Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-09-13
From the 81. Louis Bulletin Ertra }

ST. LOUIS. August 81
Saturday morning II
Destructive FIRE AND Loss or LIFE "A hre pr"kr
out this morning between three and four clock IN ie
Store Of BInine Tompkins e. Barrett, on Front street
which petsy destroyed tina, building, together WIN
the stores Of Sle,tinius d Jannary u. W. "n'.e ~
Co, Allen g. Co., o Cobb } New, VIM Sc"'t. 'nrt's
Clubbing Store ard sevprai smaller establishments
The s,,r.a of / Il r Walsh and II N Davis & Co.,
were in ,,nnin.nt danger and only saved by the great
est e3eroDs.
Bu, the ms m .lanchnlv part of this DIRE calamity
yet 10 be related A number oi prrs"ns' nu''ng "."
81 me &c our most worthy and esteemed citizens uvp io
their lives These already rr"gElzrd are Benz iu'h,
bull ESQ James Hayden, Esq II CLERK !" the SURE u
NJ Willing d. ca. and Arthur Brewer co!pe".e,
They were dug from the ruins this morning III
most horrible STATE Of mut'lhon. ano ptese"'.u a
hear, rendnp spectacle. Another bcdy, So much DE-
s,tovpd as to render il impossible to deniy u, was
taken out afterward small piece OF REQ slf'peo
pnpham shirt was all that could be discovered bearing
aty t,nces by which The unfortunate Vlctm couo oe
recognized .a
The person. whose remains hsve been recovered.
were standing in The back part Of Mr. Vikings Store,
,ove,ber With as has been estimated, some three or our
others rpmoVng goods, &c, when quantity ntpocder
in Blaine, TomPkins O. bafre expioceo, aho '"'e "
wall in upon them
The follow ing is list Of the sufferers Blaine. Temp
kins s. Barrel, Grocery and Forwarding Merchants
insured S.sunius & January, ditto ditto-lnsured :
- Roberts, Clothing s,orp-partialy insured va
Scm, Auconeer-no insurance. o. Cobb, Druggist
partially insured Aryn d. Co, Grocery-insnreo'
S-We learn lha, The fourth individual who was
dug out is supposed TO have been Mr. Carter.
The FIRE is supposed TO have originated from Stove
(Fro7n HE Bufalo Journal Sept ~
BuRsixo OF THE GREAT Observation-Disclosures
reached here this morning, oi the destruction OF .he
Great Western The clerk, in communicating inc tae'
to Messrs Gelsion d. Evans, the principal agents IN
this city, Says" have 10 inform you that the Great
Western took FIRE yesterday evening Sunday? about
o'clock while lying at The dock IN Detroit aho IN very
shor time all the upper works were destroyed Capt.
Walker thinks her hull il perfectly sound and her en-
CINE beyond doubt, very Ii,ile damaged After haV.
ing the hu tnwed down Huron preparatory 10 reh
ting again. Capt Walker will return To Buffalo"
Nothing further is said Of The destruction. We,
however. learn from gentlemen who came posse myers
in The Buffalo, that the Western had been on Trip TO
the upper lakes, was returning and caught lire while
crossing lake ST Clair The fire early discovered
and soon got under but II wonld seem, not entirely
qnrnchpd After The boat had reached Detroit, the
smuhered fire again burst forth, and in an instant The
the whole vessel was one entire sheet OF fame The
fire burned with such rapidhy that very few OF the pas
spnEers secured their luggage. One gentleman from
ORLEANS county much bur ned IN attempting 10 save
his vase which contained large amount OF money.
The barkeeper shore, and also lost consiera
BILE In short, but few articles OF value were res
cusd, so furious WIS the cnnfugraIion
The Great Western was q most splendid specimen
Of naval architecture. and one OF the finest vessels
ever set ofoal The Western waers Her loss will be
regretted by the community generally She originally
cost Sl0n00O and owned in shares by the agents
here Capt W. and few enlerprlsing persons al Huron
There was no insurance.
FATAL Acc,prxr As HE large omnibus employed
to carry passengers between the Southern Steamboat
wharf and the railroad depot crossing the canal on
l2lh street this morning. about % minutes hei"re d
o'clock portion n he bridge suddenly gave way. and
the and lis contents prfcplned distance OF 10 or
90 ieer The canal beneath The passengers, about
40 in nuubrr. and ihr horses rescued from their
perlnus condition Nth bat rfng injury by The prompt
assistance of vera persons bnas but We regret 10
add that a young man connected with the steamboat
line and informed. The principal support Of a
widowed mother. drowned. The accident was evI.
IDENTIFY occHsoned Nv The imperfect conoiiiun OF the
bridge many Of the ,Inbers being rotten, and the greu
weight Of the vehicle and iis contents; and yet this
bridge apparently The safest Of any crossing the ca
nal The situation OF The bridge on l1ih street is so
dangerous that persons horseback rarely attempt 10
cross il.
We understand that the draw on the Long bridge
crossing the Potomac ia nu Of order. and the travelling
across the bridge will be interrupted until "Wednesday
next GLOBE.
DISTRESSING SRirwRrcK- NINE LIVES Lnsr.-The
Norfok Correspondent OF the Ballimrp Exchange, un
der date of Friday says: "A part Of the crew of the
ship Miilejgevilie Captain Porter. arrived al Noro's
this sternon and brings Distressing accounts OF IN"
ship She SAILED from New York the elst of August
with valuable cargo and number of passengers bound
10 Savannah, and on the Thursday morning following,
she went nshore Chcksmacomlco about ~ miles 10
the Nnrhward Of Hl,teras- eight passengers. among
whom was female and sailor. drowned. The
ship hns gone 10 piecesCnpain Porter was left on the
beach attending to such part Of the cargo was washing
ashore.
I'VE also learn from the Of The ship aiiedge.
vile tina, number OF cattle driven ashore on The
beach. supposed 10 be from vessel bound To the
Yves, Indies J."
The Washington C. Republican of the 4h inst
gives further drt tails of tie late storm, and adds that q,
ntnI r Il
Portsmouth beach Many vessels were also lost
jured. One col"red man drowned
[Amfolk Beacon.
NORTH POINT MONUMENT 7reyA d S.p,ember.