Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1836-01-01

uS uooV ouu CnbiuCS hI6 uoebesS run
the ice with which they are choked
up; the 6remen are exhausted and
worn ojt; and should a f re again
break out, there will be nothing 10 re.
sist its progress. Every one must
therefore keep watch for the safety of
his own premises.
A civic patrol is organized; but 4
is all important that individual vigi-
lance be unremiIting.
This is not time 10 sugg est modes
Of assistance or relief TO the hundreds
who are ruined by this terrible calam-
ity, but something must be done. The
government will no doubt see The pro
priety and necessity Of taking instant
measures to relieve the merchants who
have custom house bonds arriving at
maturity; but what can be done for
the fire insurance companies, all of
which have doubtless lost all their
capital, is more than we can coniec.
iure, The consequences must be
dreadful. The prosperity of this ci.
ty has never been subjected 10 shock
so terrible During the night all de.
scriplions Of carriages were 10 The i'm
mediate vicinity Of the fire either wait
ing to remove books, driving away
with merchandise, or in attendance up
on those who were watching the pro.
gress Of the flames.
Pearl street, from Hanover square,
to Broad street, was made deposIto.
ry for piece good, and piles valued
perhaps at halfa million were burnt.
Old slip was also filed with every
species of valuable property, which
was destroyed.
A large number Of the militia were
ordered out to pro tect property
through the might we have not been
alba to ascertain how many, bot under
stand that the orders en- brace several
regiments.
GTThe Post Office, in which eve.
ry thing was saved, has been remov
ed 10 the Cestom House. No mails
have been delivered as yet to. day,
but we are TO have delivery this Of
ternoon.
P0stScript.-l o'clock P. N.
The fire has been mastered, and we
rejoice 10 learn, did not cross Coentie:
Slip. nor advance any farther south
upon Pearl street.
0TWe are grallfed that we are ena
bled 10 state that the banks, wi h one
accord, are acting 10 this emergency
upon scale of the most extended Iio-
erality. TO day, the officers have ia
ken the responsibility, ia all necessa,
ry cases, doing as they would he done
by, A meeting Of bark directors is
to be held tomorrow for farther con.
sulta'ion.
POsiscript-3 O'cIoch P NJ
The fire is still progressing toward:
the Battery! lthad not crossed Wal
street.
A o'clock, Th1re is hope that the
fire in Wall street will be stopped by
the American Insurance Company
and that that building, and those be-
low, 10 Pearl street, will be saved. Tit
buildings above the Am. Insurance
Office on the west side of Wall street
to William street, including the Elk
change, are all destroyed-and two OIL
three above William street. The FIRE
is still raging toward Broad street, il
the rear If Wall s,ree'j and may ex
tend to the building on The latter, The
east side of Wall street is vet safe
The hlmes are yet extending down
William street; the buildings on tha
street and fronting Hanover square
including the Gazette clIice are burn
ed down.
No estimate Of he amount of dam
age can be made-some individua
stocks Of goods are estimated as higt
as two, three and four hundred thou
sand dollars, The loss cannot fall
much short Of twenty millions Of dol
lars: and many are of opinion that i
will exceed Thirty Millions.
Nearly the whole Of Lords elegan
row of stores in exchange place, and
the church opposite, are in ruins; auc
the flames are extending rapidly to
ward Broad Street
The Daily Advertiser and the A.
merican newspaper Offices are destroy
ed, and all machine presses ofthe es
tablishments.
5o'ctOck. Wego to press while
the fire is raging. II is said to hav,
extended below old slip on Pear
steeet. ard there is no calculation