Tri-weekly union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-186?, 1866-11-06
ANOTHER LARGE FIRE.
Two Business Houses Destroyed.
The Broadway Varieties in
Ruins.
Loss $125.OO0; Insurance $4,000.

The alarm Of fire about ten o'clock last
Sunday night was caused by the burning of
the buildings on the corner of Broad and
Cherry streets, occupied on the ground floor,
fronting Broad street, by Mr.. B. Adler, a
clothing merchant, and James Walker,
dealer in groceries and provisions. The
upper part of the building was occupied by
the Broadway Varieties, Mr. ]. L. Davis,
proprietor.
1t is impossible to state positively the orr
gin of the fire. ION the arrival of the en-
gines the stores Of Mr.. B. Adler and James
Walker we're enveloped in flames
Several parties assert that an hour previ-
Gus to the alarm Of fire, they were passing
along by the buildings and thought they de-
tected the smell Of something similar to
burning rags.
Mrs. Davis, wife of the proprietor of the
Varieties, states that the scent of burning
coal oil permeated the entire building an
hour before the fire was discovered, and that
at her suggestion Mr.. Davis made the
rounds of the theatre, but failed to see any
thing to excite his alarm. After his return,
feeling secure from danger, Mr.. Davis and
his family retired for the night, but were
awakened by the bowling of his trained
dogs, one of them jumping upon the bed and
pulling the clothes of, apparently with the
purpose Of attracting their attention to the
danger that surrounded them. Jumping
out of bed, Mr.. Davis opened his room door,
and dense volume of smoke poured in,
almost sufiocating him. Finding escape by
the stairway cut of, bed was thrown on a
shed building, and the entire party escaped
by Jumping out of the window, distance of
about twenty feet. Mr.. Davis mother, a
very old lady, was badly injured by the
fall. So rapidly did the fire gain Roadway,
Mr.. Davis and his family had no time to
save even their wearing apparel, and barely
escaped with their lives. 1t was soon evident
that the corner building was doomed to
destruction, and the fremen turned their
attention to saving the adjoining houses.
The three story building adjoining the
corner, occupied on the first and second
floors by Blood, Gregory & Co., produce
dealers, and on the third floor by Mr.. A. C.
Tucker as a residence, next took fire, and
notwithstanding the exertions of the fire de-
partment, the entire upper story was burned
before it was got under control. Mr.. Tucker
lost all of his household effects, and Blood,
Gregory & Co. are heavy losers from dam
age by water.
The frame building on Cherry street, ad
joining the Varieties, and occupied as a gro
Gerry, was burned to the ground.
The buildings on the west side of Cherry
street were on fire several times, but were
saved by timely efforts of the fireman.
For time the fire ragged with terrible fu-
ry, and the greatest CONSERVATION prevailed.
The wind was blowing hard, and it was
thought the entirn block would be destroy ed.
The streets were lined with people, and it
is astonishing that no one was injured in the
confusion. The walls of the corner build
ing fell in the street as soon as the floors
gave way.
The safe of Mr.. Walker, in which his
valuable papers, together with 81, 100 of Mr..
Reeds money, were contained, passed through
the fire uninjured. 1t appears to have been
scarcely heated on the inside. Everything
in it has been removed in perfect order
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