Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-11-02

Foreign Intelligence.
From ,he sqIiimore Americas.

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AND GREAT LOSS OF LIFE At
LIVERPOOL.
yesterday morning ws witnessed the
most awfaIly des,ructives fire. whether q:
regards life or property, that has ever taken
place in the Iocality-more destructive
indeed, than The memorable fire in 1902,
which destroyed the Goree warehouses
On that occasion the estimated damage
was-worehouscs. s44.500; grain. Sl20,'
900; sugar eco. 900; coffee. cS,5O0; cotton,
10000; sundries, eco. .000-io,al, 1923,
600; whereas, on The present occasion, one
article aloue-colton has been destroyed
TO all extent exceeding the whole oi the
loss By that memorable fire.
Ii has been ascer,aincd by the brokers'
returns, that 81. .474 bales Of cotton have
been consumed by the conAagration oil
yesterday, which averaging each bale at
G9-uot above the mark-2ives the enor-
NOUS sun, Of G337. .266. Ito this be ad-
ded the cost Of warehouses and sheds de-
s,royed, together with The Faluable colo
nial and foreign produce consumed therein,
the actual destruction Of property by this
fearful visitation will, We fear. be found 10
exceed Eve hundred thousand pounds
In The existing stale Of uncertainty and
alarm, very near approach TO correct
ness cannot, we know, be made OF expect
nI, bu, the sum we have named viii! not.
in The estimate Of competent persons, be
found very far wide. Forty years have
elapsed since what used 10 be called The
great fire in the Goree occurred; and what
is somewhu remarkable, that event, like
The present, occurred in the same month,
September.
The Distressing calamity we are now
recording has, however been far more vra-
gical in its results Than The only event in
the history Of The town with which it can
he compared. The loss Of life from the
peculiar circumstances attending il cnn
never oe satisfactorily ascertained, bu,
We should not be surprised IT, including the
unfortunate persons at presentin the North
eru Hospital, and those buried beneath the
rains, all traces of " hom will he forever
swept away, before the renewal Of the
burning materials-,he number exceeded
thirty.
Under The ruins, there are, il is believed
eighteen to twenty men, nud from the dan
geroug state of many 10 the hospital, hall
lha; number. it is feared will not survive.
In the hospital there are now seventeen
dreadfuIly wu,iliaicd exclusive of three
" ho died there Yesterday. @
The FIRE originated in Crompton-strce;.
formerly Wood street, at the north end OF
the town, near the locks. The three priu-
cipal streets afTecled-namely, Cromp,on-
street, Forruby- street, and Neptune-sirce
all nearly oppU;te the Borough Goal, run
east and west between Great Howard
street (in which the prison stauds} and
Waterloo road, close TO the locks.
The three streets aud their boundaries.
cast and wcst, occupy an area Of from six
or seven acres.
The sboa.,bnii5ers' yards, sail lolts, DC.
fscsna sgslssioc road. were aIsosascd over
,he Ehnla. hakstsests .ss -,sla,Lssss
a f;fe proof warehouse aud Others near the
end aud at the bottom Of Formby- street.
The same may be said Of several of the
uremiscs extending upNeptunc street from
,iie bottom, Including Messrs. Grayson and
papu:s,er's aud McDowell's smiihy.
a she'd at the top Of The same street, as
well as tue wall and premises Iaciug the
;ail. and extending to Mrs. Bark's house,
south cofsser OF Crop,on-s,reet. were also
uascatheti; though damaged, so that the
fire may be said 10 have been con''ned
chiefly 10 the GENRE ol tie area-sweoping
/. lrasI north TO soulb.
Sevarai dwelling houses were included
in ,se destruction in the north; but the
createst portion Of the havoc was IN The
ccnre--namcly, Fromby sireet;in q near
which, OH both sides, were the larger
warehouses, The burning contents OF (which
(chiefly coitou) ye, form immense piles Of
hills in a red -ho, staie Of combustion.
II appears that watcbman named Bar
nard Coyle, who was employed to guard
The premises or Mr.. Penis,nn, bone grinder
and drysalier, during the night, found that
the FIRE had broken ou,in the engine house
nrcci.eiy at 3 O'Clock, the FIRE having been
kept in oil night to keep ~ the steam.
The alarm was Immediately given 10
uoIice officer No. "a, who exetted hin-
sell 10 the utmost; but before the engines
could be brough, up, an Immense quantity
ofwarehouses. aud three yards, were on
tire in Cromp,on street.
The combusIible nature Of the premises
was such. together with strong breeze
from the uorihw ess, that Mrs. lsaac's oil
and color store soon took fire, as we'll as
,nany small crowded workshops OF mill
wrigh,s, smiths, sc. in the immediate To-
calily.
The FIRE mex, got to Poole's bonded cot
ron sheds in Great Howard street. and
faally swept TO Formhy street. The
whole Of the warehouses in tina, stree,
were successiveiy isniled, aud arc burnt
10 the ground, with vast destruction o
properiy, aud, VIC lamen, 10 say, several
lives. The Ere police officer, Samuel
uoJrson. Of No. engine, was kil'rl and
crushed iu the ruins Of Que of The walls
which fell upon him while he was holding
the pipe.
we could obtain information rs 10 the cas-
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