Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-03-24
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Special 70 the Chicago Evening journal.
Cincinnati, March 20.
tn. mo.t terrible and fiercely destruct-
Two Ara ever known in the annals OF Cin-
csno.,; took place last night. The beau.
,,1uI Art palace, "Pike's Opera House"
which but yesterday stood in oil its splen-
dor "a no more, and the only vestige re-
naming of Cincnnati's grandest ornament
4 a nile of blackencd. smouldering ruins
The FIRE, in its demon fury. next commu.
nicated to the rear portion Of the root o,
the Inquirer office from there to small
frame binding on the upper side OF Baker
street, occupied by II. p. Hopkins, sign
painter. From there to the gambling
house of Leur & Mead, Immediately IN the
rear Of the Opera House then Immediate
| iy east to the stable Of the Adams Express
Company; thence across the street to the
roof of Whaley's gambling house, all on
B, ker street. On the Fourth atreet square
| il spead from the Opera House to the two
hree story buildings between the Opera
House and Sprague's buildings. On the
ease it communicated to the four story
brick building occupied by S. L. Homes
Co., as II wallpaper and window-shade es-
adjustment.
Mr. Pixies loss is fully 100000, and
his insurance only S3o, GOO. The Opera
House could not be replace. for less than a
million dollars. II cost three hundred and
| sixty thousand dollars, on s. ccle basis,
wi b brick laid in the wall at ei sht dollars
per thousand, and they now cost twenty five
dollars.
| Messrs. Farran & Mclean, the proprIe>
tors Of the Enqusrer, estimate their loss at
800, 600, upon which they have an !nsur
ance OF nearly 100000 The four cylinder
press, locatt d in the cellar, is covered with
the Debris, and it Is impossible to tell how
badly II is injured. In The store room, OF
he third floor were stored great number
of valuable cuts, 1900 worth of which
were owned by Mr.. John Robinson, th,
circus manager. Upon this there WAS ~
insurance.
Among the losers are r. W. Carroll
Co, book store, 5000, 900; Adams EXPIRES
Company, loss large d. Sumner i Co
|Ioss heavy A. G. Peters Il Co., mus
store, $50, 900; Bryant, Stratton 4 Del
bans College, $4,000 ard about twenty
i've other firm, ali Of whom lose heavily.
NASHVILLE, ~ rch y.
A very destructive fire cccurred ut Aber
ldeeu, Mss, few day since, by which inv
O. the principal business houses OF the plac
were destroyed. 1t is supp sed that the iii
was the wok OF an incendiary.
ATLANTA, Ga, March %.
The Female College at Chenille, Ala
vas destroyed by accidental fire, on SatuI
day. Four buildings were destroyed.
PETROLEUM CENTRE. Pa. March %.
: The greatest fire ever known in Gildora
DO, excepting that 4 t the Maple Shade, tw
tyearS ago, has nearly exhausted tself lea,
| ing Il horiid End fearful amount OF RUNS.
2 The corfasiation began at The Seam wei
. where two men were engaged ia cauikiug
: new tank containing Oil TO The amount {
i 200 barrels.
a One Of the .avcs btin- forced on, at ii
4 bottom the oil ran out, and, running dow
the run, it communicated with an engir
: house and there caught from the fl in Il
+ furnace. From his point il rapid sp.ea
= to the ell tanks OF the Ocean Oh Compan,
:, the PHI ado. ihia, the Arctic well, No. =
,. patt rson and Diekey, No. 10, thoace dow
: the run to different wells, five il numbe
r. belong NJ to the Breden i Myers and Br,
den d lcaucnt leases, winch were soon e
r e.epeG in one huge mass Of ilames, vii
= NJ earthly means Of checking the fear!
~ tide.
II rolled onward down the run in flame
:, communicated with everything conbusiib
ii sweeping everything bciorcit
K 1t soon found d channel which carried Il
e burning mass into Bennchoii Run, catchI
= on its way three retuercs, some thirty
i more buildings, and several wells in pro gre
e Of construction.
y In less than five minutes fro'a tue brea
= ng out Of the fire, it was enrtyng list
+, lNto Oh Creek, at the mouth ii ihe m
10 'hus presenting to the eye terrible noui
= ''dn OF hack smoke aud flame nearly a M
= in length.
!. Tie e.mege IS estimated al 600, 90
Patterson d Di,ac., with tAr Ocean {
7 Company. are The heaviest losers "
. t.as,ul barrrl3 foil were consumed, VI
Al Dc iAnkagc. Sone eighteen eig inc house
'e'iehs, engines, and the palapheinaiia !
sink ~ webs are destr yed