Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-09-02
Tho Great New York Fro,

Is both interesting and amusing. The fire
broke out nt about halfp0s' II o'clock IN
the afternoon, in q basement storage room
adjoining another room in which there was
n stcam-boiler under the rear Of BNrnum
museum, and swept upward rapidly through
the ramoHs establishments extending thence
along Ann street to Broadway and toward
Nassau street, and through the block to
Fulton street The progress OF the hamcS
was very rapid, and in very short time
the museum was n heap Of ruins, while u
clean sweep was made Of all the buildings
on Broadway between Anu and Fulton
streets, along Ann street as far as Fulton
street. Other houses were considerably
damaged. Altogether eighteen buildings
were DESTROYED, and others received con-
siderable damagcs.-At one time during
the fire the Herald building, and in fact
the entire block embraced by Broadway,
Ann, Fulton and Nassau streets, was in
imminent danger, but fortunately the
flames in that direction wcrt stayed. some
few of the museum curiosities were rescued
but by far the greater part OF this rare ana
vauable collection, together with the other
property in the establishment, was in very
short time swept out Of existence over
GO persons, who were employed about the
museum, are sufferers by the fire. From
the Express report Of the fire we extract
what follows
Protecting mysclf from the intense heat
as we'll as I could, by taking the mnttrass
from the bed, and erecting it as . bulwNrk
before the window, with only space enough
reserved on the top as u lookout, anx-
iously observed the animals in the opposite
room, Immediately opposite tho window
throuph which I gazed was a cage contain
inc n linn md lioness. To the right hand
rns the three storicd cage, containing mon
kcys ot the ton. two kGngaroos in the Sc
coi5 story and "happy family of rats,
CATS addcrs, rabbits, etc, in the lower COM
nnrtment
To the left Of the lions cage was the
tank containing the two huge alligators,
and still further to the left, partially hid
don from nv sight, was the great tank con-
to;,;rc Tho rrnSt white whale. which has
crcotcd such n furore in our sight -socing
,niIst for thc mast few weeks Upon the
foor vos Gagged the boa constictor, anacon-
lac ond rottlcsnokes whose heads would
now and then rise rnonacingly through the
tn,' of tbe cnre In the extreme right was
tbc cccn entirelv shut from my view at
Gr,t contoining The bengal tiger and the
noIor hnor whose terrific crowls could be
5istirctIv hoard from behind the petition.
Tbo collaboration was. os vet confined to
.bo nynor noTi nf the bnilding. The lower
wOn. @ IL LoTcyrr were becoming rapidly
hootod and oIl of me animals beran to
,nnnifSst nv' rnncb rneosinesg' The white or
,iIrar fov RON mn and down his caro-. Whin-
inc nitsonslv, and cndeavorinr TO escape.
Tito re ffi;or ffiona ,,ocoa hr,IiedIv I'm and down,
,,''o,,;,,,. ,,ost dismoIlv and nil the other
hooaIa rooni ifostsI s;m;1or nncosincss. The
sorro,ts 600, st,cI, tbcir hcods mn above the sill
oF ~. Tr;rdow and writhc6 about in
siro onaa contortinns
Whon ,Lo Grc Ind coter ia swift way
lawn 70 tho tLir5 hoor and the lurid clare
Lurst .Lrnmrh w Tho trorsom of ,in Joors the
n"nic n,,on% the bnosts hoco,oc nositivelv
fanrf,,i "n Thev snronr oreinyt their iron
hors 1u. '", md strove to Tend thcrn with tIeir
,onI, naiI "n -, .ho como t;nc ronJing fortb sov-
o,o $500 nnd Fr;rhtnncd cries with we're nj.
'po,t "sv "Iu - in their ocony A. Ienrth,
,nto, 49, Gn,nos bnrst t6ro,cb the ton nj
~ m"'i, 1 .n' ,a oon,,InnooJ ~ Iio,, Tho tons
.'to Iooa ~M" ia t,,,n,,lt roochc3 he hoirht
III. ii,' 20. 20 'Lar,s onI scroo,n, wont mn
So, So, ,o don,nod h,rtes uhicl ,vnrc heard
,I ~. J;oio,oo ~ LIE ,n;Io
- WIN W. si,nr1foncons hound thc lion and
,,,t - ,,,rn,,r. ooo inst tbc;, Lors which
me .i'-rU ~, n,,5 neDno doIrn n,;,L y rreot
go "ay iy,oa;n, " ~ hoosts rbicb fnr q mn.
esash' oete"S1G "Son5Ir WV ann.od ~ tbeir endden
,menr "ftutSiAS IT, re;1aio - Tho foor
iIoGt.S, So So - '"v u'oiU tniGs and
iaan:ns InIar,iI~ SnI.t n,1'- VIVA '-''''
'oIi,nS tV'tII.' ~ ~, ,,s,,,,4 ,,o ,,r,oy
h'luvsI ~ a. ,oo tno So ~ hy
Iu.I ir 49, y. NV foii All forrnrd Ie,,;UO tho rods
Sno na .', d. ona nav othsr on;mols
ulop ~ AZ Wv 80 Snoa J,,st q, ,h;s time tbe
W. W. .nIT eli 81 tl'rnnah and the gomps nnd
~ aUot lid IN i;I,o q rbirIycin1 from III,
Mnndoo, IL,UhI ~ n;ror Cocvt,s
Lorr;hio hoIrI IN tLs riclt hand cor
,on 80 80 ronro vol, nF ;ndoscribobI,
% NJ 80 orasb;rS ,rot;r, snmrd. in,
JEuS J;omtSa I tbat ,So tianr ord noior bcor wer,
ltE~ o.;mnoJ ,'n, 10 !, tbo 5iobasI nitcb of cxcite
,ant ri TLon tboro eano rroa, crneb n,
80 tho c.;v;rc NV Of ,bo Gorg oF ,bci,
Caco % Tho aomes and smoke momcntaril,
ratiod bocL ond for fov seconds tho into
rior % % tbo room wos visible in tbe lnrit
iiOht ar tbo so,aos wbich rovnalcd the II
rer ond tbC I;nr lacked torc,Lcr in cIost
Combat
Tho bnse of tbo rods oP tbc sornents
cara had also crnrohlod ond iLo larcos
hoo constrictor Nohou, On foo, Ionr on5 a,
tb;ck rs n mans boJv-was also engogci
in a deadly STRUGGLE with The Iioness
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