The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-05-11
GREAT FIRE in WILMINGTON

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A extensive and ssfssEie poFsih. n
our unfortunate town has 6een wilma lie
past few hours I'D il ruins BY ! ire
probably he meat esiamilous enc III,
ever visrssd il Al least to hundred
buildings ne think Of every Lind are des.
lroyed. besides an immense deal cf pro-
perry Of other kinds. Between Ill and
IL to-day. whilst very heavy gale a
wind was blowing from ihe Soalh, lie
greater part Of the inhabitants being Il
me time rnSged q the various Church
e. she roaf Of the cid warehouse knews
= MeKsy's. on The zisey next North Or
The Bank Of Cape Fear. was discovered
% be on Gre. Almost Immediately he
flames took hold of other wooden build
Ing near BY, AMI swept IN few minutes
across pFincsssSireel. 10 The dwellings or
Mrs. Robson. Mr.. Anderson, and Mr..
Calder. when al hope was lost OF saving
any. Of The Northern part OF ihe town
above those points. between Front and
Wafer aud Froni and Second Street On.
ward The flames progressed, leaping from
building 70 building with fearful rapidly
In two hours from the lime The alarm
was given, The FIRE had reached The Rail
Road Depot buildings. distance Of three
eish;ls OF mile from where II commene.
ed. Between Princess Street and the
Rail Road. and Second Street and The RI
yer. not more than dozen buildings are
iefl standing. On The upper wharyes
there was IN immense quantity nf coun-
Try produce. such Is naval stores, lumber,
&C., all of which WAS destroyed. Many
families los. The whole Of their furniture,
others 4 part We DO mol think there was
a very great value in merchandise des-
Iroyed, The greater part being got out, as
The stores were not 80 directly in The
ranges OF The fire as the dwelling houses.
Many of the houses were among the
best in town. and very large proportion
were valuable ones.
The loss by this dreadful FIRE i eslima-
tel ii S3O0,O00. There is insurance 10
the extent 100000, as is supposed,
leaving sad deficit 10 be borne BY our
citizens, under all The other depressing
circumstances OF the times.
Annexed is list Of llle sufferers. It's
no, perhaps entirely accurate, but as near
Is 50 as we can make it n present.
Dmtliiags on Front Srfef.-Wm. III.
Briggs. Vim r. Larkins, Mrs. Robinson,
A. Martin. Alex. Anderson. Mrs. Nsyes,
Matthew Law,on, Thos. G. Miller. L.
Kidder, Mr.. Cason, Jas. |. Bryan, Thos.
N. Gauiier, Rev. Jesse Jennett. Samuel
Becry, Stephen ID. Wallace. John Wal
ker. house only part burnt. Vim. Calder.
Mrs. Meares, Robert III. Cowan. p. X
Dickinson, A. Wannet, Gen. ]. Owen,
Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Colina, Ross Davis,
David Jones' Hotel.
.9iso on Front Street Methodist
Church. Alexander McRae, store-house
Messrs. Grants store, Jeffrey a. Kings
DO - Trask, Rail Road Cofee-houses
Wilmington& Raleigh Railroad Compa-
ny, all The Rail Road Depo, buildings, Of
every description, including five Loco
motives, some cars, the bridge over the
rayiue, and two or three hundred yards
of the road where there were several
tracks. Books and papers saved.
Dwellings, on Second Mreet.-Levin
Lane, John A. Davis.
Stores. Offices, Warehouses, &C.. on
Ha'sr .Nreet.-Shelton & Mallory, L
S. Yorke, - Mayo, w. q. Lord. w.
b. Giles Il Co., s. w. Durham, Custom
House (books and papers saved.) ]. |.
Bryan, f. Vessel, 'lhos, Stewart, E.
Peterson. D. G. Parsley and II. Baker,
John McRae, Alexander Webster, David
Thally. Geo. W. Davis, Miles Cos,in,
Alfred Dudley, ]. B. Craig, Hall & Arm
strong, u. +. Mitchell, Rev. Jesse Jennett'
John Hall, L. Wilson, Jesse Bowden,
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