The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-07-08
THE DUBLIN BLAZE.


A Superiority OF WHISKY.
HARDNESS OF THE FIREMEN-THE BURNING |
LIQU0R-DRUNKEN sCRNEs-KEEPING BACK |
THE MOB.
A vivid account of the great Dublin fire, |
a brief account of which appeared by cable |
in the Sentinel, Is found in the Manchester |
(EnglaE6 Guardian: The alarm was given |
at the Winetavern street fire brigade Office |
between and 9 o'clock on Friday night. On |
the brigade reaching the scene of the out |
break, a mslt-house in Chamber street was |
found to be in flames. The premises are |
situated in the very centre of q vast range |
of warehouses and enclosed by the |
dwellings of perhaps some of the |
poorest Inhabitants OF the city. The malt |
store, which belonged to Mr. Reid, is sur
rounded on all sides by the extensive |
bonded warehouses of Mr.. Lawless, wherein |
was stored about eighteen hundred pun
cheons of whIskys, brandies, wines, etc.
The arrival of the brigade was too late, and
it is questionable whether their arrival, even
at much earlier period, would have en-
abled them to become masters of the sit
uation, as the flames burst forth with appall-
ing fury. The stores caught fire in few
minutes, and from that moment all hope OF
staying the progress OF the flames was
warehouse, at the southern wing, the blue
| blazing liquid began to issue, and spread
| itself over the streets, running along the
channels and burning everything before it.
The FIRE increased in intensity and fierce
ness and soon the whole block of buildings
| forming the western side of Chamber street
and the northern side of Ardee street
looked like a mass of roaring and leaping
| flames, that threw up huge forked tongues as
| fresh fuel was added by the
1 BURSTING OF THE BARRELS
of liquid with which Tire place was stocked.
At the corner of Ardee street and Chamber
street the house of Mr.. Lawrence Fitzsimon,
| a publican, was swallowed up in the confia-
grafton, and its quota of infismmable liquid
added fresh energy to the flames. Happily,
ltle owner who was an invalid, was removed
from the house to place of safety in good
time, but there was no time to remove
furniture or aught OF the property.
Running along Arden street, and licking
the walls of the houses as it
passed Cd, the burnig liquid sped through
Mill street and Chamber street, and conster-
nation spread on every side. Hemmed in
bv FIRE. apparently, on all sides, the chances
J of escape, either tor the people or their
. bouses, seemed small indeed. A scene o.
, wildpess ensued, men rushing about with
children in their arms, and watching tor 8
e flames into places of safety, while others, in
: then eagerness to save their property. threw
/, furniture and effects out of the windows
! either TO be dashed to pieces on the pave
ment below or burned or charret
$ by the sea OF fire which
9 wruug their hands and seemed Supplied
;, with fear, and had to be carried away forci
s bIy; while even in houses well removed
!, from danger the panic was scarcely less
}, Rooms which had been little models Q
q neatuess and comfort of their sort were in
1 few moments
ToPsY-TURvY,
and the furniture either thrown out into tn
street or piled in proximity to the window
- in case of the necessity arising OF hsvin
- it removed. There were, unfortunatel,
is large numbers of those VIII
Of are ever ready to seize upo
"a such an opportunity for disorder and rio
v and who, darting through by ways an
1e courts, reached the places where the burr
De ing spirits ran in streams along the char
a nels or lay in pools in the street, as yet III
"a lighted and, with their boots and hats col
n. verted into vessels for the occasion, the
"a collected the liquor and drank 1t freel
Mt Some actually lay on their faces and draI
~ till they became ipsensible, reminding OF
N. of the scenes described by Dickens as hs
of ing occurred during the Gordon riots.
at. this state many were convey
es, to the hospital, while othe
TX were still ready to rush forward to Ia
va their places. Tremendous EXPLOSIONS we
,se heard underground, caused by the bnrnlI
,as LIQUOR coming In contact with the gases C
! II lected in the sewers. In Mill street L
he scene witnessed when the liquor pass
nd round the corner from Ardee street can N
re- be we'll described. House after house W
m igpited, the flames passing under the doc
he and through the windows. In this mann
,rd soon one entire side OF the sire
arv was a mass of fire. On reaching the tame
ate the flames burst forth with awful fury, a
rd i'm few hours the skeleton alone remain
mis- of the building. Here the train was stoppt
a and it's further progress barred, for a lar
$40 bank of manure, cinders, etc., was speed
of heaped up across the street, and an inst
of mountable barrier opposed TO it. For
in nately, too, the tannery was isolated,
rof. formed the corner of q street, and
has THE FLAMES
,nd did not stretch to the opposite side. In
, aal dee street and Chamber street the road
in ripped up by the soldiers, and barrica'
yer, formed, which stopped the progress OF
s s liquid, and all further danger. so far as Z
of source was concerned, was at an end.
in bonded stores, however, continued to bis
and the wall fell in with a terrific crash.
one time the scaffolding in front of tbs II
wing, which is now being added to the Coo
Hospital by Sir Arthur Guinness, caught I
and the building was for time IN q
danger, but the scaffolding was pulled 40
rom and the flames extinguished. The mllit