, 1870-12-06
BURNING OF A NEW ORLEANS
THEATRE,
LoAs OF Ll1e-scvereI Flremcn BADLY
ym1ured~
Fsosn lA<. ff1< OTkons Republican, Dee. ).

F.osn lA< fns 0rltons Rtpubiican. DIX. J.
: Betueen and o'clock yes:erday morning.
pe1.oa IN thn vicinity Of the Varieties Thea
ire d.scovcred it to be on fro, II smoke issued
frtm the dooru and wandows fronting on tho
alley. La very few minutes after the discoy-
trS, 6lmes burst forth with great fury. Ap-
psrtntly. the IRE originated IN the property
ronrn, or touoshero about the stags. where
there Was plenty Of eomeust:ble material to
Il ed the fire.
An alarm was promptly given, calling to the
tctne dstmen and policemen, bat all their ef-
forts seemed Of no avail. At first, water uls
hot plentiful, but Captain Davis eame to the
rescue with his tug boat Tyler, II the bead Oh
Common sttest, when be eent down snfA iant
men labcred manfally and increasingly, but
water appeared to hsve little effect on tho
lu, ming building. The deyouriug element
coon destroyed the theatre. leaTing nothing
hut de. MS and skeleton walls. saaroely any
property wah saveds
Members Of the dramatic compauy ara sur
fe1ets IN losses Of portions of thar wardrobe.
All the properties belonging 70 tbs assahlish-
n,ent were lost- Scarcely pieoe Of furniture
seemed TO have been rescued from tho club
room On the ground floor, OF from behind tho
scenes above. When tho dram0 arrived, the
rmoke inside the building waa 20 dense IL to
prevent sny one from entering.
The a.nes pts cd TO the rear, catching in
the back portion OF HAWKING saloon, O. store-
room, mAkir sad havoc with tho house and
articles within. Mr.. HavHas' loss ia heavy,
The extent Of wti:h ia na yet unknown. Hi
sslcon was not harmed.
Builairsa ON the river side Of the Theatre
alley suffered The office Of O'FAllond Hatch
var terribly sctrched and damaged, and had
not Tho 6remen been particularly active juat
there, The fire would have worked ita way
= rough to Csxondelet street, causing immense
losser. All the stores fronting on she Alley,
f,fv n tkk.f fIrNt utiffA r5yn~
they cid not hIsze.
The Ut fuiehed new three-stogy building
fronting on Gsavier at1eet and the alley, prop
eIts OF Mre- Denman, waa badly Injured from
exccttise heat, rs ttcEe Ens httle Aecut It to
butn. The side Will 1t the top fell in, and
the front corn,ce, Of Frosr stone. Wan rent
aEuncer. The loas here IL not very great
The tire seems TO have burned toward Da-
ronIe street, aud, Of course, found plenty of
rnateiisl in Liner large livery stable, Al old,
diy structure. Tho scene there WAS ter1ifle,
as hnndIeds Of men. ueing great cxer;ious 10
themselves from heat and prevent being tram
pied down 1T the animals. AL tho auiuala
wcle saved, the police capturing most Of them.
Csnisges And huegies were wheeled cut while
the taaes were roaring around aud above the
fremen.
ltis here that the ssddea. portion Of our
record IL to be made. Several Of No. LIS
men were inside fighting the fire, unconscious
AID thoughtltss Of tho great calamity then
impeding over their leaGs. A portion OF the
theatre wall fell on the stable roof, crushing
everything tn i1s Way. John Counors. fore
brick and tirnhets and injrred, but not 30 sen.
ously Us to lay him up, AZ hc was out during
the day. One Of his hands Is bnrned+ Near
| him stood D. Nicholson, member Of his
| company. Unfortunately his poeitiou Was
just where the greatest weight fell, and
hI,vf E41f,,
killed 10 sudieEly that he could not have
been aware Of Intense pain. He had been
I member Of the company only two months,
and Waa from New York, where his parents
reside. Colonel Roy, Superintendent Of
Streets, learning that soma men we're buried
heEea'h tho ruobish. soon gathered gangs Of
| lsbcgerr. and put them 10 work on the heated
pi1ee. They soon found the body OF Ni:hol-
SOB, which Was 80 chArred and bruised ~ to
| be nnrecognizaLle. A small badge on his coat
Nas I'aE'ls melted. The body was taken to =
house 60 BsEoono street, and an inquest hold.
| lie Will be buried to-day by hia company.
