Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-11-12

On the corner Of I
Otis and Summer street
stood Everett's Block, an imposing granite
structure, owned by Everett & Tate. 1t
included Nos. So, 81, Sc, SO, go, 81 and "a
Summer street, and was occupied by u.
Lyons & Co., Neat Bros. & Dreyfus, Phil
lips & Sherman, G Y King & Co., and Mari
Bros, dealers in clothing, furnishing GOODS,
fancy goods, trimmings, etc. The upper
foors were used mostly as Offices and oc-
cupied by various parties. Now the fire
began to creep steadily up both sides or
Summer street, crawling along
From Roof to Roof
opposite the Everett block buildings as they
were engulfed in rapid succession as fol-
lows:
Rrickwell's Front.
This block was occupied by A. Falsom q
Sons, floor cloths; Geo 81 Butler, hair
goods; and Eugene Chaplin, commission
merchant.
Granite Block.
Marse, Hemmond & Co, hosiery and
gloves; Stille, Beal & Hover, wholesale
clothing; s Rooms & Co, hats caps and
fur manufacturing; Wigman 81 Orklsy, i'm
ported goods and linens; Ewing, Wise q
Fuller, linens and white goods; Rothwell,
Luther, Potter & Co, clothing; Mitchell,
Green and Steven, clothing.
at this time,
About Ten O'Clock,
the flames burst from the top of buildings
on Arch street, dozen door from Summer
street. Almost before the existence OF the
-
they had spread down through the
buildings and were bursting in perfect
torrent from all the windows in front OF
the fancy goods store of Hawley, Falsom
& Martin. The fire spread to each side
enveloping the stores of Thomas, Kelley &
co, d M Hogdon, clothing; March Bros,
Pierce & co, Miner, Beal & Hackett, all of
which were quickly blazing.
At 10 Am.
the whole roof of Everett Block was
sheet Of flame sending high into the air
column of fire and smoke and lurid sparks.
Having thus gained a perfect eont1ol OF
Everett Block the fire stretched its arms
across narrow arch street and moved rap
idly up towards Washington street, taking
in the establishments of George ii. Lane,
Brett & Co., wholesale clothing; Andrew
Messenger s. Co., dry goods; Edgerton &
Gilman's dining rooms; CHATTER & Whit
ney, sewing silks; Lee, Twedy & Co., dry
goods; Devils & Co., kid gloves; Monroe &
Co, commission merchants; Leavy, Foster,
q Bowman, agents of London silk mills;
Kettle & Jones, commission merchants;
Price, Tack Il Co, thread and trimmings;
Porter Bros, commission merchants; Mich
olas & Sons, imitation of hair.
At the opposite end of Summer street,
near the junction of Bedford street, among
the buildings destroyed were the following:
Heyer Bros, importers fancy goods; Gilbert,
LoVejoy s. Co, woolens; No 90; John Cat
len, hosiery, gloves, etc, and No 102.
winthrop Square,
the very centre of the great wholesale trade
of the city, embracing some of the most
costly mercantile buildings ever erected in
this country and occupied by such great
firms as Jas NJ Beebe s. Co, Stewart & Co,
Anderson, Heath & Co, and forty or fifty
others, was, before ten O'Clock, one mass
of ruins.
On Kingston street No IA occupied by
j A Hatch 81 Co, commission merchants
Blodget, commission merchant; Mellen &
Goodwin, were entirely destroyed
The other buildings on Kingston street
were dwelling houses and were all destroy
ed. About IL O'Clock the scene in Lincoln
Essex, South, Federal and other streets il
that immediate neighborhood twas one o
the
Saddest Sights
of the night. Hundreds of men
women and children twere hurry
ing along laden with every variety Of house
hold goods Behind them were roarin!
