The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-04-14
DIUASTROUS FIRES & STORMS
The Southern Hotel, ST, L9llS, in Ruins.
rem Persons Burned to Death.
Great Destruction at OOnstantinople.
WoOlen and Iron Mills Burned at Patterson.
4 HOUSES DESTROYED At POMtROY

Retween one and two o clock on Wedhes
dax morning the Southern Hotel in st. Louis
44ns discovered to be on fire. The flames
nnrend rapidly aud the building was burned
x The ground The loss of life is still I'M
known At first reports placed 1t as high US
ano huudred then il was decreased to hityi
and now but ten names can positively be
given as those of the dead Still the number
l,ust be larger than this. II is not yet posi-
Z Bile 10 search among the smoulderlng runs
for bodies, and in the excitement and contu
sion peoplc are missing whose fate is not de-
formined. The scenes Of suffering and death
were appalling. Kate Claxton had as narrow
An Escape as at the Brooklyn Theatre fire.
The hotel was valued at about Sl,O00,OOO and
the Insurance foots up about half that much.
The fatal casualties may be increased by
the death OF two or three Of the wounded who
are not likely to recover. A large force ct
wofkmen is engaged in clearing away the
debris. No doubt the skeletons of a few un
recognized persons will be found in the ruins.
This appalling calamity has created great
panic among the boarders aud guests in the
Chicago hotels, and "hre.escapes" are the
order Of the day.
LoNpoy, APRIL ia FIRE at STEAMBOAT on
Tiesday night destroyed between three hun
drtd and FIVE hundred houses. 1t originated
IN the Greek quarter at about eleven o clock
III hight, and rapidly mounted the hill. II
vas only extinguished on reaching the Turk
1sh ouarter at the summit. No public build
inns were destroyed. Several firemen were
5ninred but no loss Of life has yet been ascer'
tained.
PArrERsoN, n. j. APRiL l2.-This morning
4 Gro broke out in the dye house of the Hamil'
Ion Mill, owned by solomon Bachman, Of New
YORK;. II was one of the principal wooden
shaw mills in the country. The burning
ehemicals ran over the ground, communicating
ffre 10 he main building. In one hour the
xntire establishment was in ruins. The Dan
forih Locomotive Works took fire, but the
iiaunes were promptly extinguished, The
hamilton Mill was very busy, and large
numbcr of hands were employed, all OF whom
escaped. But little stock was saved. The
loss on the building and stock is nearly
&loO, 900 Partially insured.
CIScIxyArI, APRL l2.-At Pomeroy, Ohio,
iAst night, fire broke ont in the wareroom
ofD. Gryer 4 Son, situated in the main bus
Ines portion of the city, and spread rapidly
Ii eyery direction, and was not checked until
lwenty.fiye business houses, offices and resi-
dpnces were destroyed. The total damages
hta low estimate will reach 100000. The
Masonic Lodge lose about $4,000 worth of
fixtures.
The American Knife Company's factory at
N0rthfeld, Conn, was burned on Saturday
night The loss is not stated. One hundred
reasons are thrown ont Of employment by
this fire.
An Atlanta dispatch reports that three ne
gioes persisted by the burning of Coyers jail,
Georgia. The negroes were in the Jail dun
geon Every effort was made free to them
The Eagle Paper Mills, in SufReld, Conn,
were burned on Tuesday night. The Custom
House block in Clifton, Ont, was burned
"Wednesday morning.
The gale which set in at Norfolk aud For.
trese Monroe on Sunday night and lasted
forty eight hours, was the seyerest ever known
in that section. At Cape Henry the wind blew
sixty-iive miles an hour for thirty eight hours
continuously, and at Fortress Monroe the tide
was the highest for fifty years. The Signal
Service telegraph poles along the coast were
ieveled aud washed out to the sea, and the
Winter Quarter Shoal light ship was driven
from her moorings and forced to seek shelter
Va Hampton Roads. An unknown vessel
vent ashore near Lynn Haven Bay, and most
Of her topmasts, yards and rigging are gone
An unknown schooner is also ashore two miles
sonih of that point A German vessel and n
Norwegian bark, both laden with petroleum,
were driven ashore in Chesapeake Bay, the
isst near Crumps Head, the second Green
Hili and both will probably be total loss.