Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-03-15
miscellaneous.
rlem lie Ciae:nsen En1nirer. teb. 20.

rom INC CiatiH.ft EAftiTfT. rev. 20.
Fire naI loss Lije.-We have 10 an
nnuuco to our distant readers a most de-
plorablc calamity. We say our distant
readers. because those Of ric city have II
TOO melancholy and heart.cniing knowl-
edge OF hic OCCURRENCE.
About half pms, four o'clock last night
a fire caush, in The smoke house attached
TO n large pork establishment. corner ni
Walnut street and canal. TEi. latter
building, which, wns occupied by. Messrs.
Push & A.vord aud stored full! with pork.
lard. &C.. was very larse-tfuating fully
Is r OF on Walnut, .wn sinries i:h. South
Of main hniidins was u wide shed. roof al
ditiun, running hack The whole depth, and
this, too, was slowed iull Of lard in kegs.
pork, &c. The snnkc house stood back
Of and al the souih-u Get angle ni this inn
mense pile a two story brick building o!
considerable size. The buildings were
CORRECTED by ioorways opening from the
one into tho other.
The fire was Ia the smoke house, hurn.
ing in,rrnaily-the building had been clos.
cd-all hui: The openings int" the muin
building. The ou'siic duors and windows
of this latter were also shu;-doubr!ess
with The view OF smoIhering The fire. I'm.
mcnSe volumes Of thick. black sinpke
poured on OF every opening thst was
in the walls. windows and roots Of each
building. As The fire progressed inward.
Is. this dense mass oism0hc and pcnt up
gas. heated 10 the last, degree. Of course
increased. At length the roof ri the large
house, WIS Cor a single sccnn! thrown up.
IA glenn of fire, quick ani bright as the
listnnin. AasI'. hnrst forth, aud then the
heavy roof closed down again with Il flap.
\ terrible consciousness cfrlcis danger
rushed upon those who were standing
near The walls of the dcvuicl buil,iiag.
Bm Il brief sccnnt IL time only was al
lowed Them To escape II. The ncA. riiroo
Of the mighty element within was now
successful. It hurled The rrrf. With CON
%cussiou that thirty shook the %:rourI. in
fragments through the ar. The wall,
were thrown nu,w ard down rs TIC second
story. The she'd ro"r MS turned q
plcrriy DER and tho wall prosira,cd.
Aud now rnsurd Il srcrr that bcgsars
ali terms ii Description. I!m Il moment,
hriurc, Numbers OF nur intrepid iremcn
were upon tho r3ol oil that siIrd aud under
tho walls, wiIcrcm they could arrest The
fire with The mos, advantage. Crowds Of
citizens were engaged in ~cu!cavoring To-
save properly, or IN conversation directly
under the walls. Where are they now !
Many twas known must have boon crushed
beneath the falling masses, but how many
and whom? The flames we're shoorin.
up like a volcano from tho smoke house
and under their fierce beat, the first du-
~ was 10 rescue tho wounded and The dead.
A heart rondiug duty indeed was thai.
The first person whom VIC saw discugased
was Mr.. George Sillctio. He wasjamned
down under n fragment OF roof, among n
pile Of barrcls-his legs crushed beneath
the wall. He is very badly hurt. Near
him was n man dressed in grey clothes
whose name we could moi lcaru. He was
most shockinsly mansled. and quite dead.
Nearer the wall was found the ~lifcless
bodies Of Joseph Bonsall. un old well
known citizen; Henry S. Edmonds. pork
dealer M Sycamore street; aud Caleb w.
Taylor. of the firm of Woodruff s. Tay-
lor. The latter was yet living, hut with
his skull slnckinsly fractured. lie died
about z o'clock. The two former were
dead. An industrious uud worthy carpen-
ter, named Chambcrlain, was also, res.
cucl, but too late.
This was on the Walnut street front.
On the side Of the she'd many were severe.
ly wounded-some perhaps killed. A
inong The former we have with peculiar
regret TO say, was Thomas G.. Shaeffer,
Clerk and Superintendent, Of this Office