The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1830-10-07
DESTRUCTIVE FIRElN NEW YORK

AND Loss OF LIVES.
A Are broke ont on Sunday morning, =
bout half past 3 O'Clock. in the bakery ot
Mr.. WIN B Humbert, No. 224 Bowcry
between Prince and Spring streets,and be
fore the flames were get under, destroyed
seven houses, nos' Of them two story b:iuk
front dwellings. fronting on the Bowerv.
and burnt through The centre Of the entire
block to Elizabeth street, including in the
Yavaycs two large brick houses, slanch
ter house, and some small buildings, on the
east side nj the latter street. with all the
buildings in tho fear. The further pro
grcss of the flames south was arrested by
. solid brick wall, formed by the end Of a
three story brick house fronting on the
Bowcry, and the end wall of the Chambers
Melting Company establishment Fortu
nately there was very little wind ST the
time, otherwise, as the ne.ghboring build
ipgs were very great and the difficulty of
obtaining water was very great, the con.
fagratlon would probably have be avery
extensive.
What renders this occurrence pcculiary
disastrous. il, that -four of the me. employ.
ch in Mr.. lIunbert's bakery, were burnt to
death. l. IL supposed they were asleep at
spread with such rapdi;y that they were
cnveloped in them before they had time to
escape. The names ofthe deceased were,
Samuel Clark, n native Of New York. aged
Is, George Lane and Bernard Jocclyn. both
orPrussia, aged 81; and John Gallagher. a
native offreland, aged ~. The rcm,ins of
three of the bodies have been founl.
We have not been able tn ascertain, sat.
isfactorily, the cause Of this sad disaster.
Mr.. Hunbcrt was first awakened by the
cracking ofihe flames. and has,encd 10
remove his family. After telling his wife
to take her child and fly to the street, he
proceeded 10 the chamber where his mon
and boys slept, and gave the alarm. Onc
ofthc boys had previously seen the flames.
and hurried to the bed room of Mr.. and Mrs
II. This apprentice and another. with Mr..
and Mrs. Hnmbert. and their infant, with
difficulty escaped down stairs with their
lives. A third apprentice lcaped out ofthc
window.
A morning paper SAYS, ths, 'two young Ia.
dies, the one sister to mrs. Humbert, The other
her cousin, percciving the flames had inter
copied thcr fight by the stairway, crept ou'
Of tho garrett window and over the roof of an
adjoining house. into which they got by an,ih
Or window, and this house WAS subsequently,
burned There wer. seven persons in the
bed room over tho bakery, three men and four
boys
The want Of water was the cause Of the
destruction Of so much property. At an early
period. ono engine which was stationed close
60 the fire would hav: cvtnguished the H. n,
had a supply of water been continued. Every
eistern in the neighborhood which could be got
st was drained, and the Chambers Melting
establishment. which contained 400 barrels oi
sallow, was saved by the extraordinary exer.
tions ~ small private engine, called the
8lnek Joke yr." manned by Young men.
Many engines were useless for the want Of
water. Had the Public Reservoir, been in
spsrstion, much property nigh, have boen
ssvsd.- Commercial advertiser.