, 1875-06-14
Details of tho Great Petroleum
Firo Near Fitts''urg Sat-
llrtlny Night.
An '.hrea Of Ton Acres Covered with
0leaginous Flames.
Tho loss Of Two Firms Believed to 10
Fully 100000
Another Ql-Tank Struck by Lighting
and 10000 uallcns Of Oil Lost.

SffclaI Ufhrnteh n Tie LHlefao 7FtbfiHf. /
.prusnuuo, ID, Juue 13.-Tl.o, faoss ,t4lo-
gtapfied Of ycatcrday's fro were Incomplete, and
tho deatrucsiou was inorA terrible by far than TO-
ported. Tho fact that Tho Ase bnrt,od nll night
and tlat S6ur coEfcspondent was tsanble TO-
gather factB IN time, an It whn 8 tnilea 10 tho
telegraph ollico, delayed tLe pntticu1nry. About
half-1nst19 O'Clock: yehtertlay afternoon word
Was hent to tho oity that a fro raa t4gtng ut
Lockhat. 4 frou's relincry ,pt Ncgley's 1lun.
Tliis is out Of tho limits ot tho city. Fonr
nteaners wcre Dispatched to tho sccnc. Thin ro-
tncry Is probably tho largcst In tho country, ut
east In thB s6ut:bnl lSeasosly had tho Department
gono on srtcial cars via tho Atoghonoy Valley
Nailroaa. ore word wna so,,t tas ti.aapntr,,cIspn
would 10 complete t,nloea assistance arrived ut
onee. When / came o1, tho ncoljc, tho pieht was
foarfnlty grand. There vevo four tanka Of largo
earacity. ,holSing each 1o,9oo barfeta,, sitnatsd
III tho rhylne 1t tho Foot of hill. Tho tcrond,
known ns' Nd q Ind caught, anfl IL at ploled,
spreading tho fiery fluid to tho otIors+ Tho
amoko ehot 'rn lkep f.irionh mountain, willie
tho f!ames flashed high iuto tho lcaycrH, spread
ing destruction In Its every patti. Ono after
another tbs tanks butetel, ancli, sending now
destruction forward down tho valley. Tho burn-
Ing torrcnt loft tho ,cnEinos and their workers.
powcrleHs to AID. Nlrious!Y tho, tiameH ragged.
Tho Leat bocatno 30 intonso ~ to DO unl,carablo
for any persona within 500 feet After tteKo
tanks Lad gouo tho aanles communicated 10 task
No. I, owned by Gratt, Bennett d Co. ThlH con
tanned 10000 barrpla Of petroleum.: anil tla
Heotbiug mass ran down into clearinghouse.
Which sopn fell ready prey 10 tho devastating
1nid. On, OF, tile 1ames sped, grow
ing larger and larger, until now, when
it !. Lad ,Erown dark, The Fly was
lighted MP brilliantly for miles aronnd. aud ro-
rnErdod your correspondent Of that, fearful
October ui8ht in Chiosgo. The wind waH high,
amt tho comhnatible uatlro OF tho tluil tended
| to foed tic tln,nch.
AN Awrr1. EXPLOSION AyEnTrp.
Another horror was ptcseutcI.. Up tho rayino
| stood hugo tank. It contained $4,000 barrels
Of bouzfno. Once In wllilo iso would be car
ricd to It, but. fortunately, 1t l not IAN proy,
! and 60 an explosion was ayerted. HUMAN hand
| was unnb!e to check tho destruction. he ootn-
| p}cto refinery wnH NOW up fire, AMI tic mnre-
llouacs surrounding, 1t wns. soIf-ovident, would
soon Euccumb III TIM general rum that wua bciny
| wrought. Soon eight tfarec-Btory frame dwelf-
'lngs wore burning. Then, cano tho thtno largo
warehouses; storad wtsh oil. Tl,en followed tic
roopar-a4op, tho l;ssillato, aud twolYo Flnallot
tnnka. containing III vii over ~ 900 barrals OF OIL
Thousands ot people hurried T. the secio, at-
trnctotl by rho 1nriti blaze which bedecketl tho
-aky: By6 o'clock this mnrniug tho tlamoa hat.
faleb, having, destroyed ayorYthiuE axccpt tho
bcnzlno tauk. which fortunately waa out VI their
reach. ...
+. Rfcsara Lochhnrt & IteW IRE very heavy los
ors.o Tbelr rotiuery wss most cainploto an,
lnrgo.:: II iY = t!rsn that stands llt', but tNis
Their loss on so,600' barrels nt' oil-
tanks, refinery, threo 'warnhouHrs, cooper shop,
uD0 empty bAtrely, tllBalllat0 tank. and eight
| dwellings, canupt fall Short Of 1900 0UO Their
4 bloachfnK 1louas which WAS vatuou 1T eco, 900,
4 waa luaurcd for 913,HQ1. Their dwellings, Ind
other property wero also insured for Hi;D 600 os
S7U 000sn alt: This II scattered through Hartford
] Now York. rhitsdqlphla,. Wtssbur4 ana foreign
compnnips, In lnes. of 81, 900 oael. Graf. Ben.
nett i Co., who owned Tic tank known AZ No. l.
a. fo!loms: Nlagara, uofIna,,-A American: ant
Holman, Ut kow York: Noyal,, Ga.tadn Weat'
cru and Armenia, Ut PlstsI,Hr4, cacl f2,bo2i
and tho Fssn:h CorppraslM ! Paris, ffauto
*5,G0O. Tho total loss. Ut IL ne.H ostlulato, Will
not fall short Of &40U, 900. About u utros wcro
burned oyer. = :! ~: - vi :
=, -. ANOTHER EkTIm1rE. ,,s.s
1 T., (Toths 1sIettattd i,ytss.l
II is now ostitnat at that tho laFa by tho f1ro q
tho brilliant on Works yesterday .srt
-lsat night viii amount to ;from s1s5, ,b0|
about. thirty dlffolsnt companies, home and for
eiEp, the iarEest amount IL any QUO company
+ not c1ccoding e5,G0O. Tho refinery bnIldinj
proper, with nearly ali the machinery cor
.dcnserB, agitaturB, etc., nrn uuin ju.ed. TIL
scone OF tho oontlagtatiou was yisltsa so<day by
thousands 9 Of people. :. :, 80 !,