The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-24
Fire in chattanoOea.
rom the ch..s.sooe. e..,s.l.. pa in.,.

by the Bon Ton Sa Don, kept by Mr.. Prank
NeelJs on The esst side Of Msrket STREET, be-
tween Fourth and Finb- The hames were
Hrst seen by the guards AZ the military prsu-
0ns and the aisrm given 81 the Government
steam Fire Engine Company. Al the hour
mentioned scarcely ans ohe was On The
streets, and il was some me Def Re the
alarm beams general. II ives over bsif a.
nour after the fire was discovered before the
steam engine gOt into rvice aud had water
on the fiae- By that time the fsues had
spresd 70 the frame buildings on either side
% the one where the fi7s commenced, and
the destruction Of the whole block was in
evitable- The next building on the north
SIDE Ct the Bon Ton was occupied By Messrs
fioieman and Richards, who had a general
supply store on the first floor, and Chrss
Club Room on the second. TIE lou Of this
building eoEtsined large amount OF goods
stored away.
Tbs next building on the eerner Of Mar
ket and Fourth streets, was oceu pied by ii r.
Colburg, as a dry goods and clothing store,
on the hrst flo ths second being unoccu-
ped South Of the buildiDg in which the
IRE occurred there wss & row Of six one
story frames, none Of which were very val
uable- The one next u the burning buiid-
ing Has occupied by baker
the next one by q saso0n, the next one was
empty, the next by barber shop, the fifth
By Aessrs. Finson a Thurman, as Dry
Goods Store, and the last one by Mr. Berry
hill, as Restaurant aud Saloon. The IN
occupied building Was torn down simost
immediately, aud = hen the firemen arrived,
they took position on the ground ADD were
rapidly reducing the flames, when the mil
itary called them or fom where they were
actually needed, and set them 10 work
throwing water on the brick building on
the northeast corner Of Market and Fourth
stieeis, occupied as an Office by Col. James,
Chlei Qusrlermasier Of the District Of Eat
Ieuuessee. This building had high brick
vail ran-ing above the iOOf, the later be-
iug covered win tn, aud was iircprO0f. By
dong this the flames agan Obtained an AZ
cendancy among the France where they hal
been nearly quenched, aid a. their destruc-
iiou was certain, the wind blown in thst
direction, large force Of men SCI 10 wurk
and pu led 'hem doNn. By this lime the
destruction Of the whole B Ock wss complies,
and nothing remained for the iiremen to
40 but to throw water upon the ruins. he
roof OF the Military Prison on the sOuth-wt ~
corner Of Market AID Fourth streets, was
did 10 be on FIRE at ore time, but . torrent
OF wster from the hose soon extinguished
it. By half past four, or in an hour after
the first alarm xas given, the Ere was got
under, and no danger apprehended.
IEcIDESTs.
Mr. Frank Nicely, the proprietor Of the
| Bon Ton saloon, where the IRE broke out,
was aslecp in the lower room Of his place,
and was awakened by the roaring Of the
/ flames, but mistook the noise for that Of
tram Of cars passing along Railroad Avenue,
and paid no attention % il till the smoke in
the room had nearly sufca ed him, when
jumping up. he rushed 70 the door 10 see
whal was the cause Of the Smoke, and the
fla mes burst into his room, carried in by
the draught OF air. Mr.. Neely ruslsl 70
the foot OF pair of stairs leading up {, the
second story, and called Mr.. John GOulding,
who with his wife, wss asleep in a room at
I the head Of the stairs. By this time, the
flames we're rushing up the stairway. Hur-
riedly throwing his wifes trunk out Of the
second story window, the two made thrir
escape d wn the stairw y with great diff
/ Guilty, in their night clothes, not having
time TO gather up thing.
] The hre is supposed 70 be the work Of de-
| sign. When fret seen, it was burning out
/ the tiror Of the house, which is raised bout
a foot and a half rom the grou od-Hear the
northeast corner Of the building. There
was a vacant lot on this side between the
burning building and the one oe-
| cuped by Meslrs. Fibleman & r chards
| aud il is Thought that the FIRE was kindleC
on that sido Of the house.
Messrs. Fibleman Richards had shout
quarter Of their goods carried out Of thei
store 20 another building three doors below
/ Fourth The rest is believed to have per
| ished In the flames. They saved moth 10.
| from their Chess Cub Room, nor from th,
loft. Considerable Nthieying was done by
some unprincipled parties, wnom it is hoped
the 30 ice will disc ver.