flames slapping up their houses before they
could get half or aquarter of their good
into the streets. The fire extended OF
both sides of Lincoln street On Russi
wharf all the buildings mostly used by ral
paper and junk merchants, were destroyed
There were no vessels lying at this wharf
At Robbins wharf schooner was destroy
ed, as were coal sheds and large quantit
| of lumber on the pier. The wharf of th
Hartford and Erie Railroad Company, wa
burned, and passenger station Of the col
poration on Broad street at the foot {
Summer street was destroyed. The fo
| lowing are
| The Losses:
MORGAN & Co., $50, 900; Farley, Alden ,
Co., 81, 5000; Klans & Co., $4,000; Wy
mon, Acklay & Co., $4,000; Mitchell
Green & Sterns, $4,000; Eagan, Bartlett
Co., $50, 1000; A Buorth & Son., $150,0OC
Rhodes and Ripley, outstocl
S150,000; on building, S80,00(
Moflyn, Mullen & Elms, 100000; Hardin
Bros. q Co., $250,00 Geo. l.. Ide, Porte
& Co., $350,000; Smith, Richardson & Col
son $4,000; Geo. McGlosier 100000; B.
Solomons & Sons, $250,0O0; Houghton, PEI
kins 6 Wood, S4OO 900; Parker, Wilder
Co., $250,000; A T Stewart & Co., $300,00t
600; B Lyons & Co., $500, 900; Orl Bros.
Dreyfus, 100000; Phillips, Shuman & Co
| $4,000; G E King & Co., 100000; MAJ
Bros, 100000; e G Dyer, $4,000; Macl
intire, Confer g. Co, 100000; Whillal
Burdett & Young, S350,000; Barnes, War
& Co., $500, 900; Gushing It Bliss $75,00t
Leland, Wheelack & Co., $4,000; SaWye
Mansfield & Co., S125,0 900; WheeIock, Al
derson & Co., 100000; Brown, Dutton
Co, 100000; Champ Bros, & Co., $50
$4,000; A W FarTell $4,000; Chambe
lin, Currell & Co., 100000; Knowles
Leland, $4,000; Anderson, Heath & Go
100000; Bowen, Moore & Co., $4,000
o K Young s. Co., SIS, 900; Damon, Ten
pie & Co., 100000; Tibbetts Bros, & D.
Wis, $500, 1000; Prayer Bros. & Co., $4,000
Allen, Love Il Co., $3.50, 900; Mason, Tucl
er & Co., $4,000; D G Griswold, $500
Sampson, Hall 81 CO., $4,000; Ordwa
Blodgett & CO., 100000; Danforth & &C
$3.50, 900; Converse, Harding & co. $4,000
5 G Burge & co., 100000; Borne, CannC
& CO., $4,000; B Grinnell, $4,000; &c
S Winslow & co., 100000; Albert Sprat
100000; j c Judson & CO., $4,000; Bills
Whiting, McKenna 81 CO., $4,000
Leland, Atland & Bates, $4,000
j. G. Howell s. Co., 100000; Smith. Ste
, bins s. Co., 100000; Denny, Rice q OK
$4,000; Harding, Cutley & Co., $4,000
Pierce, Harding 81 Co., 100000; Gown
Il Grew, $4,000; Stafford, Nolte & Wilso
l $250,000; Sergeant Bros. 81 Co, $4,000
/ A. Fosson & Sons, $4,000; Geo. n. Bu
Ter, $4,000; Eugene Chaplin, $4,000
) Morse, Hammond 81 Co., $4,000; Stile
: Baal & Hamer, $4,000; Ewing, Wise
t Fuller, $4,000; Rothwell, TuLher, Pott
| & Co., $150,O00; Jordan, Clark & O.
) $4,000; Stroicker Bros. $4,000; E.
/ Mansfield, $4,000; Jas. Skinner & O.
: $4,000; L. Kelley & Co., $3.50, 600; Day
M. Hodgeman, 100000; Minor, Beal
l Hackett, $3.50, 700; E. F. Messenger s. Co
l 100000; Chafee q Whitney, $1,000
: Lewis, Brown & Co., $4,000; Leaver
: Foster & Bowman, $125, 900; Rice, Tuck
/ & Co, 100000; q. f. Walker & CC
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