Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-07-20
New York, JUN q.


dnother Destructive FIRE A few minu e, a.
ter II o'clock last ev niHg, fire broke OFT il
the four story brick store, No. Is, South sire l.
on thu west corner Of Cuyt,rs Alley. Tn.
building was occupied Wy Nj ssrs, Davis u
Brooks, commission merchants, VINO had
large and valuable sto OF merchand'Zs On
hand. The fire commenced IN the third story
aud IL is the opinion Of some thai d WAS caused
by the spontaneous combustion Of DOL The
fire ragged with fuzzy Tor some me, aud about
II O'Clock the gable end oftas bu ding fell
against the story OF Mcs,rs Tucker ~ Laerie, on
the opposite, side which was forced ia. a this
moment shudder was mantle ted 10y the crow d
of lookers.on, as II was known that almost
the whole oil Hook md Ladder Company, No
|, were in the fourth ofi OF the sore oil tucker
~ Laurie. The attention was generally drawn
from the Gre to the sufferers. " hen "a WIS found
that those who sustained the most injury u ere
Mr.. W illiam B. DisosW y, the iudeiaIil able
foreman of Hook aud Ladder No, aud Mr.
John Spier a member Of thu same company.
These gentlemen werr drawn from beneath
the ruins very much bruised and mangled. We
are happy, however u state that Mr. Dlsosway,
is IN S morning, considered out OF Danger, aud
that hopes are entertained tuat Nj. Spier will
recover. Among ihe,o others " no werc injured
are Mr.. Sylvester Phillips Of Hook and adder
No. |, Mr. Woods, of Eng'ne No. II; Nh
Sawyer Of Hook and Ladder No 4 Mr. Cir
aud, OF Engine No. 4 Anthony, one al The
Engineers and Alderman Cobra OF the first
ward.
The loss by fire will he severely felt by some
of our insurance companies. The ,tore OF
Davis 4 Brooks is nearly destroyed, and the
goods either all burnt, or much damaged by
water. These gentlemen had an insurance of
thirty thousand dollars on their stock, aud four
thousand on the store. The store OF NJ ssIs.
Tucker d Laurie, We are Informed, WAS also
insured
PS Since writing the above, we have con
versed with the Chief engineer aud several
others who were at the fle On the four.stury
ladder when il slipped. were, Mr. Frames CIR
aud of n. 4 coGduciing the pipe; he chung 10
the ladder until it reached the ground. He
is severely injured. Below Nj. GnaDd stood
Nj. Wiett, II so belonging to No, When he
ound h" ladder gong h. sprang from n, and
caught hold Of the sill OF the ihrd s,ory win
dow, supporting himself by S baads ,unfl ano-
ther ladder was raised. Al ms tine the fire
was raging within the building, and the win
dow sin va. so warm as TO burn his fingers
he was. however, but slightly injured. The
Chief Engineer was struc6 on the back by the
ladder, but not severely injured
MIR. Conrad. Jun. printer, beioning to No 4.
was in the garnet of Tucker 81 Laurles store,
with ten Others, when the gable as driven in,
Mr. {. spraug 10 the fall and Selling The rope,
was letting himself down but before he had
reached the second Il Dor, he was knocked from
ii by another person, who fallen through they
both fell and were much Injured. Mr.. MDo-
maid oil No. 4, was slightly injured MIR. Osborn
Of Na.-do; MIR. Hen,gan Of No. Z, do; MIR.
James Van Antwerp do
We understand that Mr.. MlSpier was very
i'll al one o clock. He was SO completely cover
ed with the rubbish, that only part of
one hand was seen after he fell.
On Tuesday evening", about ha'fPast
CLOCK, fire broke out in the iron foundry be-
longing to Mr.. Henry Werrall, No. % Elm
street III was extiuguished before much damage
had been done. [Com. Advertiser,
From The Wilmington (DelD Journal, July 7.
Our borough was enlivened on Saturday last
by the company Of some thirty or forty lads OF
the Tom and Jerry stamp, who came from Phi
ladelphia, deemiog that, probably, too limited
a theatre Tor the tail display of their various
powers of fun, froc and mischief. These old
boys, ranging between Island 80 years ofage,
paraded the streets, bedzened with such dis
play Of fnery as has been rarely witnessed in
our sober town, and such as OF course attracted
the admiration and attendance of all the idle
boys in the street they contented themselves
at first with divertiug the citizens with the new.
est and most hideous grimaces, noises and
slang till at length not satisfied with the ad-
mirat,on and effect produced by this perform
ance, and getting somewhat vain glorious as
the steam got higher. they proceeded to more
offensive monstrations-by in,errupting and
hustlng the passengers, and il is SAID, that in
he exbliration produced by the genial juice
hey threatened to take forcible possession O.