New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-02
TEX FIRE AZ OIL CITY.
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The mos, destructive IRE which has ever occurred
in rho oil rsgons Of Psnnsyns took place at Oh City ..
Saturday tie GOTH TINS psce readers svsres
su ited On the banks Of the Allegheny River sbou: ~ ne
above Pittsburgh and the mOath Of the farrned ofs
The US divided 6y crock two almost atnosvS
inges snd the entire eastern or upper psre
Of H. with The exception of few dwellings stused hugh 80
the side Of Cottage Hill commenced abo1, IL ocesf u
the forenoon in the roof OF old onssnd baisSoy ssA
ing situa5o VI the and raed A. tand
Whea discovered the flames were st breaking tersse.
sSz.s y,,s on vater rSe vtsa, 81 s-sas
shay toward toe north and in the direction iaos. ' ss
1r tie town The during the first hall hour gse4
but little against tie efforts made 70 eHngus5 tnss 90
worked With apathy as ihsTs seemed no ~
thing beside ies saaaies leHg INJURED. ofeoaAa- -
surely the dsstroyer gathered intensity ,ad vSnns 49,
vas no ireengne ana not even sooA az ssd y,
throw water By hane and was plaza taai a. ssi Sc
t,i. ,.rt Tho
And the stock Of Goods which 'srga
Mos, OF the people the buildings 10 IAe fate sof ssa<he
These we borne across the street lesdlus from sbsdse
up rcrgh the center Of the town. or psd up SIS sspssss
Up tsFongn ne cel,ef OF tie or Piled p st sup.
safe distance IN 1t.
In tic excitement there was tie usual waste OF time asS
misdrecton OF energy An old man noticed rushing u
aad FRO bearing hagkc Of empty hoie willie another
dyiauai was engaged m no IRE bad avon ban rom ss
sor throwing glassware into the street Tho wind inerssscl
proportion With the fire. Tie bldlgs sOs " aout
exception were wooden The weather had been gty and
dry great eagth OF time particle rlin haVns
en Tor Than week ara Tfrf fo curing the scas0u
Inc lire made no turn ao "1Dpita 0 raatY Is org's
upon side Of tbs snd rs direct 0ssr
ne me, H. -, so0eS s 49, -, IL
most OF WA, was removed was subsequently oFestaken an4
burned before reached place ofsaiety 1ae suy
the AT midday the combined heat or fire and waS
great tina; strong men sank down IN end desps
anu let things take their own The quantity OF good}
consumed destroyed and lost have been Al
the outset seemed easy TO dehne tue HINT. u the re ahA
much that might have been warning been taken
tine, lost tor Of immediate action When the dsus
ger At length became apparent was ~ imminent that NJ
time len 90 meet H. In numerous cases, watches
money, and other vslabes Of simier cass lost %
abandoned One man IN Zoe second story OFT T goods store vac
suddenly oyertaken that he had jump from the window
upon bed which thrown beneath ard sustained
slight injuries new Dock hVe stores 10 night Known -
the Commercial Buildings" and occupied By dry goods
nes ae a s1 fire as reached II the rss
without cessation until about p H. when hcre nothing
than acres and where At 10 O'clock in the morning
there had rot been vacant lot except che
the afternoon nothing remained bat nckering hrss and
smoderng ruins More than 200 families had climbed
h TO- safety and SAT beside the scany Of their
effects gazing the Of their recent toll and hopes
wandered about bemoanng their losses while othens
forced daring words which had little heart them. The
not where 70 look for ayng point Faint with hunger and
by fatigue occupants happy
were to be seen ground staring
the ruins OF all they possessed There but
deeming feature anywhere-the destruction confined
almost exclusively property. There scarcely casualty
daring the entire day. One uan was injured on the head b.
ment are ali was over and had 60 be- cosdn,S
Men aud women IN many instances tainted outright
sides searchiag each other At present impossible b
give correct estimate Of the loss. Its full
asceraned many months general thing there was
any The liability OF property destrua-
ton this way throughout the oil region has become not
rous that only be effected prst
inns aud limited But days previous the
companies had taken what proved be we'd
grounded alarm and cancelled many OF the policies beside
reducing remainder The loss viii probably exceed half
Million and falling small and young aconmanily bears
very heavily.
Among the principal buildings destroyed sad sufersr
may be tas Mercantile building
Hotel the Ohio Hotel the Phlaoepb!s House Johnsoss
livery stable, II. c. Adams & Co. hardware J. T.
Miller & Co. Charles Robson. Ogdea Co,
feedstore; Burohfed Casteraine& Co., j. NJ Gotschai
Co., MoIsiu & Jacobs wu n. Reynolds. Broedhead Co..
Colbert Iggert and Fox Faler and Co. On Monday morn
rebuilding bad commenced but the repeated msortune1
which have afflicted this little city will tell with esca
against rapid and reconstruction An ice gorg4
In March swept away many buildings and boats and oaas1
vast amount damage large Of capital had bcsa
that of the Crawford County Bank has oceasoas
much loss and suffering in busiDess. The dePresssd
,1ice OF oil during the entire Somnss
las Affected business very sensiby and money
more difficult TO obtain bills overdue oppressive THAI
ust before the fire: aud tho GROWING esastsr
esying men loaded with liabilities and without Assets
the papers the suicidal policy which
las allowed city Of 1000 people TO remain for years Eithozs
n.le ire engine, a hook and ladder company