Smyrna times., 1873-01-01

OF last week T.. II. Barnum museum in New
L ofk was burned, being the third time i'm the
last seven years, losing each time a large and
rare collection of wild animals and MANY
interesting curiOsities. The largest of the two
elephants, also the baby elephant and the
dromedary were saved. AS to the other
animals, the carnlvOra and monkeys were in
all probability Smothered before being burned,
as they cried but little. The giraffes. the
other elephant, and the camels did not fare So
well Stupehed by the smoke and paralyzed
with fear OF the fire they huddIed together as
.hS me names reached them, and one by one they
feli INTO the fire, and for several mnntes stru1.
gled frarfully against their fate.
Inc destruction of the Tabernacle, in Brook
IIyn' n. Y, the church of the celebrated Rev
l. De ut IaImage, took place on Sunday
week he Tabernacle was erected in 1870, at
cost OF $4,000, and, being built of corrugated
ron was regarded as fire-proof The church
was enlarged in 1871 SO as to seat q. 100
persons. For it Vas purchased the Boston
coliseum organ, the largest instrument in the
country. The estimated losses are on building
SIo'OOO, organ $l0,O00 furniture $lO,OO6,
total $4,000; insurance on building $3O,OOO'
furniture $4,000. 'O''O'0'
The Centre street Horror" comes next
On Tuesday week fire on Centre street. New
York. DESTROYED the six-story brick building
occupied by the New York Newspaper Print
ing Company and others. The flames spread
so rapidly that the employees of the establish
ment were unable to save their rerson,l
property. and thirty eight young women
employed in the upper stories who fed down
the staircase and by the fire escape when the
alarm was gwen, were more or less Injured
ana hve OF them cannot be found
On Monday week the greater portion of the
business part OF the town of Helena, Arkansas.
was destroyed Loss $4,000. On the same
1ay the business portion of the city of Portland
oregon, was burned, causing loss of $3.50. 600
AT,S0' on the same day, a large carpet mill in
MA Ia was destroyed, causing loss of $50 900
On Thursday, after Christmas, six fires were
reported. The destruction of some Lrae
factories in New York loss 5000. 900. Fire
IN Cairo, Ill, $4,000; one in Troy, n. Y,
$1,000; one in Boston, $2j 600. and one in
Louisville, r., where barn and twenty horses /
a ana Slelghs, belonging to dancing party were
burned. P'' WIZ
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
terrible accident occurred at CORY. Pa.
on Tuesday before Christmas. A pas.enper
tram, with 40 passengers, was thrown from n
tresscl bridge. Almost immediately the cars
TOOK hre, the passenger coach burning at both |
ends. The fames were steadily gaining and
The shrIekS OF the imprisoned victims were
appalling. Now and then rope was put
through crevlce, fastened to a form and
pulieq out Dy main strength. Sometimes it
would be lifclcss body, and charred arms
egs or head would drop off in the struggle
10 three or four instances the head was thus
eParated from the trunk, and in many more
asses the body was bereft of its limbs The
'ouy OF a lady was thus secured, the head and
me arm Swapping Off The otler arm WAS
KID glove covering the hand and
N her hnger were jeweled ornaments Il is
imposed that IN addition 10 the bodies recoy-
req number OF others were consumed in the
'urnlng car, and nothing but the blackeDed
,ouleS VIII be discovered. Adding these TO
ne number injured that will die The to,.l
lumber Of lives lost will not fall short of thrtv
On Tuesday before Christmas, the rear car
! an express train was thrown from the track
bout eighteen miles north of IndiananoIis
nI twenty persons We're more or less Injured.
nd three were fatally hurt
OTHER ACCIDENTS.
A most terrible accident occurred at vii. /
amsport, Pa, on Christmas night. bv The {
iVlng In OF the floor of the Baptist church of a
nat city, durlog Sunday School celebration. It
ONE 5Oo men, women and children were o
resent. The ceremonies had been Inaugural
"a, and gifts had been brought in and the n
1lidlng was brilliantly Illuminated. The a
ldresS was concluded, and then came this dis. "
lOutlon OF presents. AT this moment the a
'or gave way and let the congregation down y
the basement below. When the crash cane :,
lere went a wall Of mangled humanity that '
used the blood of all fairly to curdle. Chill =
eh wildly shrieking for their parents, the y
oans OF the wounded and dying filling the air y
th amentatiOn and distress, MANY beneatb u
g tlmbers crying in the name of God for r
lverance. Fourteen were killed, and from n
rty to fifty wounded. '''"' = =
The heavy weight of snow on roofs broke
EN- IN 10 two or three instances, in PhiIa.. "
q a number Of pcrsons were thus ininred a,