The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-06-05
DESTRUCTIVE CONFEDERATION.

| BOHER \ TIfL.1TRE BURNT DOHN
! .Nsn YORK, Nov p Yesterday afternoon
Il sbou, nail pa,t d o'clock, a fire broke oul
| in Climbers livery stable ~ BaNard. ,trrrt
| beta cen The Buwrre aud ElIzabtth street
| and II is believed. (whether on any sufficient
| grounds, Ne ARE not intormrd) Tint II wa>
| kindled by thr hand Of snmp iucrndinry
! Within = hnf hrur from the TINE OF its com
! mcncemeut, il spread with terrible rapidity
! owing 10 the conbuslihic mature OF the build
ines IA ,he immediate npighbofbood and al
| the period when the 6remen. with their en-
giues, arrived al the spot. the ttent at lis RAJ
wages along Bay ard-street aud the Bower,
had already become very lArge--threatcnin.
NJ thu sam time, still greater destruction
Leaders werr exreudrdto Calharine slip, Eas
Rieer, and other distant quarters Tn fire
mon al BROOKLYN Il Yorkvilie ATTENDED, and
were OF great assistance.
The flames, brcomng wilder every mo-
men', soon reached the Bowery theatre +;
Which, however, was deemed quite safe, on
account OF the height OF its walls, toWPlher
with the +. oof of It's covering, and also, rs
WIS supposed, Of lis entire outside. But thu
scattering flakes, aide6 by the heat Of the
raging flames, set fire 10 the coruce along thr
ewes, aud before long the whole interior
was ia baze.-Ihe performers were ~ lhsir
dressing rooms, preparing for the Gamblers
| Fate, announced for de benefit Of Mrs Gil
! frrt and IL was with some difficulty that all
! the persons ia the house made their final es-
| cape. Two person were taken, half smoth-
cred, from the second story windows, and
one got ouI ny a ladder from the fourth sto-
I ~ ~ the Tear Within two hours from the
breaking ont of he fire in the stable, nearly
! the whole block comprised within the limits
NJ the Bowrry. aud Baysrd, Elizabeth aud
I Pump streets, including the theatre, VAS de-
! siruyed. We understand thai owing To a
sense Of the entire security OF the theatre, We
! nv little of the scenery, dresses, aud o.
| iher muveabIes was saved aud had the CON
| faerafion occurred hnt An hour later, When
| the house was full, n, il would undoubtedly
! have been on the occasion OF the benefit OF
! so popular an actress as Ms Giltert, the dan
ger OF life aud limb would have been most
eminent. We understand thai the eutire loss
ofprnpertv invested in the Theatre, to the Il.
mount Of between 80 ant 10000 dollars was
covered nv the assurances OF different Off
ces. II is, OF course. impossible 10 ascertain
! the amount of the insurance, or of the loss ni
private individuals. An experienced archi'
tect who examined the ruins this morning
has stated 10 us, that the front aud south
walls are tar demolished, as to require re-
building anew but that the pi nr, ard some
other parts of the edlfce, have susl aimed lit
tie injury. Il is singular fact, that a build
ing with brick walls three feet in thickness
aud roof covered with sIRie. Sh0nld have
been consumed by FIRE The wooden corni
ces were the only points exposed, aud throngi
these the flames crept by such slow degrees
as to have been easily extingushed, had there
been plentiful supply at wRter. The sur
face on fire was for some time no bigger thar
the hand. and might have been qnenched 10y
a single discharge from a well directed hose.
The Park Theatre was burnt down OH th'
tleentyfGh Mag, eight years since.
Stdtemdp.
Last evening one of the greatest fires tool
place in the Bowers, which this city has witness
ed Tor a long time.lt commenced about q o
clock in the evening, in stable IN Bayard
near Elizabeth-st. Al first, il supposed II
he OF lltts Importance, thai it could be eaSil,
extingns shed. II spread however, with glca
! rapidly, and about o'clock, il reached tn
Bowery Theatre. which IN two hours was entire
" consumed. Amidst the confusion aud tn
, crowd, il was difficult TO ascertain the full ex
tent of the damage The whole block from th
corner Of BaYard-street and the Bowery up It
the Theatre has been burnt The corner was
: brick tavern-all the rest were wooden houses
occupied as confectionery shops and taverns
| Persons tavern, uext 10 the Theatre, rs nearl,
destroyed and great fears were entertane,
that the whole block to Pump street would b.
destroyed but the great activity of the firemel
: saved il. We cannot now give any further par
thculars- We have not heard OF the less Of am