The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1869-04-22
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The Fire Department extinguished the con
migration and saved the surrounding build.
ings, but after accomplishing this work n
sad accident occurred by which one man was
instantly killed aud fifteen injured, one Of
whom it is feared will not recover. While
the burned out building was occupied by
some twenty bremen, who were extinguisb.
ing the remains OF the confagration, ono Of
ITS chimneys fell and carrying down the
walls, roof and floors, threw the liremen in.
to the cellar, and buried sixteen ofthem be-
meath huge mass Of heated bricks and
charred timber. BY what seems almost. n
miracle the lives Of all but one were saved.
The one man killed was james Mcbride, an
extra man of No. 4 Engine Company, whose
neck was instantly broken by the fall VIM.
q. Ross, assistant chief engineer, was
caught by the falling mass of bricks and tim.
Der and was forced against row of iron
ratings on the other side of the alley with
such power that one of the sharp points.
with which they were surmounted, pcnetra.
ted his loft side above the heart. He was
also badly crushed by the mas, of bricks.
and his recovery is considered uncertain.-
Fourteen other men were carried down
with the ruins, but, although several are
painfully bruised or burned, none of their
lives are in danger.
The Coliseum" which they are build.
ing in Boston for Gilmore absurd monster
Peace festival concert will be the lnrrest
building in America under one roof will
require 100000 feet of lumber in it's con.
struction, will be 800 by 600 feet. and will
coyerbetwecn three and louracres of ground.
or about 10000 feet There will also be-
used IN the work Is tons of nails, and be.
tween four and five tons of other iron work.
such as bolts, braces, etc. TO cover the
roof, SO as to make il water proof. 80 tons
Of larred paper will be used. An outside
foundations are by feet and Is inches
thick; centre foundation supporting root,
feet square and lS inches thick. all bedded
in solid gravel, making in all 900 foundation
supports. The apex OF the roof is So feet
from top to sill. At height Of so feet
there will be ! 300 feet of continuous win.
dows, s feet high, all made to run on rollers,
for ventilation, consisting Of $500 feet of
glass. In the upright Of the building there
are to be 1883 lights of glass. Iugress and
egress arc made safe and easy by II door.
ways, each "a feet wide. 1t will have n
seating capacity for the easy accommodation
OF 1880 spectators, and standing room be,
meath the gallery and promenade for an i'm.
mense number. The conductor of the con.
cert will stand $40 feet distant from the re.
motett singer. To complete the building
Will require 10000 days work, or u little
over 273 years by q single man bu, with
the large force at work on il, 1t will be flu
ished by the 10th of June.
Soma details have been received of the
fearful cOnflngption which happened nj the
Cape OF Good Hope last February. when n
tract Of country four hundred miles long.
aud varying in breadth from fifteen TO one
hundred and fifty miles, was swept over by
\ fire. The weather had been UNUSUALLY bot
and dry for the previous six weeks. On
February the temperature throughout the
colony rose to more intense heat than ever
previously known. During the morning
scorchlng hot winds blew from the north
east, and in the afternoon fire broke out
at several places and wrapped millions of
acres IN an enormous conhagration, 4 j,
cultivated lands. farm buildings, native r,r.
ests, and bush farm stock and wild ar mails
sharing the same fate. Several uarsons
were also burned to death. Thcgs saved
had to take shelter in the rivers, ryater dams
ana wet bitches. where many OF them were
badly scorched. The calamity occurring
just after the harvest--and an unusually
good onc-and destroying its produce, has
caused great distress.
Captain Spuulding, Of New Bedford. re.
Gently captured whale Off Madagascar in
whose body was found the UNPARALLELED
amount Of two hundred and eighty Ave
pounds Of nmbergris. The total value Of
this unequalled mass was stated at $50, $50,
a sum which il is seen may very likely he
truly stated, when the additional fact An.
pears, as it now does, that this rare sub.
stance has just been sold by another New
Bedford. whaleship ut the rate of ss7 A
pound. This latter capture, like the other.
was Also made Off the African coast, but il
was far less in quantity.
The rats 10 Dubuque, Iowa, have raised
an important internal revenue question:
Some tive hundred dollars worth Of stamns
were pasted one day upon whiskey barrels,
in Rhombergs distillery warehouse. The
rats having tasto for the paste wherewith
they were stuck on, ate them off. slick md
clean. Rhombafg won't pay for any more
stamps, the rats won't confess Judgment,
and whskey can't be sold without its patri.
Otto insignia.
The charter election took place in Tren.
ton, New Jersey. on Monday week, and re-
suited in the election of the Democratic
candidate for Mayor by majority Of four
hundred and fifty. The Democrats will also
have large majority in the councils
Trenton IS an unhealthy place for Radicals
One ofthe insane In tho Raleigh IN. CT
Asylum, recently visited tho Legislature.
Upon his return, the superintende, asked
him what he thought oft. Relapsing into
a drown study" for moment, he looked
up and said swell, | think thew are n
branch of this establishment.
The fall of snow in Canada this winter,
so far, has exceeded any previous snow. fall
for twenty years past, by thirty eight inches.
According to a published statement, the
depth Of snow which has fallen ut Montreal
is lis inches, or nearly 10 feet.
The falling of Easter on the 2Sth Of March
this year has not happened since 1925, one
hundred and forty four years ago. The 2sth
Of March is believed BY the most learned
chronologers TO have baon the oriYinal day
on which Christ rose from the dead.
The husbandmen of the United States re.
joice in the ownership of 5000 900 horses,
100000 neat cattle, $1,000 sheen, o..
DOC. 900 swine and 500, 900 mules. Atalow
estimate we may reckon them worth 5000,
100000.
The Louisville Courier. Journal says.-
There are whisky rings, there are railroad
rings, there are scores of rings of every char.
acter, but the greatest of nj rings is Prcsi
dent Grants family circle.
An Indiana maiden of forty one years is
only twenty four inches high. and weighs
only thirty-three. pounds. She looks older
than she is, but in manners and education
appears like girl Of ten years.
At the charter election 10 Rockport. N.
T., on Tuesday, the entire Democratic
ticket was elected, including Albert r.
Brown, Mayor. The highest majority re.
ceiyed by any one candidate was Sss.
The village Of Hancock, Michigan, was
almost entirely destroyed BY fire on The I2th