The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1836-01-01
From tie " \. Commercial Advertiser, Of Dee. Il.
DREADFUL CALAMITY.

Ne,e York has been for Is hours in flames -
Tiny are not vet extlngulshed. A large section,
md that the oldest and most wealthy portion oil the
,r i in ruins and whether the progress Of the
DESTROYER is yet completely arrested, we cannot
nh Since the conhagration OF Moscow, no ca.
hmlty by FIRE, 80 extensive, and dreadful, has
i ,t,rn any city ia the world. The fire broke out
I, Merchant street, in the triangular block formed
~ wall, William, and Pearl streets, at about 9
4 Slick last night. A fierce mind was blowing
n ram The northwest, aud the weather so intensely
md as 10 render the efficient working Of the en-.
II Inc, impossible
The consequence was, that the fire held the
1 mastery through the nght-spreAding with great
and destructive rapdty. Ii was an awful night
i, New York, and for the country. Bot We can
4 neither describe tie grandeur of the spectacle nor
~ Ietrors nor the desolatlon brought more dis.
npftly TO view b} the morning light. The arm
f If man was poweress; and many OF our fellow
ftYens who retired 10 their pillows in ailluence,
were bankrupts on awakne
Tp, fact OF the poWefessncss Of the frenen,
from the almost instantaneous congeation Of the
water and the benumblug influence Of the cold
increased the CONSERVATION which prevailed among
The thousands Of the aeltated multitude, who were
Il p..ntssg, OF the calamit, many OF them doomed
10 stand and see the destruction q their own tor.
tunes. without beng able 10 lit finger for the
H rescue 10 arrest the flames was al once seen 10
\ impossible save BY the blowing up Of ranges Of
l.G rs Ia advance OF the FIRE, that lis pro-
rf,,, might thus be interrupted. But the diff
h faulty N3s 10 obtain powdcr--nonc, Of conse.
i r1lsc, beng allowed 10 tie city. sufficient
Il .l9ly. therefore, could not be obtained short Of
/ =. NAVY Yard hence, also, the mayor was o
,sd u send for u strong military force 10 pre-
,Hr property from the s~atms Of robbers who
a.. aseT ready on such OCCASIONS. What d CON.
u.atAr, upon the dcpFaylty Of man.
such ~ the confusion that prevails and such the
d.8clliy % WORKING ones way through the smoke,
Gl ne and heated RUNS, that It Is impossible To
a particulars with any pfetensIon 10 accuracy.
Beow. We have given the account, prepared Tor the
Mercantile AdyCIlistf--oue OF the iWO surviving
m9rhlug papcrs-at the late hour al which that
paptr AS put 10 press.
The couGsgratlon continued TO extend for some
hour arerNard., Tie reader may form some
opinion of Tie magnitude Of the calamity, b. tie
SLOWING statement prepared by consulting the
r, after We had walked around The runs Tor the
pose Of deliberate survey.
; uh sidt OF Wan street from Willllm.streot 10
l4st fner including the Merchants Exchange,
Ht excepting some three or four buildings be
tfcn Merchant street Gotmeriy Hanover and
9t. Aso tom " VILLAIN 10 Broad, bindings
e destroyed bot injured in the rear.
Etchaur, street both sidts, from Broad street,
s.Ing " liilam TO Merchant street.-The Garden
ect church Was embraced IN Ills section.
Merchant street. .iotmefl, Hanover. both sides,
Wal. to Hanover square.
flI street, both sides, rom W ~, street 10 Han.
OIL. .ruarr.
Pad street. both sides, from Wall street 10 Go.
q aa-lp including The whole sweep Of Hanover
>onc street, from Ils0e,cr square 10 the lane
90 The brad OF tesntrs stn.
tuhsngc street and part o, Beaver street, from
sa nearly TO Braat.
Water .i.o't bgta sides, rom Colcc-house slip
4 c5rI.cs slip
>Fb street from thu same to the same
s19'b sd, o' Coise.hors, >Ip. from pcarl street
\ srs BET Rtrr.
E.,a side, Of Old Sip. including tho Franklin
r-rsr'E 'fom rsalI street to lhe Ea., River,
Worth .cc ., Co,utss Sip from Pearl street to
,o.
J7a.,' lao,, Gouycrncurs lane, Cuylcr's alley
ts n of Mn stress.
>t,r'o,n block OF buildings, Of the largest and
rs, ol-', description. ate totally DESTROYED the
-e block between Wal street and Exchange
bounded on the west by Broad street and
81. 5flvccu Beaver dud Mil streets, also front.
an Broad, are greatly injured, and may aluos,
"a 20 D, ccsttoytt--esccpt the single range
stores itonunE on Broad street. The number
holdings II - impossible 10 ascertain, but It is
lu'ed botuccu 7gb auu 1900. The amount
Npr-y destroyed Is Incaru.abie.
I19>c acquainted with our city sal. al once per.
Il cove hat nearly tine ruurc scat o. TIA greatest
ra0oroll Transaction has been destroyed. II
is rsl probable, that the destruction OF any given
-tton, Of an, other CITY in the world, OF equa!
TH', would have involved greater destruction
capita, OF ruined tBe fortunes OF greater NUM-
IN OF men. The destruction OF goods, at every
8'5''1ion that can be enumerated, has been in-
j @eu's and what set farther magnlhcs the calauI-
y Is Ae iact, that the portion OF the city thus de
fgrl, is one Which has been almost cuEtly Tc.
'si within the last five or six years, and was
covered on every hand With the most noble aud
'I's'lo'lal ranges OF mercantile cdldccs perhaps
4 ~ the world
b'iofr The runpowder was used IN blowing up
"'3',s There we're many loud reports, from occa-
''l explosions Of powder, and casas Of spirits.
pl'ng The whole night the scene was one ct aw-
j" terror, and indescribabe grauLcur The
lsh' o. The season had contributed 10 the com.
'-'"o'Hy OF the matter, and the rapdlty with
when house after house, and range after range,
". wrapped ia flames, was truly Astonishing
i ". Wind being high, large flakes of FIRE were
''1s nhullng alott through the dark vault of
'A'n with fearful splendor. From the direction
" NE "lnd-to which under Providence, the sal
,"',1 OF perhaps the whole city Is owlng--thc Ct.
A." Brooklyn vas considered IN danger aud the
.''y ct tire were borne along in quantities be-
You'd la'bush
l"e buildings on Exchange place having be-
..Ne involved IA the conilagration, the flames
"'huulcn,cd 10 the Merchants Exchange itself,
' exemption of which had been 80 strongly cor
--LN NJ, TINT mrrr nmnnnf of rnnds WIS d. DO.