Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-21
CINCINNATI.
Two Disastrous COnAagratIOns.
Walls Thrown Down by a Gas
Explosion.
Seven FiEumen Buried in the
Debris.

CINCINNATI, July 2O.-AbOut halEpas.
one O'Clock this morning the building, No.
$50 4th street, near Elm, occupied by
Black & Co.'S printing Office and w. w.
| Donaldson, lithOgraphef, was destroyed 10y
fire, Their joint loss was about $2j, 200.
| AT three O'Clock the walls of the building
which had not fallen from the effects Of the
fire, were all thrown down by an explosion
of gas, and some seven fremen, with the
1 Chief Engineer Megrue, were buried un-
der the debris. Chief Megrue was in the
second story and had just called for a crow
bar, when the explosion occurred. A gen.
eral alarm was given, aud the whole fire
! department was soon on hand and at work
| searching for their unfortunate companions
| among the ruins. At four O'Clock Chief
| Megrue's voice was heard calling
| for help. The fire blaZed up anew
at this time around the buried
| firemen, but the hose was soon brought into
play and the new danger ayerted. At 4:30,
| Chief Megrue was taken from the ruins in
sensible and badly bruised. His injuries
are not thought to be fatal, however. Of
the firemen, Jas. Mccormick, of the FOurs,
was the first to be taken out Of the debris.
He was badly bruised and burned. Il is
feared his injuries will result in death.
Dennis and John POhlman, of the Fiyes,
were next rescued, slightly injured. Capt.
Henry Schieldmyer, of the Tens, 4. S.
Spencer and Richard HOlcOmb, of the
Hook and Ladder Company, fell from a
fve-stOry ladder, but escaped with slight
injuries. Lee SlOcum, of the Threes, is
thought to be fatally hurt. Three men on
the pavement were severely injured from
flying missiles.
The loss at the Fourth street fire this
morning is much larger than at first sup
posed. BlOch's loss Is between S5008O
and 100000; insured for $4,000. W. NJ.
DOnaldsOn's loss is S37,2j0; insured for
81, 800, most of which is in local cOmpa-
nies. TrOunstones' loss on building is
s., 600, fully insured.
Dick Holcomb, of the Threes, was found
dead in the ruins. His body was horribly
torn and mangled, it being broken in two
below the breast. At last accounts Chief
Megrue is doing as well as could be ex-
pected, and his physicians have hopes Of
his recovery. He is wounded in the head
and has severe bruises on the thighs and
legs, but is conscious and resting more
quietly. Mccormack, Of the FOuTs, can
not recover. He had one side Of his face
knocked of, and is injured worse than was
supposed this morning. The rest Of the
injured are doing well.
A DIstIIIery and Four Hundred Bar
reIs OF whisky Burned.
At half past one this morning the distil-
lery Of II. T. Jasper, Covington, KY, was
destroyed by fire, together with three or
four hundred barrels of whisky and two
hundred barrels of malt. Loss fifty thou
sand dollars; insured in Cincinnati COM
panies for S25, 900.
still Another.
The EnqUirer's Springfield, co., special
says fire at Alechanicsburg, early this
morning destroyed eight frame buildings in
the center Of the town. Total loss esti- |
mated at $4,000, with only 81, 400 insur-
ance.
Petition TO ImPeach Mayor johnson.
A petition will be fled in the Probate |
Court tomorrow for the impeachment of |
Mayor johnson. He is charged with vari- |
Gus acls Of omission and commission, chief |
Of which is efforts to control the iabOTs Of |
the police at the last election contrary to |
The law then in force, when he was a can |
didate for reelection. Two Of the parties |
.I,a v,a+ifior, vr-ara ry.ar,barz Of tho