, 1866-10-16
DISASTROUS FIRE.
Louisville Theatre in Ruin.-Fourf
Street Synagogue Partially De>treye@
-Loss Nearly One Hundred Theu< an.
Dollar8.

| SueeI synagogue Partially De+treye n
-Losa Nearly One. Hundred Thou %aa. i
Dollars.
From the Lnc.svtlle cearlcr. oe.- 1..s., .
About twelve O'Clock last night We Vt: j
| startled br cries of fire from the street b
front of our office. and on looking ous
| discovered fames issuing from the sour4 y
east corner Of the Louisville Thestrs III
alarm sped from mouth to mouth. and it 4
few minutes large crowd had rallied in EE.,
| vance OF the steam engines and broken t.. !
| the theatre to suppress the fire If Is'ssj.,
| MI. t. N Carey and Others worked hcEuieas !.
With the Tater pipes belonging TO the hozN Z
but all their exertsous we're unasai1ne I, =
| Hames enWrapped fhe scenery anu oI-'
| combustible ma terfal on ard abont s1s stA: 4
| in very short time, and when the en:;1
| arrived, the fire had So LaT progressed r, 4
it seemed impossible either IL eunaEt ] Il:
| prevent a spread Of the coata.ration a
the theatre building Was entirely consam2, ~
The real origin Of the fire is aukBown.
conjectured that the scenery was >et on
b1 the wadaiuE from gun discharged il
the performance last evening. .Aau1hcr
position is That that the property Eu'n '.
set On fire by an inc| ndiary. We may 7
enabled to account for the casualty to-day,
The stage was brilliantly Illuminated vhe-
VIC made our d<6stt on it. We were too bc:'
TO pay attention to the p.sud:,s ID tie .a..;s.
ries. and only endeayosed to observe tl-1a
notoriety: -
"Acs we'll yous raE.: there al ,ns houcr hes :.
We, With others, eudearored to ques
the flames; We tore down .ceaer! !. !
stamp!d frc madly; We tried to da on'ss !
to quc1l 1.-THE slowly creeping fire. bs: g
rectly It caught > bit Of painted etoth;s
| nlckered along the edge like hlIlE. !
| ttars 1t cauc ht decper-b1aztd out in tar
den burst Of flames; it contaminated asr
scene: the 'ducal palace barnsl llse
"shine'e p9laee'-ths Bridge Of si;a:t
marketable value. The krenlia u,
the sweet sjgn-board curtain Tte
together In . mass Of lut'a aan
We regret all else but the aasertisl;7
| curtaIn-that Was dodge to be1t II
| printer In its last descent t
deuced nearly put period to Oh: e1isttae
| It struck Just behind US when ii ea1l
burned off, We did not stop to set az
| portion of that curtain could be ssEe,
There Was too much smoke for comfort. *
we got out without taking "cheek Ha'
the dootKeeper.
We LEFT Tom Ca1sy battling the eagss e.
the rear Of the stage. The falling sess3
and properties forced rs 10 retrrat 10 IL
frunt and from the house Tom ea:sAF
escaped with hls lie. Us material from 3tk
fell upon and about him and cicg=ea ths fr.3k
door 10 that he had a life and death :!::-.:H
TO get it open 10 that he could e*ssEe Ar
the rear alley, almost exhausted-sAssd ID
by miracle. ID
The wind was blowing stiaIy when tbs IL
occurred, and the cindeTs we're Nll.lsd ae n
Tor many squares The splendid IeFr5s.
agogue adjoining the theatre, being to sl- =
ward aud nearest the flames, VA. son e1'. s
oped, and before water was brought 10 e
upon it tie roof was entirely burned II:
falling debris and water the whole la!eE~ T.
