, 1866-03-24
THE CINCINNATI FIRE.

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Pikess Opera House. Cincinnati En-
apfrcr Essabstshmeut. A, C. Petesn,
Music Elouae. Adams, Expre.s Dee
pui. Wheeler Il yT{lnon,a Sewinx Ma
chine E%knbl1shment. 9fxTant Il Strat.
TOMS College and MANY Other BusI.
ness Houses HestFoyed-Ioas. a..
75o,ooo.
Especial De3pa' ch 10 The CHICAGO Tribuue1
CHc1nsAr1. March =
At ii O'clock list night the performance Of Mid
summer Nights Dream closed at Plke's Opera
lous, and The lasre audience quietly departed for
the,r honcs. The gas WIS tu.u;d Of, as usaal, By
ono turn Of faucet Oh the stage, and all was dark
The: ~atehman. a. usual, with a lantern, went to
10 Tie meter and cut OF the flow OF Eas from the
ttret md left the house. In less than half hour
from the time the audience lett the theatre, several
rapid e1plosious a. OF small Cannon, ere beard BY
ali 10 tue immediate neighooshood, and tuddenly
Inc heavens "eTc Ill 10 by brilliant Light, accom-
panied By rushing nolse, II of wind
followed Immediately by the falling Of a
h.s'y wall, and the magnificent Open House
was seen to be a doomed edtdca. In very few
moaeoU the vAtchmsn and general manager, Ms.
stmmonos. opened the front door upetaIrs, and
-" 1Ae naues sEglug In The upper part OF the
ense, among tho canvas, paintings, and combus,!.
ole Eooden frames, whence they We7e waited At
oloE t1,ouea eae "nole building, and theJ were
eo"Psueo 10 oe1t naaty retreat.
pe4sons III LUG tneaIfe aad noticed smell
~ 90 ~ aoo nj. f1te's atten-
~. Aaa e4eL ~ "st e'enns' oat ING ae-
~,..,.- szs -. ~ ~ ~ .a..,"... ~ ~. u'e
-pios.oa @., aaa somouston ~ esia=ntJ 'esaieu 'om
.n-sa'Aoa H.,a,N u "Aet1 kas IL so'ae po9uon o'
suT ouuens'
.ua a4A14 ~ 41e "hs f4oinp' aau tue cae1oes
arrived ~ Cooo uhe, out On Account OF the Whole
fs1t eou " us oul'otnS' ~ 4ees long anu s14
s,o!!es n'Eas a1nne ouI ano M1uas tne current Of
aH "a" e"e n''nes' taeg CONG not % suppressed,
sna s"1pI sssts 'n1ne oe'oee !hem me street aoor
o. @At euilotnc "ds otFlded into iour Large store
tooms, extending half square back to Baker
steet, occupied ny Adams Express Company, i. c,
refers extensive music publishing establishment,
a1oa e Io.s oook ftoFc. Wheeler Wil.on'e
sewing maehinea. and Philip Phlllps' 1nne1cal m
ft1tment establishment. The falling walls and
&iuat1h soon Henl though The ceilings, md before
tbete several stores could bt entered. their tnana
nsbie kfock " AZ wrapped In the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
several attempts to reach TIC safes and other yalu-
able teFo:isossGs were thwaEtca ~ the 1esceness
o1 The ames.
The second and Third stories Of the front portion
Of tie Opera House were occupied by kome dozen
tFnants, dom. various kinda Of business. all oY
whom Jared alike
II Was half past three o'clock this morning before
the Ire could he ftayed, during which time threc
or four buildings on the east side Of the Opera
uress comnsny,s s,,h,. ,bs n.,,.. - E,c,<a4u .cas
. rorr1. r. ran,,11n,- -, 4''9aus. ot,se'
,,nIlatros ~, s,-e... ~, ,,s olng1
,,ros, -, rsts, 49, n.s ~ pa4Ha ".tu root1a
rnne, a1ae ~ Fon.,h ~ 1s s-auua ~ .n'
almost erpethutaan efforts Of the fireman with II
steam hie engines, an working hard from the
s'art. aha cc->y, a,sn. s,..,
y,o,,, ths r.ssn - .onaN, 1.'oss tne auee'
s,es ena;ns - n, W. ~. sa'ea ~ as'ns ~ own
h,1In~ 80 .t.s,L -. ~, 80 W. - ~ o"0
,nd ;<,a n xo,,a ,,,.ss. ,oo ~, -, " me@ahc'
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m which he h.d IN tnxrr.,cs ~ e.,. - ~ -"
,rronnt ~ thc hs.r- -s,.. r. sas s''vo. W
wished tn rh,n-~ htyn 49, @'@1Ss p1l"se
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stTnctnre xNirh ~ s:s.ts5 49, .s - .a'.ssa@ s.
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one n.n IN ~. ~ =. ~ -ast. b.. ~ .as
hf. re,tth I. ,oor- th,n nor,1 ~ - =. - - -'
tf,tr, to tnox lint - con,d ~, h.xs t.u. 49,, ~
ore Who ,s,lI sooner nvr1co, n. ,..nosnto-.s ~
cu'.Y. which ia ,he xrsnt of an bonr,. h,xo ~ ".
cier,en,s. uc nronose. IN rrhnIsa "a snan ~ ~
crn.,ances vii warrant.
.sp<xsl uesps1cn 10 the Chlcaco 1nbauc} =
CINCINNATI, March -
oar city presented wofnl appearance to-day.
ING great hre- BY which Flle's Opera House. H.
ene'nS us man5 hne t'o-es, tho Duu5 En-
ah'Fes once ana other prominent cstab'tsh.
men's. ~cfe destroyed. u regarded BY evefJ-
booy a. IN almost tz1paras1e public CD
atnif5' ihe Whole poprtxtton Of The city.
almoet, has visited the Fad sceut, and on eTcs3
couD'cnance ARE seen the ssens Of aor1ow, ior the
opera House hsd come TO be regarded as pnbhc
Fenefacfton The streets nru Etill crowded with
:ookers.on. and half dozen cngsn:s are Jet plsy-
Ing On the rutpt.
'F1Hn9 particulars Obtained to-day thoT that the
1oeses Ac g1eatct Than supposed Lat night They
VIII hot n't tnon o' t25MVNo. Ihe following
fafues aie me principal suuercH:
>: y. t1se, sl.NN,Va, on Which he his been able
10 obtain onl5 Saoo0 tnsufanee. tho companies re-
iutme TO take risks On hc theatre, except II exos
oltant n.ee~ -
d Y. feteFs Co., StWsu9; Insurance En,00o-
Ausic ps'es ard SHEET music Of fuastef Of : cen.
'nr!'= accumulation, mneh Of which ean never be.
1e1nacfa, composing me on!k ot the loss.
" nce!1 E M1Isonf Sewing Machine estahliah.
tccnt' loes Sao'0*} o1 which fla1 oo in bonds and
tIc1sus3 notes Nefs IN me eae, "htch nas been
lying IN bed OF hre Tor sixteen hours, and are Of