Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-09-16

One Of the most desrudi,e fires which have ever
occurred IN that cay, broke out, III St. Louis fAlo1
on the morning of 3lst uit. We have slips IRON
The tiiicfs OF the Republican aud the evening Ga
zttte, issued a few hours after, giving the pariicu-
lars OF this visitation; from which we learn that the
fire originated about iouf O'Clock, in The LARGE ware
house Of Mcssrs. Blain, Tompkius and Barrett, on
Water street, between Laurel and Vine streets.
When the alarm was fist gwen, a dense mass of
smoke was break ne iltoug the ,oof. aud the whole
oil the upper story WAS soon in flames. There was
a scarcity Of the water. as well as want Of promp.
ntude, or OF exertion when present, o. the patt Of
HE ciIlzcns. The fame therefore soon extended on
the south, to The store of G. NJ. Wiling and Co.
wholesale elocers Il. N. Roberts clothing store,
The wholesale dug store of Oscar Cobb, Alleyne
and Co.'S wholesale grocery, and two orlhrre crjcr-
nits and coffee houses, belonging to J. Rice, and
Others, the whole of which were DESTROYED. On The
north side, the warehouse of Stetlinius and January
was also dcstroyed; the farihcr progress of the fumes
beng arrested IN this side, BY the fire pro6f stone OF
IL. ". Davis and ca.
An explosion OF gun powder TOOK place IN the
building IN which the Ere originated, shortly after
II commenced. the principal effect Of which was to
throw the walls out Of plumb and at u later pc.
nod there was another explosion in the adjoining
stofehouse Of Messrs Stculnrus and January, which
tlrc" the ROOT ct ireiy of, and scattered The tinbers
IN all directions YET, although the freinen we've
crowded IN aud about the building. no person was
seriously injured by the explosion. Bul the mel
dUCHoy Iil' hi Tue story is yet 10 be relate Il. III lie
frame building occupied by Mess,s. Willing AID
Co. adjoining the warehouse in which the Inc OH
gtnatcd, several persons were busilv engaged in ia
king OUT goods and while thus occupied. The wall
Of the latter, a stone building, unsettled by The fms,
explosion, fell upon this flame building, aud crush
ed 10 death four, rr perhaps five persons in lis fall.
The names of these killed are II. b. TuruhnlI,
book merchant J INES Hayden (son OF Elijah Hay
den J a Young man named Brewer, (son Of Mr..
Chas. Brewer j and another body was taken from
the ruins, but so much disGeured by the fire as to
prevent recognition. 1t was thought without any
ccrtainty. that several other lives were lost in the
falling runs.
The following is a list Of those burnt out Sreli-
ni3s " January ; Blaln, Tompkins x Barrett: o.
car Cobb, t.. NJ. Willing Alleyne & Co. and T.. n.
Roberts, together with several other saaIl estab.
itshmenis.
The aggregate loss by the fire is yariously esti-
mated according 10 this Gazette. at from one hun
dfcd 10 two hundred thousand dollars. A large
quantity of tie goods DESTROYED were on storage.
winch OF course renders all estimates OF the value
so'neN hat vague The ag !regate insurance 4, sup
posed TO be ffom so To 10 600 dollars; and some nor.
ton Of ibis will perhaps have been rendered uravall-
able, by the storage of gum oNder in the premises.
he htemen Of S.. Ioais. are said to have disrin-
Suishcd themselves by heir great eluris and noble
datlec, "inle The te ragged ; ard to these efIu,ts.
tnoi seconded rs thty MI ht have LePu hy those of
iha clf2sus) II was owing that the destructive plo.
efcss oil the naHies was finally stayed. Bat. Fat,