Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-07-17
THE LOUISVILLE FIRES.



Our telegraphic dispatches Yesterday
morning furnishei us with but little con-
corning the three fires viii Il endangered
thu s fety of Louisville on Tuesday night.
The Courier Journal OF Yesterday mOrn-
contains full details, from which We extract
as follows:
Three fires, treaking out almost simulta-
neously in three centers of the business
portion of the city, startled the whole pop
ulation OF Louisville last night, and attract
ed tens OF thousands of people upon the
streets. For time, it seemed that con-
certed attempt had been made to burn
down the city, and an ex raordinary de-
gree OF alarm was felt. Mayor Jacob, act
ing very wisely under the circumstances,
telegraphed to Indianapolis and Cincinnati
for help, and several engines were imme-
diately furnished by the latter city in re-
spcnse, and shipped upon a special train on
the Short-iine road for Louisville.
THE FIRST ALARM.
AT Twenty-Five minutes past nine O'Clock
an alarm was sent in from box No. 3, sit
| uated at the corner of Calhoun and Adams
streets. We understand from the fire alarm
telegraph operators that this, q fase
alarm, was sent in by man who happen
ed to see few sparks ascending from
| Longs chair factory. In the light of subse-
| quent events the statement of this man
seems doubtful. Another report was to
the effect that Sc cond fire had brok n out
| from some unknown cause in the lumber
yard of Charles Long q Bros, chair factory,
on the corner Of Washington and Web
ster stleets, but before the engines arrived
the flames were extiDguished by means of
| buckets Ofwater.
THE SECOND FIRE.
At about fifteen minutes before 10 o'c och,
private watchman James A. Thornton,
while walking his beat on the north side of
| Market, between Sixth and Seventh, dis
covered very bright light in the second
story of Conrad Euhle,'s confectionery, No.
| 22S Market, and in a moment sfLerWard it
was discovered that the building was on
| fire. Thor-ton ran Immediately TO the store
and after forcing an entrance, raE up stairs
ard found the front room, in which was
stored large amount of candles, all ablSZe,
and from appearances the fire originated in
one of the barrels containing candy
and packed with fine shaYings.
| The alarm was sounded from
box No. 81 (csntral station), but before the
engines could be brought out the flames had
spread to No. 227, occupied By Jake
Thorne, dealer in stoves and tinware, and
to No. 81, china and queensware store,
occupied by Charles Rosenheim. Before a
stream of water could be brought to bear
the flames had rushed through the confec-
tionery to the fourth story, and burnt
through the roof of the Louise in the rear,
while dense volumes of smoke and flames
issued from the windows in froEt, and for
some time a serious CoDfagration was
threatened. But The second alarm having
brought several engines to The place. the fire
was under control in few minutes after the
| firemen got to work.
The brightness of e. blaze ard its prox-
unity to the City Hall and the Louisville
Hotel attracted a crowd which poured upon
the street. The blaze and fiery shower OF
sparks, together with the vivid lightning
which at times seemed to pale the TRES,
rendered the scene one of singular terror.
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