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[CK—SUNDAY, APKIL 11, 1880.ASHES TO ASHES.lurner-a lo-should\ iJp1-* PETROLEUM CENTER TOT-e road | ALLY OBLITERATED.earl of!have been waved. It seems strange that no one had presence of mind enough to telegraph for aid at once, for the lire would probably have been confined to the building where it originated. Ah it is, only three places of any importance— the Met ray building, J. Hitter’s storeAREVWit pro- j ^ pjre# Which Originated In the Me- aiu^ Djsidenc*, and Dr. 1 layford b resi- The Liveail road nproveCHntock House, Sweeps Down the Main Street and Leaves the Village in Ashes.ER.and* i It is the custom of the Dkkklck, when*oa \ ever a tire occur*' in an oil town, to publish a diagram of the burnt district,when enough of the place is left to form the is made ’ °htlines, but in the case of the conflagration which occurred at Petroleum C entre yesterday a diagram is unnecessary, athe whole business portion of the placelirtoopalCUKKK \s request a per* the ap* ►rtunatedeuce, were saved.The origin of the fire i# ft mystery.lt; It was first discovered breaking from ther luf of the Mct.Tintock honse, and, as it * Appeared to have originated on the in- ,side, the inference is that it caught from a defective flue.The building® destroyed were principally old, unoccupied, and of not very much value now. though at the time thev were erected, when the* FCentre was booming, they were valuable. The goods which wireVeryatwaa deatrove.l. The lint intimation t*ken out were mattered about promiwuof the fire received in this city wa* shortly after C onductor Mike Silk's* h id to lriin* from up tin* river arrived in town.He w'ASfttonee instructed by 11. Dwyer, general di*t»utlt; her of the Pittsburgh,aeir rear* y re-**Adiu-ously in the fields in the neighborhood, and in all direction families, or portions thereof, could be seen watching the little they had left.The lb S. ami refuse which had settled tln “* amonths tFor ma lively a w a decline tain hv tiIkdesirous lt;Underbeen prr away has clino of from the week.The ont lie re doerittwille A; Buff,*! , railroad at tin* i oint, the tauk* on the we»t imle of therail road It rack were fired, and for a timef| ilt;» proceed immediately to the Centre.u Wal. Kngin.^r s^vag/in charge .-f tl.e j‘ wa* feared the oU in tlm tanks mightengine he started, and after a rapid run*out of th ance on t. Tin \1 \ aro-j ti ri i j *elt; I w it tjout1shk* Takingstio *t lily*d pumpe partyI i «* n h e d pifdi era theit* road.one an ni w i ii • v wen’arrived in the town just as the ll.uuesLud him* happened.be ignited, but fortunately nothing of 0,11 Die hto absorbreached the ilepot. The cornice of the bin ding wan hla/.ing when they arrived, but a few pahN full of water tpiiekly extinguished tl * in. Th* trainmen then did most excellent w ork m saving f* r the railroad company a car fn a.* r I i biI arid «om«* engines h»ed wheel**, etc., which were stored in tin fre g i h u^e.the 1 .k .5 k rep»rter** hv the merest chance, d the spelt; :al train, but itI ill 1 not matter, as the ^ Major.” th**IM [OK'S is.Mrs H. 11. Warner, who has been lying at the point of death in the housenext to the Met Untuck home, whereWhile ping to a on in hisprlt; due* i*ami succeeded Iho tiro started, for some time past, wul#fHN i#f w hioh is al w avs re tofor4* k .iii Inid femergencies* was brought into um», gnutw reporter* immediate’} Mar * I foi the nriu\ eight tioU*s aw ay, and arrived care at ) | there soon after the special train, being« ( i.e j DJt* hrst reportt r* n the *p ?. 