The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-18

wet cloths IL was saved after q de
termined fight and after it was on FIR,
several times. We say this was anoth-
or key to the safety Of other property
from the fact that directly OppOsit'
I was an Old dwelling that would hav,
gone, next to that frame, and 50 on
building after building until the Gun
ningham warehouse was reached, al
Of which would have burned aud th,
end would have been the destruction
Of all the factories and business por
7. ton Of Tinin
This ends the general detail Of th,
i, fire.
It is As accurate as our observation
+, could make it, while lending help
ing hand wherever possible 10 do 50
We have tried to keep out all matter
bordering on the sensational and
. simply aimed to be accurate. 1t was
q a fearful time, and one we do not
e wish to witness but once in a lifetime
We have been asked 10 make spe-
: cial mention Of persons who did
} almost wonders on the occasion. We
! do not wish to do 50 from the fact
} that, so far as our observation went,
nine out Of ten did their whole duty,
and no one person is capable Of telling
: how the work of one compared with
another as he could not be all around.
The fire companies, as companies and
individually, did all it was possible for
them 10 do. They were promptly on
hand, and when the labor Of the
citizens was done they kept at work,
worn out as they were, till late on
Sunday. They hung TO their work
faithfully and well.
ITEMS AND INCIDENTS OF THE FIRE
DURING AND AFTER.
Among the numerous matters
worthy OF note, during aad after the
fire, It is hard % select, and our space
viii not permit going into them ex-
tendedly It was but forty-five min
utes after the fire started before the
entire property destroyed was in
flames. The fire from Singers house
passed intervening buildings and ig-
nited the pump shop Of Fishbaugh,
and two houses, all Of which were
burned. In the meantime fighting
fire was done on all the buildings in
that section.
The fire crossed the river and set
fire to Smiths Brewery and to the
woods beyond fully one mile and a
half from the starting place of the
conhagratiOn. No damage was done.
On the square first burnt, furniture,
bedding ETC., in many cases, were re-
moved to streets adjoining and left as
was supposed, in safety, but when
looked for was found burned up or on
fire.
An Irish woman escaped with only
a table and two lamps from her house.
It was all she had left Of her home.
During the hottest Of the fire, two
women were seen trying to save a
sow and ten little pigs. Fire was on
all sides Of them, yet they guarded
the animals carefully, giving them
corn to keep them together. It soon
got too hot and some of the prospec-
tive pork was prematurely roasted.
The 'singed cat" of the proverb was |
also seen. It had escaped from a
burning building minus every hair. |
A gentleman destroyed the poor an
imars nine lives at once, to put it out
Of its misery, and thinking it was not
''better than it looked"
Mike Kuhn's wife had Just put her
bread into the oven when the house
had to be cleared of its furniture and
the bread went out in the stove. It
was found intact the next day and
Mike declares the bread the best he
ever ate
When the freight was being cleared
out of the depot, among other articles
rolled out were ten barrels of whiskey.
Some one tapped one OF them and be-
gan to draw whisky in bucket, and
soon the barrel was surrounded by
those who needed a little stimulant,
besides bummers who always murder
free whisky. Two ladies discovered
the state Of the case before the drink
ing had gone very far and they very
properly insisted on the stuff being
emptied out. After some little obiee-
ton, the heads of the barrels were
broken in and the whisky ran down
the gutter. One or two fellows who
had drank enough to be crazy dipped
up the stuff from the gutter with their
hands, and drank. The interposition
OF these ladies saved what would have
in a riot.
During the fire the chimney of the
house Of Mr.. I1ysle caught fire and
burned fiereely for while. It was
attended to.
Fires started in numerous places out
Of range Of the wind. The barn of
Mr.. Vollmer some distance in the rear
Of the depot was on fire several times
and it took hard work to save it.
Fire was discovered in the straw in
the alley near Mr.. Baldwin's barn.
DR.. Bricker's house caught on the roof
once. The Shawhan house stable
across the river also caught fire.
B. WOelfing suffered from a sprain-
ed ankle by having hose cart run
over it.
Adriatic, No. 1, Steamer, ran twenty
two hours, only stopping when it was
to change hose and once to
blow OF. Tifin cannot spare her.
Fishbaughis Bent Work factory was
only saved by hard work. 1t was on
the extreme point the fire reached, but
it was in a perfect storm of fire. The
of the engine was knocked
in and the floor was flooded with wa
ter and the steam thoroughly wet the
whole inside of the building. On the
outside the building was kept wet
with buckets of water.
Saturday night at twelve o'clock,
some one cut a hole, eight inches long
in Ne. IS hose.
Seneca Chief did its work well, as
usual, and poured volumes of water
on the fire.
At half past twelve Sunday morn +,
ing a light was discovered in Kaup's
planning factory. 1t was found that
fire had ignited box of shavings in
a little room adjoining the engine
room. A bucket of water extinguish-
ed the flames. Appearances seemed
to indicate that the fire was the work
Of an incendiary, as around the box of
shavings were piled kindling, small
strips of boards, etc. The water had ,
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