Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-07
THE DUBLIN FIRE.
HeiHe's Dream AlaOst Realized in the
Streets OF the Irish Capital
Stupefied Women and
Drunken Ken.
Terrific ExplOsiOns-Scenes Of RiIdness
and BeWilderment-A Sea Of
Fire-MilliOns Worth
Destroyed.
Manchester (Engiand) Guardian

Manchester (Engiand) GUARDIAN
DUBLIN, June 20.-The alarm was
given ct the Winetavern street fire-bri-
gade Office between eight and nine
O'clock on Friday night. On the bri-
gade reaching the scene of the outbreak
malthOuse in Chamber street was
found to be in flames. The premises are
situated in the very center OF a 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 surround
ed on 81 sides by the extensive bonded
warehouses of MIR. Lawless, wherein was
stored about eighteen hundred punch
cons of WHISTLES, brandies, wines, etc.
The arrival Of the brigade was too late,
and it is questionable whether their ar
rival even at a much earlier period
would have enabled them to become
masters Of the situation, as the flames
burst forth with appalling fury. The
stores caught fire in a few minutes, and
from that moment all hope of staying
the progress Of the flames was at an end.
Dat from under the doors Of the ware
houee 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
fierceness, and soon the whole block Of
buildings formidg the western side of
Chamber street and the northern side OF
Ardee street looked like mass of
ROARING AND LEAPING FLAMES,
that threw up huge forked tongues as
fresh fuel was added by the bursting OF
the barrels of liquid with which the
place was stocked. At the corner OF
Ardee and Chambers streets the house
of Mr.. Lawrence Filzsimon, publican,
was swallowed up in the cODflsgration,
and its quota Of infammsble liquid
added fresh energy to the flames. Hap.
ply the owner, who was an invalid, was
removed from the house to a place of
safety in good time, but there was no
time to remove furniture or aught Of the
property. Running along Ardee street,
and licking the walls of the houses as it
passed on, the burning liquid sped
through Mill street and Chamber street,
and CONSERVATION spread on every side.
Hemmed in by fire, apparently, on all
sides, the chances Of escaDe, either for
the people or their houses, seemed small
indeed. A scene of wildness ensued,
men rushing about with children in their
arms, and watching for favorable mo-
ment to dash through the blue flames
into places Of safety, while others, in
their e2gerness to save their property,
threw furniture and effects out of the
windows, either to be dashed to pieces
on the pavement below, or burned, or
CHARRED BY THE SEA OF FIRE
which almost covered the streets. The
women wrung their hands and seemed
Supplied with fear, and had to be carried
away forcibly; while even in houses
well removed from danger the panic
was scarcely less. Rooms, which had
been little models of neatness and COM
fort of their sort, we've, in a few mo.
ments, tOp5y-turyey, snd the furniture
either thrown out into the street or piled
in proximity to the windows in case of
the necessity arising of having it re-
moved. There were, unfortunately,
large numbers of those who are ever
ready to seize upon such an opportunity
for disorder and riot, and who, darting
through by-ways and courts, reached
the places where the burning spirits ran
in streams along the channels or lay in
pools in the streets, as yet unlighted,
into vessels for the occasion, they col
lected the liquor and drank it freely.
Some actually lay on their faces and
drank till they became insensible, re-
minding one of the scenes described by
Dickens as having occurred during the
Gordon riots. In this state many were
conveyed to the hospital, while others
were still ready to rush forward to take
their places.
TREMENDOUS EXPLOSIONS
were heard Underground, caused by the
burning liquor coming in contact with
the gases collected in the sewers. In
Mill street the scene witnessed when
the liquor passed round the corner from
Ardee street cannot be well described.
House after house was ignited, the
flames passing under the doors and
through the windows. In this manner
soon one entire side Of the street was a
mass Of fire. On reaching the tannery
the flames burst forth with awful fury,
and in few hours the skeleton alone
remained of the building. Here TIE
train was stopped, aud its further pro-
gress barred, for large bank Of manure,
cinders, etc., was speedily heaped up
across the street, and an insurmounta-
BILE barrier opposed to it. Fortunately,
too, the tannery was isolated, and formed
the corner Of street, and the flames did |
not stretch to the opposite side. la Ar
dee street and Chamber street the road
was ripped up by the soldiers, and bGrri- |
cades formed, which stopped the pro-
gIess OF the liquid, and all further danger
so far as that source was concerned was |
at an end. The bonded stores, hoWev- /
er, continued to blaze, and the wall fell /
in with
A TERRIFIC CRASH.
At one time the scaffOlding in front |
OF the new wing, which is now being |
added 10 the COome hospital by Sir Ar |
thur Guinness, caught fire, and the build !
ing was for time in great danger, but |!
the scaffOlding was pulled down and the |.
flames extinguished. The military pres |
ent included attachments Of the Second |
queens, the Fiftieth, and several COM |
panies.of the Sixth dragons and artil- /
lery, and were under command Of Colonel |
FellOWes, assistant Acknowledgement. A .
of barrels of whisky were /
saved and stored in Cork street, under |
the charge Of military guard, who /
found it necessary to fix bsyOnets in or |
der to keep back the mob. Up to the |
hour of our going to press thiTty-seveD .
houses have been Destroyed, involving a .
loss, it is estimated, OF over one hundred .
thousand pounds. The liquor in the |
bonded stores alone was valued at fifty |
four thousand pounds, This loss is, /
however, partially covered by insurance.
The fire continues to burn, and it is not /
expected to be extinguished for con-
siderable time.
Little Rock Gazette: We are glad to /
greet again the time-hOnored face Of our !
oldest cO-lsbOrer, the Washington Tele- !
OrRnh Nav ia fIItnrp narppr he mnin-