Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-01-02
GREAT CONFEDERATION.
IMMENSE Loss OF PROPERTY,
PROBABLE INOENDIARIsM.
IVES BREWERY, REITC & GEECK
LEY'S MACHINE SHOP, MOP
FACTORY, BARN, &c,
BURNED.

1t is no fault OF ours that the LEADER OF
this mornings is sensational paper. Nature,
fate and, perhaps, malicious human will
conspired to make it such. We have al
ready recorded the particulars of one ex-
tensive FIRE in this city yesterday. Its
flames had not eeased, and people were
still discussing the news, whom smother
alarm of fire was given, and almost stimuli
tanoOusIy Herewith a huge volume Of
smoke arose and was driven by strong
southwest wind over the city, and perfect
showers of sparks rained down upon wide
neighborhood Of the FIRE, and E splendid
wave of flame swept clOudWard, and gave
the city the weirdest possible appearance.
The alarm was given about half pastnine
O'Clock lsst night, and the whole city, sp-
pareutly, hurried to the scene. The
doomed building was Ives Brewery, at the
foot of Camel street. In a twinkling steam
er No. drove, screaming and with Johu
speed, down Michigan street, and was
followed, somewhat later, by steamers Nos.
5, 3 and 1. But two of the steamers had
recently come from the other fire, and the
weather being exceedingly cold, the hose
was frozen, and it was nearly an hour be-
fore stream of water was thrown by any
Of the engines. By the time they went
into action, the western and main portion
of the browery was completely eviscerated,
the roof had fallen in, and the walls tuIn-
bled down; and in the machine shop,
opposite, of Reitc & Gaeckley, the fire was
hopelessly under way. 1t seemed imPos-
sible thst the buildings on the hill, con-
sisting mostly of old sheds, stables, &C.,
could be saved from ignitiRg from the
clouds of sparks that were drifted upon
them by the fierce wind for every roof
was dry as tinder, and the wind came from
such q direction, snd blew with such
strength, that half the city, as it lay in the
path of tho wind, seemed 10 be at the
mercy of the FIRE.
Fortunately; when fears were erOwding
thicksst, the engines began playing, and
the flames were prevented from spreading
beyond the two above mentioned buildings,
with the exception that an Insignificant
barn, end small building, used as dwell
ling, joining the factory, were burned. One
or two ofthe stables on the hill caught afrsI
but people mounted the roofs with brOoml
and pals of water, and soon extinguished
the flames, and prevented re-ignition.
It is impossible to mako an estimate Of
the loss. We could not learn, in the fren-
zy and rush of the hou,, how large an
insurance there is in the buildings, but
Mr.. Ives, since his last FIRE, had $4,000
more added to his insurance. The .chiet
sufferers are Messrs.I Ives, Rsitc & Gaechsy,
although new firm, 1--WE could not learn
their name5,) who occupied portion OF
the machine shop, and were engaged in
the manufacture of a new mop, were
entirely burned out. Hardly any ma
chinery or effects were removed from the
shop, and nothing discoverable was rescued
from the brewery. The loss cannot be less
than s45, 900.
The fire was evidently the work of an in
cendiary. Two weeks ago this brewery was
set on fire twice on the same day, and in so
peculiar manner as inevitably to suggest
its true origin. If the villain were Rebel
emissary come To fire our city, he could not
possibly have hit on time or place happi-
ier for his purpose than those he selected.
He had many allies, namely, the exhaust
ion of the Aremen, who had been working
half day on the West Side, frost, which
choked the hose and benumbed all, and
strong wind to carry sparks and burning
brands to countless POwder-dry roofs lying
in its course.
five turn to speak of Ehe "eathetic'
feature of the case, will it seem wide of
sympathy and prOpriety2 The roads,
hill-sides and neighboring roofs were black
with spectators.-men, women and chill
dren,-and as the red light shOEe on them
it burned up their dark outlines, and made
them children of the FIRE; and as the con-
fagration roared, and walls fell with a
crash, and men shouted, and tho aames
leaped hungry and hellish toward the sky,
and clouds of smoke, sparks and cinders
arose like tOrments, it was spectacle sub
lime as any "dre4dfulT- minded post could
conceive Of the sublimaties of Toph ct.