Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-04-14
Further particulars of the Fire in Augusta
From The augusta Courier Of .4pr,k6



we i down to record The mos, catastrophe which has ever
bren this eyiiayng every thing J, the materials OF
oh oiee, know how sympatze with our fellow
many vi whom rreirieyably ruined
ABOUT hai past two o'clock this afternoon fire was disco
e'.i III te +h tenement row on iisstreei known Us MNul
~, bindings, belonging to The State Bank They SD
completely enveoed flame before TO extngush The
raging element could be procured that human exer,on was
The wind very high, and had been so all the day.
onWns rom the west IN the direction Of Broad street tbs
IRE SOON found is 10 BrEdstTeet sweeping rapv the
e TIL enNeope in flame the market, NE Theatre md ali
u'e intermediate oisrs and those the neishboIlood was
Na al b'e'ns brck buIdh, No ii6, ic South SIDE
ct Broad street. aud the Bridge bank Buildings on tho NORTH
side fro the las; the river sides Of Centre street
lnG ~ me bridge every thing swept the OLD f:oaG
lot From 'hs 10 Airs Baets corner Broad street down
70 Cen ios, tho uS, and Mrs Dugas f,rney
Stc"afs on boad-st inclusive the houses Rave tcapd
deSuc bit every bonse is panty uncovered by the attempts
70 beat oI the blazing shs.le. Below Mrs Dugas between
Feynod AMI BroadSeetS, Mr. MIaans lhe last bo,g, on
Boad-Sirc"N the only c except few small bu;Ir-
From Bsnons brick building Broad street. and the opro
size point on tre"nfree except Dr. Anthonys Joshua Dan
orths, Mrs. Cummings Mrs Garyn's and two or thTre ,i
ms on the square that used belong 10 Edmund Buy on
Green street every building swep, tall you rearh lrS
heals which occupied the lower corner OF tire souar, on
stood lew small buildings then only to tie n-cr
end OF the Low down. several na houses ON be s
side Of Green. si.eet consumed
The destructive element swept this part orr civ at
least the third embracing the greater p, of The m
retailing Grocery business) in less than hours like r,oi
hunc3He, WHOSE desoatng disturbed by thousand
counter cur RENTS breaking into ,hi,,;,, @
suddenly were hundreds SUNK in ruin, that the whole seemed
like horfid dream, whose great to be long
apiy If they had in the stores and houses Not
one dollar hundred escaped of the value of the articles
that the owners vany imagined they had saved from their ba
Zng dwellings
The rdsr has t-cn sarei with great dicr!,y-:ha as,
ment , al times fire.
We estimate the loss Of property ror the amount Of
distress Dhich has entaled the city long time to
AIndi hr7vesi uf)rrncS Heaven ternrcrs o,r sf
'rnss with signal evidence, that while ha
DOT entircly forgotten its uuatcf one Of those
signal that lives have been lost and bu few tr
ling accidents occurred worth mentioning We Ia boo
informed of singular infa, OF but t,yo
oil on ba;,
over II; when sIrscer gathering tie he'd thew tnd tho
child togeti out q! the erond story Bat aifsirac,ed
mother running down 10 its relief found the Lille innocent
unirjurcl
Our neehhor If Hamburg eSeti themselves co consncu
Great quantities of and bacon have been urt,lose
articles having been generally stored and sold in that part of
the city which consumed about the market Nearly 900
bushels OF Consumed the OF Shetons Ware
house. Very little cotton has been oI.
What still heightened tho public calamity every T'aier in the
city had his establishment aud believe, all their stock OF
materials. burnt
An the Insurance nf,ccs have lost something Abo,
Sl6Onno vc nsTed being onexth Of the value pro-
perry lost
Weare au,horsrd the President Of the Augusta INSURANCE
and Banking Company, all losses on property
insured IN tat Office will be promptly paid
The number Of front houses ienemcn aeeaned 10 have
been destroyed = lS3--hesides out houses, sc.
We understand rho woods the distance dirty miles are
siewed ~ith burnt c,oihins papers, &c.
The allowing prin'ci Card extensively distributed
among citizens early on Saturday morning MANY Of the
houscleSs have accepted the liberal offer:
" With feeling heart Of sympathy, not in words but IN
acts the undersigned tender the unfortunate sufferers of
ing about hundred twelve month, gatisAppy 10
either HENRY SHULTZ
JOHN w. CONVICTION
ANDBEW J. DILL