Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-16


Last night at half past eleven o'cloci
the ire bells gave the alarm Of fire, and's0ol
d.. entire force ofthe Fire Department wer
out and AZ the rcencof conAagration. Th
fire broke ont IN the wholesale retail an,
commission grocery store Of Me-su. Meye
~ Co.. on the South side Of Broad street
near College, and originated from a STOW,
in which fire had been lcft when the en-
royees Of the establishment, left the build
iug. The stove was situated near the from
door
The store waz large three-story hrick
building. and was filled from top 20 bottom
with valuable groceries and goods in store
| on commission The fire was well uudei
headwav before il was discovered, the int.
ri0r Of the building being in flames before
Ithe alarm was given. BY the time the en-.
gines reached the scene, the flames burst
out from the roof and the windows, send
ing blaze and smoke high over the consum-
ing store, and covering the streets and roof
of the adjoining buildings with sparks and
| burning fragments The entire building
was soon enyelopcd, and the contents
I with IT,
From this store the flames communicated
/ % the large three story brick wholesale
/ and commission store Of $. b. Spuyl0ck a
! Co.. formerly John j. McCann's on the
corner Of Broad and College. This was a
! very extensive establishment, doing e1clu-
] siYely wholesale aud commission husi
! ness. and was filled with a splendid stock
! Of groceries, liquors, cotton yarns, etc.
Nh. SpUriock, the proprietor of the store,
! was asleep IA Jhe second story at the time
] the fire broke out, and escaped from his
! periIOus position almost 100 % sutOcating
/ condition.
Al twelve o'clock, despitr the daring
| i,lt- of the Grrmen and the incessant work
/ ing of the engine, both the large stores
| were cnyelcped ia sheets OF hsme thai cast
| its lurid light for many squares illumina-
| ting that part of the city with the bright
ness of MONDAY. Il gas now apparent
+ that both establishments would be a COM
plele loss though a number Of barrels,
/ b0xr-, bales OF cotton yarns etc, were
/ rescued from the dey0uring element and
| piled ia the street
Al near one O'Clock the Southern and
| rear walls tumhled In with q crash. The
night was perfectly calm, which prevented
| the destruction Of whole blocks Of build
ing-, right ia the heart Of the city. As
ID vas. almost the entire heavy stocks
of goods Of Messrs. Myer a CO., and
Mcs-rs SpurI0ck & Co., were DESTROYED.
Mr. Spurlock lost all his clothes.
He saved his ledger but lost all his
order books, bis cash books, and he thinks
his notes. The books and papers were in
large tire-proof safe, and hopes are enter
tanned that they were secure. Mr.. Spur
locks loss IN stock will reach SIS. 900.
$1,000 of which was covered by insurance
in home and eastern companies The
loss of A. Meyer 81 Co. In stock, is esti-
mated at $4,000. Fully covered by in
-urance. Nessrs. Swartz d Baker were
considerably damaged by water, as was also
the saloon and barber shop adjoining The
entire loss by this fire will not fall far short
Of $4,000 ion stocks, beside the buildings,
which are, except parts Of The walls, en-
tirelv destroyed.
This i7 Che most destructive fire we have
had Go chronicle for several months, and
we trusl that it will be long before we may
be- called on 10 record such terrible dies
imc,ion of valuable property.
NAsuvLLF GENERAL Directory
Mcssrs. Tom Canning and Charles Morley
are actively engaged ia getting up new
general directory of the city of Nashville
and FdgeGeld and cuyirons They are en-
gagged, by contract, 90 number the residence
and business houses of the City of Nash |
vile. propose, an connection with this duty,
@ complete and intellgen. general business |
directory of the city.
Their design is g. make the Nashville !
General Directory mot merely q catch-penny |
book of advertisements. bat directory IN /
fact o. well az name 4 sufficient number /
of advertisements will be appended to the /
book, after the modern magazine style, but |
the pages of the directory proper are not |
TO he married with shOW-C3Gd7 and display /
types confusing and hcRildcring rather /
than aiding the seeker after local informa
ton. They further pledge themselves 10
make their directory complete in every /
particular embracing every item of local |
information of interest or value 20 the gene /
raj public, with the name in full, with the /
initials and place Of residence, with its |
number of every citizen. They are, We /
learn, progressing finely with the work
A MISTAKE AND A C0NrEoNIsE.-Two |
merchants Of high responsibility and bust
ness qualifications had a magi5lerial trial
before Esquire Matthews ON yesterday, evil
IDENTIFY the result of q mistake, the one /
thinking the other had in some transaction
sought and taken the adj |
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