4 * ,* par-4. j tieu»ars of the fir»1 r w ind !im point jlearned, are a fAt about *■!evtMitmAT JiH €ill* *and who was removed to Kilters', whs reported to have died huh although she proltftbly wont live through the day, at present writing she is «till alive.I he train, w hieh was under the* c harge of Conductor Meeder and engineer ( lark, ran to Petroleum lt;entre fromTitusville in twentv-seven in nut***S^verni of the firemen lost their hats and had their eves filled with cinder*.atVi knowison, of the Tittiwvdle oil ex-char /e, t«w*k charge of two lone females uni did everything inhi»jwwt r to make ti etn v m for table, lie eoparent y am -• eded in doing so.\ ester greatest ?of the tr.be calledrpWi 11al ft r the Use of the s’eamerf•e voVefed ill tle31a furt.islit i hv Wall er, the ro b mai UM'k hou«hmfort ^ {«•- v_ I _ V 1 Vi. fa I 4 X « ‘*lt;4■■ I- w -, Ufiguish t* 4*%V 3J1! ft! 1TKit1 .. 1.nifirth* »ught t j. v W tr**e (in \ rter**Oil nod UrtiiC g? «* •‘ =11%%filial* I i * T kmatedT* f t' 1trv irfiM *I I * % S J 17 rw »- g.he datniW I!milt fairly11XC *11104w »r k»r d» f A-.ttin* ot!dn# w a11’ ’i v V r r X ! t the furt.iti in w r,d w u i atot hemrighi k inget!»:eirfivw iito Dr. Ph•ttVli 4w en’ra thevNealre *t*14 4uralA* twoo i* i r twopel up the cigars for the firemen. - ap| ret .at* d the gift and were There wa* eonsid* rahle skir* for li-juid refreshments, andthe gang » vtdently su c* t d« d inatiotm. Koine of them Dr, 1 ’.a; f« rd f*r pr* serlpti*ms.k the fire meu eon nettedliltVOr* Si4tedK*viU 5|VIt 4 ‘A ned bv the t * trr .it* i rcmtipftm1* *« eti pie\ lam H v Auy. *1. 1 itfi.ia in*IS tfie p- mlTh#t f Xpfcrt1 prohablv.J 'Ml 51) i1 * ■* * •i (in px of itg’ e ata* k1 ne\VHit ^»4'tw* i*n t\HMI M. *1 ■ #i: tI BMurr wftit! 4 ' »* v A J •^t t htiUs kt‘iif* 11 ‘A I»|; • * • * • * *■ **! * «* x «-e»waved.J by jjII. I i!II M‘ M) r Iuf ^ • 1Uol fit**)I'l I 44 IJifU i IpIhousendand the cteekhruit•» **« *'f I» %W rlt fti |t|i HI fV l -1,V J9 % 'ilfa # f[lt; J ev« 1 vthitig tL. * L' ( v 1*1 It9t i Ilf*l.ngw » *ti5tl ; I S *iiLB V^nK'^k.«rr« si 49* 1 * - * ■PitIliku a w 4have1 w 1111i w fT * #■ X# J\ ^h 11 a f s.■MiIheiptl fallI 1 * M Ji*t‘ Mkel*s PW 1W a met'« g ♦ »u^e , b'Ht* a m. . Idtng owerelt; - f h • se i lt;r ftn) ay* d f*n Hit* ruin8 of the freight houf*c,\i ha f past two they to*»k up hlt; .T.be * ..r iis-N’s of several dogs and pigsf* r«* f »nd in the rums after the tire,stench which they emitted wasanything 'K0t p c- .sant to the sm* 11. J»1 r« y %. k up 1 co lection and gave the firemen a rue** little purs** to get some re* hf d im 0(3 after they got to TitusviibI he 1 ate glass wiudown in the M W were cracked ami the Wlt;1 k bidly s(m r» lied,wkft**r the fin lt;ultt End talo n * walk in front of the Md rny build-1: g caught firv. and w as torn tin to prevent it getting into the bullnesa ofthan ftnvlers wenoil and 1 eoinmemblocks *ilook like th** relies1 nlc's a mirueltv c *ndee imUeW heelmind a We am *tlie tir.llpi ri«d si the law * i/a matt Mondid«1* lt;(T*v hiw*i *AMlSl! Itit g» tI I4 %N * ♦KingI he hrulfe alt; rt»‘!a the % re* k washbn kad*'d w»th housidiofd g«»o* 1 a.Two *»( the genus wheats *»f PlummerUUHMl rtlTill i di-» d atWe*! nlt; w as nt s. lug at S.Tburh*elOM'd atFridayclosed atHaturd7sjc,The al tant hut until jusw.is putlittle oilfor eld iH fi *1*1The flt;lt; Hat id dwn ti* full •)! fortv-r*Kl wliihkv and attacked *! v * ^it •♦7ilf'I W AS tIDs h' f* the ------optret1*1liver? stable of nd om*r,i house.*t hide • fIt* lt;4*1 HlS■ h* Pot win, who, however, wiw tm hand h i i * d v to take bis lt;»w II part.atidkn * k*- I um- of them out of time. They • . hurry.Metay tame up on tho .Jiu00**0Ah dllMs*HvTu«W *'ii* us.;,Th»0Kri\ ti V .......HitLil viuV
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Oil City Sunday Derrick
Oil City, Pennsylvania, US
Sun, Apr 11, 1880
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