, 1877-09-26
List Of Models Which Have Been
Entirely Destroyed.
A 500, 900 Fire at North Lam
sing, Mich.

from, the soaking Of water through all tho heavy
floors and arches Tie floor of the great NIT
seun1 rests on heavy and very thick
brick arches, and tln Glliag be-
tween these arches 10 brick. This
Immense mas Of masonry seems to hare soaked
up many tons Of water, and during the night It
had pcr1ncatcd cvery portion Of It, ailI thia
morning many rooms which were dry several
hdufs after the fire were flooded. Aside from
tho da,na1e which this Is doing In 1ooscning
plastering, It Is found tl,ot the wails and ceilings
arc 50 thoroughly saturated that It wilt not
be safe for clerks 10 work in those
rooms for manY weeks to come.
This and the work OF rcpairs together will neccs
state tho practical abandonment Of all the
rooms on Tho west and north fronts OF the
building. Thees are now chiefly occupied by
the Land aud Patent Offices. The prcacnt plan
is to novo the Indian OlIIcc 10 another building,
and pfvc tha eost front. which IA arr. To tho
1nr5.nfa' - .frco -. -ecor,,s mr. of norc i'm.
i'a'!o-oA.es 9'1e' ~ 'eso'ua A.e . ~
iore for ID desirable 70 keep them ia tho
}rc-proof mart Ut tho building. As
one item at ila recort1s there arc G5.O{U large
~. Ss1.,, 80 .....,ns. st,,s. ~ III f.na. .,1d
.o'lo so,umea eontanloe .N'es u al !anas soiu
or ccded since tic Government was cstan'ishea.
estimated, but examinations have not vet been
tnorovrf, c1n,,11, to f,n,sh the estimates. The
U .ra ~ ~" a1,e.,ar 's ~a1. .hov. tIttie dam.
mafbte OF tHe e1tcHos WINS s"o"s little aaai' ~.
ngc, and It is still believed that no general dis
tusbance will be necessary. Tho brick backing
70 thcaa walls Ia two feet In thtekpeu,
w., ~ a., ,,,rao, =, r.na,. ond t,s ,n.ted,f
which fed it was 70 quickly consumed that tho
wallis did not become badly heated. Some Of
Sootn a,sa, oA ~ ~ - "Sss ~ .no-, oro .o,uo.
cracked, anu some o1 them afo some-
what SPRUNG ana some Of tnc nree.secs -
but @ the exterior ~ wal,s s viii have to come out
ao"n 70 tue nAn noos. tne 81, a'e+ eGp w.a -, ~
10 put on tcmpo',s5 loo', ano ptopoaus , VIII
An examination Of the point wners tho fire
was s.opPeu wv, w. 'no soa.a pa.s ,s.,,., " ma.a
wuneT thu. hut Il tae p fo ~ss checked 1T s ras
seems to be ali thai enabled the
arcinen TO beat back the aatncs from TUG light
ang ~ n9s sT Q, 1 sto1a aa Seh serc ns
here iuiy expossd 70 tao names' , saad tnese &c
Into the model sases .! sl!c eoat 'front.' 1 ad
tlle great mass q .nooe9 esoHaeu among .hen ~
The interior q ule oanalhg aown 70
tho t!oor ot the MUSEUM would
have been 1ncs1tapsc IL - "a very
general remark tllat, since no valuable records
destroyed, y !. well that Tue nfe took psagc,
sincc i might bare occurred hereafter at night
or undsf sash circumstances , eI stosm Or VIM ~
SaanE ID neSs seVssse sas tue '0' Of
nae actalls Of tho lossGa afe uescf1oca IN M tne
following reports: The oafiec q tue
Chicl ur1aaghtsmah 1.,! sne moat omaa IN
poFtant uissl6h IN shc fAtent O'uce,
| fOF Inc Tc1&11 tHnt II flAf4lQ$ flt01 {EEofu1
q that 6Eaueh OF tue PUBLIC sGrs!eo. m 1'afinnG
tho excitement o. yesterday ~ ii!e @ ~ xa!uane afI
recoras wSfo G 81 5emesSa including a ~. @ nlea
m nro@i.eaeusly SCATTERED ] throughout tls @ squares
adjacent % az Patent oileo building. ,,
secrctafy schnFs called upon tho Comma.
atonsr OF Patents iate thts aitctnoon iof report
b1feaa. Ihc chiel dtnuEhtsalan, u " report
says that y hts room tl,cru were ~ ta!ios eon, q
tuning :l!r@I3 original drawings; toas y !:
o'clock o ~ so-iay y ~ o. d., theac a,c., 1ol'oe +
the proper a. cla@scs , 70 which = he,
ranged In thelr proper oF,sf il. ths III alj9n
ss' .sa !xsx q !. sts sta ss'iSs es os
twenty m original drawings " wcte e destroyed by tln
ife' Ihs latter were III inc ha!lus ot lou5
tracsrs n the modetroom: III Iho Written seeona,
sp ea.s. %sa ia e 1aoeIaoo e
the purpose OF having the models belonging Y
tlcIn identified, Of course wera destroyed. hu
: fortunately theI had been pnoio-lithoEraphat
before being sent to tao fnodel-fuotn, a1id ar
, ttA Fe!urc safe.
The fatcntrO O1lce, however. will probably b
| compelled u isa own expense 70 make ncs
. | drawings. Tho tnodct-room, which u next II
importance TO that OF tue chief lraughtssnan
! Jared much worsc. The chief Of IL
mole}:room reports tonight that, in tn
> west hall. whrro tho hlo began, there wcr
/ elghty-folr cases OF models destroyed; In tn
: n6rth hall c!ghty-elght cnbcs and about ono
! quarter Of tho models were destroyed. It va
I readily asccrtaIucd hy tho chief. as ho ha'
| III each ease, Including tho number an' a1n
. | kiud ol modcla ~ eaeh eheH. II
, reports o7uD % 1he entM9 numne
1a,,sls "ns}r .rd T. w,ti =. sre,, thu
, | tiay embfaco some Of lis most valuable inTen
! tjons now II usc: All agricultural Implements
except few harye.tesa and seed.plantsfs; tn
psspafatlon o. pIoue1s: ra,a,, pGrs a s
! not,inS E,tracI,sp' w" l,LIrcs. % san.tans M, m
) | windjasses. fenecs. dairy.crindipg mills, au'