The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-10 00:00:00

FIRE IN NEW BRUNSWICK'

FREDERICTON, " redierte.)rted, to
ODND,IToIcOTN. ILl:(llEltxTtrlaCcUt LofA R.St7.l . Tbe
mail of last week carried for me a large Tee"' —4oo*r
your care, but since that time we have had a most -nount 0.;
tire here, and as there is a chance of your seeing all
ec-ailowe'
it in some paper, you may imagine that we are 'all swallowed
-
up ; I subjoin the particulars of this most-larnetahle d twelve
ration. On Friday morning last, between eleven 1%011,
o'clock, the house of the Hon. T. I3aillie, Surveyor-
son-
about a mile from the town, was reported to be in there; the
minent danger from the trees round it having taken ;epees
military, and most of the male inhabitants, with the, ab-
simenmt edteiiiatmeillyinruuteslzdw
hteon ththee sepryote;f t,h,eFyirheadrsficaterclelY 11;o is
Mr. King, at the north-west end of the town, vias en any taitt
flames !" smote our ears, and it was found that ththee!tah'i;letti°ef
wind blew a ale from that quarter ; we had not ha" 85bsde;
for a month ;the thermometer was at eighty-six in 611.00,1'
and in a few minutes the flames were spread in every ithe
threatening destruction to the whole place; and wilen iatease„'
tiers, &c., &c. returned, the heat and smoke wete,s° letia"
that they could' not approach it, and were comPellr,;„,/ ees'
burn to a certain point, which, had it passed, 0t...—.
have saved saved every house, barracks, &c. FortunatelY 114;001,
ceeded, and stayed the devouring element where tb,eY„woing t°
after it had destroyed 98 buildings, the fuel-yard hein"Wine
the barracks, horses, pigs, and calves. Not one of the b?
was insured, and the loss falls upon men who were .10,sLce
ning to reap the advantage of their industry, or on weelisis'
have mostly began business. I was visiting at the hart street
it is not possible to describe the appalling scene; t,!!,oecill
resounded with the eries of women, who, almost tole'
were running with their children out of the flames, 5°,,
ing help to save their property ; this, alas ! they soug": v
and ere ".ien,' ea o,e,
for all the men were gone to Mr. Baillie's,
all was consumed, and the poor creatures east "c 1106:.
world without any thing but the clothes they had nlid bette;,
ot,htleiersknyliswfoarstuna
been in the spring of the year it would have seen!, to th
for now they will have the miseries of winter addr,ileseelol
misfortunes. When
is not to be told ; all around us the woods were in tio ftil
our house, as we at one time feared, there did not '81)r
place of refuge for us but in the river ; and even they to fo
tense was the heat, boat loads of things were htivieu,.;oo/,
ot.firneig;ht came, the horror or
poise
the fire originated is not known. It is the custom llet'uoves
the land, by burning the woods ; and it frequentlY
tae
that they lay waste many miles, which has been thtideti.!:
many parts of this province this season. All roun,;a3 f;
and had we been thlfait
tion these fires are now raging, and, it is said, that Tit r
the one I have now described 'came. They saY, pc' -- icree ttd."le
cess of clearing would answer here, to remove the jie: t5l f'
mass which for centuries has accumulated beneiith
and which,' when burned, is an excellent mantle:oa 71.1,
scription has been opened. Sir H. Danglan hasL,P
from the King's casual revenue, and 201. from 'IT str,i
other people have given something, and I hoPeliu'our 101;e
will assist their unfortunate fellow-creatures; 4'6 ot b°ity,
are wood, and had the fire happened in the night, probobil '
would have been, saved, and many lives, ill 1111 P
would have been sacrificed."