Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-22
TERRIBLE CONFEDERATION.
CrutehaeId H0uae GaEupfeteIy De-
StrOyed--AR Immense Loss of Prop.

About halt-past uV6 o CLOCK yesterday al
ternoon, as negro waiter in the Grutch,
field House was coming out Of the lamI
room, situated in the wooden addition
with tray of lighted lamps in his hands
he slipped upon a piece of peach pairing
and his foot slipping, he fell down break
ing all the lamps. The oil at once took
fire and blazed up fiercely. The fame:
soon communicated to the oil in the bar
rels, and in less than five minutes the
fire had broken out of the roof Of the adj
dition, and as a strong north wind wa:
blowing, the entire building was soon q
sheet of fire. The boy, who was the limo
cent cause of the fire, was rescued from
death by Mr.. Starr, at the imminent peril
ofhis own life r..
The fire spread with such rapidity that
scarcely anything was saved in the addition
and but very little from the front of the
house. At the first alarm the Mountain
City Base Ball Club and others who were
playing on the ball grounds fastened to
the scene of destruction and worked man
fully in saving property from the blazing
building. The Metropolitan Police force
was promptly upon the ground, and did
everything that could be done in saving
property and preventing theft.
There were quite number of ladies in
the house who barely escaped with their
lives, losing nearly all their property. One
lady who had come in on the train few
hours previously, was rescued from the
second story of the building by Lieutenant
Wearinger
Mrs Bishop, the landlady, lost almost
every thing, what little was rescued from
the building being sadly damaged.
The scene was terribly grand, the sparks
flying through the air before the wind, and
the heat was intense. At one time the Kay
lor House and the Express Office were in
great danger, but were saved by the un,
tiring exertions of Capt. Westcott and Capt
Mccormick. 1t was feared that the fame:
would catch the wooden shanties on Chest
nut street, opposite the hotel, and Mayor
Carr ordered them torn down, but fortu-
nately the wind changed and they were
saved, but had they caught, nearly the
whole of that end of the city would have
been destroyed.
In about an hour after the breaking out
of the fire, a hose was brought from the
force pump at the Nashville railroad shops
and stream of water was brought to beal
upon the fire which had a good effect il
checking it.
1t was impossible, however, to save the
hotel, after the fire had been going ten min.
utes, and at hour Of going to press-1f
| midnight-there was nothing but smoul-
dering ruins remaining.
Quite number of guests lost everything
they had in their rooms, and some of theil
losses were quite serious.
By this sad calamity, large number o
persons were made homeless but, to the
credit of our citizens be il said, they all
| Wed with each other in extending the hos
| pitalities Of their houses to the sufferers.
The loss cannot be far from Sl50,000
The building itself was valued at SIS, 900
and will be a total loss. Mrs. Bishop hac
reftted the house with furniture and fix
| lures about two years ago, at a cost of $50,
| 600, and very little eofthe furniture wassaved
! The house was insured for about $4,000
partly with the Etna, and partly with tn,
Home Company. The furniture was insured
for $4,000. The loss by the guests of tn,
house and the private property of Mrs
| Bishop and family will be in the neigh
borhood of fourteen or fifteen THOUSAND
dollars.
! Within one month nearly 100000 wortI
of property have been destroyed IL
Chattanooga, all of which nigh
have been saved had the waite
works been sustained or had the Board o
Mayor and Aldermen purchased a fire en-
| CINE two years ago, when they could hav,
| procured il at a bargain.
1 Tbo Tr,fohGaIJ TIouoa vuau ht,ilt in / SSg
! Just after the completion of the WesterI
and Atlantic railroad, by Thomas Crutch
field, Sr. 1t was sold in 1861 to VIM. A
and II. L. Spencer for $4,000. 1t was
first class hotel and one of the best in tn
South.
The following scenes and incidents, W
group together as they were hastily col
lected on the spot.
The hose was brought from the fore
pump of the Nashville and Chattanoog
railroad machine shop, by Mr.. Maloney
but it being too short, Johh Lynch of tn
police force, took II. F. Parish's team, wen
ts the government warehouse and procure
several hundred feet of hose. By the tim
it arrived, it was impossible to check TIA
FIRE.
Capt. Wescott of the Kaylor House be
came alarmed when his house caught fir
and commenced throwing bedding, etc, OF
of the windows. His loss was about 500
He desires 10 return thanks to his friend
for their kind assistance.
Brew & Egan moved out some of the
stock, and estimate their loss at from $50
to S400.
Mr.. McCrocklin of the Light Foot 81
loon, had $50 stolen during the excitemen
Kelly & Webb, grocers, Murphy, saloo
keeper, J. Mann & Co, clothers, A. j. Whit
& Co, grocers, A. w. Lauter & Co, and {
I. Wilcox, moved part of their stock an
were losers to some extent.
Bach d Colburg moved out a part
their stock and had greatquantity stolen
They fear that their loss will reach $500
or $4,000.
The clerks in the postoftice gathered a
the letters up and prepared to move, br
the danger happily passed by them.
A number of young men, at the risk {
their lives, went up to the room of Mr.
. Jones, in the front corner Of the secon
story, ,ssand attempted to save some of he
iewelry and clothing, but failed.
A sick man named S. d. Sterrll was l.
/ ing in room No. 40, and was carried OF
through the flames by three persons at tn
risk of their lives. We could not lear
their names correctly.
All the freight in the Express Office va
removed to the depot by Capt. MeCo
, mick, and nothing was lost.
T Mrs. J. NJ. Blundell, whose house
next 10 the Express Office, moved all HI
; property out, and, unfortunately, lost OF
trunk.
Mrs. George, the housekeeper OF ii
Crutchfield House, and Miss Maggie her
+ the seamstress, lost everything they ms
/ in it.
: W. J. Pryor, Agent Of the Nashvll
} railroad, who was stopping at the Crutc
2 field House, with his bride, lost a goo
5 part of his wardrobe.
Col L. Murrin and Mr. Q. P. Fouts K
D all heir clothing, except what they had
r as did Mr.. Geo. Loring.
E A child was rescued from the TIN
= story of the hotel just after the fire NJ
r broke out.
! As soon as the property began TO be !
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