The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-09-12

pers3nhweretbsstsh Daripg the night
armed policemen patrolied the streets.
There wefe thFes railway accidents in
England yesterday. The alarming fre-
quency OF disasssrs Of this oharaeaer OF
late .has. heenitha subject Of much COM
mHnt. tA.R Rhis Informing, a'riumber of pa
pers called upon, tha Government to in.
terfeTe, end compel the managers of
roads to adopt more stringent measures
for the prevention,of accidsntsin future.
Ef4DRID, 6epss:Aber 11:-Senof Sal
merop. in his speech on taking the chair
as President of the Oortes, urged the
deputies to give their undivided sup.
port to the administration of Senior Cas-
telar.
A serious riot broke out. several days
ago, in the vicinity of Madrid. Troops
were sent to the scene of the disturb
ance. and restored order; not, however,
before they had fred upon the rioters
and killed eight of them. s
E "a Tole4raphlc-AmefIca Matters.
BALTIMORE, September 1O-Mid.
night. AT half-past 2 O'Clock, this
morning, the alarm Of fro was sounded,
and in few minutes volume OF fame
burst from the Holiday Street Theatre,
enveloping the building in mass of
fire. The flames poured out simultane-
ously from the root and upper windows,
and before the steamers got to work it
was evident that the old Holiday was
doomed to destruction. In less than
ten minutes after the alarm sounded the
central portion of the city was lit up as
by great calcium light. Up Licking
ton street to Charles, on Monument, on
Baltimore, from Frederick to Charles
and Calvert. as far North as the North
ern Central depot. the reflection of the
lurid flames was 80 intense as to create
: the impression that q general conflaora-
ton bad begun. a deluge of flaming
cinders rolled up from the burning mass
and was borne by gentle breeze from
the Northeast into the very heart of the
city, q distance of five or six blocks.
Over the roofs of the Sun, American,
Gazette and Western Union Telegraph
offices and adjacent buildings great
blazing cinders rained down q sheet of
hre. Many awnings of stores on Balti-
more and South streets caught from the
hery showers and embers, and at 8
o'cl00k thase streets were brilliantly
illuminated by che burning canvas, add
ing e01the general Consideration. In
the meantime the .engines began work
With sRn abundance Of water and the
fremAn worked with q will and determi.
nation to'quenoh tie flames. The FIRE
had already communicated to the roof
of the st. 4Nicholass Hotel, adjoining the
theatre on, the North, and to the large
brick building adjoining it on the South,
and also to the factory Of Frey, Walpert
g. Co., in rear of the theatre. The en-
tire fire department. was vigorously at
work. bgtyail their efforts to save the
theatre we're nnavAiling. Shortly after
3o'clock the. roof fell ip, and at 4 only
the. bare. walls were lett standing. The
theatre aud some adjoining property
was purchased three years ago by John
7. Ford, manager, for $l0O, 600. The
damage by fire will reach about $40 900,
or. which there is an insurance Of $40.
600, principally in city companies.
The st. Nicholas Hotel, adjoining the
theatre on the North, is a large four
etory building. W. B. W. Earl, proprie-
tor, patroniZed almost exclusively by
actors and actresses performing in the
Holiday, Front aud Baltimore Opera
Houses, almost fifty OF whom were in
the building at the time OF the fire.
The rear portion of the fourth story was
entirely burned and the lower floors de-
luged with water. Many of the guests
were forced to escape with nothing on
but their night clothes. Some of the
actresses lost their wardrobss. watches,
money, jewelry, &c., but many of them
succeeded in saving their effects, which,
with the furniture of the hotel that was
rescued from the flames, was piled ia the
streets: Mr.. Earl estimates his loss at
about $40, 900, and gives the insurance
as follows: franklin, of Philadelphia,
$500; Pennsylvania, of Philadelphia,
$4,000; Westchestor, of New York,
$4,000; German, of Baltimore, 50, 500.
Total insurance, $40, 600. The building
was owned by VIM. J. Albert, of Balti-
more city. The Baltimore City College,
adjoining on the South, had its roof
burned and upper floor burned and the
whole building damaged with water.
Ihe first floor was occupied By the
Baltimore School Commissioners, and
the second and third floors by the Balti-
more City College. The damage to the
books by water is estimated at $4,000.
The f9rniture and carpets were also da-
mayed. The loss on the books, furni-
ture. &c., amounts to $4,000. The
building was owned by the city and was
not insured. The mattress aud curled
hair factory of Frey, Walpert & Co., 27