American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-10-24

structivc fire broke out at Winchester, Va, Oh
Tuesday afternoon, in TIE extensive tavern &C
cupied by d. S. Damcr, which with all the
furniture was entirely consumed, together with
Il num6or of other buildings. A slip from the
Winchester Republican furnishes the following
particulars;
The result of the fire is, the burning of the
Hotel and the building adjoining, occupied as a
store by G.. W. Hammond, the range of offices
and shops called lioH's Row, opposite the
| Courthouse and the back buildings of VIM.
Miiier's dwelling; and the wonder is, that the
whole town, South and East, was not cousum-
ed. The high wall North, saved the buildings
occupied by 'Hhos i. Campbell as a jewellers
shop, aud the block adjoining. Fortunately,
the wind carried the flames from the stables
md back buildings Of the Hotel, and directed
them towards the Court House space
We have examined hastily the promises il
! jurcd and endangered, {having been absent nm
4 Ill o'clock,) ana find damage done to several
adjoining buildings, IlammondS's stare house
entirely destroyed; VIM. &Iiel 5 residence, and
the whole block South oft, were saved, though
the fire had communicated to MIR. Bell s store
and several other buildings further up the
street.
On that side, the goods fron the stores Of
| AIcssrs, Hammond, Peter Miller, Wolf STREET,
Baker, S!aglo, Ward, Bell, Bretdin, Lindsey
and Russell; the hat store OF Mr.. Bcsorc, watch
and lewelor establishment of Mr.. L. i. Camp
bell, and the tobacco store Of Mr.. AtwcI; Mr..
Ender's barber shop; the furniture Of MesSrs
WIN. Miller, G. W. Baker, II. s. Baker, Dr.
| NlcCormlck; all were removed, and many arti-
clcs more or less scattered, injured or destroy
cd.
On the east side of the street, damage was
done to the goods and furniture of Messrs Au-
lick, Burgess & Lauck, Anderson, Dorsey, Ev-
ans, Tipping, Spangler, Senseney, Miller,
Wall, Keenan,, IIensel and Elaney.
Messrs. VIM. Miller, lowering, and Shaw,
did not remove their goods from the shelves,
but shut up their stores, and are consequently
free from damage in this respect Mir. Kerr's
| furniture Is also safe.
The five teacInents burnt ia IIofi's Row
were occupied as law offices and shops, By
Messrs. Williams and Barton, J. Tidball, j.
Amber, G. Frost, Geo. r. Long, r. Milton,
VIM. D. GiIkeson, j. L. jackson, Wan. Seem
er, and r. Bowen.
The back building Of Mr.. Tipping's est1b-
| lshment was burnt and .nr. rs goods vorJ
much damaged and many Of thom lost. So
with MI IIammond's, Mr.. Scnsenog's, and
others.
The scene, we are told, was terrific, the wind
blowing strongly, and large part OF The town
envelopud IN Gcnse smoke lAd flame. The
! Farmers Bank was in great danger, buiiins;
| Oh each side oft being fired. The QUO oppo-
site, occupied by Miss Frame, was on fire, and
Mr. hlIller's stable, near the Republican office,
also caught. Our Office and promises were
saved, as were many others, by the timely APP
pIlcation of wet blankets.
The roof of the Virgiuian Office was also on
fire, US was the Cupola ofthc Court house
latter seriously cndangerug the Clerks offices:
The loss is variousy estimated. Mr.. Tay-
lor was insured for Sl5, 900 ou his tavern, and
Mr.. banner $1,000 Oh his furniture. HIS loss
is $1,000 or $4,000 besides. Mr.. Reamer, from
the West lost $500 in money. The losses Of
number of individuals are severe.
The wind blew almost a perfect hurricane
from the northwest, and at one time the loss
of tae greater part Of the town seemed newt
able. Tac Republican speaks in high terms Of
the cxcriioas Of the frcmen and citizens gene
rally, and the ladies particularly, who turned
out and formed lines for the conveyance Of wa
ter to tho fire.