Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-07-22
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The Reporter, publishes report Of the FIRE.
by it correspond dent. CRhSLEs HuEr. now an
employee of the Tribune Office, that is at once
timely tru,hfuI, concise and graphic, which we
take the liberty Of ,ranscrbing, as follows:
AT IL IL o'clock Sunday. the City Hall
bell which hangs scarce 200 feet from my
left elbow, banged forth the fire alurm ir
quicker strokes thanusu,l, and Immediately
stream of people poured down the streets
in the direction Of Barnum'., whence q cloud
Of smoke was slowly ascending. In less
than 80 minutes crowd numbering fully
sc, 900, of which unit, had collected in
that vaciDity. II was never my fortune or
misfortune to be mixed Dp ia vaster or
moro excited swarm OF human beings than
shat of yesterday. Engines, of both steam
aud human power we're quickly on the
ground and stationed at all the h.drants
within quarter of q mile, and hose were
stretched and coiled over acres Of space
but long half hour elapsed before tbe
irst stream of water touched the fsted
building. By this time the 6re was be
You'd control, and in less than Sd bour the
entire structure wasa rolling. roaring mass
of fame. The colsnn Of Gre at i's greatest
combustion reached at least hondred feet
iu height 10 less lbsp two, hours It's mar.
BILE walls had fallen aud the 6 e had eaten
into and was consuming several adj lining
buildings So great was the Leaf that
spectators were driven away from the front
of The Astor House. and S.. Paul's church,
directly opposite, on Broadway, was severe
ly blstered and charred, an1 the marble
figure of ST. p himself, in the gable, fairly
glowed With fervent heat. When the 6~e
was at its hight, boiler used 10 the Mase-
sm to feed the calliope gave Eent. to vie.
orous and prolonged dsusoniac hiss. b..
| levipg that some catastrophe was sbout to
happen, the crowd. with one impulse. ,sHrg,
ed back ward to escape they knew not
what Weak men were ersshed down and
tranpled on, strong men struggled AID
swore-all were terribly scared bun
dreds of bats were los, OF rnined, aEd hun.
dreds Of garments permanently dsGgo-ed, !,
saw Freuehmau, most expensively at
tired and perfumed, pick himself out Of
gutter, dripping with muddy water. his rue.
fol contenanee splashed with mud.
laughed heartily-I cosldn't help it. What
for you laugb, eh?-dam! was bis indig
nant pr otes'. .ia
Nearly every hing in the Mu'euw, which
million Of dollars. cannot replace was de
stroyed. Most of The animals and reptiles
q including the Happy Family, two sigator
a pair Of otlersy two whales. and hundred
OF fish 10 ssnaria, pcrisbea The storie
published about the frantic conduct Of tb
aumais, are pure inventions. The seq
was saved and now desports 10 tank !
the Fulton market. The fat woman wad
died down Fulton ST.. pufing and perspru
: and took refuge 10 the Sunday Mefcnr
Office. Barhs@ mey be a bumbug, but bi
Museum was one Of the most sttrscriv
places Of amusement 10 the city, or in ib
d world. A whole dsy was not time enoug
r. to get q good loek at his million of rsr
D. aud valuable euriosities.
The origin. Of the ere To- unknown. bat
# believed to have caught somswhers by th
Gre used to make steam for ihe cslliopt
/. which has footed most dolorous sound
misnsmed music, once or twice o day Il
two or three weeks past
BAaSux at the Time his Museum, the II
sult Of years OF labor. hopsands Of expenG
ture, aud the pet OF bis life, was 10 Gam,
te and The telegram announcing the fact vi
brought 10 him, was 10 bis seat
., member OF the Connecticut Eegislarur
D. at Hartford. Opening the missive, be res
Of ibe contents, but proceeded with bis bul
ness 10 the coolest manner possible GoiI
Q. home 10 Bridgeport on The 6st tFsip
Of spent thst night jn the mids, OF hisfsmil
30 and only arrived 10 Nev. Yofhs lhe me-
.; [mofniog. Like . philosophss, Nj. v Be
o- num visws bis calamity in ressm light
10 InsAesd oi slIsdiDG 70 Ct ynoqrnisg 90
N, his loss, be spoke Of nothing but the rd