incendiary. There
was not then, nor had there been, any fire
in or near the room in which the flames
were discovered, unless placed there clan
destinely. The workmen, who number about
100, had all left at twelve o'clock on Satur-
day night, as was their custom, except the
engineer, who was attending to the boiler,
and he knew nothing of the matter until the
bells rang. He states that the only fire in
the establishment during the previous day
and night of which he had any knowledge,
was in the engine-room. and there were no
means by which it could be legitimately
conveyed to the fourth story.
The loss is estimated at $3.50, 900, on which
ANAA
there were policies of insurance amounting
in the aggregate to $112,5O distributed as
follows:
Home Compounds Washington, $4,000;
Central, $4,000; Cincinnati, $4,000; Mer-
chants and Manufacturers, $l2, 900; Fire
mems, $s,oOOi Commercial, $4,000.
Foreign Companies-Etna, of Hartford,
$1,000; Roger Williams, of Providence,
$4,000; Hartford, of Hartford, S. 1000; North
American, of Hartford, $4,000; Merchants,
of Providence, $2,5 800; Washington, ofProv-
idence, $4,000; City, of Hartford, $1,000;
Connecticut, of Hartford, $4,000: Goodhue,
of New York, $4,000; and $27,5OO distrib-
uted among eight other Eastern companies.
1t will be seen that of the entire amount,
4 1900 was in home, and $65, 500 in foreign
companies.
Immediately adjoining the factory was a
sort of barracks inhabited by Irish, which
was completely cleaned out by water, but
the loss was trihing.
1t is the intention of the Messrs. Emery to
commence rebuilding their establishment
Immediately, preparations for which will be |
commenced this week.