The Panola weekly star., 1883-10-13

Total Destruction BY rirs NJ the rittsbnssk
Eupositisn BaiIdinGs n peIiliss DeIIsr's
worth es Property Csnsuws<--s1sch sf
the I.oss Of Treasured llsiies Irsspssasis.
PSrTxnuRau. PA, Oct .
Tho magnificent buildIngs Of tbs Pitts
burgh, Exposition Society on ths north
bank Of the Allegheny River havs been TO.
tally destroyed by nrs Ths immsnss
ttruciar.s, with their almost endless vsri.
ety Of exhibits, Illustrative Of every branch
Of art, science and mechanical skill, which
were yesterday visited by thousands Of
people, and since the opening on Eeptsm-
Der 0 by hundreds OF thousands, Il now =
mass of splintersd and powdered embers
and curied and tangled Iron. The dsstruc-
iIon is complete. and nothing but the sIts
remains of tho home ot the specimens Of
brain aud brawn In which PittxbnrRhsrs
felt 90 much pride. Tho hre was hr~t de.
covered At two o'clock this morning In tbs
boller.rcofn attached ~ the machinery hall
IL the south end of tho building, and bsfore
the watehman could give nm alarm the
flames hsd sprrad 20 the norai hall, ma
cbibsry hall and The main buIldInx. and In
less than ten minutes the buildings wers on
dre from end 70 end.
WHOM the rrs Department arrived on
the grounds the flames were b~yond con.
troll. Tho firemen turned thcIr stteasion 70
saving the adjacent property many rvsi.
dences on South avenue being h flames.
ny hard work, however, they succesdsd In
saving all those. with no mors damage
done than the burning of fences and
cornices. The alarms soon aroused almost
the entir. population of two cities. and n
IL estimated that not less than from 5s,op
10 10000 peopis witnrsssd Ne con naKra-
Zion. The reflection Of the nsmes iiluminst-
ID the country for miles around. making
possibls the reading of W nnsss nsws.
paper print. In one hour from TIE discov.
sry Of the nrs nsrs attsusassd ukslston
Of The once magnificent structure was I'll
That ives len. No<hIng vas saved. Nh
msrous theoriss - v NJ virgin ~ ~ nrs
havs been advanced, but % Ter noss u
them havs fallen 20 the eround. u 4
known 70 have started IN The boiler kouss.
and may havs been caused BY spark from
tlls furnace or the accidental ignition of
soms contiguous substance from gas ~
len burning In tbs boiler hcass. ne loau
will probably reach fI.ooofp. gecspsary
pattsrson pIsres ~ vslne 81 ~ building
destroyed a. $50 40. The insurancs ulooo'
Tbs sxhibItprs will sustain loss d about
$4,000.
; An irrepesabls los, howeves, uas occs.
sionsd by the desfructlon of w rpIir Aepart
u<ni. The cash vafne u NJ nF>1ciGs conl
tainsd shsrrin did not sxces1 Q1o1r1 ~
many ran pot y replscs4 4 ~ seeea
vas Arabian, ~ nfu1 I1euuDrotve esef run
In ths d nifed Hlalss. u ~ aisD desospYed.
and ne Great wsssesn nan1 ooso vllh Z
full ~ of splsndid ins(uneuos- n NJ
safe wsrs <8gp0 cash vscsip(s Fu4 yesepr
DAY submissions and Invy's eoI1 eorne4
ne sslssdsncs Il ~ ExpSslltoe yo11GFioJ
vas fhs largest sf any day u ~ hls1of{
AdmiNtons day snd evsaIne vufo U{YQ
aad ~ rsowd Iese sfghe ~ - 90 ~
ths hulia1na wee perhe4 = ~ ul411.1 -
pscify. 1hr bqildlngs whIrh wego 11c1fuy
/. ssi ssss erected Il i4.1 NJ nais taillln1
I was op fe<t Ione 81 10 ~ v14& -
chInsry Hall vss W fsse log ast ~ ~
vide. Ths olhsr buildlaen v1yo omall
I Ipeisdins is95 Il cssk as1 ievy's eornS1
I found n rood eun6l1ion. ~ curue1 ~
, | soms.Ss} disrolsssi, ~ n i ~ lSs1rk
lhIs svss!sg 2 ~ plss.eau = - .!1.!
nct % rseeIl4. 1oN& 2 : sl91 -
ss' s.ssG sss,esss - =; - -. = 49, 49,,
ossssd . eoassitu1s lIhsvalIy.