The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-19

The Whole City Reported to be in
DnDger-The Maxwell House, Amer
lean Newspaper Onice and Western
Union Telegraph Office Burned
communication cut 1H-Assistance
From louisville.
Memphis, Tenn. May VA fire at Nashville
this morning buraeI the Noel building, iG-
Guiding the Western Union telegraph office.
Communication with that city is interrupted
The fire lsreported to be beyond the control of
four squares, s,lwith the Noel block as the
centre,
Cincinnati, May l7..-There are no wires
from here 10 Nashville bat Louisyill- has a
wire. The Maxwell house, American news
paper office and Western Union telegraph
office are burned. The mayor orNashyiile mas
telegraphed 10 Louisville that there Is danger
OF tue who city burning.
Louisville 10 sending Ave engines. No fur
ther particulars are o6tainable just now.
Memphis, May 1.-The manager of the Menu
phis telegraph office has been instructed To
send all spare instruments and supplies ny the
tIsttra to Nashville, as the offie there has
lost everytp ing.
Ci cinnau,, o., May I.-Private advlce'
from Nashville say the fire has been raging
since2 O'clock III morning. Reports Of the
nre are of the most sensational character and
lack definiteness,
A LATER ACCOUNT.
Nashville, May ia fire, causing loss of
$500 600, occurred here at ten O'Clock this morn
ing, taking in the Western Union telegraph
oihce in the Noel block, among the first build.
communication by wire. The fire commenced
in Warren & Brothers. paint house, igniting
and consuming Philips and schneider's iur-
nituie store, III. Miller, mattresses, B. Blumen.
tbol, chlna ware, the Noel block northwest
corner of Church and Cole streets. valued at
$4,000, the American office, partly burn ed,
Chea ham d Pearce, Ryan & Ryan, whisky
hon tbn nanIi Iiant tiar NVaF al
whisky hou'e, NJ. s. Hyar, rag house, and
number OF smaller buildings, inc uding one
half of each OF four squares.
STILL LATER.
Nashville, Tennessee, may J7.-The fire this
morning W the most destructive that has oc-
CURED IN Nashville FIR many years. Com
eneVg Wrrsa in ROs hs oil Snd paint store
d Churcn streets, it spread rapidly
n rth, east and west until THIRTY -four
bull ings were consumed. the new
eight three.story buildings. including
the beautiful new office of The
Western Union Telegraph Company,
with all its valuable equipments. was
ACROSS an alley, destroying two old buildings,
occupied AS restaurants and club
rooms, and with great difficulty the
Maxwell house anu intervening blocks were
saved on the opp siteslde of the same street.
The wholesale business Louise of
Ryan Ryan and Pierce, Hop
klnb ~ LbNTebCS doJoinlhg lile AntJicHn olilce
were destroyed, together with small inter-
yening bnilding, and the roof and cornice of
the American building were partly burned,
but the main damage To the building
and It's contents was from water on machlne-
ry, paper and Newspaper lles. Sweeping east
along Church street, the fire destroyed Dick
eDs'f wholesale liquor house and
warehouses. Cherry, O'Connor & Co.'S,
and several other smaller buildings. Moving
north along College street tue furniture houses
of Phillilt, Schneider & Atweil, aud Sneed,
and a mattrass and can store Joining the
buildings on the weet side of College street.,
coupled as storage room by
Weekly & Farren, and several
smaller buildings were, destroyed. The
estimated loss is half a million dollars. The
insurance does not exceed y2O0,O00.