Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-02-16
CONGREGATIONS.

Many Fires have lately occurred in the City OIL
New York. The New York Commercial Adver
tser, Of Feb. G. thus introduces an accoun, Ola Fire
which took place in that CITY on tho evening pre-
ceding
We believe that no city in the universe, not
even Cons,antnople is SO severely afl ctcd by con-
Aagra,ons as New York II is true, that in the
Turkish capital large numbers Of houses are occa
sionaily .wep, away by the flames but hrcs al,
by no means so frequent there, and one of our
buildings probably worth ten or twenty Of theirs
Al quarter before seven, last evening, FIRE broke
out in Spring street. which, used as we have b,cn
for many years 10 Witnessing the raging OF this ter
riblc clement, blu, for that which speedily followed
would have been Of he most terrific and ALAN
ing in rs appearance that VIC have seen in long
time. When we arrived al the spot the conf agra
ton was at its height and there were no less than
| en houses wrart in flames, bidding defiance to hu.
man power IN arrest of their progress. This pro.
dgons sea OF flames was aided bya heavy wini
from the southwest, and It appeared mPoss BILE to
predc. the limits fits destructive march
The street, which =" as walled by fire, and those
IN the neghoorhood, was crowded 10 reploton by
as large and dense mas OF persons as are often
congregatcd on such ccca. ons. This rcumstanc.
alone would a, an ordinary fire, have interrupted
the operations of the engine companies, but il un.
fortunately happened that their usunl duties were
not called into rcqusl,on, by The almost entire fail.
nre OF water. But few engines were PLACED and
they only at intervals, continually suck ny from the
lack OF supply. II was useless expenditure to
throw the smallest quantity on the burning houses
-,hcy were left to their fate, and the fremcn ap.
Piled their engines to save The nearest ones not on
fire, and thr preservation was a, the expense of
great exertlon and hazard
The houses on the opposite side of the street,
and those at more remote distance in the range Of
the wilma, were saved by persons their tops who
ext'ngu'shed the fires frequently kindng on them,
by buckets of water-otkerwise the destruction
would have been Of a much greater extent The
distressing cry Of " water water |" ia all direc
tons was unanswered by hundreds of voices in four
words there is 10 WATER
Whist the fire was thus raging on Sprine stree
another hrc broke out in tho block Of buildings al
the corner o. William street and Hanover square
ny which several houses wcie destroyed The Ad
vertiser concludes its account Of these fires as fol-
lows
Tho estimate ofthe amount of property lost a,
these disastrous fires must necessarily be VAGUE
but from the best information we are able 10 o,an
that IN Spring stree, could not fall short of twenty
ave thousand collars, on which there is supposed to
oc insurance TO the amount ofonehrd ofihe whole
properly and that of William street, scyentv.6ve
thousand dollars, nearly the whole of which was
covered" wa
The City of Baltimore has also been visited ~,
distressing fires. The following account of the
latest IS taken from the Baltimore Gazette of F.h
ruary7: " GU
Last night, about twelve o'clock u fire. broke
OUT IN 'ae extensive Chair making establishment Of
Nv jacob Daley, on Baltimore street, adioioir,
Jones Falls. The combus,ible nature of tie con.
'e",s OF the building soon enveloped it in flame.
anu threatened destruction to the surroun ling hon,
e" A''er battling tho fire for upwards OF four
"ou'S' win an energy aud activity which we
nave never seen surpassed The fremen succeeded
IN areest'ns Its progress, with but little damage to
any building except that in which the fro orio;.
mated Jus '''S'
" Mr. Daley had on hand valuable s,ock ofl
goods IN his line, the greater portion of which w.rs
The building and contents. ara ;nsurcd
ana we nope, TO sufficient amount to pntec, liz.
from serious loss MI"
Anosaer Ffre.-Abcut l2 to-day fire brokc
out IN TIC AtAGnemn,, and the wind blowing ,,rora
rom the northwest, tho aamcs spread with f,,rfnl
'aP'u.y 20 that IN short time, that 6ne building
was also totally destroyed. happily, tho fro was