, 1866-11-18
IMMENSE CONFEDERATION.
Memphis Cotton Mills Destroycd-Eoss
from 5000 900 70 f25u, 5u,000-xnsurnncc
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Memphis Cotton Mills Destroycd-Loxs
from 5000, 0,O00 70 s25u,000-insurancc
$4,000.
From the Memphis roat November II.
Last night, about nlnc O'Clock, the cloudy
sky 10 THE orthward WAS lit up with lurid
glow. The heavens were ab1aze With q red
Elarc, The citizens, rushing to the streets,
were awcd by It's grandeur. Many thought
II the aurora borcalis; others the effect Of
tic uctcoric shower expected about this
time. Al length the tlse bells rrang out & ths
distinctly scen. It's distance Indicated
clearly that the destructive confagra-
tion was in Chelsea, # was soon
Cotton Mills. The steam dre engines thun-
All but the Rotary were compelled 70 re-
turn, on accoun: ii the mud. The attaches
Of that engine did gallant serviee-worktng
away With all their might TIL midnight.
How the fire caught 1t Is impossible 10 tell.
The only way Mr.. Check can account for It
! Is, that oil Becoming mixed with cotton,
! and coming in contact With the Jour
nalf:" produce an amount ,q q heat, .,val which
aSae eISs,e' Il into puee g'%s to aeeissa aa Ths
| was at first seen by = bfick-naker living
In the rear Of the factory, who discovered =
!. email fame issuing from the ROOT about the
centre oil the building. just oser the spin
! ming room. The wntchmcn, Mr.. Thomas
! Sullivan and Air. Reed, hsd just madr the
! quRtter-hour round and retired to tbs Office,
: Whcyc the gentleman Immediately repaired
| and convescti the startling Intelligence that
:! the mill WAS on fire.. The coinbuslibitily ol
i tLc cotton and the distance Of tho building
from town, rendered It an imposslbility to
stay the ravagea OF the deyou1ing element.
4 Grisk south wind was blowin. at the time,
and n five minutes atter the discovery Of the
fire the whole building was one mas Of lame
4 sale containing $500 in gold was the
oriy thing worth Mentioning that escaped
upscathcd. The loss Of property WAS I'm
mrnke, but the destruction will b. nosi
kccnly felt BY the~opera1iyes and their fam
ilies who are thrown out Of s!nplo, mcnt
Some two hundred Of these resided In tene
mruts In the vicinity Of the mills. Measures
should bc takcp to provide for them.
The former owners Of the Memphis Cottol
Mills were J ". Page, Esq, George H.Chcck
Esq, and ". B. Miyr,s, Esq, 1t was, how
. | eyer, VIC believe sold vt Uuitcd States II:
: sale and the title to 1t Is beiog ntigated Il
the courts. The building aud maeh!ncs5
which arc total loss. were yaincd At ab"u
l S.C0,uO. They can probably, however, b
, replaced a, considerable less Besides hi
t there was from fifteen to twenty thopsan
dollars worth Of material In process Of msl
l ulaclurc destroyed. ..-- =.
, There was We believe insurance 70 Il
: amount Of 81, GO on the machinery. sag
? on tho building. mud s, coo on the s;oeS:
!; OF the above amounts insured. the fello'
$ ine nau1cd of1iccs suffer Il follows: Desot
O, Memphis, SO, ,A10: .ftpu, $1,000; Hon
l. of New York, $ic.5oo; rhruix, 500:
= Hartford, $1o,N0: Hartford City, $lo,0s
J. Metropolitan, Of New York, 5000, Fl
b nan. 5000; with few smaller policies
'r other Offices, making total Of se,sN