Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-05-15

EhlLOIS DlIuAIlON OF A IBOEELLEH.-
The propeller Omar Pasha, on her last trip up
from Buffalo. came very near being wrecked,
having been struck by heavy gale on We'd
nesday week last, below Long Point When
oil Port Stanley the packing worked out of
her steam chest, and she became perfectly
unmanageable. Destruction seemed almost
inevitable. Her crew, who were colored,
worked like heroes, notwithstanding they
expected every moment to be launched into
eternity. she lost her large anchor, and her
cabins were all worked leose. She was nine
teen hours at ancher, and her crew were
twenty hours without food. She met with
most miraculous escape, and had it not been
for the unfinehing nerve of her captain and
gallans crew, she and all on board would
have probably now been at the bottom of The
lake. The Omar finally reached Detroit port
in safety, leaking rather badly.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE BURNIEG OF TIRE
OLD ExCHANGE.-This morning Thursday
about half past six o'clock, flames were seen
to issue from the southwest corner and fourth
story of the " Old Exchange " building, on
Main street, West Side, occupied by Stan
Icy, Graham & Co. as a pail factory The
flames spread so rapidly, the building being
full Of cOmbustable material, that the efforts
Olithe steamers, which were very promptly on
the ground, were insufficient to save the con-
cern. There was about 81, 600 worth of fin
ished stock in the building, which together
with the material, machinery, &c, footed up
S35, ,OOO-insured for SIS, 600. It is thought
that some of the material in the rear of the
building will be saved. The insurance is in
small amounts, divided up among several
different companies. The building was own
ed as follows: wO-fftbs by n. NJ. Griffith,
One-ffth by Norman c. Baldwin, one-ffth by
J. S. Richards, Philadelphia, and one-ffth
by the estate Of Samuel Tyler.
The cause of the fire is unknown. There
was but one man in the building at the time
the fire was discovered, Thomas Hendricks,
the engineer.
The building was originally erected for a
first class hotel, in 1887, by eastern capital
lists, and besides being very capacious, it was
finished of elegantly. It was called the
" Massasoit House" Numbers of our citi-
zeDs remember the grand ball with which
the new hotel was opened. As an invest
ment, the house proved a failure. It has
passed through a great many changes, at
one time being a tenement house for poor
people, nearly every room containing fam
lily. There was q splendid spiral staircase
running from the first floor to the cupola
which surmounted the building. The banis-
ters and railing Of this staircase were Of ma
hogany. The tenants hacked it up for FIRE
wood. The ceilings of the halls were origi-
nally embeilished with elabOrite carvings.-
The children who swarmed in the building
used to amuse themselves by knocking Of the
carvings with clubs and stones, 60 that the
interior was sad wreck at last. When the
tenants were moved cut in order that the
building might be used for manufacturing
purposes, pigs were found as high up as the
fourth story.
Stanley, Graham, q Co. have occupied the
Old Exchange with their pail factory fol
about three years, we believe. Tho building
| had been rendered quite convenient for car
! rying on their business. Another Of the Old
/ land marks of Cleveland has gone.