I 1t is related Of him that when ho arrived 1t
the building, the police would not permit him
! lopasA, ~ they did not eee his small badge.
| This was repeated tso or three times, but a.
! hc pttsiated, the officer allowed him to pass.
Mf Lennen, another OF the same company,
wao badly bruised, and may die from lus
wounds. Ho WAS near Nicholson. and aaw
the latter crushed TO death He was aent to
the hospital.
| II. J.Clavier, OF No. s, wAs standing in the
buried beneath mortar and brick. which etruck
| with great furce, and it is wonderful how he
| escaped instant death One Of Lin legs was
broken, also some OF his xlbs, and his entire
body covered ~ith bru1res. He is An employe
! Of tho Ialetin F1eee-rooua-
| These are Ill who were badly injured. which
l fact VIC make particular mention OF, Is 10
| mary Fnnlorn ~cre current to the contrary.
L,st evening, Just alter da1k. Chief Engine CT
o'Connor informed US that he knew Of no
| oshf pereon beng harmed. Thto gentleman
d'rEsAytd untising energy il bis department
until The conhsgration as orer. There were
tnt E('eIs Of the Ftre Department lost eight OF
dun, + the day. when the belief was created
ttsat they wc1e buried III the ruins. Ii IL un-
! nect tstasy to mention rhmes.
Mex. IT, the Varieties, in Il portion OF the
stable, Was q neat little bat-foom, kept BY
Mr. ScbilliDg, which was entirely ruined. A
shceuakers shop, beyond tho stable, was
badly used M BY fire and wAter. Tla brick
walls ef these buildings ,revehsed tho flames
EiclotnH tailor Shop did not rocesve much in
jury.
Ii ,a quite impossible to correctly Ascertain
tho amount OF lues OF Of insurance.
Insurance on tho Varieties building, Si3,
500 on fnrLiture, hto1es, fixtures aud club
ruom, "a. .000 insurancc on wardrobe, stage
axturer. furniture. etc., s14, 500. Thinamount
Is divided amorg the various homo insurance
Offices, Averaging about $500 each. The
original ccst Of the buil1ing WAS between
e55,G01 and Ss0, COO. 1t il estimated that the
association IL covered by INSURANCE to The
smount Of tWo-lMrda Of the properly do.
eirc, cd.
Mr. Crickard, the 1eseee OF the theatre, L
rerhars the heaviest sunerer, II lie had e1.
pended the sum Of s7,c00 in recent a1ters'
t.ona, extenflone, and Improvements Of various
kinds. lie had alto advanced to Mr. Levi
Daker. the manager, the cum of IS, 500 to &C
abroad and to procure his present company
| sid ipaugurate the season. On this amount
Mr. Crickard had 5000 insurance.
Du1ing tho evening the fact became publit
that 1hcrn4e jenkins Eol, member Of Gool
aud L,ltet No. 2, Girod street, WAS not \
h. INC, and had not been seen siuce morning
Mtnlters OF the company we're mao'
acluainted with this circumstance, AMI
could not longer resist the belief that hc VA
buried in the ruins Of TAsteraa1is stable
rlcceelirg under this belief, thsy set 10 wotl
1 II the stable last night. digging In the dehn
with energy. AT II O'Clock last night the
had made no discovery OF his remains. III
brother was there, firmly believing fha
Thomts must be killed. Mr. Fox w1s eee
near the SPOT where Nicholas wAs crushed o
tha time the wall fell, aud he stated that b
lhoueht another fireman was buried bcneAt
the brick. MI. Fox Is we'll known to Ill th
| tifruer and h6s m interesting biStpfF.