The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-10-24

oscloskI fire swsasl discovered q the
sGrsen Mount Water Cure" two miles
south east Of this city, and intelligence
was brought to town by man on horse
back whose stentorian voice rang out
the startling cry of ''Fire!' at every leap
Of the horse, from the time he reached
the corporation line until he arrived At
the Warner Building-by that time the
bells of the Engine houses were aiding
to arouse the slumbering citizens, and
soon the Fire Department. with their
machines, were on the road for the "tsoo-
mile 1eat." Opposite the Galt House on
Main street, the ssQuaker- City, broke
down. completely smashing one of its
hind wheels. The Company left her
and attached themselves to the Steamer.
The Hose Carriage of the 2's arrived ON
the ground fret, followed in succession
by the No rs, Hooks, the other Hose
Carriages, Steamer and No. SIS. -
e Notwithstanding the name Of the in
stitution would indicate . plentiful sup
ply of Water, great difficulty was soon
fonnd in getting enough of that element
The No. Is were Stationed on the east
side Of the houseA-a hose attached to
the hydraulic ram, that supplies the
building with water, was placed in the
box Of rs; but the water came in entire
ly too slow for her to make any impress
sion on the fire, which seemed to be
gradually gaining ground and threaten
ed the entire destruction of the whole
edifice and adjoining building. So de-
cided~seemed to be this impression. that
manyapersons rushed into the rooms and
commenced carrying out everything. that
was moveable, and soon she extensive
grounds were covered with furniture,
beds, trunks, bed clothes, clothing, &C.
Among the and so forths, we noticed
lots of Champaigne-(to cure pain)-
slathers of whiskey-gobs of Scotch ale.
brandy and gin; at the sight Of which,
and its abundance, we marvelled greatly,
knowing that this was water cure
establishments but we soon dismissed
our astonie hment by the conclusion that
it was none ofonr@ business how or in
what manner patients were cured, SO
that cures were effected, and it certainly
made no differences to US whether DIR.
Gross soak'd 'em in water, wine or whis-
Ky; though to our inexperienced notion,
the large assortment of the ardent about
an institution ''ycleped water cure -
was gross--very! yss 3 eaaes * &
Our cogitations were here cut short
by cry Of 'slook out below ~ and on
looking up to the third story, out of the
window came large washab bowl and
pitcher, and landed on the gro,od for
safety-breaking them into . hundred
pieces. Word reached US just then,
that the steamer wanted wood, and gath
ering an arm load, from the wood house
80 toated itsabout two hundred yards,
to where she was stationed, and found
her putting away and traying to suck
water from drain. A dam had been
made across the ditch, and pretty good
supply of water had accumulated; but
she failed to work the water up to
the building, and she was moved No.
2 Engine taking her place. Theozl's
we're stationed about halfway toward
the building. and the Is supplied her
with water, and soon by their united eff
forts, the fire Was snbdaed.s 49, xx-- - 7
Whilst the engines were throwing wa.
ter, the heavy cornice on the South side
was cut-that stopped the FIRE ins stllai
direction, and confined it to the West
wing and the kitchen-all the wood.
work in both Of which, together with
the fine porticos in front of that wing,
was consumed and nothing left but the
bare walls. = aa5e a "a .szzzEAE 30 II
The fire was accidental. and occurr ed
in the kitchen. DR. Gross's loss canaot
be. be short Of SIS, 900. We understand
the furniture was insured for 81, COO and
the building for %, geo. gsaa azaas u ssssaa
csWs Jaw quite number Of small boys
after, the liquora.uas discovered, in q
bcsssly state Of drunkenness, and {
number Of men who were considerably
ssF'fr w atern cured from the same
source. Watches, jewelry, clothing, bee
cloths. DC, were stoIen-some. Of which
have since been recovered by the police
We have been sat. grestz many fires
but We have never seen such rockies.
waste of property, as was exhibited q
this We passed through most of tn,
rooms, and the doors vere all wrenched
from their hinges and badly broken, and
the windows IN the same fix. 9s
We understand that the building is "a
be Immediately repaired. and placed in
as good condition as It was before til,
fu by the Insnrance Companies will