, 1866-05-01
THE DETROIT DISASTER.
The Losaes by she Recent Great Fire
SerlouA ciiAfortuno TO M EdtSoF-A
Lnmentablc sequel to the Calamity
Fivc :uen Hurt.

The kosaes By 1he Recent Great Fire
serlouA ati>fortuno TO M KdtsoE-A
Lnmentablc sequel to the Calamity
Fivc :uen Hurt
From the Detroit Tribune, 18Th lnst.l
In previous edition VIC maintained that
the aggregate loss by the disaster would NOT
TALL short Of q 81, ,00, COO, aud have not yet
learned that that figure will be 1essened. Ihe
officers of the Detroit It Milwaukee Rail-
road Company estimate that the total los r.
everything consfdcrcd-wfll reach S7oo, o,Ho-
We have no desire TO exaggerate anything
but the best Information lead us to tho s1n-
clusfon that the loss viii exceed thss 1Surc.
We hope not however. and WIZ eiauly an-
nounce the fact when It shall become post
lively known. ,ho
Among the losers Is the chief editor o. tao
Posi, Gen. Carl Sehurx. Ile had tMo Esse
HofJroad. continuing, among other Things,
very valuable portion OF bis aoEarS, sonrs' n,,s
ton or fine geographical and mluAft aoaps'
collection Of Rhot;GsTMapattsa M talIssY Of Nadrid.
tev,rai volumes Of manuscript, . numhef 9f
letters rom Mr.. Lincoln. and othes pfoma't, aa,t
ncnt persons, and all his cotrespooaenee WI" 1n'
,natHnins ntH ID almost M Complete dary the polit-
fcal and military events with which he has
been connected. The loss Is rerv sevete
one as far as the pecuuiary value OF the ccn-
tents Of the boxes Is concerned, but, a. many
fthc articles destroyed cannot BY any possi-
bilIty be replaced, It Is irTepufablc.
4 little alter two O'Clock to-day two bodies
were recovered from the river, after over
threa hours dlagging by tho authorities.
The rames Of the three unfortunate iudirldu-
ais were Alexander Moncar, the master Of one
OF the gungs OF workmcn, and Cornelius Cel-
road. Tho bodfea we're badly distignred. and
the right hand. Of 3loncar was somewhat
burned, showing that he suffered by the fire
before he was drowned The dragging appn-
ratus also drew several other bodies almost to
the surface, but the river WIS SO rough that
the clothes Of the poor victims gave way, and
car aud Cellcr Nefo 7S as.,oses 1o ccsins =. Tn.-
terry Brothers STORE and taken across the
rirc1.
To-day, about noon, an accident Of very
serious nnturc occurred ut the ruins OF the
Detroit 4 Milwaukee, Railroad Station. 1t
appears That gang Of 1aborcrs had been en-.
ployed 10 Femoye the safes from the rtins of
The passenger depot, and had got ont several.
Five of them returned to remove the cato
formerly in the Auditors Office. and wsEe en.
gagsd IN clearing away the Tros0 50 ,hs3 5na
ttask. While they were 1T work, one Of the
walls fell with q terrible crush, and buried
three oTfhem In tho ruins. Two escaped uu-
harmed through window. As soon Is Ia.
formation Was obtained OF tho accident, the
wolkmcn employed around tho ruins rushed
10 the rescue Of their companions. and aug
the1u put from beneath tho bricks and NOR
tar. They then conveyed them to adjacent
bouses, and summoned medical attendance
The npues OF the untortunates arc as follows :
Jchn St. Clair, cut about the head aud se-
verely bruised; Patrick GiIEoil. leg
broken, and cut In the forehead; William
Nicholson, slu11 frac.ured. The latter Is
injured worst, gDd there Is uti'e probability
that he VIII recover. Uc was removed to the
house on Labrosse street, between Seventh
md Eighth, and at last accounts was suffer
Ing greatly Gnfon was taken 10 hIs.homc on
Orleans street, and will live. st. Clair was
able 10 walk honc-
The totol number of cars DESTROYED is be-
le7ed to be IS. OF these, SO we're freight
cars, valued at $500 each four coaches val
ned at 1850 each, and one sleeping car
siage, already referred to. worth s3,003-
making grand total Of 81, ,oco loss upon
rnr8 o1cfP.