The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-04-11

fire brieaie eand labored aohly and with
great slcsees The flames sast on
Main street were ohecked By fhe blow
ing up Of the Trcdefs Bank, About
noon tae flames naturally died oaf -
various points, As material failed for
them % feed upon But, il parkicu'
4 lsr iocslliss, the deslsustion went on
until toward 3 or O'clock, when the
mastery Of The dames was obsained
and Richmond saved from utter desc
laion-
~We tegfet 10 learn tzat serious
loss of life resulted rom the blowing
lup Of the powder magazine, in the sub
.ufbs. early on Monday morning. Tkss
shock w8s tremendous, iarring every
houee IN tho city, ezitinguishing tbs
Gas. and breaking q .greHt snlounI q
giaas ii daellings. Its said that thlr-
tY or forty persons, residents OF the inn
nediate vicinity of ths| nagazine, we're
either killed or wounded, but At tha
kwriti1e Ne have been slrable 70 oasaln
4 frsftieais sEs Or names 41f. lraEe Dst~
enport an old oitissIB waa lnstently
killed b. the fAflinR Of tbs Tad q the
1 American Hotel. The body was recoY-
Tered. Kir William ROgster vas. aeri-
louslv woua5ed by tho explosion of 3
shell 10 one Of the burning buildings
Il IS believed that several other persons
were burned under falling ruins who
ARE YET not known The fro laadesa
/ hav0c with the saloons and none OF
any sccount remained Weenunaerafe
Henfv Smith. Cary and Virgins streets;
Charles HINTS 0If House Tom 9rsf-
fms, Congress Hall The flaees The
Chickama1gt, and q score Of others
TIE burning Of the zsloons Is very dis
tressine. IS hupdredsof people, reader
cd homeless by the Ere win be unable to
obiain food 81 a7
sol. course, ne eannot be expected
at this time, to enter into an estlmste
Of the losses, but they ere immense,
and viii amount 70 hundreds OF mil
lions Of dollars. When it was made
known on Sunday m0Fniug that the
evacuation Of Richmond Vas foregone
conclusion, the City council held 2
meeting, an1 in7secret session passed
an order for che destruction Of Ali the
Eduof I'M the city Accordingly scout
the hour of midnight. the Work con-
menced. under the direction Of com
nlittees Of citizens in All the wards
Hu1drels Of barrels Of liquor we're
rolled into the streets and the heads
knoelxed in. The CUTTERS ran with 3
Heucr frssbet. and the fumes hlled and /
iuipregnated the air. Fine cases oi /
bolted HeaOrs were tossed into the I
street from third story windows, ana /
dashed into q thousand pieces As the /
work PROGRESSED. some struggling Con
federate soldiers, retreatlng tnro9Sn
the city, managed TO get hold of
Quantity ol LIQUOR, From mat mo
ment. law and nrder ceased 70 exist (
Chaos came, and a andenoninm reign
ed Drunk with vie liquor, fhs sol /
diers. eaid TO belong 70 Garry cavalry,
roame6 from store 10 store en- Main /
street. followed BY rough crowd
drunk as they were, with the o1ts Of
their nuskets dashed In the plate glass
81 the doors. and entering made wreck
N everything with the celebrity Of mag
i Ieweirg stores, clothing stores
boot and hat stores and eonieesonaty
stores were objects Of special attraction
to these pillagers, who be u reinen-
bered. were not Federal soldiers, ons
! Csufeaesais stragglsrs The following
49, come OF the stores thu8 robbed
Tennets. jewelfy store: Mitchell q ~
lar iewelrv store, Lemons, trimming
siope and numbers of Others all on
Rrsir sfreet. While the conflagration
tbst orirlnated in kshockoes ware
Lo,e. ws9 raaina thes Dibreuil ware
u -. ts.otaS IN Carey street, ana
slored with tobacco, took hre, and tne
ero event over several squares,
iTbo Henrico county Court~house
,..s 5ssfroved. The CLERKS Office, ana
ian were saved SEilhs tobacco lsg-
toT.y on Twenty-firss street; Crew iso-
/ tory. on Cary and Twenty-hrst ssreess'
wess also burned, beside many q well
mos About daylight .en Aonday
nornipa. the city was shaken to rs
ro,,ndation. bv the explosion proceeds
;eJ fron the blowing gpof the Confed-
80. s Ironolada in the river. The Pat
49, n enry Fss in aalnea on the hocE,
I'D And the Navy yard, and All the pup
a. bnildings therein situated we're Ia
n~,oe-- al destruction. Several o. ne
f-,.lis, ys.-.ls vers burned 81 the ei77
Wharres. At2 o clock the esaeoAlon
havina been completed - iAr - she
Confederate army was eoncerasd, nrs
- ~ to the main bridges, ana tEese
st-,ciures were soon ia flames, ana zen
= = isrhs rnost WanfoE md unnecessary
-t IN the general burning Eas the
/ 5..f--,.tion Of the immense ncuring
- tfasqrs Haxall 4 Co, on the
-3re~ bank Tho millB we're the lArgest
arri r,ost extensive Of any On tnis con
i.7-,,. oeaov of the city Is excellent
/ since the occupation We have not
heard any complaint On the pafs q ne
II citizens egainst the Ioldiers, ana He
are clad TO reo07d thas tne soloiefs
have found no re38oe % eonlpiaAh q
+ the conduct Of the citizens ae ttust
this state of aflaifs via contlnee
aNsios General We i1el, commaneing 6
the United states fcsces ooeoPyi7s
Il RichmoDd, has taken the nisEssoAs q
II jeff Davis for his heeequarsers
HBnndier GeneFeI & ea,P,ey,
/ 1Iiiitary Governor Of klcnnsoeds ass
- e@sr rtkrs ii TIE Capitol; BfisadieF
General Devine occupies the eoFernof
sl,.r.s5 press,s ssrian Church e0r-
r.r of F Franllin and eighth streets, vas
- ~ fre bv a shell exploding, IN
Co-i-l- f,nnSSv. end was burned TO
- ~. --,.,r5 We believe SONS gf the
church furniture vas saved.
,ttys r,s,f;S,,a II, a,conut Of ths fire,
-s.h ~ n@nen Of the sufferers and
49,. lss.s- from dsls 10 deF, until we
e,rr;.1 e,,e ssmesh;n9 like 3 correct histo
! ~ Of tho great calamity,