Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-05

ANoTHER FIRE-HEAyY LossEs--LIyEs
| D-INcENDLlRIEsA AT WORK.
Sunday night was one Of the most inclem-
ent of the season The rain poured down
in torrents at short intervals, attended with
Tightening and thunder 1t was such a
night as would drive all honest people un.
der shelter and no one would have ex-
pected such a thing as a FIRE. Yet, about
O'Clock the alarm bell pealed out a note
Of warning, as a lurid blaze lighted up the
Northern part Of the city, aad soon all the
FIRE bells responded, and the engines were
on their way TO the scene Of danger.
The fire proved to be in the large three
story brick building Oh North Market
street, between the square and Louisville
depot, known as "Sloan's Leviathan Livery
! Stable During the war the building was
/ taken by the military authorities, and i'm
mense quantities Of quartermasters supplies
stored therein. OF late only a portion of
the building had been used for that pur-
pose. Capt. g. B. Hubbard occupying the
| Southern wing witch was stored with hay,
oats, and other forage wagons, etc. The
/ Northern wing was occupied by Mr.. Leddy,
/ and contained besides a number of horses,
lot Of draws, transfer wagons, and other
] vehicles, and Mr.. Mccoy as a boarding
| house. The second and third stories were
| occupied by a number Of private families.
| The FIRE was first discovered In the rear
part Of the Northern wing in lot Of bundi-
ed oats, which had been sold Saturday to
MRssrs Woodmansee, Ringler q Co, next
door South, and in such combustible mate
rial, spread rapidly. II soon had the en-
tire Southern wing wrapped in flame, and
spread without serious interruption to all
parts of the immense building. So rapidly
did the flames progress the families living
in the house had only time enough to dress
and make their escape leaving all their
effects behind them The night was very
dark, and the fire doomed up grandly and
fearfuIly. Large fakes of flames were
bourne on the air and dropped on build
ings near by, but happily The roofs were
too we'll saturated with water TO take fire.
Had the night been dry, the greater portion
Of that section Of the city must have shared
the fate Of the stable.
Il is believed that the fire was the work
Of an incendiary but suspicion settles upon
no particular person.
The building was one Of the largest in
the city, and was the property Of the widow
and heirs Of the late Fred. Sloan. IL was
valued at $4,000, and was not insured.
The loss Of government stores in Captain
Hibbard's department is estimated at about
$4,000.
Mr.. Leddy lost all of his stock, together
with three horses and one mule. Value
about $500.
Messrs. Woodmanssee, Reingler & Co,
lost $500 worth of oats.
Adam Schildhelm, small addition, Sonth-
end, 5000
Charles Schiek and two children, two
rooms, third story, $780,
VIM. Gussmau, two rooms, third story,
$500.
Mrs. Adams, dressmker, second story,
$500.
J. Goldstein, two rooms second story,
$500.
w. w. Mccoy, boarding house on first
floor $S00-his two COWS burnt.
G. d. Lindsey, printer, two rooms in
second story; no estimate made of his
loss.
The dwelling adjoining this stable on
the north, ewned by Mr.. VIM. Flanagan,
was also badly damaged, the roof and rear
half being burnt. The house is valued at
$1,000, and insured for 500 in the Man
haitian Insurance Company, n. Y.
These losses foot up $4,000, and are not
far from the mark The only insurance
about the stable was on the lease $1,000
a pieceof uncommon foresight in the midst
of much want of that virtue.
The fremen did their duty, as they al
ways do, and worked nobly, keeping at
their posts long after daylight, and until
all danger was passed.
These repeated fires, believed to be the
result of incendiaryism, should induce IN
surauce offices ard the city authorities to
take steps to ferret out the guilty miscre-
ants. Never before, in the history q Nash
Vile, has there been so much need of tre
detectives. Let US have them.