Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-10-11
From The Raicigi ~ {. .Sar, OF. 5.


TIE Fue.-Agreeably to the promise made in
OIL" last, we proceed 10 furnish additional par
,icuars of the late disastrous fire city As to
the origin of tins calamity, by which many of our
honest and Industrious citizens have sustained hca-
w losses but opinion appears 10 pervade our
| community The store of Mr.. Richard Smith,
where the fire broRe out, Contained about five thou
sand dollars III cash. and, from circumstances subse-
quently developed, doubt exists that the store was
first entered by an lncendlary robbed Of part of
the money and then fired for the purpose OF conceal.
ing the thetl
The fire was first discovered issuing from the
east side oithe store OF Mr. Smith al about o'clock
on the morning of the 9th ultno, The alarm WAS
immediately gwen, when our citizens repaired to
the spot The flames spread with such rapldi,y,
that no,w outstanding the perscverng and indctat-
gable exer,ions the fire company and tho citizens
generally, and the blowing up ofscycral houses, it
was impossible 10 arres, them unu they reached the
Newbern Bank, which building probably owed It's
preservation II the adjoining one, occupied by MIR
Dupay, being constructed Of brick, which had the
effect Of shielding the Bank from the intense heat
which arose from the houses then on FIVE. Every
building on Fayetteville street from Smiths corner
10 tie Eewbetn Bank being the entire side Of II
square y III theeXccptlon Of the last named buildmg
vas totally destroyed
Richard Smith sustains the loss Of his store house
on the of Fayetteville aud iiargett streets
with his whole stock Of goods, books notes and
- 900 IN cash a store and contents, occupied 10y
Nh Hartford Us ataors shop the old Post Office,
fronting Uarseit street and two three small
houses. Total loss cstlmetal al about $50 600
Mrs Motdeeal, a store house, occupied 10y c. w.
D. sIutehinss, as a saddlcrs shop. y small part
of ms stock and tools Lust
Rev Henry Warren, store house and two out
houses, occupied by r. Tucker dry good merchant.
MI L lostmosl Of his groceries, estimated at about
$500.
Rev L. Freeman two store houses, one occupied
by W llama and Haywood, as a medicine and drug
| store and tie other IN the occupancy of James
Newton, as a shoe store
| jos ant WIN, Peace, three store houses, one oc-
cupej by Berry Harris, as a shoe Store one, an
! elegant house, Just fitted up, occupied by George
Simpson, as dry good store; and the other occu-
pied by themselves, us dry good store Loss of
Mcssrs. J. and w Peace in goods about $1,000.
james Conan, a store house, occupied by BENZ
S. King a dry good store.
! Mrs. Bond, two stores the one occupied by Jane
Lltchford as ataiors shop, and the othc, by Benz
Z. Smith, as dry good store. The two rear
buildings attached 10 these houses also eonsu-
med.
r Cannon. one house. occupied by himself as a
dry eood store.
VIA. {. Tucker, one store, with a rear building
occupied by John Holloway as shoe store.
Ne"bern Bank brick building, occupied by
Bernard Dupuy US a Jewellers store and kitchen
and smoke house, attached to the Rank.
From he same paper.
| Aao.iey Fire - Abou, o'clock, on Tuesday
evening last, our citizens were again aroused by
tAcap galhng cry OF Fire A large quantity Of old
..aHa. shingles and o.A-s.an59t. which .aI been