Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-06-13


dozen or twenty men rushed in and
commenced to get out the safe, counter
and appurtenances, when suddenly and
without warning to those inside the
back wall and then the front wall fell
out, leaving the two highest walls I'M
supported. The one adjoining the
Office leaned outward and as shrek
went up from hundreds Of spectators,
fell upon the root of the office, crushing
through to the basement and burylng
in the ruins those who had been en-
gagged in the rescue.
One man who escaped with cash on
his forehead, when Intercepted as to
whether any one remained inside, re-
piled that there were a dozen in there,
which number proves 10 have been
nearly correct, eleven bodies having
been recovered, nearly all of them being
fearfully crushed and more or less
burned. At the same time the east
end wall also fell carrying fire into a
wing 10 feet long and so feet wide.
This was also completely destroyed,
together with the engine and boiler
rooms adjoining. The walls fell about
1880, and as soon as possible search
for the missing was commenced, but II
was five O'Clock before the first body
was recovered. During the next hour
eight more were found, and by 1876
twenty others had been taken from the
ruins.
GALVESTON, TEXAS, June Sat
half past three O'Clock this morning q
fire broke out in the kitchen Of the New
York restaWaunt,o on Market street, near
Twenty-second street, and spreading
north and east was not extinguished
until it had destroyed nearly all the
buildings between Market street and
the bay and Twenty-frst and Twenty.
second streets. After consuming &
number Of shops and retail stores on
Market street the fire crossed an alley
and attacked the Grand Southern Hotel
Murphy s. Brockleman's hardware
establishment and several frame build.
ings on the south side Of Mechanic
street, crossing Mechanic street,
the old Washington Hotel. Odd Eel.
lows Hall. Seeligson's bank, the First
National Bank, Marx & Kempner's
wholesale grocery house, Jacobs &
Beckhardt's wholesale clothing house
I. c. Thompson & Co.'s wholesale
drug house, j. S. Brown & Co.'S whole.
sale hardware house, Bartlett & Co.'S
ship stores George Schneider s. Co.'S
wholesale grocery house. All on the
south side of the strand were destroyed
| Crossing the strand L. & H. Blum's
wholesale dry goods house, A. c. Craw.
ford & Sons crockery house, G. Seelig.
son & Co.'S grocery house, Friburg
/ Klein & Co.'s liquor store, D. I. Ayre's
I grocery. the Cotton Exchange ant
other buildings were destroyed. The
total number Of buildings destroyed is
twenty-six, and the loss is estimated al
from two to three million dollars. 1
/ is impossible. owing to the excitement
! and confusion. to get details. 1t is sale
that the leading houses are fully cover.
ed by insurance, Of which only 100000
are in home companies. Eastern ant
/ Northern companies lose heavily. L
& H. Blum lose on stock 100000, an(
on building about s150,000; insurance
about s650,0o0. MAX & Kempner't
loss on stock is about s1Q7 900, and Oh
building so, goo; fully insured.
GALVESTON, June S.-The list o
business losses and assurances by th;i
mornings fire carefully prepared, in
Guiding stocks and buildings at thei
/ present value, shows the aggregate
losses $l.525, 900; insurance sl.299. 600
. Losses not included in this list will not
It is thought, exceed $4,000.
I DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT NEW ORLEANS
New ORLEANS, June 8.-The blocl
Of buildings bounded by Carondelet
St. Charles. Phillip and First street.
has been partly destroyed by fire.
The fire III the centre of the squar
bounded by Carondolet. St. Charles
Philip and First streets. was mostl
confined to back building and small
houses. Loss estimated at $4,000.