The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-07-14
DISASTROUS CONFEDERATION
DESTRUCTION OF BARNUM's MUSEUM
Immense Loss Of Property.
The Collections Of Half "a Cen.
tury An.ihiiated.
RAPID PROGRESS OF TuR FIRE.
Failing Walls and Ipjurcd People
NARROW ESCAPES, 6s.


About half pat twelve o'clock yesterday, vhts
ZONE of the eu.rloyes In paruum', Museum we're
quietly engaged eating their dinners, tho Enrines,
rushed up iiom below announcing that his room w
on he, and stout the same time Immense 20
umCs Of sinoke rermeated the Ann sttoet eel
Z" tho building. Mr.. Dsvidson, tho Fl-ss
Hover With instant presence Of mind, known.
that tic immense .bse tank Nas directly ovor b..
spd ~hoto the Gie had begun 10 make headus
atomp ci To knock a hoe In the huge to,etyo.
ro'ne uust c,css.ui With tie mean. Il hand, NJ
D.' son star . n & o,on from the p.pe.. and e,
up ed 90 wrench OIL iron railinss put tp ~
the snoons. The ,mote drove him 10 the BAL
COM, fiuin Nhehce lie some tIemen attempting
to ea'er tuo exit cf he bulldog on Ann sti,o. Is,
L.s d.uct o. they wee onab,el " burat 10 At this
p..Ae, cnd II Watcf LGd then loen svsilsbe at th
p,,AL snoH ec,Iu,.oa Of p.ope,y m'E't h.vo
teen y e,enud. Although esoel,nt ar Anson oats
Nece,ey NLeie ed 'hroll houttto othlr lOois
Of a., luildin the giouud flvo va la sie.,ion Of
ienGn's y lao hid not Ope D. Cvided or a fife
unrcucs f"fceiving the hromen on hand, NJ.
DAVidson ie iud slthin the bulldinT, but va. e.
vented b. the tuO, from reaching tho gieAt tAuk.
he save tue slA-in bowever, Tuahsi toward tns
Lu.intS oilicc, aud there fund Nj IIuri p epafiEe
TO Isaye lbe Gense spOke nou forced Dav dson back
aud so oyeicAme him that no swooncd away, return.
ing to business arer tens dragged. by one,
10 the Lesher air At the opposite end Of the room.
b. thl, tune, lss. than ton minutes FROM the first
alarm, the strangers aud others In the build.nf
see rapidly eyaouatns. iaintcd wsmsn
blocked up tho pssa.o way, near the loNor
stairway. Deputy sheriff WIN. McNAmsra sezei
he, and lore teF into the street 10 oW. To this M
Ger 10 due tho e.eIit Of obably saving the uves o.
many PERSONS In the building. The moment he
heard tho cry Of Ere, he seemed to understand tha
situation. knowing that tho GAntcs., Chcnsian
~oma.i, and Others occupied apartments on the thirI
nooI, he rusLsd tlither, and burst open the ccols
llhd.ng the looms empty he ascended 10 the 81
door, and succeeded la bringing dowu tho lailsA a.
.emblod In one Of the dIesains- rooms thors. M..
ssen, the Gian,ess, and Miss Zuruby lIannuo,
tic CiicAsisn sir, attempted u reach their own
for the putpose Of bringing of low valuable,
but the flames bad reached the upper aoou snd
burned ell the property Of these people, including
some seenbaet,, and one hundred and twenty dol
lars IN gold belonging to Miss swan. Tho Giante.
snd CucassAn girl accom- panied by other ladies from
the huteum, then etcaped from tho building and ook
refuge Ia tho sUS Office, where they rcmaiLel all tn.
sileinoon. About eve o'oloci, sosulige conyeyed
them to = hotei. The upper part of the Museum w..
speedily fooded si'h all the available water from thu
pc. and tsnt upon the roof but hor~ appolriy
OF sAV'ns 'he 'uild'ns' 'he einp Jse' next tW d"t
'"e'' a''e"'o" "Uo "au' tn'uianu o"'"'N' sheh
nave D"'h eo"ee'on ou'ns 'no st nan cen'nry, md
Ne'o '''' "''o ''' u' '"''u'" anu .nn'emeN
81 'u' ''N@on' 'se'o'n', a"u Iu'oAiVi psrbuu'AriT.
inc hp' sp''Ah " W" hie' ih ths lecture room AMI
uIpHt u'oiN ''np''sd 'n' ope'Alionsn 70 ts conhn"i
Almost eieluh''eV 70 ths second ana thiri noD.
NheTe INC WAY hku'e' ana ''unen oiros"ere EXHIBIT
Oh out OF the N'heoWs 'h"ee curosites ware p D.
mHen'u'y pi',hed "hon the Jeh. Davis Ve''l'
oo4'e1 hguro vas recognized by the crowd II VA.
seized i'ohsd' hhooAod' and hnsly hanged to 40
a"hlh' irahr' anna Inc def~i'o and ooutumtlio'v
tpthew f 40 IS''ons engaged In ths
pb'me. ono o' The toauti'ul slv' snginw
va mia'n ousy saved almost Intact aud a
con niderahls amount of tho movable prooer,v
wss uan,por od 10 the A.ior House Ia M incfolil
short space Of time. While this was xoing on ID.
whale. we're belloWins the sn.le. wri,hins, and n.
sh Ator lashns his tail In tho rear Of tho vorsipr
men. The seal VA. osptured by a rou1i 6,ebo<
Nhoo eio'hei ho tore sud with whom he n-h,
u"'" ','a'"''t"' "'' VI" ''"3'"'"d 10 .ontsm
'' 'u"''e " 'hs crowd 30
,tones, that his liie vas not worth much =, -.
80 w., 'Y "'''" "huen NJ Last ar
'""ou-hv taken 10
'"e "s ~" 'n".' - futon hsr.s;-
." '"' 'AH na' taken to srits
"NA mounted IRON the
- - ~ nHA street basement TO shs
-s "HIiuuV Hnoush the buildsne
'o"s ''''' e"n OF ~aier could be started by shs
I'" 'epuF arriving An immenss crowd
" P"Po 'peeplV s'smbed' blocking up hosd"y
e"t 1N "'N n"" aoo'e the Astor houte to bolo-
'u'n I.isot-'be po'i'e hhiinE Il d1ihcul1 To force
''1t' ", 'no ent'ne' r'o"V the ero"di we're