, 1865-06-08
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE,
Terrible CasnAlty-A Failing Wall Buries
Eight Persons In tit Rulhs-Iwe
Killed outright and othsrs
Lot expected ts
SurT1ye-
Two Who1fsnle Houses De2trnvca-
Total Money 1sose, about $50, 600.

4osaa money 1soss, about $4,000.
Al the hour OF nina O'Clock last evening a s..
broke ont In the uppee part Of tho three sto.,
oullolhg No. 16a South Wafer street, occupied b.
Lea Zimmerman, commtsAfpu merchants. Tht
aames spread rapidly to the commi.a on ware
house OF Montgomery l. Kcn1y, No, ISL, aeentt
1ot oils druEs, and whisk1es. In IN instant, Is Il
we're, great volumes Of the deyontinc elemen
datted out through the upper windows, the hca,
being 10 Intense that the g.ss melted at it's touch
quarter past pine, large qusutitJ Of coal oil
eautht the 1ames, when low, thunder-l1ke
rnmsltns was heard, ciused by the explosion oi
lhe ta1Es!e. Then up darted the flames With ~
/ paEsace through The MIR created 6etce hlssiuK,
which 20 alalmed the immense cro~ds assembled
thse perfect soat took p!a:c, and the people fed
Nor had they eonncr returned after theIr tenn
pola15 fight than the rear Of the building fell IN
M1.h with terrible cTsse rs &c causing another fright and
Wy 10 The nFst floor. and here Its lnsaliaole ap-
p; titt seemed 10 1nd another anu greater quYn-
y q o 1SaD u, s,,. onss
! smoke and tongues OF fiame, like 1he asshe, Of
lst!nsnv, Ut. mingled, and rolled themselves
| Elle Numes btiug unable to ccn.umc the Oh II
poured ont 10 streams stonE the Sidewalk, hisslog
nd aa%n IN oaasp IL ~ tS wa III
tarned upon fIs huTsias nnid. snsd tsen sss
ssesD So txo 's,Rshfs sf BE-
water. The fzemcn fought The nsnes beneath
1htm with trco herolsm. and great sheets Of xateE
snd sheets q nte alternately covered the aide.
wonld rush ort Of the dotr, the strcams from the
twelled AID buretipg hose wo1ld s!t4ck it. Final
" ala alc1 q long contest the callsni flremen
TYfTR trI AjNn 4
there kept II confined, In It's seetlling, 1osinins
At hslFpast nine O'Clock precisely, the cntirs
works Ct the interior Of me bu1lding lei to the
lower etuIy With a tremendous crush. 1Apte Der.
sqns Xho had been Standing on the oppo.Ite Side
eudccn desire to rnske rupio 1oovementF. mauY Of
tht N making up the stattHa, aud clinging oy the
doo1 m es'ls for SUPPORT
Ihe immense volumes Of fame had attained
thcir fullest height and lowered away up toward
the Re4vcre uhtts they seemed lost IN The dark.
eled it, light far and neas. People coming down
Clark ehcet, pbove Van rurent could STE and
soEn, 3 ;ee ps%orIe % o1 CLARK street bs,aee. The
Et1cctt. But tue 1rd space demands that We
should curtAil our description Of the grcat cpu.
dcrrnton. htd give such estimates and loeses,
with tue narte Of The parties damaged, a. we
have becc ahle 70 ,taia, amld.t the confusion
and alsrm reiening. They sre a. foilows:
Zta q Zimmerman. Commission Merchants,
1otsea s.; eco. Insurance not known.
Non 'eomery = henly, oils crucs and Whistles.
.J;P. Wallace, Commission Merchant Loss
sS9o: 11sqrto
to:nl wrrck. Lots no, knnHn-
Amhroto l. Miller. ComuiRsion MerehtEts,
esvS9 @ MI !ne1f hooka ana Fslonole papers. Loss
1,.. nue. f9iy injured; M,o,,p,,. c. ~
nsta1 ) water ana moving Of eoocs, $500. Fully
Hsri. Austen L Co Corn Exrl,snor Rso Far.
iosy. 1oefss D. % ny %sEE md removal OF goods cstt.
luIicinr. which contamsd nre.t on antt,.ss n NJ
Esi 1snst 1n.recnnns etrsn- fe1,n ss rto,' ~
which Is ,,s srsstJ % extns e t4e & hIaro men Who
Erse,n Brcihrrs. Wt,nics,ie r,1cerz 1o....
e1irEt. e'S9' Aosoeo
pes
Tho huilllnrs W.1e owned h. +. Ecsmmon
D. F. steymsn and Mr. Tavtor. nres;dt NJ ~ I'm
in.ne!, ino, Cosl OIL COMPANY Probable lozs sso
A vnnnr @ mrn ~ e1nninxed ,s :, c1art IN NM ~ ~.
s6iasent siores H.. narro eSrnne f,nn s,,,'i III
irsctssre, .ome p.1eon + The building above ha7:
Gote1y by thc ear md shoulders Of tha H youths
Al oaicioTt tnsutInce asenf. Whoses g mama We
"a Hq SSt h.I ass!s M +
ecnre1nmu the n4e ss tnNahat saio nnt s1y
hand.ed hv nE. IF ~ Rons1o;,n f,sf.ofy dfopGny
t@A a H. 10y named s+ msllsm aeerGn = vs. zun
- III eoMa s,s, Uu. 9G. tH5lUa
w1a ill., cT.Mavoe nf Miix.uEse Han III EaMsed
oMean; TSd G,, n., ,,,s,, ....
!aay I,, ;o4s = 1i:ss AZ a. q d saSisss
tLe s,reata q water issuing from ihe hose belnE
60 EeaE that II ton'd not reach the trst door.
1spdy nd esnsd sseat he.dWsy y1s Seiose
sre alarm wss Ftsen
AZ Ine nonf Q! zen T. otlock tns 1sines were