The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-18
NASHVILLE DURNlNG.

The Whole city Reported to be In
Danger-The Maxwell House, Amer
lean Newspaper Onice and Western
Union Telegraph Onice burned
communication cut OlT-Assistance
From Louisville.
Memphis, Tenn, May VA IRE at Nashville
this morning buraet the Noel building, In
Guiding the Weslera Union teleg raph office.
Communication with that city is Interrupted.
The fire isreported to bs beyond the control OF
The fire department, and now incujes
four squares,ewi'h The Noel block as the
centre.
Cincinnati, NAY 7.--There ars no wires.
from here TO Nashville bat Lo.,.svlll. has A
wire. The Maxwell house. american news
paper office and Western Unioa Telegram
Office are burned. The mayor of Nashville has
teiegraphed 10 Louisville that there IA danger
OF the whole city burning. 49,
Louisville 10 sending five engines. No fur
ther particulars are obtalnabie just now
Memphis, May 1.-THE manager of the Mem.
phis telegraph olice has been instructed 20
send all spare insiruments and supplies uy the
hrst train to Nashville, as the offie there has
Cil cinnati, o., May IJ.-Priyate sdvice,
from Nashville say the fire has been raging
since 2 o'clock III morning. Reports ui tbs
| lack dehniteness,
A LATRn ACCOUNT.
Nashville, May ia fire, causing loss OF
$500 ,OoO, occurred here at ten O'Clock this morn-
Office In the Noel block, among the fret build
ings destroyed, and cutting on All
comnmunicat,on g. AZ nl by wire The fire commenced
IN warren y BrolheI's paint house. igniting
ana consuming Puiilips and schneider's fur.
nitni store, H. Miller, mattresses. u. Blumen.
| thol, china ware, the Noel block northwest
corner OF Church and Cole streets, valued at
Ghea' u ham me T. 1%s'" pesrc S,se, partly bmrnsd
house, the penitentiary wNerooms, uodickel.
whisky house, NJ. S. llyar, rag house, and
number ot smaller buildings, inc udipg one
half of each OF four squares.
sT1LL LATER.
NashVlile, Vennessee, may 1.-THE fire this
morning W, the most destrnctive that has oc-
CURED In Nashville for many years. Com-
%en''SS Warren 10 s"s ,hs oil sna paint aors
ald Cnurcn strests tnss spread ca rssIas1 MsTssn
north, nn0f,'th, east and west, until thirty -four
SSbsgs front were Wr sSsa Tns
the beautiful new 1u,SSs: oiiSYc:: off''0;66s of ;6ss
Western Union Telegraph Company.
ruined. The fire in this direction, west, struck
across an alley, destroying two old buildings,
occupied as Restaurants and club.
rooms. /, and with great dinoulty tho
saved on the opp siteside Of the same street.
The Wholesale business house Of
Ryan 4 Ryan and Pierce, Hop.
kins& Lawrence adjoining the American ofiics
were destroyed, together with small inter-
vening building, and the roof and cornics Of
the American building were partly burned.
but the main damage 70 the buiidine
and It's contents was from water on machine.
Ty, paper and newspaper files. Sweeping east
along Church street, the fire destroyed bick.
ems wholesale liquor house and
and several other smaller buildings. Moyins
north along College street the furniture houseS
OF Philltm, Schneider Il Atwell, and Bneed. !.
buildings on the weet side Of College sirees.
coupled as a storage room bv
Weekly q Farren, and several
sn,,l.,s, smaller buildings pull were destroyed. The
insurance does not exceed S2O0, ,OO0 -