Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-02-29
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FIRE at NORFOLK.
From NORFOLK, February q.
DEPLORABLE AND DISTRESSING:
F K E

CLOCK, the inhabitants were reused from
",e'r Oeds with the repeated cry OF FIRE, Il,
which was perceived .ssuing from he wart,
mousse OF Mr. Dunlap, on Maxwei,'s wharf
ana which ragged and spread with such i,,-
ry, that the only exer,ion which couIo h..
'"aae by the activity OF the Citizens 10 a,
'eS' us progress, was the blowing IN Of
several houses, or Ills probable not a nous,
III me borough would have cscapcd de
siuc'lon. |, has laid w.s,e The most com.
mercIai part of The town, having tota,.,.
Destroyed every building on CamDbeii's
wharf, Maxweli's, Mar,den's notbprv..
COMMERCE Street, Wurren's and Wood.
s'uS > wharves, andprogress,dup The Mar
Net Square TO he Man Street, a.d cont,
M ms tavages along the MAN Street 10
'''' " h'cheads new buildings, reducing
e''rY mouse IN VIDE and Little Water
streets We're i nos f the exer.ions
oil q tew VINO manfu-iy resisted the flame.
and prevented Mr.. Ia, lor's ware h.rse.
adjoining Wood,,de's i, hart from iak,n,
hre' the whole of the valuable bu;ld,ngs
on iown Point must have been land wa,t,..
90 ne ives were lost, aud many persons
oadiF wounded ny Tie D.. wing M or ihe
muses. he nagktt house wa. partly ci,l
.H"ra, which preYcnlcd communication
81 The flames 10 NJ uorth side of rho.
van >ueet' which luckily escaped. Up
wares OF zoo houses arc totally DESTROYED
"'d ,he es innate IT general loss, is, on d
i"''derate calculation. supposed To- exceed
NE diL-iu" OF do!larS. Numbers of
hbntels owing 10 lher being overloaded.
and the I'd baIGs remark bis low. were
ournt /" Tie docks. Several vessels al to,.
""arNea took h,e. aud some IN this stat.
'H"ea Ia Portsmouth, when t communi
Gated and destroyed some o,her,--indeed.
AZ one period, it appea, ed AS if Portsmouth,
was on fire.
The raging of h. san,es, the columns
"i smoke, The blowing up ui houses, tne
amy h'Sht, che pIupSry exposed lol safe
~ in thc streets, the CRIES of t o,e VIC
were seated by their httlt property shell
ere" OF " the oaoory OF lleaven--lhc
''lps on i've orr il e III |hc harhor, loge-
Aer with the prob .bility of the whole
Town being destroyed, exhibited altogether
70 The set.ses ard 10 the eye, an awful and
."edtiui picture. Thousands must have
'een deprived "f a resting place, as it was
"s 'i."s. popui Us part OF dc Borough.
Nhai adds To ,he above nctaucuoiy
haV'a,;Vc, Is, that snow aud ve,v severe
lost Gang pn before many an mi .tuna,e
tmiiy could find shelter for Their wsar,cd
, inAs. We are hs by to learr,, that The
COOPERATION have allotted money Tor the
immediate relief Of the netdg sufferers,
VINO viii receive asSJetaHce Oh application
al ihe Office of JoHN NIvIsoN, Esq.
ttandhli.s To ibis effect appearing IN d,f.
'erent parts ct the town; those happy be-
i'g'' th.rein'e, whom Providence has
blessed wnh a.ilu=nce have now fine CD.
P"r'uii'! To- exh.Dit their benevolence, by
addirg their iibeIaiity to that OF the Cor
pirate Body and, We have no doub,, but
&c same vii, De cheerfuiiy received at the
"0o'e oiHce, and with equal satisfaction
distributed.
he inhabitants oEali descriptions shew-
I'd great activity Dut /, i TO lie lamented,
that there were 80 few buckets and axes,
1ha MAT re engines are not kept IN bet
'ei or"er, d. thcy were OF little or no use.
he Herald oiiice was totally DESTROY q. .
ou' what type, could be saved are removed
I" wing ot the Ply Iiouse, from which
place the " Norfolk Herald" will be pub
i'hed Twice week until The weather mo-
htra'G'' aud tbe editors can get more COM
'a'Iab'y situated. From this statement
tie i'.s the lIopric tors have exrerl-
enced, 1t Is To be hoped that cur coDufr.
"0Sc'10ers particularly, will feel not ON v
an aG' OF justice, but, at the present crisis