, 1866-04-29
THE DETROIT CALAMITY.
Fearful Destruction Of Property
and Loss Of Life.
Destruction Of The Michigan Southern
Freight and Passenger liepots, the
Milwaukee Freight and rassea.
ser Depota, and tho Great
Western Freight Depot
..1mmenEe Destruc-
ton Of Freight.
THRILLING "DETAILS OF TIIK CA
TASTHOTIIE,

THRILLING "DETAILS or TIIx CA.
! TAsrn0TIIE.
nurnlsE OF The Ferry Ntndsor-T.reu.
| ss-KIshs Ltvcs Loaf.
| fFfpt7 tha Ibshott Tibgn+, AprI 79th.1
| We a.c called upon 10 srcuft the occur.
rrEce Of + second terrible ccn1akrst1on In our
city+ la6iilh' s@,e1c loAse4 upon onr burmese
! Interests, md especially upon those Of three
cn. t-n:l.trg railroad llhes esutefipg At this
retut ihc freight and Passenger 1cPota Of
tho Michigan ."u.etn & Northern Indiana
| and Of the Deiro,k = Milwaukee Railroads,
and the freight DEPOT "a '"n Great W.stern
| Ra'lWAy ot Csnada, ssr ..-ss oI smoking
rusns- The boundaries Of tho b.. II tsaet
- from BF1.h nearly to she foos Of Has,.
stscet, 3nd rom the river to Atw4teF Strect.
The Terry steamer Winasot 1it7 chatfed
| wreck uIou tic bank OF Tho rlrer, her burning
having the moul1fnl sccomrantmcnt Of The
loss Of human life. The des.. .c:1on Of prop
elty L. tlnsofns<. aud probably c1reeda even
TIA. Of :Ge t~ecEt tirr II The Central Depot
| oR301S or Tnx FIRE
Iwrnts lite tsITets Of oil nsptl4a or ben.lnc
had been streired By tho Southern lsos4l, and
VIZ 70 be sAiptr<i On by the netrnit Il Nil
sauker. This bad been wheeied down 10
,he latter depot on trucks, preparatory to
csrs. ,1hers.k,l wss tt-o-esrd that
ono oasz ths* .harrels leaked badly,
9hen m ta4tanT was made to drive
1orn the hoops and thns stop the i.ak
While this VIE aelcE done. oIe oi tho hands
held iarte'n cloke to The barrel to ascerssln
whether The IAaid villa e&ill escaping, when
IN an lnstaut he wGo.e barrel was in i H!Aze.
Mr.. Powell, ho had charge Of the e.n. Of
hands employer: on the docs, Ut pnce oydefrd
The nxn 10 svfi the hrr7el into ,ha ri.c., hns
tho "DrGs weFc scarcely Uul Of his mouth era
The Nftole thing capsodel, spteatin,; tsu,a in
cFeIy direction.
ITS nAr1p srseAp.
In 4 remarkably short space Of time, ths
freight sheds of the u-t1o!a & 3iiiwnukce
Railway 0n tht easa from one end u thr Of Aer
aers uaar nt burning Tutna, and the asnos
faert ALONG the dock, consuming the freight
shens OF The AlehiEan southerp Il Northern
1ndlans Railroad, tnKctheF With all tuetr con.
tents. Everything i The depot grounds wv
Destroyed uor d.d the tanc5 xtnI, until they
reached the rAstern eud Of The denol grounds,
Whsle tho tlrc was In progress In thil direction
II also fIrr2d from The starting point nurlh
10 The passenger she'd Of the Detroit and Mi.
Yankee and Southern Railroads, taking 10 &ts
say tho building naed for storing baggage,
the southern and Milwaukee tlekat plHees,
and omnibus baggage fonm1-
The AsYe naue building on the deck &C.
cuTted n = fright trpps b. the ar~As West
eEn Railway Company caught simultaneously
with thues b<tnIc meniipnrd, and wus aoy, !
Eaes Of burning ruins. Thls place waa clied
wAh freight Of \ mlsccllsneon* character, all
OF which YRS c,e.urord. The Games soon
eon munh.ted 10 the laEsr brick passenger
dcpot, which was alsa Destroyed. TAu Erotna
noor ~M occupied A waiting and dining
FostHs, and the hKHaKr rooms OF bosh rail.
roads, none Of tho contents Of whlsh vAs
eAvet. The upper rbomA were oecuricd ~
general Offices. The heat vas 80 tntensr md
the klHead Of the dre ~ ap!d thAl II wss IA
1mpoU thfllt 10 enter The building dyn MID
utcs af.eE The fro hroke out, and thn ps<.ea-
Een IN tie train standing ready 10 1eAvt made
th+ts escape With great difficulty.
AHthe Buildings. 1i:t he exception Of the
Passenger ttrot, were ct wood, sud being
very dry, tle flames led upon them a1th
graf a1a1isy- There .lsu %ecua " have brep
iatEa .-anunt OF eumbustlhio masen4,
stored 10 the csrs, which sided resr matert.
ally 70 the pn'Gr~nA of thedamcs- Fre7uent
cxTlodons atterted the prescncc Of the most
nE! ra1ntale eoestaIces among The freight.
The Great "esieEn Hatlrokd CompanJ's
ffciELt ettaines Windsor ~N un,uatin-
ntts 1t a us deek. tost opposite tho main
rntrs1,ee 70 the de}ot prc,ntses, when the 1Jr
broke out In her Immediate yscIaItJ. In 4 :
1ao.nt Ut the wAs IN 1amcs, End the cecap~ OF
u'any or the laias on board OF her FOREVER
cut OF.
NcESks At THE D.roT.
:. The xsteh1nsa Of ihe Michigan eonthcro
tfeacat house. whlch Il AituAtrd At tho ef-
tseu,e " Re: sLn o. INC p1etalscs, seeing the
.an nt ,ss - .ns aosel snu, Faa tnshes !" a.enr-
...n w saSe " % aGa snme1h1siy ~ back TO
c,n of5gh: osaet- hut - rapid VA the srsrad
VI W. tm LAM Lsn tnes as ls9 hni TIME 70 carJ
sfIort W.ss s,. " u o0oe oe'ose Al iafss.'r
t,r',, - - ~ ~,
IN. ~ - ,..,, i.S ,.a;aIr ~ ot sinaN, ina consist
,s.EranH ~ ~ spsa :, -. as 49, Mo pesesnEes car, *a'
thrrs nta;n.rr ~. .serr.,r - ~ ~ ~. .o.ts na.
s..na,1rtnsc 10y III. ~r % Lnea lsaas lot saHinz.
~ ~ .,s.a y, "as ~ eaa5ne o. sho ttatns
~. ~ S,,,n.i 49, 'as1 noHe q Inc Passengers
~. a.tn'.a .,--
49, 40itN AtteoaaHA n tat sietflne- caf,
- s' IetS ''ato1I te*Ie4 LIE lhcst Eaft
ECU st5 ,ost5 pa1tcnrfS " Lis cAf. 1bout half OF
s. SM'n' Nv SuaG 10 oea- nhea tas asucA
HF4f NfDke CQ&% Ae 1uFAea The DAAkrnFrrR n