Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-11-05

" s'G ~ sNPrflHftttS vi VI Wis
$ ronde and the Charou,o Ipferieure. of The sat.
Of 100000 hee'oltres Of wine annually, whilst
9 sbe htghss, duty imposed by the same tariff
3 on British ma nufactufee, is but 40 Der con,
FROM the Litsrpool papers If Sept. 24h.
AWFUILY DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND
GREAT Loss OF LIFE, AT
LIVERPOOL
Yesterday morning Witnessed The tooa,
awfutjy destructive fire., whether az regards
life " property, that has ever taken place in
this lecalIty--norc destructive, indeed, than
the ME norsbls fire tn 1902, wbich DESTROYED
the Go1ee warehouses.
On that occasion, The sstiinatsd dsmsgs
Observation-Disclosures, f4d,5OO; grain gf2O.O 900:
sugar G60,cGOj coffee, es.50D cotton, gao.
600 suhdres. GG0,0C1-,otal, ea23,0gO,
whereas, on the present oecas ion, ons article
alone--cottor-- has been DESTROYED 10 an
extent exceeding The whole u The loss by that
memorable FIRE.
II has been aseertaiDed by The brokers 70.
turns, that 37,4H bales of cotton have been
consumed BY the eonhagration of yesterday.
winch, averaging each bale at fg--uot above
The m~ark--gives The enormous sum of gg37..
266. II to this be added the cost of ware
houses and sheds destroyed, together with
The valuable colonial and foreign produce con.
sutdsd therein, the sexual destruction OF prop.
erfy by This fearful visitation will, we fear.
be i"ni'd to exceed fye hundred thousand
pounds.
The FIRE originated In Cremptog street far
merry Wood street, ut the north end IF Tho
town near tho docks. TIE three ptfncipal
streets Overwhelmingly, Crompton street.
forlnby street, and Neptune street, all rearlv
opposite the Borough Gaol. run east and YES,
between Great Howard street lin which ,hs
prison stands and Waterloo road, elise 10
the dorks.
The three streets ard their boundaries. east
and West occupy an area of from six to seyan
acres.
several dwelling houses were included In
the destruction in the north but tho greatest
portion tbe havoc was in the centre~-nsnels.
FroHiby st.. in and near which, on both sides.
"ere The larger warehouses, the burning con.
tents OF which Chiefly cotton) yet form i'm
n,ense piles in a red hot rtate ofcombust,on.
1t appears that a Waterman named Barnard
C"yle, whe was employed TO guard the prem.
ess OF Mr.. Pension, bone grinder and dry.
sailer, during The night, found that the fire.
had broken out in the engine house precisely
At three O'Clock, the fire having been kep, in
all night 10 keep up Che steam.
lbe alarm was Immediately given 10 police
ofheer NO "a, who exerted himself TO the ut.
mosl but before the engines could be brought
up, an immense quantity Of warehouses, and
three yardswere on fire in crompton at.
The eonbustlble nature of The prenes.s was
such, together with o strong breeze from tho
northwest, that Mr.. Isaac's oil and color store
soon took tire, as well as many small crowded
workshops of mlll-wrjghts, smiths, ETC. in the
immediate locality.
The fire next got 10 Pools bonded cotton
sheds ID Great Howard street, and finally
swept to Fornby street. The whole Of the
warehouses in that street, were successiyely
ignifed. and are burnt to the ground with a
vast destruction Of property and We lament
to say, several lives.
The fire police officer, Samuel Ifedgson, Of
no. 2 engine, was killed and crushed in the
ruins OF one OF the wa!ls, wbich fell upon him
while he wss holding the pipe.
Two OF The engines were smashed. and we
tear a considerable number Of the ~fretaen and
others we're killed. Several men were car.
red to The hospital badly burnt or hnrt-sems
Of them morally
treat exer'ions were made to save tho
houses N Formby street, but those ON the
norta side, dwelling houses, caught chiefly
ny The intensity Of the trejast below the burn
ing warehouses, the ruins and burning mate.
rails Of which we're piled to the height Of SD
or w ieet--throwing immense volumes OF
flame aud smoke.
From lime to time The high walls Of the
warehouses fell with laundering crash, and
shortly after nine O'Clock one man who was
killed outright by the falling materials. The
wall OF a large warehouse in Formby street.
which had been on fire some time, and had
reached, with the csttan within, almost a
whtte heat, at length fell upon sone Of the
sheds on the south in Neptune street.
The consequence in a short tine was. that
the whole range Of sheds at the top part of
that street, used for bonding cotton, and az
cooperages, were ignited,
Neptune street was the southern boundary
OF the fire !; the sheds at the top Of north side
with the exception OF the corner ore lust
opposite the borough jail-wsre all burned
out at noon.
1ueIre O'Clock, night-The fire ia fast ex-
hausttng Itself. Three engines are directing
Their energies 10 Grayson and Bannis,er's
yards and the fire proof warehouses.
The lire vas distinctly seen for thirty or
forty miles by the vessels working up the
e%hanneI, as well as BY the guards OIL the mail
train from Birmingham.
N'oe P"oS Vt @HuTHEL CCI. l.-I0-GaV'J
demand for cotton has been extremely limited.
and sales amount to only 1000 bags, which
consist Of various description, including 300
or 4Oo Surat. Il is difficult to effect sales.
owing to the dullncss Of the market. but prl-
ces are without alteration. No change for
a week.
Oct 3-Tuesday's demand for cotton has
been moderate, and the sales amount to onIy
1900 bags, which consist of various deserin.
tons. The market is, on the whole, pretty
steady, although the demand is dali.
Sept. 3U-The amount of busiuess done
in the cotton market this week is to a mode
rae, extent, The demand having been extreme
ly Limited during the later part of it ; notwith.
standing the loss by FIRE OF 44,947 bacs, the
market has been pretty well supplied, and in
the early part OF the week a very partial adj
vance OF ID Per pound was obtained on the
common and mlddllng q~ualities OF American
descriptions, but it has since been entirely
lost, and prices of all kinds are now the sars
as on Friday last. The trade have purchased
very sparngly, owing to the market for yarn
and goods last Tuesday at Manchester having
been any thing bat satisfactory. Tie sales
OF Inc week amount to 1880 bags.
The import OF The week amounts to s4Io
Gags.
Io-day's demand for cotton has been mod.
crate, aud the sales amount to only $500 bags,
Prices are without aIte ration.
Harre Market-A letter from Havre, dated
SenIefnber % gays onr ca,.or ,....