Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-11-01

! or ire Briti!h colonies or territories, ei,be,
tor exploration or home confomptiop
othsTSif9 than directly from thence, with
ZONE exception with rel pett TO cotton wool
O'ber produce, except the growth of the
United States, can only be inpor;e! from
| thence fox exploration.
September IS.
On Tucfday Taft this town was viGtea
by calamity as lingularly awful in lis
| appearances as it was diiaa.ous and De.
ltruttiye Ii its effects. -Abour ten O'Clock
| in The evening, a inoke was obferved to
| iale from room il the warchoule belong.
lng to Thos. France, efq. at Goree,
whole ipaclous and lofty trent has long
attracted the admiration ofRrangers, aud
which, II aqua!led, was not furpaAed in
magnitude By any frniIar nruttuge in the
Kingdom. The alarm Of fire was rapidly
lpreaa through the town, and al imrneni:
crowd were focn aGsnoIel, where the
Danger had been dra diicoyered. For
tine appearances leered TO juitisy hope
thai the tremendous m;ichicf which had
been announced and apprehended might
be tubdued without much e&Jrt-but no
looncr were the doors and windows of the
building forced, than the flames, which
had been fuothcre1, bula out with horrid
fury, extending their ravages in every
direction, with equal rapidi5y and vio-
lence. In few hours this immenle pile,
together wiki that large and cogn;nodious
range of warehoules, which was ege1tel in
front, at the diltance OF IS yards, as well
as that which extends from it, in line, to
Wafer freet, was heap Of ruins, and
great proportion Of all .ha: rich and Yari-
Gus produce, with which every apart.
ment OF ,hsle buildings had been Rorsd
| and crowded., vas confirmed. The mild
| nels 1.-THE evening, and the tide, accom-
panied wssh hight and variable breezss,
being fortunately at food, gave an op-
| porsunity TO remove the lh!pplng beyond
the reach OF the flames, and 70 prevented
The degalta,ion which was lpfead!ng on
the lhorc from being aggravated by a
iccne Of con!uhon and ruin, which the
| imag nation even, fhudders 10 contemplate.
Tie ioemn grandeur! the maje!tlc nor
ro7 Of the fcene no tongue, no pencil can
deflfibe. ThEo1gt, great part OF the
immenf. crowd that was atlembiegi, ica'ce-
ly whifpcr diitlrbed tie awful ftlllnei'
thar prevailed; and without an effort to
reif the devouring evil, it was left tor a
while TO ace its dreadful part alone, every
eye being fixed Oh the tremendous ipt',
tacle, and every countenancc marked wi'h
emotions Of profound a&onilhment or OF
ilen. aefpair. Of the innen!e property
| which has perilhed, no adequate Ultimate
| can YET be giyen-but under the d'!aiteFs
! Of night, which vii. long be rememoefea
and deslored, one coalolation remains
that we have not to lameat the lois oi
| Gnslc life. =.
| Amillt the deep concern every inaiV''
dual matt have felt at the calamit0p'
| event of Tueilay night, it mutt have d.
| forded peculiar fa,isfaction 10 the proPlls.
tors ofthe Bootle Water Works, TO nave
obferyed the beneficial eieSts produces
from the abundance of water which 'nc',
fprings yielded in arreiting the dfeaalul
confagration--h greatly 70 be deH[''
is the completion Of thole inmenie f'i'' :,
| voiys now contributing in the COMPANY .
ward (Vauxf.all Road) which from ''',''
hight would have commanded tho.e TOW"
ering ware houfes that were de'tro}e'
without even the aGiltance OF an e0st"m
| We are happy to learn, that in very '.%
weeks thofe recepfacles (Which are 'V'. M,
| to contain apwards Of two thoulaaa w. ~;
Of water) will be hniihed. The in''Ao III
tants OF this Walt and cpu!ent town ""
no doubt patronize the undertaking.
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