Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

them delicious. have never seen any since.
to my recollection
IRON the time the market was placed on
this spot it was added to from time to time
until almost the entire two blocks were taken
up by sheds and buildings of different sizes
and character until on Sunday morning, De-
cember 10, 1870, an accommodating Providence
caused the entire destruction of the market and
its nondescript structures. So far as the loss
of property was concerned, no one seemed to be
sorry. as indicated by the report in the Daily
National Republican ON the following day,
which said:
Gone at Last
Tremendous CONFEDERATION.
THE Center Market Totally Destroyed
Immense Loss of Property.
1.-TWO Men Burned to Death.
1.-The Old Watch House-Facts and
"reminiscences.
1.-The Center Market House. which for q
quarter of q century had been a by-word and
reproach to our progress as a CITY, is gone,
totally destroyed by fire. and were it not that
the occurrence has caused the death OF two
young men, besides carrying with it the loss of
much private property, we would be tempted
to reecho the almost unanimous voice as at
tered by the populace before the sad details
were made known, and write-'glad of it.
1.-THE incubus which has so long borne us
down ss an enterprising people, the long row
Of sheds which have in days gone by been
pointed at by strangers with the finger of
Scorn, have in a few brief hours been swept
from our sight, never more to greet the WON
dering gaze Of the visitor to the Capital Of the
Nation.
About 1855 O'Clock Sunday morning q
forked tongue Of flame was observed leaping
forth from the roof Of the main market build
ing apparently from point on the north wall,
he AMIR
Within few seconds sheet of fire burst forth
and spread with lightning rapidity all over the
building. then, attacking the pitch roof Of the
temporary addition across Eighth street,
quickly communicated to the main building
from Eighth to Seventh street.
I'm 10 minutes the entire structure extend
ing from Ninth to Seventh street. was q per-
feet mass of flame and smoke while the locality
for two blocks around was lighted up as by
the glare of MONDAY sun. The sheds on the
south side of the main structure were soon ON
fire, extending far south as the fish market
sheds, the flames taking in their course the
old watch house, which was speedily q mass
of ruins
MIR. WASHINGTON ToPHAM, who read a
paper on the Center Market before tho
Columbia Historical Society few years ago.
gives the following names of the butchers who
had their stalls in the market when it burned
In 1870: James A. Hoffman, Armistead HOmiI-
ler, Sa1uei D. hoover, Michael Homier Benz
1amin S. Elliott, Christian Kieny Charles
Homiller, Benjamin F. Hunt william H. Hoo.
yer, William Miller, r. G. Hoover, Joseph
Miller, r. B. Hoover, George w. Miller, John
Widmayer, William Widmayer, Leonard @.
Killian, George Killian,, George Leonard
Botsch, John H. Click, Joseph Kengla, Henry
Rupert, Charles H johnson, Benjamin r.
Donaldson, Samuel S. Coggins, Bernard Geier
Joseph Geier, John Poor, John r. Kelley John
Rupert, Casper Schafer, Louis Kengla, Joseph
Weaver, william H. Fenton, Joseph Prather,
William Donaldson, John Myer, David NJ.
Green, John Yeabower, Leonard ZelIer, Anton
Rupert, John Gilbert. William F. Kengla, The
odore Barnes. John Egleston, Joseph Weyrich,
John H. Davidson, Frederick Meyers and VIII
liam NJ Schlorb