the church was defaced to An extent iEat ~
homes In the nefghboFhood usFzoait -; i
capped destruction By the fAll Of Goals N Is
bespaugled the heavens for wide e'Hsf3 s.f3
around the theatre Buckets and eAsua.(E
were vigorously used upon the noa.e'.F
and by almost supcrhunau aetlslis IL
| watchfulnees The extension Of the cooaas D
tfon WAS intercepted. As it i, ho~eset.
catastrophe will prove alarEiinetF 1ssa
tive. The loss upon the LonlsTiI!e T. az =
| will not be less than dfty thonssEa tol
and will probably oyeEreach sky luo1e
It vas Insured for ten thur:snd G'ssaIi r.:
IN the Hope Company OF th.s Guy; :.
surance rererts to John Bates, Of =. -
the original owner of the building.
whom Ar. George Fuller p1lchassor II
md af1erWard transferred It 10 ~ i,
| orel A1Arc NunaJ. The misfortune ;
Colonel Aundy Is very great. AMI ~ ne ~: ~,
and will have the sympathy Of lns - =
public. To our citizens, the iess o. LIZ ,sf
/ compietest temples Of the drama n :.
West, and we cannot hope TO iass 80 80
that will so fully meet sll the Il
OF theAtre-goinE people Ihe as:u--<.3A
Of the the1tre c1fries with 1t EN- - IN
and Losses to the dramatic COMPANY IN Il +
t1<$ r A.&1 rkuIF II ~ r.
excite the sympathies Of one arc al =
community.
Misses Emma aud Ada Webb lost tst,r,
liable costnmea rom by then In me IN
lat evening. Fortunately tEe oa!3a
their wardrobe was not in the theasfe.
Mr. Frank Keller, the acting sta4e zs.dE
ger suffered the loss Of all hia text b9oas-{
music, the collections often OF 6fie7n 81
They we're invaluable, and can never
placed.
Mz. Ernst Zoelles, leader Of the osclt=:a.si
lost al) lis sheet and book music a1o
violin. Other members Of the oEcLesssa
sAlned losses, more or fe4a strere. ISL
It ia impossible to approximate The ss-~6
OF 2theF private properly consumed. md
deplorable. # was the general opi:isc that
It could bare been sayed had pt0rs' eAes4
70 te'he ee1sa1s ssen nads; q: E.; Te .Es not
worked mAufully, e1d n,Apy of them diss
guished themselves ty intrepid cncouuts!
With the raging dzues-
The loss upon the Synagogue, Is not les,
than sc, 1000. It was insured for kS 0ls1-I
8. 900 in the London and Liverpool sri]
q, 600 in the Kentucky Mutual, fhs Su;I 4
Ing Is utterly wrecked, and viii not be Il!
for use as eharch agaln. ~ -
L Mr. Tom Imdell, Of the Drama se,ooc :,
loser tn small amount, hy damage IRON
water Tet cigar store on tia eorneT Owned
BY Frank More111, wAs also damape5 ronzji-
etabl Wpmav nts7e t,,o % orI-
sias % 1osses # shout Il ooN aud rs.a aisuiai,
oss 70 Louisville Thesta> szl,na3
4oe@ 70 synagogue 'anit0
<'aA 10 1no1Saoua1a>s >s--....-.......,,4 4l1
f;soM
!nssf7ree On TIT atse. s.ltu
|haufaaee On eJnssoRra-........ .-.... :. -.os
fosaltnsu1znoe.........,......,...s;,s,a'a Total tnsu1znoe. s;,s,a'a
. ..,, XII
aI1S4! ~ 1GsSs..,...-.. .-..,,...,.......$FssS
This Is one of the most disastrous eond1
sl1uons *e have had In Louisville the present.
-. 1ns Ioss may exceed the abose dEuit;::.
It ali. '-N >AssAAA 'N~N
ne can comprehend the destruction of
property, but It Il difficult to EeAllze :as
vastne:s Of our sociaI sacrifices IN the rsz'n3
y Inc theatfe- It was indeed pl1!abtc to
me enTtous damts devpxFius 20 lair :tra