The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-10
FIRE AND FROST.
Fierce COnflagrati0n This Morn
ing.
Firemen Fighting Flames Through
Snow and lee.
LOSS ESTIMATED AT s4co ,o3o.

A fire that will be placed on record as
big one in the annals of Cincinnati, Oe-
Cured about o'clock this morning, con-
suming two buildings that front five stories
(stone) on Main street, and four stories
(brick) on Hammond street, each. Nos. l34.
1876 and 1873 Main street. partly vacant and
partly occupied by P. Wilson & Sons (Pci-
lock, John A. and Charles p. manufacture
ers of coach and saddiery hardware, car
riage trimmings &c.
On the north of the burning buildings, in
the same block, is the hardware and up
holstering store of J. L. Wayne, Jr.. Nos.
lao and l. ~ Main street. By strenuous efforts
the flames were prevented from reaching
these buildings, but the first building oa
the south, the one occupied by the Com
mercial Bank was injured TO some extent
by the south wall extending between the
two stone fronts on Main and Hammond
streets, falling the great portion OF it out
ward upon The roof of the two story struc-
ture adjoining, and occupied by the COM
mercial Bank, crushing in the roof, and
! throwing its wall in turn outward, the COM
bined masses grazing the side of the Ham
mond-street Station in lis descent, and
breaking in part of the second and third
stories of that building, scattering the
bricks, mortar and pieces of window frame
on the terrified prisoners all of whom were
taken out and under guard sent 10 Central
Station.
1t was one of those terrific flames which
shows the devastating power of caioric. 1t
seemed to defy all human effort to bring ii
to subjection, as if determined to dey0ur
all within lis reach and with ominous
sounds belched forth smoke and flamo
with unimapinable furv
Tho DAMAGE to tho Stat;on-bousa 10 mi
more than S2OO The locality became an
| tire,- too warm for tramps. hundred or
moro of u;hom were spending the night at
the Station and rushed out, making good
their escane
,u, ,,o,ou,sx
Tho ero os 80 f.at obsanna5 hv sor,o..
rhnrutn,, ~ ,naS ot,S."atoJ ~ a. a,Sal'
i;no of a.. aao,as "9 ond -, ,c 5;soon".oa
e - sha aamaS 80 '"J shont;na -" 'hrnno,, ~.
nr.tino He immodioteI'. ] S;s,aIad ~ t5a Grs
tower and undertook to vajI ont the worS
| ofra" on The teleor.nb dial Int was cnn
tinuallv nrevented from az doinp bv the in
terrnntion of idle men Of o,her stat;ons
who were irving to catch the message, Sey.
eraI minutes we're thus lost when the Her-
eeant gave ND the attemnt and ran to Box
248 from which the alarm was turned in.
- The T hotels in tn the % nei~hborhood ' the M st
James and the Henrie Honse were ali ex-
citement, But. az ia not usually tbe case
no one left his apartment en- desbabi,le. or
threw the mirror from the window. but
thew were all M and dressed. ready to ieaye
at moments warning. -
The building now a mass of ruins yaz
built by J. 81. Sleyin. and was formerly
occunied bv Macke, Busbing a Co. " 40
had a fiye.months' lease on The premises
but surrendered to the parties burned out
last night in consideration Of 10 ono
rur ,os.
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Il ~ ls HlinoSsipie to-uay ~ ue'erinine az
curately the loss. 1t has been varlOusiy
stated, but the most reliable information,