, 1872-12-25
FIRES. |
A Perfect Carnival OF
Flame Throughout
the Country.
Burning of Barnum's Museum, in
New York---Loss About
One Million.
The Third Fine the Great Show
man Has Been Burned Out.
Destruction of a Large Book
Bindery and Printing
Office --- Loss,
S35O,OOO.
Marrow Escape Of Forty Female
Operatives from Burning
to Death.
Fires in Philadelphia, Brook
lyn, Elmira, and
Elsewhere.


Elsewhere.
Spce;al Dsspatch to The Chicago Tribune.
NEW YoRK, Dec 24.-For the third time Bar
urm's Museum, in this city, has disappeared IN
flame and smoke. His establishment was IN
Lent's old hippotheatron, on Fourteenth street.
near the Academy Of Music, and consisted OF
q splendid menagerie and museum, and was by
far the finest he has ever had in the metropolis.
His collection Of curiosities was better md
larger, while his menagerie embraced over one
hundred choice animals, of which only two ole-
plants and one camel were saved. A quarter OF
q million Of dollars will probably cover what the
flames have destroyed, but the loss OF
four beautiful giraffes together with
numerous other animals that Mr' bar
mum had been collecting In the 1our
quarters OF the globe ever since the old broad~
way establishment was burnt out, is absolute.
Barnum himself is in Now Orleans. The build
ing was frame precisely like Talmage,s Ia9er-
nacle, burnt last Sunday, and like Dr. hep
worth'e Church, now erecting near Vanderbilts
| great depot. It waB vast framework Of pine
! covered with corrugated sheet-iron:: The flames
| enyeloped it's interior in d surprisingly snort
time The dying agonea Ct tue mG5eX hg hs
Spectators. Tho cages containing the 1our
| CRATES we're opened but the terrified creatures
Seemed paralyzod and would not bulge. Some
of the keepers wept On hndlng nd that tney nau 70
that played the hand organ also refused to Leave
but got on his knees and perished, rubbing hls
| head against the earth and roaring In anguish,
The fierce banging Of the lions andtlgers AGAINST
their cnges could be heard above all the din.
The Academy of Music WEE saved by the fayora-
bic direction OF the wind. Among the animals
destroyed were eight camels and dromedarles,
one leopard, one yak, one elano, one 9ri1a mama'
ostriches, etc. The List .of the surrounding
property destroyed is given in the Associated
Press dispatches. :,
AS usually happens o1h Then tn the "eatn. earns
fire has quickly succeeded another. The loss
this evening by the burning of Dunn, Barlow d
Cos printing office, on Centre street, , and ~ eeT
eral adjacent buildings, is about 92o0, oo9; -
Avenue Hotel, was ayerted by the printing office
being furnished with fire escapes, as required %
Law. The fire originated near IN elevator, heslde
stairway, cutting off the escape IN that dl1ec
ton Of fifty gs tba 1as Of
Zion they descended the iron ladder affixed to tht
outside Of the building. 1t WIS nearly dark, AMI
the panic Was great, particularly IN the Grove
below, but no fatal injuries are reportea:t t T..
cabled to his European agents to spend half
million in replacing the menagerie. He prom
iges his new show shall start on it's travels mex
April. His company lost all their wardrobe mn
one Of the girls working in the book binder
that burned this evening is missing, ana ma
have persisted in the flames. Two or thre
others we're severely confused and bruised u
their tcrror-stricken push down the fre-escape
ITo the Associated P4css.]
New YonK, Dec. 24.-Barnum's Museum On
Meungerie, on Fourteenth street, opposite tn
Academy of Music, WAS burned this morning
The fire was first observed ABOUT O'CLOCK, an
in half an hour the entire building, Though COZ
t structed of iron was in ruins. The flames qulckl
spread to the buildings on either side Grac
Chapel on the easterly side, was burned TO tn
ground, and the Lawrence manson, on tee "es'
9rly side, Was seriously damaged The hre ira
: through the block to Thirteenth street, destroy
ing the carriage factory Of Miner 8; Stevens an
that of F. Crate The loss will amount
9500,000.
Another aSs lss account says the loss viii roa'
u The only animals neved from the menager
are the camel and elephant. Tho cause Of tt
fire is unknown.
burning Of Barnum's menagerie: Wies, Pollt
officer, at 416 this morning. while on his patrc
noticed fire bursting through the roof Of the CT
Gus, Immediately over where the giratles WEI
4 kept and Immediately after the animals al
IF birds began screeching and bowling in d terrib
4 manner. Alarms we're soon sounded, but II
n flames spread with such rapidity that almost b
fore the fremen could get water on, Barnun
II circus Was thing Of the past. The fremen !: r
port that the roars of the animals we're fright
J. during the short time that they lasted. Two el
T. plants and camel were the only aninaa
" saved. When these we're led out by their kee
Il ers, they we're given q large space by u
. crowd witnessing the fire, although the 81
mails we're very docle, considering the 9
~ citement Oh all sides. The front building r
two stories high, and composed nearly altogeth
of corrugated iron and wood The structu
burned, however aB though it Was tinder-bo
The fremen and others we're unable to sta
IS within hundred feet Of the burning bulldin
- Academy Of Music were cracked and brok
+ with the heat the doors were blistered, and
- bll-boards in front Of the Academy we're burn
"a on that side toward the circus. Nothing cot
Il, be done to save any Of the animals.
Grace Chapel was wholly consumed, only t
front walls being left standing.
. The German Episcopal Church, which adjo
Z: al Rarnum's Museum, was also burned.
It was very much feared that the Academy
Music. which is directly opposite, would also
consumed. It evidently would have been b
not the wind changed, which caused the fire
extend ext across to Thirteenth street, destroying
its way the large carriage manufactory Of Steve
d Co., and several private dwellings,. No u
are reported lost
= IArER-5 p. m.-The fire in Barnum's Mem
erie next spread to the mansion OF Mrs 1t
~ renee, consuming it, and then to the iron frt
building occupied by F. Crate, ivory deal
Which. with q rear building occupied by
aamo. we're both destroyed. It then spread
Sd Miner & Stevens carriage factory, On Thirtee'
street, the rear portion Of which Was burn
~. riage factory, adjoining, was also slightly d.
aged.
Barnum's losses n1e 7arious1g estimated