Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-06-27
FAYETTEVILLE

| 4 hHlEsheei IRON the Olfse OF che tayet'e.
vle(N. T. )Obserrer OF date tue l4ta Inst con
rain, the following
/ " Among the many persons Who have VII
! led Fayetteville since the day OF our calamity
We have mol met with CT heard Of a sing.e III
disidusl WHO bad received an adeglaf,
/ idea Of ihe scene of dcsr,pction, which can or
y be conceived Of by those who witnessed II
CONTRARY - all example, there has been II
| relation To II, no eKaggeratloD. The yeTba
| accounts with which the country vas FL
ed, as we ooiseli was returning to town n day
ar two alter The IRE, though they gave us To-
lerably accurate idea of he mts Of the fire
lell short even III that respect, and far more Sd
! III regard 10 the loss oil goods, &c. Tho
! newspapers, Nauu aud South, have given
] glowing descriptions. but they ALL vi Ia ons "a
esrt0n,' I'll snort ol The reality. In V,n
.,nth, ~ HOuhI be- had u eEaegrrate. EoI
space Of about six hlnifed ysrds square,
there remained not one houss, where all ~9s
50 compact, tat room ior another hrll1n,
~ bartly 10 be ipunI 1h0re rema,ned IL
1t ~noie town, ouly three Or to,r ,td,rs.
We uOi only never str snea almost tolnl
i"si - ION. but We mesa htard 81 any thing
Ike o..
W r.niinue % hear from maay towns hnd
ari"s ~ sfi gu OF uuI sIpte, o! almost III
e3"n 81 Ilpefatb towards tnu pniIt tuAate 5ui.
ierers 10y ms fir A. 'ar a. heard RON, wilh
nit a. rktrpauH. me amount of suD5ctipnans
has exceeded In "Ap ctalIon oi the most eH-
travagon, mind. I've receipts from each
t"wn viii be aeknJ df,d hereafter, Official
".
The New York Ameoean reproachos the
sniletfs by our iatG fire, " Il nsL leo ing TO II
ieet insurance 0ppn tGcir pro. rty. II IS easy
Ia shoo 80 Edit that Thy " iaulllrss IN
al "a A. If In
sa'ance Ohcts ~ lbis tow, one OF wh,rh had
INST uctOns not 10 take rlsk On aIy wooden
nl'lns % liz cont nts, situated within GER
tam distance, (ionr l0ds,) II any other wooden
hh'ilitR, lIoin the nature OF the maielIdb vi
with or town vas chiefly bull il may he sup
posed Nat not muah could he insured at lha'
ohcr. lie Agenc, had Instructions rot 10
menie 10 greater amount than ten tboa.aud
dollars upon any one square. There are leu
insuIan Offices ia the south and tGo se al The
North had been 80 much alarmed by the h,-
guTht htcs nj Wilmington, Augusta, and other
southern Town, that they ted such enor-
nous premiums ior risks rs prevented many
from making an elllrl to ohiain insurance. Al
drd To all th,s, II had been about thirty years
since Gre had occurred ia t1wn, which des-
ito, ed more than one house. Under all these
circumstances we think II ID mater Of surpIizf
that so much was insured.
lhis was aiem'n' published in the Ma
hohhl lhtellieenttr, on the authority OF
stage passenger, asserting taat 1900 persons
were lcit houseiss Rud that 200 were en-.
eamped in the nelsaborng woods. This is lar
from being true. II Ii tue that hundreds oil
person, VIE lei hou'eles, .bul thy were ne I.
~ ail provided win homes by ih"r 49,, n.prs
a Gon'lde'aalf number camptd ont, duuog one
aRhi only but some OF them did i los TIM pul-
Il.
been saved nom The tla1rs, aud MAS uacessa
rily exposed IN the 6sldS.-The reality oi
5or CALAMITY Ia to uad 10 need any drafts up.
fancy.