Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-10-13
DONa ESTHC.

Destructive FiRE.-festerday morning about two
o'clock, fire discovered in the fruit cellar of Mr..
Rurnham, beneath the five story brick building cor
of Dcvonshire and Water streets, which inimedi-
acly nded the paper of Messrs J. II Will
kns d Co, aud aided by westerly breeze soon en-
compassed the whole building, destroying nearly all its
contents and before the flames could be checked had
extended down Devonshire street TO the carpenters
shop Of L. Lovejoy, the brick grocery store and
dwelling OfMiciacl Connel three story brick building
occupied by Irish families and another by John Fem-
fDg marble posher, the two latter being considerably
damaged although much Of the furniture &c. was
moved On the opposite corner, three story brick
building, occupied by James King, grocer and John G.
Roberts, book binder took fire at early period and
wasentteiy destroyed, with most of the contents The
next building ON Devonshre ST. also BRICK was occupied
by private lamilies and boarding house from which
some OF the furniture was removed. The next ownedby
Harvard College, occupied lay the Boston Chemical
Printing Co.. under the charge of Lemuel Blake and
Henry Bowen, the damage To which considerable.
The adjoining four story brick building owned by Cod
man, was also destroyed. 1t occupied book
bndery, by Marsh, Capen q Lyon, and insured the
amount OF $4,000, and by s. r. Hart printer, who had
no insurance, but saved some of his property.
The walls of all these buildings fell in either during
the fire or few hours alter with injury to no
learn, except young named Isaac Persons, whose
skull was fractured. Part of the wall of the large
building, with the chimney fell upon the three story
brick building adjoining Water street, crushed in the
roof aud caused considerable damage to an extensive
stock of stoves CRATES, tin ware &C. belonging to Bry
cut & Herman The building and stock was also some
what inlared by FIRE: latter fully insured
The ire stopped in Wafer street towards Wash
ingorA by brick wall, in which iron door,
and on Devonsire street West side by brick wall i'm
which also iron door The Atlas printing office
next, but sustained little injury except in the
moval Of some of their of types which thrown
into pi-
The building, in which the FIRE took was owned by the
heirs of the late Peleg Coffin. Messrs. Wilkins & Co.
had $1,000 insured, which Will their loss In their
store were consgnmens OF paper from different manu-
facturcrs-one from Aicssrs Peabody, of Salem, who
had $1,000 insured Andrew Kitchen, hairdresser,
the floor, lost of his effects. part of the
building occupied by Nathan Hale book print
ing office, including steam engine and four of Tread
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presses, insurance Sl5O0-B. F. & J. ). Greenough
engrayefs stereotype founders and publishers of the
Penny Magazine, nearly three volumes of which
destrcgcd: loss S7t0J insurance S4500 by A. H. Wood
proprietor of the Chronicle and Reformer printing office
Bryant * Herman also had machine shop IN this build
number of stereotype aud other works belonging to
different individuals the presses including the
People and Parlcy's Magazines and the American Ju
| rist.
In Mr. Robertss bndery were 1900 copies of the North
American Review geo copies having Just been deliver
ed, aod $3.50 copies of the American Almanac, for 1886
Ewo sairs containing stereotype plates OF great value,
G"J,o md Haay 81
es, and also containing the account books of Kane a.
/ Co. and Wilkins & Co in this building, and
ascertaned TO have received no injury.
Three of tho brick buildings on the West side of De-
y vonshre street owned by VIM Boardman
Among The other sufferers Moses 81 Dcnison pro-
vision dealers, loss $1,000; Thos Barrett, printer who
lost all his property F. c. Graham, machnist loss 500
dollars; LeIuue Shatuck 700 dollars - Sawyer, ma
chinist, who owned one or more power presses. Mr..
LOvejoy loss aboGi 1860 dollars 500 insured. Mr..
IL Bowens private desk broken open during the
fire and his pocketbOok stolen.
The Transcript states the amount of insurance DO
$40 500, divided as follows:
Frcmcn's Office 900, National 5000, Mutual 5000,
Merchants 1000, Protection 1900, American 5000 Ma
nufacturers 1000, Fire and Marine 2000 Franklin 1900
Ocean 1860.
Nearly the whole edition Of the North American Re-
view -four thousand copes totally destroyed by fire
on Thursday morning, also the entire edition
eight thousand copcs) of the American Almanack,
which was nearly ready for publication.
STEAMBOAT ExPLosfoS.-We learn from the Mobile
Advertiser that the steamboat Don Juan burst her boil
or, while her passage the night of the 18th inst
about 81 miles above that city. The engineer MIR.
Henry Thompson, and fireman. Indian were kill
ed, t.S FIRST Instant land several other persons bad.
" scalded and otherwise injured, by the explosion
The head of the boiler had been blown out and swep
the whole length Of the engine room, and thence tbro
a small passage into the cabin. The Don Juan was
towcd bick to Mobile next day, by the steamboat An
drew Jackson, despatched for that purpose