Litchfield enquirer., 1837-08-10
From the Near-Haven Herald, August 3d. AWFUL CONFLAGRATION

One of the most destructive and distressing confa- grations which has ever befallen city-exceeded in extent hy by the large fire re- or the Wharf lS suffering produced-occurred last night, by which fiji. teen or twenty buildings in the heart of the city are % reduced to heap of rpins L The alarm was given a. ceed from a small wooden building, containing a large quantity of swinging tow, in the of the cab inet ware house of MT. J. B. Bowditch, in Orange street, from which it very communicated to the gressng with fearful rapdity, until all that portion of the square between the dwelling house of Henry White, Esq. in Orange-street and the large brick store occupied by Col. Gardner Morse in Chapel st. together with the of buildings ill the rear, were enveloped in single sheet of flame, and entirely consumed. Most of the buildings on the north side of Chapel-street, from the New-Haven Bank to the injured.
 Notwithstanding the firemen and citizens repaired with their usual promptness and alacrty to the scene of devastation, yet owing the combusble nature of most of the buildings and materials aided by strong southe asterly wind, which prevailed at the time, all efforts to check the of the flames proved u; between and o'clock in the morning, that they were completely subdued.
 We are unable to day, from the confusion which the amount damage sustained in the loss of property the number of buildings destroyed. The following, as far as we have been able to ascertain, is list of the sufferers, with the buildings that were wholly or P"AIoHy uCSuoySN
 oRANGE-sTREET, WEST SIDE.
 Dyer White. Esq. dwelling house considerably in- jured barn destroyed. Henry White, Esq dwelling house slightly injured wood house in the rear destroy building and goods mostly destroyed Partially in sured. J. B. Bowditch, Cabinet Warehouse, with workshop m the rear.entirely consumed. Partially insured. Yemmans & Morehouse, Chair and Sign Painters-entirely destroyed. Insured.
 cHAPEL-sTREET, SOUTH SIDE.
 Wm, A, Thomson. dry goods stOre-desfrOVed- Fully Insured. Berah Bradley, shoe store-destroy- ed Insured. s. & M. Parker; milliners-d destroyed. ladies shoe store~destroyed. Insured. G. W. x A. G; Tute formerly of Litchls!d dry gGSds store Candee, linen draper-no insurancte1-total loss.- goods partly saved Wm. c. Baldwin. shoe store.- No insurance. Bostwick & Treadway, saddlers.- Partially insured: H. A. Reed, grocery store. Hor- Samuel Wadsworth, exchange of;ce. Partially in- sured. Giles Mansfield, hat store. Insured. Jona- than Foot, shoe store. Insured. Wm A. Law, thread and needle store. Insured Gardner Morse, drug and paint store-slghty injured D. P. Tucker, confectionery and fruit store and dwelling in the rear principally destroyed.
 CHAPEI-STREET, NORTH SIDE.
 Mrs Scott, millinery store-buildng and goods prin- cipally destroyed. No insurance Mrs. Langdon, millinery store-do. do. Partially insured Mark Wooster, grocery store-somewhat injured. J. & l. D. Beecher, stove and lamp store-buding principal h. fancy store-slightly injured
 Besides the above, number of outhouses and oth- CT buildings were more or less injured or entirely des troyed.
 Our firemen did nobly Every arm was nerved for the contest their exertOns relaxed until their appalling foe was completely subdued. Neither should the conduct of Fair Haven friends be for gotten. Great credit Is also due to the students and officers of Yale College, for important services render ed by them on this occasion. Among other instan- ces, we have been informed that number of students removed the entire stock of books from the store of MessYs Durrie & Peck, which after the fire sub dued were safely restored to their proper place with out injury.
 We take pleasure in stating also that a number of ladies' in the exercise of that sympathy which is nament their sex were actively engaged in furnish ing refreshments to the exhausted reInen, and rem dering such other aid as in their power to give.
 By this distressing calamity large number of our fellow citizens-many of them defenceless females have been in a moment turned out of house and home, of obtaining livelihood. They should be remember ed by their more fortunate neighbors who have the means of relieving their wants, and their situation rendered as comlortable as possible.
 w hat renders this disaster the distressing, IS the fact that there no doubt that the work of en incendiaFy. Until these incarnafe demons who lr- !st our city, are detected and brought condgn pun Isnen, there can be no security for persons prop erty' Let every citizen be on his guard
 Shade Trees protection against F;re-We think we have within few years seen 1t stated somewhere that shade trees were good protection to buildings contiguous to those on fire. Such proved tO be the case in Chapelstreet on "Wednesday night. for sucb parts Of those stores on ths sdo of tho street Opposo tho fro as were shielded by tho IonRe of the trees were scarcely seoEehed while other and more expoaed parts were thoroughly chaHed. But the trees wo TO. gEet say will never bud again.-NsU-IIaSsn Rai.