The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-01-02
Several Other Buildings Destroyed.


:. A New York dispatch of the oath
y ult. gives the following account of a
. great coufagration which occurretlsin
: that city on that morning;
At four o'clock this morning a fire
was discovered at Barnum's Circus,
. and in half an hour the entire build
e ing, though constructed of iron, was
n in ruins The flames quickly spread
o to the buildings ON either side. Grace
: Chapel, on the easterly side. was burn
y ed TO the ground, and the Lawrence
q mansion, on the westerly side. was
Il seriously damaged.
ii The fire also ran through the block
to Thirteenth street. Gestroyin@ the
} carriage factory of Miner & Stevens,
i and that of Il. Grote- The loss will
= amount to half million dollars.
Wies, police officer, at a quarter
after four A. a., while Oh his patrol,
noticed fire bursting through the
u roof of the circus, Immediately over
Y where the giraffes were kept, and i'm
: mediately after the animals and birds
;, began screeehing and howllng in a
terrific manner. Alarms were soon
IS sounded, but the flames spread with
i such rapiditv that almost before the
a firenlen could get the water on. Bar
NUNS Circus was thing of the past.
. The ffremen report that the. roars of
J the animals were frightful during the
! short time that they lasted
y Two elephants and a camel were the
!. only animals saved. When these were
led out by their keepers they were
= given large space by the crowd wit
q Messing the fire, although the animals
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: icitement on all sides.
II The front building was two stories
thigh, and was composed nearly alto
geiher of corrugated iren and wood.
) The structure burned, however, as
y though it was a tinder-box. The fire.
men and others were unable to stand
. within hundred feet of the burning
Il building. The heat was so intense
e that the windows of the Academy of
Ia Music were cracked and broken by it !;
:. the doors were blistered, and the bill
boards in front of the Academy were
e burned on the side toward the Circus.
3, Nothing could be done to save any of
q the animals.
!, Grace Chapel was wholly lyconsnmed,
> only the front wall being left standing
L The fire next spread to the mansion
s- of Mrs. Lawrence, consuming it then
| ~ LIZ iIOn ltOut VI a. NIOAC,
). ivory dealer. which, with rear build
ing occupied by the same, were both
y destroyed. 1t thence spread to Miner
i & Stevens carriage factory, on Thir-
= teenth street, the rear portion of which
!. was. burned, with $4,000 worth OF
carriages. Curlav's carriage factory,
adjoining, was also slightly damaged.
!, Barnum's losses are variously esti-
: mated at from 100000 TO $500, 900.
: Mr.. Barnum is said to be in New Or
leans.
The loss to the Lawrence estate is
is $4,000: insured. Grote's loss is
d 100000; insured for 100000. Reed
Is & Co., varnish dealers, lost all their
= fixtures and stock. jackson s. Co.,
dealers in fringes, lost all their stock.
n Remworth, manufacturer of piano
strings, lost all his stock.
e Thousands of people visited the ru-
i ins during the day. A large force of
police were on duty TO keep the fire.
- men from being impeded in their
q work.
?, 1t is reported that Barnum's insur-
r. abce on animals is only $4,000, the
two elephants and camel saved cover
: ing one-half of that.
o 1t was very much feared that the
1t Academy of Music, which is directly
i opposite, would be consumed. 1t ey-
: identity would had not the wind chang
q ed, which caused the fire to extend
: across Thirteenth street. destroying
1t on its way the large carriage manufac-
d tory of Steveus & Co, and several
2 private dwellings. No lives are re-
ported lost.
. 1t appears that Barnum's Insurance
o ON building and contents is in the
: ;srh rbara ~ COO 00n II,
port for November, Fire Marshal Nc
Speddon called attention to the unsafe
l. condition of Barnum's Museum, and
c, the danger to the surrounding prop
v crty from it.
,t Men who slept in the building threw
open the doors opening on Fourteenth
VI street, and two of the performing ell
:. ephants, Jeanette and Betsy, and a
j. camel, walked out. These were the
q only animals that escaped.
Z, The remaining animals, terror -strick-
y ell by the flames sweeping toward
1t their cages, the heat aud the sitting
le smoke, dashed madIy against the iron
% bars that confined them, or crouched
). in the corners of their cages over
come with fear.
II The performing elephant Pedro,
: magnificent specimen of his kind, who
= arrived here only last week from
= Hamburg, was securely fastened by
!, chains on his fore feet. Unavailing
!. efforts were made to undo these, and
!. the keepers were obliged to leave him
= :, to his fate. His trumpeting could be
= heard for a considerable time after the
advancing flames had driven away
$ those who had vainly endeavored to
!, rescue him.
= The folio wing is list of the ami
{ mails burned: elephant, giraffes,
camels and dromedaries, 2 magnifi-
- cent Abyssinian lions, sea lions the
= only ones attached to menagerie),
- white polar bears, 2 Bengal tigers, L
:, African leopard, 1 African ecIan, l
: Asiatic yak, / gnu (horned horse),
J, chacenia Qlfe largest of the baboon
y tribe), the celebrated happy family,
consisting of number tof animals,
among them a raccoon, rat-dog, cat,
and other small animals. aud num-
Der of birds, living together III the
: same cage. A large collection of apes,
" gorfllas, monkeys, raccoons, and small
a animals, pelicans, ostriches, and other
It rare birds; five large anacondas and
o boa constructors in cage.
Or One hundred and fifty persons are
= thrown out of employment.
70 All the performers lost their ward.
N / lrotao and affanfc 4