Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-05-21
NAsHvTLLE's GREAT FIRE.
$500, 900 Worth Of Property De-
stroyed.
THE GAINESVILLE ENGINE TELE-
GRAPHED FOR.
Special to Courier-Journal.

kDOWu III lHlS CITY OCCU1ICO 1ilio
morning. A few minutes before 10
o'clock, an alarm sounded from box
No. A, and all the engines in the
city were on the spot in a few Sec
onds. The fire was discovered to
be- in the large paint and oil house
of Warren Brothers, corner of Coll
lege and Church streets. 1t origi-
mated in the cellar, and the propri-
etors and employees barely had time
to escape before the flames burnt
through and enveloped the whole
house. Everything was lost, includ-
ing books, valuable papers and cash.
The stock was valued at $60, 900; in
surance $40, 900. The fire extended
to the wholesale whisky house of
Geo. A. Dickie & Co., and entirely
consumed it. This house was on
the corner of Market and Church,
east of Warren Bros, and commu-
nicated the flames to the hide and
feather house of Shyer Bros, thence
to j. A. BANDS stable, North Mar
ket street. On account of the wind
blowing in a contrary direction tire
flames were arrested here and the
stable saved. During this time the
destruction was progressing on
Church and College streets. The
flames from Warren & Bros. fired
the house of Cherry, O'Connor q
Co., southeast corner of Church and
College,; Ryan q Ryan, southwest
corner, and the Western Union Tel
egraph Office, southwest corner; all
were totally destroyed, and the loss
to the telegraph company is greater
than can now be estimated. All
the valuable records and fine instru-
ments were burned ; also the con-
tents of the District and General
Superintendent office. Manager
Fisher succeeded in saving the con
tents of his safe, but in doing SO got
severely burned. The fire contin-
ued in a southwesterly direction and
entirely consumed the Noel Block,
just completed, and valued at $685.
600, insured for $50 900. The tele-
graph Office was in this block. The
other buildings destroyed were
Chatham, Pearce d Co., wholesale
liquor house; loss, $40, 600; insur-
ance small. Atwell q Sneed, fur
niture, everything destroyed; in
surance about tWo-thirds. G.
Blumenthal, glass and ehinaware;
Phillip Schneider, furniture, entire
ly burned; loss not known. L. Mo
ses, upholstery; j. Batter, second
hand furniture, Wenseler's board
ing-house. Joseph Zanone's gaming
house; w. H. & G. M. Duff's paint
shop; w. S. Rawson, carriage man
ufacturer; Patrick Sloan, black
smith. The Noel block was occu-
pied by the telegraph company,
Parks & Coldwell, Insurance agents;
MOZART Bros. d Eastman, insurance
agents; and the southern School
Agency, all of whom lost to some
extent. at one time it seemed
that the Daily American office
would be burned down in spite of
all efforts to save it. 1t was burned
considerably and damaged to the
extent of several thousand dollars.
1t was owned by George E. Purvis
and valued at $4,000; insured for
$1,000. The American Publishing
Company lost very considerably,
but will issue a paper to morrow,
as usual, but not from the same
building. When the fire was at its
height, the appalling announce
ment was made that the water sup
ply was exhausted. The engines
at the Water-w works have been out
of repair some time, and although
there was enough water in the res
ervoir TO keep up the stream, it
could not supply all the engines
constantly and they frequently had
to stop. kilograms were sent to
GAINESVILLE for an engine, which
was put on the ears and brought
nearly to the city but when inform
was sent back. kilograms were al
so sent to Louisville to be in readi-
ness, and the track was kept clear.
that the engines might be sent here
in three hours time. These pre-
cautions were necessary, as it was
feared at one time that whole
blocks would be swept away.
The roof of the Maxwell House
caught fire several times, as also
the adjoining buildings. Several
small houses in the rear of the
American newspaper Office were
burned down and others damage
the amount of which can not
be known for several days.
Several firemen and others were
injured by the falling debris, but
it is not known that any one was
killed or injured seriously. AS
as the Telegraph Office was de-
stroyed, the matter of sending dis
patches became a serious consider
alton. The Banner had no Associ-
ated Press to-day, and the Ameri-
can will doubtless have very little
tomorrow. Manager Fisher had,
however, arranged a wire before 6
to connect north, and dis
patches were flying thick in that di-
rection.
The fire began at 10 o'clock and
continued furiously until half-past
/. AT that time the firemen had
it under control and soon all danger
was passed, though the engines con-
tinued to throw water until nearly
The loss is estimated tonight at
5000, 900; the Insurance amounts to
about $225, 600. R.. G.
sTEALY's ACCOUNT.
NASHVILLE, May lit was a
bad old fire, the like of which was