Mr.. Colburg saved nearly all Of his stock
getting il removed in time.
The stock Of the bakery, which was no
4 very large, was mostly saved, as were the
eohtents IL the other uui dings in that row
| though Messrs Vinson a Thurman lost con.
| siderable by plundering aud breakage.
The steam FIRE engine was stationed at the
/ corner Of Market and seventh streets
where It drew its water from cistern, for
! cling Il through six OF seven hundred feet D
| ruDb-r hose, u Fourth street..
while the work Of tearing down the
1 building was going on, q negro man named
| Ben Barrett, took an axe aud went into the
! loft Of barber shop % cut away the stud
ding. While he wasat work. q par y had sue
ceeded in cutting away enough Of the build
lug OF Messrs. Nnson 4 Thurman 10 enable
/ them 10 pull il down. ladder was lifted
up 10 the loft Of the chop and the negro
/ called upon 10 come down, but a the NOISE
and confusion he did not hear those cali0g
/ 90 him. aud when the larger building fell, il
carried the other one with 10, burylng the
unfortunate man beneath the ruins. A wild
| cry Of horror rose from those who saw him
/ 20 down, and in q second a dozen strong
/ "a ms were as work b. extricate him from
what might have proved his living grave,
! for At the { me the flames were within u lew
/ feet Of him. The roof of Ninson's building
/ hal fallen on top Of the roof Of the barber
/ shop. and abe man was buried under both.
IL was hot aud dangerous work 10 rescue
I him. but the brave men who sttempted IL
sueceeded in raising both roofs and drag
ging HIM out, he being unsbe 70 hep
I himself He was injured internally very
severely, and had 10 b. carried OF.
Il Was a Providentisl circumstances that
the strong wind which prevailed during
the fret Of the evening, had gone down be-
lore the Ere broke cut, or the dt struciion of
property would have been fer greater. As
it was the Hardw re store Of Messrs. Lee a
Spiller, the next building in the row going
south, was on tire severa, times, the bum
ing flakes falling on it ia showers.
Immediately after the flames commune
cntedsto the bakery, il was remembered that
hone OF the inmates, consisting Of the pro-
prietor, his wife and child, had been seen.
Several gentlemen thea Knocked loudly end
iieroely al the door. but without being au-
swcrcd from within. A large post was
brought and the door broken in, when the
inmates were all found sleeping soundly.
Being awakened, they were Immediately
hurriei out on the flames and moke whicb,
in another minu'e, must have suffice stcd
them. 40 one time militsry officer ordered
some negroes 10 carry the hose 10 pos ton
ia the rear Of che FIRE thew attempted 20 do
SO. but the heat proved too intense fur them,
they dropped the hose and ran. Owing 10
this, large portion Of the hose was de-
stroyed.
We Learn th,t the Government fremcn
were placed under srrsst yesterday, for ne
glect of duty, but af.cr an examination by
Ci. James, thcv were released.
During tnc fire, the sparks set tho roof Of
frame un Market, botwtca Fiith and Sixth
streets, on fire, and al the roof Of Bruner
| & Joicc's Billiard Ssirou, on Sixth street,
between Market ond Cherry.
tbs Lussts
The building ou the corner OF Fourth and
Market streets was Owned ami occupied bv
Nr. Colbure, who tstima Is his loss ~ 5 ,0ad.
The building next south Of Mr. Colburg was
owned hy the Rev. Mr.. McCsl is. Messfs
Richards a Fibleman had a iargs aud va IL
able stock Of goods in their store, which
thew estimated at $4,000. Their light
goods were kept 10 The upper s,ories and
the heavy On the FIRST door. 4 portion Of
the stock wa saved BY ihe oxertious OF The
many friends 81 the arm. Their total 10
is estimated at SCI. geo, on which there is an
Insurance Of S5,aoa. Arrangements were
being made en- Monday % insure The s ock
ia different lnsurau, e Companies % the
amount o. $50 000.
Thu Bon Ton Saloon building was owned
by Messrs. John 4 W. lam King; il was
occupied hv Mr.. Frank Nccy, whose loss Is
Sl.ooe. uninsured. The bakery was oceu-
ped BY Nr. Hans, who estimates bis loss az
sl.eoe. Messrs Ninsou j Thurman's losses
are very light. nol being over $500. The
other Losses wall amount % about 81 zoe,
making total loss OF 81. Ooo.
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