, 1876-03-09
FIRES.

At NEW ALBANY. IND.
New ALBANY, Ind, March 9.-About O'Clock
tbts afternoon tiro was discovered in tho ROOF
Of Dopauw College. situatca at the cast ond OF
tho city, and tho ilancs sooa spread, throaton-
ing the destruction Of tho entifo odlficc,s Tho
promp. arriynl OF tho Firo Department and Nh
hours oarnoat labor got the fire. underi con-
trol, not however, until considerable dam
AGO had boon dono to the building
and furniture, rhero wers about ono hundred
female Btudenta In tho building. SOHO thlety'tive
or forty boarding In tho institution. IlIoy Goon
becn1ne pnuic-striuken, tue boasders rushing to
their rooms. md throwing thelr Trunks and
md from thcnce they rushed from tho building.
almost wild with Alarm but fortunately all osoaped
without Injury. The building u coaBllosablv
damaged, tho ioss eoing esttnatod At $4,000
but ths III ho a0nSssss t'tas1o 0oyer n1noana. Am
rora. Of Cincinnati 8l,2Sos German. Of
Freeport. ILL.,, 3l.3 Farmars' II DroYots' Of
Louisylile. 425oO; Hartford Of Hartford,
st,pSH siapeS.nts' Af Of Nosa,4, Il j.. si,2se Tho
loss on tho furniture iB estimated o. $40, GOO.
Coyorol By insurance Ia the poople'a Insurance
Company Of Memphis. renu.. .si,0oo; ;--mor-
o!sl q IT, Louis 1921 mi,,a,, and psrm44s nef-
Tho building was originally erected In 1853,
uudor tho auspices IT tho Indiana Confer
once ct tho Methodist EpiacopRl Church:
tew yesrs aEo Mr. nSPsaT ynss sndoxod s.,sa
tho cast Wing was orocteu, completing tue build.
| ing US originally Designed. Tho building coat
| al,out eso0, 900. Tho College has for tho past
six years beon IN charge Of proadont HoWley,
/ who will bo losoE by tho fro.
The young ladies boarding In tho building
wore kindly cared for by cur citizons aud their
vants looked after. Tho Hoard of Directors
aud Faculty hold zaoetlnE tonight. and il
onoe mnlo for rebuilding tho burnt portion
OF tho college. We hro unAblo to loar1l whether
thers will bo o suspension otttlo school, but rra-
sumo thas tAoir pupils will be cared for niae-
whore, aud tho school continue until tho 70.
untaucc, and thoir friends Will bo ErRtil!od to
loRrn that thoy aro aaf0 alih thcte integehte
locked aftor by tho Board apl Facu!ty. ILe
students lost portion Of tiiotr ci"sh!nE but tt
what e1tent wo are unabio to lesss!.
4 IN CHICAGO.
Tho alarm from uox. No. 3l1 n 8:45 laEt oven
ing was caused BY tho discovery OF Gro In thI
ouo-ntory franc building Mo. II West Jackson
street, occupied by Jones Il Lauslltn Az stable
md in part by Foley & Dolyer ~ saloon. Dam
aee, s75. Cauge Of fire ard amount OF tnaur
anca unknown.
Tbs alarm from Box No. s27 1t G:15 laat eyen
Ing was ca,laed by tho explosion Of gasoli0
lamp at No. 38i West Polk strcet . two.sta
|
Ford ~ q saloon aud residence, DamaBos nom
inal.
Tlla iosses on tho buildings on south Wato
stfees damaged by tic fro Tueadsy night At
est;1natoi at si,500. Ihoy wera Insured 10 tn
Firo AsaociaAon Of phladelplna, Hartford, an
uortnau American. William Little. bona lot
} el,2ou, fully injured ~ The Manhattan An
Homo Of hoW York. l'eichHaM 4 Go. nt
damaged TO the extel.t ot *2.5o0; injured e
81, ODD in tho Globe. Wayne l. Low lose 1000
Insured for 81, 900 in tha sams company. BIZ
Ooy i Tucker loso $500; insured for e5. DC
10 tho Lancaster, 'Nos1hwestern National, Gil
Western, ~, go eac], IN tho two former al
| el, COO ii lho lat&sr, Porter Il Co. arc dsu1a9o
$500 worth; insured for fG.U00. distributed b.
tween the American National aud it, Paul. IL
iro originated IN tls secoul hocE Of No. l6t
cause not reported.
i The alaEni froua Box No. Byl Ut Aalf-pnst
o'clock was cnnsul by tue discovery Of tlre
!. tho ouo-story frame building Ut No.: ~ IN
' | strtet, owueI aud occupied by MuEt't1 Wancel1
n ~ resiIcnco. Tho cnsinos Gu route ~ the "
t "stuck" iu the saud whieh ptedoullnateB III +!
scc,iou Of tho city, aud soms lelay III their sst'V
waa occasionod. In consequence, ti'o Aain
A ixuItod the huusa &dIoiutng. alto 0Ilo-stp
| franp o1pcl aud occupied bJ pntSlck u Au!Ahe