, 1862-03-15

DESTRUCTIVE coNFLAaHATIOH!
Depot s'tast s1 g! 1.Ehtniae--slaeee:

over he cIty Mt an early honr ve.tenaax u,or.
ming, was productive Of disastrous resn1ts. in
the destruction Of the psssen4er depot of The
Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne, and Chicago. Al
ton & st. Louis railroads. situated on Cans,
street near Madisen street bridge, Those WIN
were abroad at that hour cannot fill to remem.
ber the flashes Of lightning which ance.red IL
descend upon the earth In broad sheets ~ fre
Shortly after O'Clock, dfate1v enccaos,ner
more binding fash and a .nora da,fanfrs,
crash than those preceding. flames were seen
issning from the roof Of the naasenrer dcpot.
and despite the efforts Of the flremen. who,
notwithstanding the look-out m the Court
House tower fafled to discover the confiasra-
tion, we're early On the eronnd, the building,
with its contents, was burned to ashes.
Capt. Il. J, spauldipg, for long time con-
neeted with the Michigan Central Railroad,
aud now Dcpot-Master for the roads using
this buildinr. occupiei a room in the Office.
mn, ouoka soon after the structpre waa f,rad
He Immediately commenced securfnr the
+icl.te er1 of,,ce efYact. and in 4his an5aoro,.
came verv near forfeftjnp his life Retn+nino
to the office a second time to carry ,uav NE
compan, books and papera a cnrrent ~ ,;-
sudden1y caused the door n c1ose md he 81,
to the floor in state of martial snffocat;on
At this time the yatchrnan emn,ovea ahont
the premises broke dovn the 5oor and auc.
ceeded in draepinr Mr. snan1dino into the
open air. not. however. unti1 be was yerv serj-
ously burned about the head and shon1dens
Mr.. span1diue vos taken Ia his 1,ouse on Madi.
son near Aberdeen street. AZ soon AZ ear.
r;aerc con,3 bc ohtained and now 1;es in an
exceedingly precarious condition. It's fesred
he may not recover
The hni1d1ner which ,zas j, ton,,ora-v .rood-
cn one. moved nnon the eronnd for occun,n.
cv until thc New 77nior, Danot ehon,d hn
com4]eted was occn,;ca bv tho p;tt.nn-cr,,
Fart WAYNE and fb;eoo, and +ho a1to, ~
e. Jnn;s comnan;ez and ,sad 80 =, oe,.o e.
the sa]e Of ticlets and tbc stor;no of bao.osoo
The +,clets or ,,,o torma, can,n,ng xe-o
sared a. were also their money hoots and
naner.. a31 of which 1vere in thc saf.- ond ri
course. Ont Of reach of the de7ourjne element
They were not 50 sucressfn, in secnr;n, +hr
baggage, Of which q large amount was stored
in the bagpare.room This 7ras nnnsua1,v
valuable. and belonged mostly tn our avn cit.
izens. c. Il. McCo1,nick. ESQ list ti,r,e
trunks filed with his wifs,s c1othino III of
which was exceedingly costly. One of the
trunks contained velvet cloak valued at two
hundred dollars. His entire loss will exceed
five hundred dollars. The dauaage to the
Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne Railroad Compa-
| ny, including the building and the baggage
destroyed, will probably exceed ten thousand
dollars. Besides this, the Eastern mail,
brought by the train the preceding NIGHT. was
entirely destroyed, as was also the Conpanr's
mail matter intended to be sent forward by
the morning train. One gentleman who ar
rived by the ST. Louis road on Thursday eve
ming, and who left his trunks at tue depot,
intending to take the morning run for Cincin-
natl, arrived at the depot to find his trunks
and their valuable contents heap Of ashes.
The loss sustained by the Alton and St,
Louis Company Is much less serious. A small
amount Of tickets were burned, aud portion
Of the baggage: but this COMPANY will not
lose TO exceed fifteen hundred or two thons.
and dollars. Tie Railroad Compauies will
doubtless make the loss good to the baggage
and Fort Wayne Company will immediately
rebuild the depot for use until the Great
Union Depot shall be completed,
na..4 D-..-..-1, .,,..
Gnr c,tv readers vii h. eorrr ~ low t,.+
T, n o,mstcaa so, so-or,1 ,-1,a.a a,,o ,e ~.
1.,i,,ne marcb,nts md ,,,oro -acont1- ,o.oo,-,
enoaoea as An insurance and 1o,n aoant S;ad
on Thursdav +hc 53.b inst at TIN rae;5anco
of his father-in-1aw, Geo Merriam Fso in
sn7;nofe1d Mass Mr. O1rn.tood xroa +1o
| youneest son of the 1atc prof 01msteaa -,
New Haven. and came to this citv in 1s1s
t Led by his attachments tn business -
forsake literary nnrsu;,s ba ocn,,na,,oad
as a clerk or mariner with T r c,rtcr
Afterwards he went Anto hns;noss ~ b;s
| ovn eccoun+ md .Ffn- Ea.4 ,,,or- h., A.
| exercise Of industry. perseverance, and a oon.
| erous course toward the Dnbl;c snccccdn1 ;r
accumu1at;no handsome nroncrtr On,
| readers win many Of them rero'1ect hfs snler
| did warrboust. for the SALE of drv-eoo5s n,
Take STREET ncar the cornpr If c1,r1- and d.,
What ro;5 rv,e Taft IN +4o n;-o1a ~ H..
tr,5a u.an IN 7es1 =. a,oeaa ~. hs1.-a. ..
ano "en1 1n1o an insurance and loan asenc.
Office. lie succeeded equally well in his ncN
calling and gained as fair reputation in it &:
he had borne IN the old This had contin-
ued without spot or blemish to the date OF ht