Litchfield enquirer., 1835-06-18

" -gO read it--Ir Ia WRITTEN UPON THE HEARTS OF HIS cOuNTRYMEN!
 From the CknrlestOn Patei0t ef J,Rs 6th.
 EXTENSIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. It becomes Our painful duty to record one Of the most awful and destructive cOnAagra- lions that has visited our city since the great fire of 1910. About half past l9 o'clock last night, the bells Of St. Michael's Church sound ed the alarm. but before any number of citi. ZeDs could assemble the fire had made fear fnl progress. It broke out in a small wooden tenement on the West side of Meeting. be- tween Hasell and Market streets. occupied by Mr. Sheppard as a saddlprs' shop. It soon spread on both sides of that building, but was arrested on the South by brick building. oc- cupied by Dr.. Wurdeman as a study, while on the North it extended to Hasell street, Crossing Meeting street at the corner of Guig- nArd street. occupied ny Capt. Fash. the flames spread nOrthwardly to Hasell street, which they also crossed at this spot, consum- ing two wooden tenements on the North side ot Hasel street, nexttO the corner Of Meeting street. Their further progress westwardly at this point was arrested by the blowing up of wooden house in Hasell street. South wardly on the same side of Meeting street they extend to the Beef Market. the roof at the east end of which was destroyed, and the cupola considerably injured.
 The confagration then took an Easterly course from Meeting street. and levellpd all the buildings on the North side of Market street; on both sides of Ellery street; on both sides of GuignarG street on both sides of Pinckney street, (vvith the exception of tw" or three on the North side) until it reach- ed Anson street, where it was arrested by In p1s,rr hINRnc ssR eha ner of Pinckney and Anson streets. not, how ever, until it had destroyed all the buildings on the West side of Anson street. from Mar ket street to Bement and MiIIinken's Sugar Refinery, including both sides ofMaiden Lane. from Market to Pinckney' street. Crossing ADsOn at its Northern junction with Pinckney street. it spread still Eastwardly, consuming | three buildings On the North side of Pinckney, 1 and five on the east side of Anson street. At ! this point the devastation was put a stop to by blowing up and pulling down several wood en tenements to the Eastward of the fre.- After destroying the houses in Hasel st.. from the $. E. corner of Meeting street to the brick building occupied by the late John Ball. Esq.,, it was arrested in this direction by blowing up the House owned and occupied by Mrs. Thompson, at the corner of Haspll street and Maiden Lane, by which the Trini- ty Church in Hasell street was fortunately sa- we'd. We regret fO add, however, that St. Shepherds Chapel in Guignard street shared | the fate of the houses in that neighborhood.
 The Baptist Lecture Room in Pinckney street was also burnt.
 l There is no estimating the extent of the loss of property to ihe Westward of Meeting street, it the house occupied by Dr. Wurde- man, on the East side of Meeting street, be- ing Of brick, had not been saved by prodi- glaus exeriions. the flames in that case would nave caugnt the large wooden building call
 ed the Panorama. and Seyle's suite of rooms,
 and penetrated into King street. The conse-
 quences we need not describe.
 We regret to add that while two coIored
 men were on the roof of the Market it fell in, and one of.them-a free feliow-named Joe
 Bland. was seriously injured. The other slightly. s.. =, -. surance at the Fire and Marine Insurance or flee is about Ses. 900, and at the Union Insu. rance about S5O.OOO.
 Many of the houses being of wood, were of little account. but there were several valua. bIe buildings burnt in this wide range of des- tructIon. The wind at the. commencement 0f the fire blew from the South West. hut shifted several times from s. w. to N. w. during the time occupied by the conflagration, which was nearly nine houss. It was calm, but the cOmbustible nature oe the materials, the season being unusually dry and the hous- es mostly of wood, wiih the narrowness of the streets. gave the flames an intensity and power that spread with a fearful rapiditv.- The devastation this morning is most appal- ling and heart rending. The immense space occupied by the smoking ruins, the number of destitute and houseless poor. who have nei- ther home nor shelter, strongly appeal to the feelings of the charitable. and Charleston in thus hou: of distress to suffering hundreds will not, we are confident, make vain call for sympathy and succO1r, on her sister cities of the Union.
 From the result of our inquiries, we are satisfied that some base m:screant was the ori. ginator of this wide spread devastation. Mr. shepard, on whose premises ihe fire occurred. never used light in the shop. and the vicini- ". composed entirely of wooden buildings. some ot very large extent, present hut too ia- diary. The number of dwelling houacs and stores destroyed has been estimated at 182, inclu- ains out buildings STA, allowing on an average TWO buildings to each lot. Valuation $780, 0oO' land or lots included. The number of l94: S' ""S lhere follows a particular specification oc) ne names and occupants ofthe property des-