Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1868-03-18

into the street, in the struggle giving Officer
Hudson, of the Eighth Precinct, severe kick
in the face, and causing thus the only casual
ty of which we heard In addition to the
live animals. quantity of small articles, such
as pictures and stuffed birds, stuffed horse,
and a valuable electrical apparatus, were
saved. Every human being in the building,
so far as is known, escaped.
A number of policemen from the Eighth
and Fourteenth precincts, aided by citizen
volunteers, forced open the doors Of the build
ing on Broadway, and rushed into the place
to arouse TIE inmates and save them from
destruction. In few moments 8 stslwart
man was seen walking from the building with
an AlbinO infant under each arm. He was
soon followed by a procession Of iour. carry
ing out of the burning building the fat boy.
Then came the fat woman and Miss Swan,
the giantess, supported. On reaching the
sidewalk Miss Swan fell, and measured her
/ iull length on the sidewalk
! At o'clock the flames had reached their
acme. The three buildings were a mass Of
flames above the second floors; the Prescott
/ House was fred on the northwest corner,
and was burning lazily aud under difficulties.
Chief Kingsland instantly turned several
streams on it and it did not suffer serious
damage.
While the flames were at the height;
tongue of fire leaped down into the first story.
Then 1t was found that the beasts ENGAGED
| there had been dormant only. Lions tigers.
bears, and leopards, instantly at the sight Of
| the flames burst at once into demOniac roar.
| One full grown tiger burst mis- prison bars,
and with leap through the window reached
the street.
| The crowd rushed away, while the beast
looked around him in stupid wonder an in
7tant, and then started down Broadway. A
stream of water turned on him brought him
to bay, and a policeman stepped up and with
three shots dispatched him. Inside the
building another tiger had tumbled his cage
over to the foor and was rolling it over and
over in agony. At 2:IO the FIRE was under
control. Nos 536 $50 and 54I were a total
ruin with all their contents, the FIRE eutailiag
a ] ss Of $500 900. The precise figures how
ever, it is impossible to state.
STATEMENT OF MISS ANNA SWAN, THE GIANTEss.
The lions in the menagerie were very rest
less after II o'clock. The gray wolf would
howl spasmodicaIly, and the lions would
growl out a half angry feeble reply. Al
though this was unusual, it was hardly wOr-
thy of notice I did not close my eyes, how
ever. and soon after midnight heard a quick
shout in the street, half drowned 10 a sullen
roar from the lioness. heard Zuleima spring
from the bed and raise the window. A fash
of light partly iIlumined the room, and heard
Zuleima cry "fre" The blaze was then lick
ing the floor at the bottom of the stairs. A
fireman came up on q Jump. clasped Zuleima
in his arms, and dashed down stairs. me-
chanically followed / have saved nothing
but this old wrapper which I have on.
The Post has the following particulars:
1.-THE destruction Of property by the burn
ing OF the Museum last night was very great,
and it is supposed the losses viii amount to 1
half a million of dcSars. The insurance viii !
not amount to more than half that sum. The |
dremen wer5 fortunate in conhning the |
flames to the buildings destroyed. The night |
was one Of the most severe OF the seaso15 the /
hvdrants were surroHHded 5y snow and ice :
.the hose froze and the water froZe upon the /
clothing of the fremen, who in many cases
stood in water nobly performing their duty /
until their limbs became numb with expos
uTe. Insurance men say that the Museum
was of such COmbustible material that they
expected that when it was burned the Pres
colt House and ST. Nicholas Hotel would also
be DESTROYED It was fortunate that the
heavy snow on the adjoining roofs protected
so many buildings. The fremen were work
ing on the ruins this afternoon, several steam
ers continuing on duty, Heavy streams of
water were thrown on the front OF the build
ing, which is still standing. The whole front
presented a splendid appearance the water
having frozen on every projection, forming
beautiful stalactites, which glistened and
shown in the sun until they dazzled the eve.
A long ladder which had been placed against
the building was a complete network oficloles.
The front wall and part Of the rear wall are
all that remain standing.
This morning the police guarded Broad
way from Prince TO Spring streets, prevent
ing all persons not engaged in business on
Broad from approaching the ruins. The i'm
mense volume of water which had been /
thrown by the steamers, filed Broadway TO
the depth of several inches. Over this
thin crust Of ice had formed. Through this
mass the fireman had carried their hose and
nobly performed their arduous duties. The
stages are turned off on the side streets, and
nearly all business IS suspended for block.
The room in which the fire broke out was
called the ''Bird Department" l. is sup
posed the FIRE originated from defective iue.
The following is list Of the anjma's bum
ed: Four lion cubs, four leopards, two hye
mas, one white bear, two lynXes four porcu-
pines, two large lions. one panther, two black
bears, one hex, one Brazilian tiger, tour kan
earoos. and two white peacocks, together
with all of the birds, parrots, monkeys, &e,.
on the upper foor.
The following named animals were taken
from the building, some Of them badly burn
ed: One giraffe, one sacred zebra, one
young elephant, three llamas, one tour-horued
ram, one Hiudostan goat two pelicans. one
Bengal leopard, one moose. one sacred bull,
two camels, two japanese hogs, one Persian
sheep, three kan-aroos, two silver pheaSants,
three pOrcupines, one wambot
A large number small animals were also
saved The giraffe was burned so badly that
it is not expected to live during the day. L /,
was valued at $4,000 The seal rescued
from the FIRE at the old museum was burned.
The wardrobe of the museum was nearly +
new, having been collected since tie fire Of
two and half years ago, and was valued at
S25, 600. ..... Il
a Remarkable Game Of Marbles.
The writer Of the ''Pen and Ink Sketches
in the West Florida Cdmn1er1ials mentions