, 1866-10-27
GREAT FIRE IN NASHVILLE.

immense Loks Of Property About
Twenty Buildings burned - 1lostly
business x1ouscs--Ecstruction OF the
Hanncr OGlce-Lo>s Nearly Million
Dollars.
lrEom tho Nashville Dispatch. October AL
We write with the sound Of crnckling
flames In our cars, and the wild roar Of one
uIthc greatest tlayr;t;ons ever witnessed
In Nashville, rolling on in its wild, unabated
and furious career.
About one o'clock this morning, fire broke
ont in or near The drug store Of ". H. IIass-
lock, and spread with fearful rapidlty on
either side. But short time sutliccd to
wrap the xhole front on Cedar street, from
the little alley running back from Cedar
street toward Deadcrick street.
The extensive drug store of Yaryan &a Co.,
on the corner Of Cedar and Cherry streets,
wrap the cntirc building in flames from tho
basement to the roof. The saloons adjoin.
ing, stored with largo quantities Of liquor,
burned tlerccly, sending volcanoes Of flame
high into the mir, loaded will, larye cindcrs
and fragments Of burning roof.
a brisk breeze WIS blowing from the
northwest, which drove the fire back from
Cedar street toward Deaderick, and but d
very short space Of time elapsed before the
buildings for tWo-thirtl5 Of the distance on
this street, between Cherry and the Square,
were one mass of sufging flame. The engines
hC4E FuSA WIN E4C1E3t LII
tiremen laborcd with unrclaxing yigor, but
the deyouring element spread on, licking up
with q fierce instability the structures
which it had wrapped in its fatal embrace
The small wooden building on Deaderick
street, opposite the Republican Banner office,
throwing q profusfon Of burning cinder5
upon the roofs of the buildings across the
street. Fire soon broke out iu the rear o.
the Banner office, aud that and several ad-
joining buildings were soon in flames. The
Bonner office was burned completely to the
ground. They succeeded in saving their
1ornls, the Office files, q 1arge number Of
cases, and all the papers In the office. The
presses and more cumbersome pieces Of fur
nlturc were lost. This will be heavy stroke
t. the ,Hl the Rnee VII
they were Insured for considerable amount,
but not sufficient to cover losses.
At this time the scene was sublime in the
extreme, the whole half square bounded By
Cherry and Denderick streets was one wild
sea of flames. whose surrfng pillows rolled
high above the fatal buildings.
The showers Of cinders which fell south
ward Of the fire lgnitcd the roofs Of buildings
squares from the scene Of the con1agration,
but fortunately these incipicnt fires were:
quenched By Watchtul inmates, who station
buckets Of water.
So rapid was the spread Of the 1nmes on
Cedar street that very little property was
saved from the establishments located in the
immediate vicinity Of the fire. On Cherry
and Deaderik streets, however. great
deal Of property was saved, but in DAM
aged condition. The large number Of at-
torneys' offices on Cherry street were stocked
with valuable books and papers, many of
which were rescued FROM the flames. To
Captain Stockwell and other disinterested
individuals great praise Is due for their val
uahle assistance
This fire exceeds in destructtycness the
great fire Of 1856, which destroyed The Court
House. and vast quantity Of property nd-
joining. 1t has wiped out and obliternted
many Of the old landmarks on Rue Dcade-
rick, familiar throughout the country as
one Of the Oldest streets in the city,
It is impossible to make a correct estimate
of the lcss Of this great cop1agrntlon, hnt it
cannot be less than million do1lars how
much OF this is covered By Insurance will
take time to determine. The public will
eympathize deeply with the sufferers, many
Of whom are numbered among the most en-
creetic and public spirited Of our citizens.
Since commencing to write, we learn that
the fire broke out In the rear Of Morse's Gal-
lcry of the Cumberland, and was first dis
covered by Officers Allison and Chumb1ey.
uud the Wind not been blowing briskly ut
the time, the flames could hare been subdued
with but little difficulty.
! gentleman sleeping in Morse's photo
graph gallery at the time the fire coul-
Inenccd, jumped out Of the windo" mo
Cedar street, breaking his Icy by the tall.
| This, We believe, WAS the only casualty,
AS VIC close our hurried and dlsjotnteo ac'