, 1864-03-25

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Tragic Ternain ation Of tho Eln1ra SAM
| ttary Fair.
From The E1.nira, N T., AdyeftIserl
Our people aud others who laAored and
orried to get up our Sanitary Fnir, had lit
TIE conception that it would be 30 suddenly
c1oaed by great and sad catastrophe, But
about hall. p1st six o'e1oek last evening, alad,
d sol, Of Nathan Baker, and another Id With
him, began to light up the gus In the build
jtg, commencing with the 1irst burner inst
within the back entrance to tic last gallery.
Tie gas being turned on to full head, as
the light was applied, It streamed upward
| and Just caught one Of the hanging festoons
| near at hand saw the critical condition of
| things. C. C. Hallattempted to snatch down
| tue burning festoon, and John Reynolds.
running into the lad,es' dressing ROOM
caught up a pail Of water aud dashed 1t over
the leapirg flames, but every effort was use--
| that the flames went leaping along from fee.
toon to festoon, until, within q few moments,
! tlctorest Of evergreens and decorations fill
| Ing tie whole interior Of the buildin, was
| one mass Of scethinE flames,
Proyidentially, justa TINT time the build.
iDg was more clear of people than It had
been durirG any time previous, since the
| Fair opened. 4 few salesmen were scatter
cd around the various stalls and booths, and
The visitors for the most Fart, were at supper
| in the dining hail. The detail Of young
misses actinG Us table walters, about thirty
il; number, were consequently attending to
| their duties f1ere.: Several persons were
aito III the store room preparing food for the
/ table. There vert quite q number Of young
Children scattered through the various paris
OF tic building Several Of the occu .'ants
we're IN The New England Kitchen; Which
tiac of The cl,urch:.s s. namlln and
n Nj. Converse who rushed from the :
New England Kitchen. at the first
alalnl, Immediately ran through tho
lower part Of the building, giving the
alarm, and then proceeded to the galleries to
save nll who might be in danger. But, on
filled the church, that, underwriting to get
down the. front stairany, III. If. Converse,
attergetting little girl ont In safety, in the
bewildcring. and su1focating smoke fell over
some impeachment, and before he could crawl
hands and forearnls were so burned that the
skin peeled off At his advanced age, near
70, it may hardly be expected that lie will
survive, although to very late hour last cre-
ming be retained his strength and WAS cheer
fully resigned to the will Of Heaven s. s.
circular cut upon one knee and generally
bruised his body. His face was slightly and
his hands severely burned. c. G. Hall, Rob.
crt a. Hall and Clark Ingrnham were In the |
Bazaar, and huHying to save all the goods |
possible, staid until the way to the stairs |
lending to the side entrance was closed, the |
first named only eaecting IN egress by that |
W1y. :.
Robert A. Hall, finding that course cut of, |
rushed to the cast gallery, and breaking /
through window, insisted a Indy from Big
Flats in jumping to the roof Of the New |
England Kitchen, and he himself jumped |
in safety. Clark 1ngraham was driven to
one OF the windows Of the ladies' dressing
room, and clunE to the sill with one hand
and foot, with his head thrust outside to
avoid complete suffocatfon, until he was |
rescued by Il ladder raised to where he was.
lie escaped with severe burn Of the hand.
l1arry Corell, who ran through the build-f
tn. at the first alarm, to assist any who
might DO In danger, While descending the
front stairs became suttocated and fell to
the floor below, breaking one Of the bones
bis right hip and head. So far IS We can
learn, every other person, and child, even,
escaped from the building unharmcd. unless
by slight casualties, excepting Freddy nar-
son OF Mr. ". E. Hart, the wellknown mcr.
chunt Tho last that is known of him is
Hazard, who last saw Fred. Hart, slys.hc
went up the front stairway and met Fred
near. the Post Of1lce between The towcTs
when suddenly they were enve1oped IL
dense cloud of black smoke. He says he
threw his arm around Fre.4. and attempted
down stairs, and supposed that Fred. was
following him. but saw nothing more Of
him. Hazard cannot describe how he got
down, but eupposes he must hnve fell and |
tumbled down in his partial insensibility, or
perhaps may hnve been dragged down By
n arffarad |
Search Was made all over to wn last night |
for Fred. Hart, but up to u o'clock p. m. no
tfdings had been learned ofhfm, and the con
clnsion became irresistible to his family aud
friends that he penshed IN the burning
who do not sympathize with them In their
terrible aftlictfon. Members Of the Board of
Managers and the Committees, who wezo !
present, made hercnlean efforts to clear the
bullding. Col Welsh, In charge Of the din
Ing hall, hurried the entire number Of tho
waiting girls to plaee; Of safety, and oil
intensity Of the flames spared them their Ia
Lor, and with few exceptions, the entire exhI-
'ition and immense supplies were surrender
d to the renoreefess element The Hall
Brothers saved about $500 worth Of things In
'aussht up and carried out; the sl00 Afghan
It The u. Il. c. stand was carried out by
nd, and some of the stores and few heavy
rticlcs were taken to place Of safety. ali
he money in the hands Of the cashiers aud
u the ticket office, NC are glad to know, was
aved. The fire will very much cripple the
i'm Of Terry & Pickering, the contractors Of
lie building, whose loss is estimated at
15,t00. The Trustees of the Church had cf- !
ected IN Insurance OF 500 which allowed | !
fair TO be held In the building. On account
i the sad event, the Tableaux entertainment
nd Masquerade party, last evening, for the
enef1t Of the Fair, was given up.
Holdcn's Hall WAS the scene Of quite an
ssemblage, who gathered there to talk oTer
he sofroWful event Of the evening, and what |
ction might be proper to meet the une1-
ected emergency. The proposition was
iscusscd that the receipts Of tho Fair should
o to the greatest sufferers, as the withhold
pg the amount would be bnt small loss to
be Sanitary Commission, whose donations
re numbered BY millions. But that matter
ests entirely with ting Board Of Managers,
'ho will decide rightedhsly and justly ID the
latter
We learn that Harmon Hitchcock was SCI
crely injured at the fire late Inst evening By
be ialling Of q brick. There went. up
rayer Of thankfalncss last night, TINT the
which bowed down every heart,
nd been withheld, while the church was so
ensely packed, Thursday evening, whcn-it |
night have been necessary to chronicle an
ther Santiago holocaust.