Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-01-06

MessrS. Branch d Currants crockery
store, Adams Express office, HOwe's
ma hinc store, and other smaller stores.
The total loss is about S300,000; lnsur-
ed mostly in Northern cOmpcnies.
An incident of the fire was
the appearance of a man at one OF
the upper windows, paralyzed 10y fear,
who sat tearing paper into small piece $
and throwing them out of the window
till he fell back into the flames.
Among those who had very narrow
escapes were NJ. Maillefert of New
York, engineer of the James River OBJ
structions; S. A. Pearce of Columbia,
S. c., private Secretary to Senator
Sprague, and Mrs. E. Magill, ploprie-
tress of the theater. The De Lave
troupe lost their baggage:
LATER.-The hotel register was
found tonight and there are only six
strangers not accounted for. 1t is prOba-
BILE the citizens have taken some of
hem to their houses.
The following are the names of the
missing strangers:
J. II. " ilcoX of Lynchburg; n.
B. Bernstein of Washington A. Leil
of Tampa, Fla. ; George and +. {.
Andrews Of Syracuse, n. y; II. &.
Krotte of New-YOrF, and John II.
Holman, ir. of Jackson, Tenn.
WASHINGTON, Dec. pa. r. Leih,
a special agent Of the Treasury Depart
ment. was guest at the SpOttswOod
House, Richmond, at the time of the
fire. He states that soon after Il. m.
yesterday, while in bed in the third
ory, he heard Il sound below as if
some one was breaking kndling wood.
He rose and looked out Of the window.
but saw nothing unusual. The noise
continuing, however, he commenced
dressing himself leisurely, as he il =
tended to take the next railroad train.
Before leaving his room he turned off
the gas, and glancing toward the win
dow saw light from the outside,
which he soon discovered proceeded
ON the flames bursting from the stO-
ry directly under him. He then heard
"a woman, whom he supposed TO be the
hous, keeper, cry in wild alarm: My
God! the house is on firen He call
ed to her to dress herself, and with the
view Of calming her excitement, said
to her that there was no danger on her
side, but that it was on his. He then
proceeded to knock at all the doors in
pants of the rooms and urge them to
dress themselves quickly, as the house
was on fire.
Mr.. Leib then decended to the sec
Ond story, where he found Mr.. Shure
knocking at the doors, waking the
guests, who were soon all up and
aware of their danger. The utmost
alarm now naturally prevailed, and, in
the general eagerneSS to escape, the
passage way of the private entrance
was in Il short time crowded, and, Ow-
ing to the pressure, the doors could
not he opened until, by extraordinary
force, the crowd was pushed back, and
room was made for that purpose. The
housekeeper, Mrs. Kinnerly, was the
second person who aWOke on that
morning, but perished by being cut fl
by the flames, having delayed in or
der to look otter her trunk. The man
having having it in his possession pre-
ceded her, and barely got beyond her
when the flames impedcd her progress,
and the stirway fell.
The fire, Mr.. Leib says, originate d
in the winc-rOOm, adjoining the dim
ing-roOm, Oh the second story. Mr..
Luck. one of the proprictOrs of the no.
tel, was severely burned. Rc ruSheh
through the flames for his family, who
at that time were safe, through this
fact was unknown to him. Mr.. Leib
says that Messrs. George and Andrews
of Syracuse, n. y, and Mr.. Shure,
wife and child, reported missing, are
all safe Mr.. Leib's wife was lost on
III, schooner Evening Star. off the
coast Of Florida, i'll gale, on the 22nd
of February.
John IL. Holman, jr., of Jackson,
Tenn, is now known TO have been
burned at the 81 ottswOod Hotel, ma
king the eighth victim. Nathan Burn
stein of Washington tured up safe this
morning Wilcox of Lynchburg and
Walden of Chesterfield, reported miss
ing, are safe. This leaves several miss
ing, of whose safety there is little
hope.