Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-31
ANoTHER DlsAsTRoUs FIRE.
cenaasraGon on second street, Near
-NH Beale, a. Midnight.
A Large Frame BoerdfnShOuse Totally
Desfroyed-The BOarders have q
narrow Escape for thetE EAyes.


About twenty minutes before twelve
O'Clock, Mr.. William Hines, a clerk on.
Front street, who boarded with Mrs. s..
Wits in the large frame building on
Second street, near Beale, between the
drug store Of Professor TheO. Hoerner
and Keck's stables, was suddenly
awakened from his slumbers by the
cracking of burning timbers, and,
standing up in bed, discovered
THE HOUSE on FIRE.
He jumped outof bed, sounded the alarm
of fire throughout the house, and par
italy dressed himself. The boarders,
numbering about thirty, sprang
from their beds, and without paving
much attention to their toiIettes, or even
looking after their franks and clothing,
rushed to the front entrance glad to
ESCAPE WITH THEIR LIVES,
as in a very short space OF time the
flames had obtained great Roadway. An
effort wa made to save some of
Mrs. Wits most valuable furni-
ture, but only a few articles were
rescued from the devouring element,
and only four of the boarders succeeded
in saving their trunks. The building
had a frontage on Second street of about
sixty feet, and was about forty feet in
depth, and being entirely Of wood the
flames spread with
LIGHTNING-LIKE RAPIDITY,
so that in about fifteen minutes the en-
tire portion of the third story was one
mass of flame. Meanwhile the fire bells
Rod oDrrnA0A H. N.l-@. r -. -
the brigade reached the spot in an in
credibly short space of time, and by
orders of Chief Anderson, all the en-
gines were stationed st the cistern, cor
ner of Main aud Beal streets. Before
the engines arrived, the entire southern
heavens were Illuminated by the re-
Fiction of the flames, and the air was
filed with
MYRIADs OF SPARKS.
A dense crowd soon collected in the vi
cinity Of the scene Of cO~nlagration, and
many proffered their services to en-
deavOr to saw the contents of the build
ing, but the fire had obtained such a
mastery that their services could not be
called into requisition. When the Fire
Department got to work, which they
did in a very few minutes after
their arrival, their work was
SHORT, SHARP AND DECISIVE,
and in a very short time the fire was
confined to the building in which it
originated, and was completely got I'M
der command and in an half an hour
entirely extinguished. Mrs. Wits loss
will amount TO about sixteen hundred
dollars, on which she has an insurance
policy in the Etna to the extent
of ten thousand dollars. Her bOarders
who are chiefly clerks in various es1ab-
lishments, viii lose from fifty to one
hundred and fifty dollars each on their
clothing. Nrs. Witt, who has been long
a resident Of Memphis, has been
sINeULARbY UNFoRTUNATE
in regard to fires, as the Charleston
House, near the Charleston depot, was
burned down while she was the oeeu-
pant, between two and three years ago.
THE PROPERTY BURNED
was owned by Mr.. Charles Fraser, At
torney-at-Law, and is reported to be in
sured. His loss is estimated at about
twenty-five hundred dollars. The build
ing was built in 1859, and was formerly
known as the Union Hotel.
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