Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-02-27


Lous., containing g., 900 bags Of salipeue;
! the whole loss estimated at 4 or $780,
1000
! New York was visited by fire in l776,
which destroyed abou, 1000 houses. This
! happened soon after the City was taken
| possession Of bv the British. 800 houses
! were destroyed in l77s. In 1895, 60 or
20 houses were DESTROYED on Maiden
Lane, lGO houses we're destroy ed on Du-
ane and Chatham streets in 1911.
! Pronunciation WIS nearly consumed
F., in 1921. Los, o0,OOO,OOO .m,dcrs.
| Petersburg, Russia, in 1860. sustained
damage by FIRE 70 the amount Of z .OGu, goo
rnbles. In November Of tie same year,
1000 houses wers destroyed by FIRE
occssoned by lightning. IN 1896, lare
magazine ofEayal stores, and about 100
vessels in the harhor were destroyed.
Petersburg, Virginia was destroyed by
are ir 1854 and since then has teentwice
reduced to ashes.
| The Orphan ASs lurn IN Philadelphia.
was burnt during severe cola might III
1892, and % OF the poo: CT aans persisted
IN he hames.
la Portsmouth,, r. II. 800 houses were
burnt in 1902.
burned in 1.SG. The theatre at that;
place vas burn, in 1911, and 10 persons,
among them the governor OF the state. per-
shed in the flames.
At Warradin, in Croatia, in 1875, fire
consumed 600 houses.
Al Moscow, in Russia, 10000 houses
were DESTROYED by fire in 1879. The to-
tai destruction Of that CITY by fire in 1872,
to arrest the progress Of Napoleon, is finil- |
lar 10 all.
From these few hasty references it will
be seen, that although New York, and ill.,
deed the whole country, has suffered to an
immense extent, still Ike calsm,ties have
visited other cities. 1t must not be sup
posed, however, where such numbers Of
houses have been destroyed, as mention
ed above, that the loss was as great in pro
portion as that sustained IN New York.
Ga the contrary. IN great many Cases, 1t
is probable thlt the houses were small, of
slight structure, and comparatively value
less. Yet some of these fires must have
been as ruinoas and desolatng in their
effects. as the one which has now filed
the city anu Country with sadness. i
The Grea. Fire which occurred in New
York December 10 and II, 1883, de-
stroyed 511 houses, Ca l-rge number of
which were valuable 4 and story brick !;
stores) exclusive Of the Merchants Ex-
change and .hc South Dutch Church. the
value Of which they estimate at S4,OW,-
coo. The loss in merchandise they pu,
down at Sl3,ll5,632 Total loss, ST.
III $50 |,
Copy OF letter from an Officer of
the Army to the Adjutant General.
Fort Mitchell, (Ala.) Jan. 81. 1886.
SIR: | have the honor to state 10
YOU for the information of the Depart
ment. that on Friday, the 22d instant,
two Indians were killed a few miles
below here. on the Georgia side OF
the river, by the by the whites, and
also on Sunday the oath, understood ,
two other Indians were killed near a
the same place. On Sunday evening. =
SAYS an express to me from Column i
bus. )from three to five hundred lndi- t
ans Though l don believe there were q
more than fifty crossed over the riv |
er. hostiliiies TO the whites on the
Georgia side. On Yesterday. about i
.w o o'clock. these Indians about fifty 7
N number, were met by an equal II
humber of Georgia militia: and, al a d,
though the Indians made signs ofpeace :
ov hosting white flag, the whites :
-usted on them. and were fired upon !,
Nv the Indlans.-this was the COM =
of an engagement. which T
asted some fifteen or twenty minutes $
when the militia took to flight. leav- Il
ng three or four OF their number dead v
IN the field. The loss of the Indians i,
S not known. New reintorcements n
passed here late last night. for the
scene of action. The Georgians II
ave thus set fire to the match which
he Indians have been some time pre- "
,aring. and the sequal can only snow q
he horrors it may effect. There is J,
10 doubt but that they viii have :,
GENERAL engagement to-day: and. E
houId it result in the triumph of the G.
whites. it will probably fire the whole,
lation l;I,e Creeks] with feelings of a
ostiIity. Although apprehend but b
title danger here at present. shall ii
ose no time IN putting the block al
ouses IN 4 state OF defence. to the Vi
nd that We may not be taken by sur q
rise.