, 1873-04-28
FIRES.
Partial Destruction OF Several Ilcai.
dences Ill tvnalinYtoM--NarEo 1sg-
cnpes.~IznrnfnKs Elsoyvlorc,

E1rlAn1 Destruction OF Several 1tCAi.
donces In EFnahington--Nlrro, 1ss-
capes.-1zurnings E1soxvlhorc.
WAsu1NoroN, April 27.-This morning O fire
broke out in the basement of tho house occ,l-
pied by Pay Inspector J. N. Carpoutor In
Mlsl,aoler ~ row, On Btrcet, botwo9n Seventeenth
s g9 n het nree & pSorH 4S @ tho rnnna Family ere
upper storios, nnd Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter with
difficulty Escaped to tho street, tho latter scream,
Ing for her child, which WIS sloening In tho Man
saTa story Of tho building On hearing her cry,
and plong tho cornco to tho burning dwelling,
burst in window, selzod tho nearly aufrocatoa
Child, carried 1t out on tho roof Of tho no1t
house, and nd, doyoroa t, i to oGlored maan,
Tho, gentleman had hta wrist aoyorely
house waa almost entirely destroyed. It was
tho property Of A. r. shopord, md Insured. Tho
roof Of tie residence Of Col Dom piatt, on tho
west, burning 1t to such IN extent that 1t will
have to bo entiroly removed. That gent1omnn's
library md most Of his furniture woro savod
from tho flames, but some Of the latter WAS in
jurod by wator. He had no insurance whatever
on tho houno md contents Tho flames also e1-
tended to t1o Manaard roomB on tho cast, dan-
aging moro or lcss eight or ton Of them. Tho
most Of tho furniture In tho uppor stories was
destroyed by nre and that below considerably
injured BY wator. Loss OH tho houses compare
lively small, with the exception Of those belong~
Ing to Mr.. Shepard and Col. piatt. Ono
OF tho 9ousoa in tho row was oc-
onpied by Lcut. Wheeler, Of tho United States
Engineer Corps, md "hcre DO and his associates
wore employed completing tho record Of the BUR
yoy made during tho last four years in Arizona,
Utah, and Novada. ALL tho surveying instru-
ments, records. plates, photographs, etc, wero
saved. Harry Ellitt, q young lawyer, whilc o.
eisting In removing furniture from ono Of tho
house, fell through the opening Of window
stairway to the basement, a distance Of about
d foot, receiving serious injury Of tho spine.
MEa1r1l1s, Tonn., April ~ Tie Village Of
Stanton, on tho Momphs l. Louisville Railroad,
YES DESTROYED BY fire lat night Noparticulara.
PATERSON, N. j., April 27.-A fire in tho St.
Charles Hotol, opposite tho Erie Depot, this
morning, completely guttod tho first floor, and
tho whole building was considerably damaged by
tho fire and WAter, a number Of boardors nar-
rowly escaped with thoir liyos by loaping from
the upper Windows upon adjoining buildings. One
man who jumped from the third-atory window
to tho ground waB worry badly hurt. Two women
woro seriously injured, and several flromon ncar-
1y su1Tocated.
0lNc1NNAr1 O., April GA woman named
Jenny Haggerty, a paralytic, was burned to
death in her sleeping room about midnight to-
night. Sho occupied tonemont, tho passage to
which lel through stable loft. Tho stable
burned, iBo1ating her from assistance. Tho
damage to tho property was slight.
Special Dspatch to The Chicago Tribune
LAFAYETTE, Ind, April 27.-Botweon II aud IL
o'clock, last night, fro occurred about two
miles south Of Otis, email station at tho croes-
Ing Of tho L., N. l. G. and Lake Shore Railroads,
in which IN old man agod 70, namod Clcog, to-
gother with his daughter and five children, were
burned to death. The origin of the fire ia not
| known,