The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-07-22
City Intelligence.
DISASTROUS CONFEDERATION
DESTRUCTION or BARNu1'5 MUSEUM
Immense Loss Of Property.
The Collections 81 Hiatt a. CeD-
tury Aanihiiatcd.
RAPID PROGRESS OF THE FIIE.
Failing Walls asd IDiurtd People.
NARROW ESCAPES, DC.


About hLf past tSc.,o o'clook yesterday, While
some OF Ia, o..ployo' In Banums Museum were
quietly engaged cstius thoir dinner, the Engineer
ushed up from hollow spuounclnf thNt his room wa
Ere, aud about thu ssmc time Immense yo'-
unes Of aro.c Tls.lated Ne Am street cui
OF he Luildms as. Davidson, the ri.is
Hover with IN ant ~ s'uue Of mind, knowing
that The immense whale ,auk sA directly over Sc
sp1t where the h!e hnd begun TO make hcedNay,
att,uptol to knock hole g. nc hure reservoir.
Bcing uu.lcccsrul visa tHc moaus a. haud, Nj.
Davidson started ,h, Crutuu from ihg Jpc., and IT.
tsupted 90 wrench OF -oile ron Iai.ius put up In
the saloons. The smoke nov drove aim to the bal
couy, from whence De saw come trrmen attempting
to enter the exit ~ Ire luiidinr m Ann street. By
hf direction .he, wcrs eaaoled g. busst In al uli.
Place, and Il water had then Teen available At tha,
point, gtc1t dostri"' "a Of property might have
lucn prevented Ai,hough excellent agtangemerts
Ne ooveryN here provided ih oushout tho other oors
Of the buiidn, tue ToJnd aoor in possossion of
tenants who had not property provided for fire
tingcncy. Pcrcoiylng tho hrcmcn on hand, Nj.
Davidson roiiloJ within the building, but pre-
vented b. the fnoko from reaching the great iAhs.
Ho gave the Slarm bogeycr rushed towards lhn
business Office and there found NJ. Hund preparing
TO leave. Tho dense smoke forced Davidson back,
anu 20 OyarcAme him that ho swooucd away, return
ing to after being drasged. by one
To the esher air ~ the opposite end OF the loom.
By tina tiIno, less than ten m.nuso' from tho first
alarm, the Stranger AID oinor "a the building
were rapidly oggcuAtng. hinted woman
blocked up the p1fslo way, hear abe lover
stairway. nrputy shcuf WIN. hcNRmsm VsEod
her and bore nes into tlr iGoct below. 10 ,his ou-
Ia due the credit OF plo,ahy szyinR tho dive, oil
meuy persons 81 the bliidug. lhe moment he
heard the cry of ere, be soem'd In understand the
situation. knoviu- thai the 'mnt'gs. C,rclfs,ar
Somsn, aud others, culCd apartments on the third
fooI, BIO rushed thiber, and lurrt open the doors.
Finding the rooms empty ho Ocended 60 the n, At
floor, and succeeded In lrinFns dcwn tic ladt' As-
scmbled Ia one OF the dTc's.u'''ooinr there Mia
swan, the Gi.ntc.s aud h.1 Luruby liannun
| the CiTcsssian girl qltrmr.ct 60 each their own
room for the purpose on brnfue Oh few valuable
,but thu auCs bad ron revived -" upper hoou and
bnTHed ali tho property Of thee people, including
some gIetnbackf, and one hun.iod aud twenty dol
| lars in gold bool-is, 20 M.N aSan' The GIantess
and Croissian gut, accompanied - other ladies from
the Museum, .hun icaooi f.ou the building and took
refuge In the srS office, Vh"' o. remained all the
afternoon. About fYc c'cio.. ac7rlIage conveyed
| them 10 hotsl. The ug'g 'u' '' the Museum MA
speedily foodtl yi'h il tAt tr .-i' waller IRON che
pipcs and tank uivu tny vy US' 10 h9" appearing
OF saving the luiluing, the en' N'ee next turned
their attention 20 the many o'iA entles'tlr which
have been coiitoi,l durug ne IN 'Ai century, and
we've ofsd here tor tho iastrrctn Ahn ainusoment
Of our oi.izous scloray, an. u'. 'iIs particularly.
| The Tspl rpre sd of The fire ln .' 'tlIe room and
upper floor compellcl 90" opf1 '.. 70 20 confined
almost exclusively 70 he s''' 40" 'nifd hoors'
vhers the wax iigu.os .nl sa1.o ofds exhibit