The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-21 00:00:00

FIRES IN AMERICA.

GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
The following letter, giving an account of a most destruc-
tive fire, at Green Bay, Wisconsin, on the Ist instant, we
find in the Milwaukie Morning News :
About three o'clock this morning an alarm of fire aroused
the citizens of this village from their slumbers. The wind
was blowing violently, and in a direction to favor the flames.
A fire was discovered in a wooden building in the rear of
Mr. Harriman's store. From this it spread with astonish-
ing rapidity until nearly twenty-five large wooden buildings
were reduced to ashes. By far the finest portion of the
village of Green Bay is in ruins, and now presents a scene
of wide-spread desolation.
The lowest estimate that can be put on the property thus
in an instant swept away, is $lOO,OOO, besides the inconve-
nience and trouble that will necessarily result from so disas-
trous a conflagration. At this moment it is impossible to
give full particulars of all the losses, or to name all who
have suffered. Among the principal ones are the following :
Whitney's large warehouse filled with merchandise, flour,
salt, provisions, and various other valuable articles, is burnt ;
but a small part of what it contained is saved. The loss is
not known, but it must have been great. Daniel H. Whit-
ney estimates his loss at $lO,OOO, while his father's, Daniel
Whitney, must have been much greater, as all his papers,
books, notes, deeds, mortgages, &c., were burnt.
William Colburn had just received and opened his large
stocks of fall and winter goods. All were destroyed. His
loss is from $12,000 to $15,000. No insurance.
D, Butler lost his entire stock of new goods. He was
insured $26,000. His loss is about $9,000.
Mr. Follett's book store was an entire loss—not a thing
saved. Insured $l,OOO, loss $15,000.
The office of the Green Bay Advocate was burned. All
the presses, type and material of every description were de-
stroyed. The safe alone, containing the subscriptions and
account-books, was pitched out of the windows and saved.
Insured $7OOO, loss $1,500 to $2,000.
S. H. Marshall had a heavy stock of fall and winter
goods in his store. Hardly anything was got out. He had
only $1,500 insurance. His loss is not less than $4,000.
Most of his fine stock of groceries were unopened, but all
was consumed.
The drug store of Gen. A. H. Green was an entire loss,
and without insurance. Mr. Green was sleeping in his
store but he had only time to escape with barely sufficient
clothing, to cover his body. Four hundred dollars in
cash, principally in bills, were burnt. His loss is over
$4,000.

Mr. R. P. Herrman had just put in his store two thou.
sand dollars worth of groceries, provisions, &c. All was
destroyed, with no insurance. He was making preparationi
to supply his lumbermen, but all is lost.
The grocery and provision store of Mr. U. Mitchell was
burned. He loses $4,000, with no insurance.

The large storehouse of Mr. A. A. Smally, together with
other valuable property connected with it, was destroyed.
His loss is not known, but it must have been severe. He
was partially insured.
Mr. Tirk had a heavy stock of ploughs, provisions, gro.
Aeries, &c., burned. They were in different buildings, and
-wed. His loss is from 84,000 to $6,000.
desti, those who have suffered in a less degree than
Among `rove are Holmes Ellis, Esq., who had his
those named a,. -v destroyed. Myron F. Lindley, Esq.,
papers and law librai his 'docket library ; three hundred
justice of the peace, lost nart of his clothes, and other
dollars in county orders, a 1 -of others who must be
articles. There are a numbe ' we have not time to
seriously affected by this calamity, b--
give the details.
The finest portion of the village
• ashes. Some of the
best buildings are destroyed. The GO" along
nit), that anyg the river is
lined with lumber. It was with extre2ne four
-
was rescued from the flames. Mr. J. Ing, ,t .I.lLs had about
of these
la
hundred thousand shingles ready for shipmei,
were either moved or burned.
Front the Louisville Courier, of November 2"c4 uff
Yesterday morning a fire was discovered in the snuff
factory of J. F. Bast, tobacconist, of Maine-street. .
main
the fire could be checked, the flames extended to tL
building, which, with the wholesale grocery and coma ession
house of E. Bustard, were consumed.
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The loss of Mr. Bast was very heavy, as very little of . •
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material or stock were saved. He was insured to tL -
amount of 18,400 dollars, of which 5,000 dollars were in
the Madison Insurance Company, 6,000 dollars in the New
York City, 1,600 dollars in the Hartford City, and 800
dollars in the Hudson River Marine and Fire Insurance
Company.
The house occupied by J. F. Bast, with the one adjoin-
ing, occupied in part by the House Telegraph Company, as
an office, belonging to Dr. Ewing, on which there was an
insurance in the Franklin in this city to the amount of 1000
dollars.

The loss of Mr. Bustard is not over 2,000 dollars. Ho
had but a small stock on hand, and his damage falls on a
lot of coffee, sugar-house molasses, a few tierces of rice,
and a quantity of lead and shot. He was insured for 5,000
dollars in Muir's agency of the American. and 5,000 dollars
in Vernon's agency of the Franklin, Philadelphia. The
house was insured for 1,500 dollars in the Marine and Fire
Insurance Company of this city.