The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-06-16
The Great Fire Mt Nashvfslc.
TIE AMOUNT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY ID
sTR0YED. ETC.
fFPom the Nashville Disrp.ch lima IN


From the Nashville Disrotch, June l01
One OF the most destructive coniagrations that has
visited Nashville for many years occurred yesterday
at about two O'Clock r. H. The south half OF the i'm
government building, known Taylor depot,
sumner sioe. ooIow broaa was TOTALLY destroyed with
qusrtcrmastcrs storea Ii Is not known how the fire
originated, althouh several rumos anoat; but all
of them, evidently without foundation. The most pro-
bablc however, that the roof gnited from sparks
cjeeed by the locomotive attached to train Of
buildings being quite near the railroad track.
From Captain ". A. wainwright, who is in charge Of
the qarermnsters stores for this department and has
his oce adac mt to the buildings we learn the following
particulars regarding the disaster:-
At the moment the alarm given the building was
developed In smoke which coming out Of all the
windows The IRE hose Immediately directed on the
building but the elements already full head.
way, and the water caused the flames 10 burst
rife rapidity barely allowing tho IN the building 10
escape. II MAS reported tn[ wo government employees
failed to get out, and were burned 70 death;
but from all the circumstances attending the
carly stage OF the Ore We have every TO believe
that lives lost There were two men In the
building while IL was wrsp in flames, but they were both
window and badly inJuring his leg The following list
comprises the bulk Of the property destroyed
'sr Of
and 200 bales Of oakum, 800 pounds Of PITCH 70 900
pounds Of pitch about 1000 pounds Of tanners crease
Of blacksmith tools, 800 anvils, 200 bellows,
200 portable FORCES. 500 vices, immense
81 run gear Sr wagons !, and GOO
harness leather 900 kegs q horse shoe and nails
600 boxes Of sheet tin 900 pounds Of iron washers.
rs 600 pounds Of rope 900 pounds Of paint feet
Of lead pipes 5000 gallons OF neatsfoot oil 1000 pounds
Of bride leather IL 900 feet OF betting 200 circular saws
1000 picks and handles, 5000 lanterns, 1000 Giles,
1000 hay forks 10 COO axes and handles 900 augcrs
about 800 chests ofvaluable horse medicines 5000 wagon
covers 5000 sets Of harness COCO horse brushes 5000
jockey sticks, II coo neck strars 5000 halter chains
1900 bride bits, 1900 wagon srokes and an immense
quantity Of boxes containing glass.
TELEcRAPBSe At SIoHr-M Eugene GODDARD, the
French imperial eronaut, has made some very interest
ing experiments In method Of ,eeerapbng BY the
aid Of single luminous point r. GODDARD sends messages
TO any part Of the visible horizon The experiments
tried at the Observatory aud in the Rue dc Pueaux
A lamp with reflector placed in the third floor
Of house In that street, while similar lamp burn
ing the the OF the Observatory within three
minutes NJ GODDARD sent message Of twenty words to
the Observatory. The system Ia extremely simplicity
OF screens, which, by conceang or allowing tho
light TO escape, partial or total eclees produced
The either Of white red glass The coors
emitted the duration OF that emission suffice 10 form
an alphabet analogous 10 that of words used by the
usual electric tolegraps Tho extreme implicitly OF this
method would BE- specially useful for signalling at sea In
time of war Two corps dorats could thus most easily
communicate with each other