The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-01-14

p'hr'u ol pale blu. color. The hrht ,y..
now $" intense that IL WIS not nsss,ilr 1.
EXPOSE the flee 10 il fut any .eoeth of lin,
rom the windows an The opposite side OF
the street, aud al The distance of a hundred
feet.
Inc street this tine presented mo
exiraordi1ary seene. Il slnw aud abo,.
tue namlng building l. sone Distance. thr
lnh 'btanls had caught the alarm. Far
I nltnrr, books, beds, elulhes, casks. ,lraprry.
were carried down the stairs, or thrown
rom the "iide"s, aud lay piled cai.l,ed
| y on the street, 1fom which they we're car
,led away to the Police Once Court. thr
Parliament Square, Royal Exchange, &c.
| hiAed "ilh these We're The frtnen and
TIE engines: behind tlIese was seen dense
mass ot beads AS lar as the .Ye could prnr
tratc TIE gloom. The burning tencmrnt..
IKE All those at IN old date, had IN them a
very great proportion nf wnnd. This Ia
creased The blaze aud the showers nf
burning emhefs, ilahes md sparks, wat ed
by the WIND over the town, spfead terror,
even among those who lived NJ some dis.
lance lhe flames uow reached a third
'ehe'hth', hnd al thfee O'CLOCK, n fourth /,
aud they had slread backwards, down
BorthwIck's tlose. The rngincs were
plhyinS all The tune, but With little fleet,
o"lha To the narfo"ness of the clnsrs and
aud the density and helght of the buildings.
towards inorning, The fire seemed Ia be-
almost suhdued. While in It's ,ignur It's
eHecls we're anfidiy grand. IunIling
soWh"MuS from the head of Duke street,
The heavens SEEMED on fire and on get
ting to 81. Andrews square, though the
state 81. c"hlaglatlna WIS more distinctly
fln.as IL Il
ed the more tremendous. Ahstractrd S'um
lhe sense oI danger IN friends and neigh
bhrs, the broken masses of the old town,
It's ch'mneys aud spires, now thrown into
shade, now fcfccly illuminated hy the
raging hhmes, aud through showers Of Inv
ing fire, presented scene ~ once wild,
ttrfIhc ana sublime. A nearer approach
cha"grd the feellns. Pity was excited by
the condition OF the pour men, women,
and clHldrcD, driven from their houses,
carrying IN their hands sonn n,iscra
Bile remnant of THEN furniture, but
without penny 10 obtain 10 Il, or u
house to sheper them. On Tucsdt !,
forenoon, the flames still shove "A ,endcn
ry to rise from the smonldel1ng ruins, and
twelve o'clock, IL WAS discovered that the
spire of the Iron Church had caught fire
by dying brand. The upper part being
composed entirely of " od, The flames soon
made their way through il, while the lead
covering WAS seen pouring do>.n ~ sjd, =
In short tune II MAS completely en,rIup-
I'd III AdHr, presenting "A most singular
spectacle. Its pillars being und,rmin-
ed, the wooden part fell Ia the eastward,
with great crash. The church itself es
capped
On Wednesday morning, it was hoped
that the conh,gra'ion h d reached its close,
but At ten O'Clock, n new fire burst out in
the high old tenement, ut the sourthcns,
corner of Parliament sqnare. 1t com
lnenced in the top flat, from what cause
1t Is unknown, Cor II is situated wiudward
10 the buildings previously burned, and had
not the smallest connection with them
by eleven, this huge old pile. nine or ten
stories ~ height, WAS blaziug in the upper
fats and by three, ON Thu sdty mnruIug.
all its floors and wooden worn we're burucd
down to The foundati n. The accouUts
after tins date arr "A series of notices ns the
fire continued its rafages. Seventeen in
dNlduaIs were injured on Monday, some of
whom dangerously. The flames connu-
nicatrd 10 other buildings ia The square,
and approximations We're entertained for the
Advocates Library and other public OH
ccs. AT six A. NJ. IN Thursday, the de
Btructl0n OF the whole east side became
certain. At eight, the lands fell dow0 with
a crush. Two soldiers were killed, and
several persons dangerously wounded
The fire was at lenglh subdued.
Farther Particulars. The CaledoniaH
.hercury Of Saturday supplies the following
account Oi the desolalIon caused by this
calamity: Along the front Of High street,
there are destroyed fous lands Of six sto
rlrs each, besides the sunk stories from
these down towards thu Cow gate, by
Cons Close, two wooden lands 4; IN the
Old Assembly Close, fon lands of six or
seven stories ; six smaller tenements IN
Borihwick's and four lands of SIX stories IN
the Old FIsh-market Close. Downwards,
nearly AS far AZ Cow gate, nothing is to be
seen hut lrightiui heaps of ruin, to which
all approach ia rendered highly dangerous
by the walls which arr still left standing in
different places, bat in an extremely tolIer
ing condition. Along the front Ofthe Par
ianieni square, -four double lnrds, Of from
seven t. eleven stories each, have been de
streyrd. great part OF the Wallis Of which
have fallen; other parts ARE slill standing,
but in such II shattered coudllon that thcS
threaten Destruction Ia the remaining hon
scs near the m, in consequence of which il
WAS on fsihay Judged expc,i"nt to order
thrir being pulled down. II Is difficult to
estimate the number of iaplics that have
been rendered houseless by the present ca
lamity. Bat WHEN We consider tie height
"f some Of thu bindings, aud the density
Of the population in this quarter, xix or 81
ven families being sometimes crowded to
gcthcriuto one lleer, the number cannot f,G.
short of $50 indeed. wc have little do.abt
that, If an accurate calculation could br
made they would he found To exc ecd that
number. Surh scene Of Gala .,r'y AS this
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