Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-03-23

A very destructive # G occurred 10 tbis city
last night, which, ut one time, threatened To
be tnefe falHInit0as than any NO have expo
fte1red in n Icing period It broke out about
~ ~U'tlotb, ID 4 lamp and oil store kept by
Messts Fuller Il Go, No, 30 Royal, at the
Gofhrt Of Royal and Bienyillo SITS. The store
contained 4 quantity Of oil, spirit gas, and
other inianBbie lidaida, and the flames spread
with The rspldity Of lightning Rarely have we
Witnessed O gfander spectacle than The bull.
ding presented, aH, from each window issued
forth volume upon volume Of inrid fame, and
column upon column Of dense and dafkeHed
Hm"ko. TIE heat was ~iBtetRe, end Al The
ruthless n4mes awepten in heir mad career.
destruction 70 all around seemed Inevitable.
Al hope Of saving tho hglbe here The fro
originated, was vain, and tue s4ertions Of our
gallant tifetneh were directed 10 The bull.
dirge adjacent, The fro soon communicated
10 the furniture sfdfa Of G. Sampson, No
81 Royal street, and In an Incredible aItor
period If time 1t was in ruins. No 90 0ert.
pied bY Meaars, Brasio- 81 Jordy. 81 n liquor
store, came npxt, and soon shared tho fate Of
tta neighbours What the lpsa ia we wsrs IN.
able 70 ascertain last night, nor do We knew If
any portion Ia covered with ihanfanrn,
The buildings doslr yed 81 we're, we understand.
the property Of Matthew Morgan, Esq.
The building No II Royal street, tho
basement story Of which vas occupied by M,
sytHap, ~ a Iafe store, WIS very much In.
iuied by fire and water, but was not destroy
ed. The upprtsstOfeH were occupied by Mr.
Ainoht, as q dwelling The upper stories Of
tho lamp and oil store, whore The fire origin.
atfd, were occupied by the family Of Ar Ftl.
Ter, who barely bad time TO eacapn. We did
learn that a Chid was burned there, but we
have reasons 10 believe that it was not true.
The Bank Of Louisiana, and several other
houses In III vicinity, were on fro several
times, but by tho exertions Of the fretnen,
the flames were promptly eytinguisbed.
Since writing The foregoing we have been
informed that The fro did not originate in the
store occupied by Mssars Fuller e. Co, but
was first discovered in the store adjoining, In
Btenville Ct, occupied by Mr.. Cross as a dry
goods depot, and under such suspicious cir.
cufnatanc0s as lead TO the supposition that the
fire was the act Of 40 ineendary.
The most melancholy part Of tho story ra.
mai1a 10 be told. When The front wall Of
Mr.. 5afnPson'g store III Royal 81. fell in, i
number Of our gallant tifsmon we're struck
down, some Of them being quite buried under
the runs their noble comrades Mt once set
70 work and soon succeeded in r%cseuiue them,
and they were earrisd across the street to the
dry goods store Of Mr.. Herman. where we
found five Of the noble fellows, one of whom,
John Haynes, was apparently dying, and the
others dfsadfully injured. Medical assistance
was i]nalantIy procured, and We left them 1T
IL o'clock, attended by their truo- hearted 40.
s%oeialos, who were rendering thsm every as
s%istaucs.
We cannot omit 10 mention, that in M.
kearman'g house, 90 IN avery place where
sickness or patp needs ~ alternating hand, W.
found woman fitting about like miaigtofing
angel, preparing coucbes for the injured men,
attending to their wants, and aff5rding ali the
aid which the Kind and aympathiztn heart Of
a woman, prompts her 10 render to The attic.
ted. The nancB Of the sufferers arc ]. C,I
DentDan, foreman Of No. 2, John HAYNES,
No. 2, George Fosdick, No 2, Robert Lunch.
No 4, and Ralph Depasa, No. A, all Of whom
are sadly bruised and mutiiated.
| G'CLoeK,-We have aimee learnt that
John Haynes is dead, and that three others.
one belonging 10 No. II, one belonging 10 No
and another Haynes belonging 10 No. 2, a
brother, NE believe, Of the one who is dead,
been found, In a dreadful atats.