The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-05-11
GREAT FIRE!

ONE Third Oh HARLEsiuN ~ RUINS
Assui o'OIock on tnds, evening ts.t. he
cliIzens OF Chafieston we're alaftnsd ht the sound
d the hTe bells, aud ihe cry gwen tina, 1t was De-
hingsl, Pafl al the CITY WhIch,-ftoA TIC g-es'
quantity OF wooden buildings VITA Which II ., ht.
'eraiiy iosd, from Trsed 10 B,undars-,t on each
side, With here and here a brick house, and
occasionally Intended 10 be ssmLfse proc. -
vas always considered 70 ne the ,uo., dang
place tor conl.g grafton 10 commence, and her,
too, was stored large portion OF The tnosl yalu-
a5c dry goods ~ the city.
When We srT1v ~ the place where the fire
cotHuIrRcef, the faces had Just made their APP
ptarsbce IH tbs fesr Of s,uail shed or bniidiug,
aGjetnlaR the bouse, North West c,rner o Berss.
lord and hIng-st. aud but rev minutes Ella Jssd
oe}cfe The three or four other houses, and The
house on the Suuih-N est corner OF b. r.iofd-
street, we're alss 10 flames. The fire lhra com.
nenced ruarlng and leaping from d,,lrtrul p0nt~,
sell 20 s1rizIRta! direction ia thu az siih
yls0r and yiiulsnce, which uas truly appalling.
8ud Il bslng knoen is al tha, there was al az
usual scArcily o. water, Il apparent 70 ans %.
-ervr that me aspafa'us nf lhe Eaginesr. iar
bio lag up Of Houses, add the spplicatns 81 ore
hooks, Sere The principal Heans 10 b. drprndrd
% iar batting WHh tac destructive and dcyouring
element. Fire books, b,lieVc, were used III
but te@ 4 ary Instances, and under the I'm.
preston That there Is noi sufficient namber Of
them ur that Their usefulacss particularly IN ral
ing down small buIldings, IS uudcry ilued The
Pu1tpai Engin-er was sb.eRt, bat he assistant
Mr. FredeFiea Schuierie. promptly on The
ground. wIth the apparatus, and with courage
e"glaes~ and efficiency, no, Ia be surpassed aud
seldom equaiird CON taenccd operations, and con
iahsh uurenh,iogiy employed, until his lic be-
ca the sacrifice
B The FIRE ug,S rAnllg nYtrcd.J ,,g l. t.s, 90
both s'de-, and down Mlrket..,. TO Meo,inc 81,
@itb the rH--' uncomfortable raprdity. The en-.
gtnes were literally p1Uufi, g, except 10 f,s in
stanees-iAal OF saving ths Theatre, pcruaps, a.
ato'ntueti 40 any nther. After passing dom
Market 81 (D5th sldrs Of which, as far a. Church
- Markets included were dsstroyedl /, taSik
North Essieriy direction. the wlHd being rom the
>Pdia West, but 0los Jog only mod~ratclv and
excluded n that direction 10 The Sugar Refinery
on Apspu-si, thence down Anson 10 HasslI-s;
taenfe due asst 10 the ~atcr, having bat few
hodiag- bt~ren Ha-ell and S5esoiy.sl e1cep,
VI >ssnvy's residence on Hg~c'l-,i aud Mr. Hey.
satds house on the corner 81 East Bay and 50
cteis-st. and the rye steam mt Of Hr. Bennett
Liberty 1T. vas Inc boundary above K.g 81, 81 the
Northern hnc, ADD 81 Phthpto the West. row
p irpH' bsEdiag. bplng cii the Yves, side oil
mat and Afehdae-.t. Including AZ lra-l one fnurth
al the centre oi mr. orauiiiu and l0urishtng cty
and destroying our very spoad'd nrw Hotel, the
pride ~ the cizaus, and nearly fcsdY lsr The re.
ceptioa Of baardr-. the uev Masonic Hall, al the
West end Of tao Market tbe brick ork whlch
"as nearly finished, and somewhat Touring the
ues Tnratte.
The los Of property IL variously estimated. bot
ron what nc ran sscrr'ai. y viii b. 10 the ".
ctniiy Of THREE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
q Aheb about sns hall is probably Insured.
W. have made every ereriIon H. COR DoSer IN
OBTAIN correct let ~ the buildings d~slfo,r ed.
and os.ues OF The sufferers, having had seyrral
persons employed 80 that duty throughout the
whole - Yesterday. ii-i ui such az could be
ascertaIuod, ~as completed al d !lie hour last even.
ing, bod part of u piarcd "a tpyu, but II vas
ouad inp'--lble 10 get more than one hal 10 tho
mornings paper. and we came 20 the conclusion
To- defer It un'ii the whole appeared, which viii be
III to notrow's Cqurier
We we're largely o1t Of the wav in an extra H.
snsd On S1tYrdIF afternoon last ~ our estimate
that the laa1raB0e Oiii.es would paw bot 50 per
cent. 81 thgir Bosses This estimate was made Al
u oe VI confusion, when u va. Impossible 10 Oh
tara correct iHisfma'ion. We non lparn thai the
bafles'"" Ignorance and Trust Company will
pay 70 ton, 10" Ualop lI-rrsacc Company nearly.
At not quite all, and the fare aud Marine rs per