Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1866-02-15


open the Hue caps for fear of a sudden col
lapse of the tubes or small flues, which con.
tract almost instantly on exposure to either
cold air or the introduction of cold water,--
Our local inspectors, we believe, sent of a
remonstranco to Congress, some time ago,
against the tubular boilers, but no action was
taken in regard TO the matter Now that a
few thousand lives are lost, and many thous-
ands of dollars, something may be done.
These fearful explosions always occur in
times Of high water, or rather in muddy rivers,
after sudden frcshet, when the waters are
turbid and full of sediment. gsss
A Frightfal Fire.
1t has been " long. time since we have had
to record such an exciting and fearful scene
as transpired yesterday noon, at the fire on
Fifth street Had the time been night in
stead Of day, the result would have been heart
rendering and perhaps fatal. 1t was near
o'clock when the cry of fire was sounded
from the mattress factory and store of A.
Wuest & Co., No. l59 West Fifth street.
The fire originated in the rear of the store
room, perhaps i'll the cellar stairway connect
ing with the hall and stairs running up 10 the
second and third stories, which were occupied
by the Indiana House for family and bed
rooms There was lot Of moss belonging to
the mattress factory. stow, d away in the hall,
in which the fire was frat seen, and which
burnt almost like flash Of powder. The
flames and smoke spread rapidly through the
upper part OF the building, in one of the rooms
Of which, in the third stosy yas Mrs. Nm
kaid ana her infant child. Only twenty min
utes before, her husband, Mr. Homer Kin
kaid, foreman in Bontes picture frame fac
tory. had gone down to dinner, taking his two
elder children with him, which saved them
from the terror and danger that followed -
Mrs Kinkaid, hearing the alarm of Ere, and
discovering smoke in her room, opened the
door to learn the cause of the commotion--
She found the hall densely full of hot smoke;
returned and got her child and rushed through
the smoke into a front room, in the hope OF
escaping through the windows into the street
She found the smoke as sufocatng rs in the
hall she had Just left She raised front win
dow. aud the crowd in the street saw her, bu'
could no, afford relief until the ladders came
With her child in her arms sht prosrated her.
self on the floor where the smoke was less
dense, to await assistance. Although the
Hook and Ladder Company arrived very
soon, II seemed long time to the anxious
spectators and frantic and almost exhausted
mother Ladders were thrown up instantly
and Chief Engineer Megrew, his assistant
Mr.. Wslv, and Jacob Hughes, Elias Kele,
and Benz amin Shelter, ran hastily to the
room of the iinperled woman They found
her so exhausted from fright, heat, and til,
inhalation Of smoke, that she could not he'll
herself, and they promptly carried her dowr
the ladder, accomplishing the difficult tash.
without any mishap. The babe had been
wrapped up so MS not to suffer much Hut the
mothers face and hands were considrrbl,
scorchtd with heat She was conveyed on u
mattress to the store of JAMES Z. Turner
where Dr. j. D. Webb administered restSra:
tjvcs, and her husband soon arrived to care
for her. In the course Of couple of hours
she was able to be removed, and it is thought
she will soon recover. .rf...- g..
The fumes were soon extinguished, and
the stock Of mattresses having all been car
RED into the street the damages were light,
not over $1,000, which are covered by in
SUI ance.-C Gin. Gdz, ..
from tho Bureau County I) Republican ]
Terrible Aceidsnt-.A Young Lady
Shot Dead by Her Brother.
1t is our painful duty this week to record
terrible accident, resulting from careless use
Of firearms in the hands of child. The
scene Of the sad casually tr"nspired during
the forenoon of Tuesday last, at the residence
of Mrs. Velsor, near the big railroad bridge
ever the Bureau ,.repk, about two miles below
the depot. The particulars Of the occurrence
rs we learn are as follows. ..... .t. ..H
Mrs Velsor children by some means. got
hold of an old pistol and surprising it to be
unloaded she gave item the privilege of play
ing with it. 'rhereupon yonng lad, about
four years old, commenced pointing it at the
children, and snappngthe trigger Mrs. Vel.
ser's daughter, an estimable young lady twen,
tyone years of age, cautioned her brother
about the careless use he was making of the
pistol, when, to frighten her, be pointed it at
her head, and pulled thetrigscr, 10 the sur
prise Of Mrs. ", the pistol proved to be load
ed, making a loud report, and lodging its con-
tents in tho head of her daughter The un.
fortunate victim died almost instantly. ,
What adls to the severity of this sad calam-
ity is the fact that few years since Mrs. Vel
sor lost her husband, and little later son
in the army, and she depended largely upon
hes daughter in conducting her household at.
fairs. ! ....qtg r.., -sr.. ..I
LETTER FROM A GEORGIA UNInNIsT. al-
Washington, Feb. IA prominent Geor-
ga Unionist writing to a friend in this city
in regard to the condition of affairs in the
south. sayE II have seen nothing in the pa
pers that seems to expose the exact strte OF
things in the south. The difficulties, 1appre-
hend, lie deeper than executive or legislative
action Federal officers stationed here, much
less those passing through the country, under
stand not the status of the people, because
their real sentiments are suppressed in their.
presence. 1t is given 10 but few to judge
where their prejudices are concerned and per
haps to fewer to report correctly what they
du know and think One thing, however, is
manifested: secession to day, politically, is
stronger than before the war, and Uniouism
more under the ban of the people"
s. Letters from Tennessee. =
Gen. FarnwSorth, Of Illinois, is in the re-
ceipt Of letters from two Union men in the
Tennessee Legislature, which give an account
OF atfairs in that State From ore of these
letters dated January /, 1866, the following
extracts are made: If the great Republican
party fail MS now, the war has heen in vain.
Tennessee has not yet passed any law to pro.
tect the oolored people in their rights, and
they have no protection bnt such as is given
them by the Federal Government. i have
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