A Thrilling Incident

The New York Express nárrales tlie fbllowing interesting incident in connexion withihe conflngi-ation of Mr. Kirkman's establishment, on Thursday evening, " So sddf n wa3 ;he spread of tl'.e flnmes that Mr. K. nnd Wis fam ly came very near being destmyed by them. - One of his Dnughters, Miss Margaret Kirkman, a younglady of nbout nineleen j yenrs of age, only psenped, after beingi severely burnt, by jumping from the foiirlh story front window of the room in which she.slept. Il was a scène of ihe most ngonizing interest to tliose who had asembled in fiont of the burning build-j ng. The fuurth story, though even willij the rest of the edifibe, bas very small atlic Windows. At one of these Miss K. nppenred, shrieking in nlarm, the fire evidenily behind her and the smoke pouring over her head - no ladders had asyct arrived, nnd hei destruction seemed inevilable - she tried at first to escape the flame?, by which she was already severely burnt, got out on the sill, but t was evident she must son perish there, nnd the cry as raised for her to jump; other voices, among which, by tliis time, was that of her faiher, exclaiming " not yet, wait a moment till we get ready 'br you." A feather bed was instanlly procurod, held about tl) ree feet up, by six gnll.int hearts, who were in greut jeopaidy that she might fall upon and i ni ure one or more of them, but they heeded not and cared not for that. By this time Miss Kirkman, to escape from tbe smoke nnd flnmes, was compelled to let herself down, and was i-een hnnging by her anus from the window. " Jump no," was the cry. V;ist numbprs of people hnd assembled, and were lookers on ihe agonizing scène. The young lany soon let go her hold, and was in an instant whirled loward the sidewalk. The heart of every person in that vast multitude starled in ihrilling emotion and suspense, doubtful as to her ftite. In a few moment the erv was raised "she is safe," and three hearty cheers went up, wnich made the vory welkin ring. " The Brookiyn Eagle lells the nbove slory in the follnvving way. It shows the diíference between n bungler and an ui-list in the greal business of a penny-alining: " An Irish woman, to escape, leapert iVom ihe fourth story winduw, and was caught by Mr. Geoige Rice and otliers, who held a bed for her to jump upon."