Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-07-24


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StA4ed Acw YORK, F.i5a.iph.s. Mobile.
Wilmington, Pit,eSUr d and Otcbsc-aud
nov va N1ule 81 N@U Gora Is aIo-d 10 tic
iSt Tor td1 second time.
2 lire Bsoks p1t between three and fcur
O'Clock tus m0miEc,i 10 Nev s;rett-anrs1vv
f1ss3Ee b-tN'aln ktyai street. and Eroajway.
extending from N5lt street 10 B.lycg-aai
spTsitias w!A iGuisl ropidi,y gmoue the
dtusrly BOIL, ,h.t-c, oi tHit mel. L5ofGuod.
nae aIyei3y SIS 2 thru-l % BgoaJ,,oy Ga
inc West a!ltSoUE,act3,s Broad sttlct nearby
20 AlEI5.N on tl -st, sN5 j. 5u,l UJulilg
with scarcely r'cpuaie check. IN itr-
mense amount Of property hashceu destroyed,
and more b. q ploIcd a iamcutauio loss of
NE has otdcj 10 .Ic tcrfyrs OF she occasion.
lh- sidewalks il Broadway. above Trinity
Church, ca the west side, Is filed with fur
nIture, pianos, looai1g glasses, mahogany
bcdst,ads. rich tables anu other article. nj
houschold p.enisAing; anl hundreds Of nrnn
are still nUs!.y employed ia removing goods
nom "a" Warehouses end dwellings, vi bin
reach OF the IRE. We have two or three re-
portcrs on the spot. gathering materials for a
tai account, and la the mean lime We have
been able to collect.
from he n. \. Express.
a. about four o'clock, Crockcr 4 Warren's
store, 10 New stsect, IN which was stored q
very large quantity Of siltpetre, blew up with
ono OF the most tremendous explosions ever
heard or felt in the city; that builliug itself
was OF course scattered in fragments Ia an
instant, and those uearitw were lii,le better OFT.
The explosion creatcdone of the most lrightful
srectacics II was ever our misfortune 10 wit
ness, ana the noise aud uproar could only bc
equlllcd by the explosion Of a magazine.
Inc hr~stcNplOslOn was ConparativelY mod
crate, but filled the room Of the writer of this
paragraph with a light more intense than at
MONDAY, and, upon looking out upon Broad
way, a scSnc met cur gaze that can never be
forgotten. Hardly had he reached the window
when tue second and grand explosion took
place. The buildings, as lur as the eye could
reach; appeared one mass of flames. while the
tA VIZ ~ fNN H4lF - Ilt1Aitt UN rAAofl
the Mansion House 10 the Astor, were so
brilliant that the eye could scarce rst upon
them. The spire OF Trinity Church looked
Ike a pillar q FIRE, and the moon, which a
moment before we saw just above the roof,
pa.ed undcI this vivid light. and was invisible.
-. Sk.y. ovS! -. region Q. h lrc, and along
the range oil Nassau street, was E.!aI ".-a .
mass Oh fun, from The burning Gas, c1npAins
aud alcohol let loose at the explosion.
high IN the air IS the eye could range, an
peaTed an immense quantity Of Ere, tA-t had
the appearance Of surpents. dart!na S~uirslly
upwards Ike the small rockets al lie fire
NoIAS, These tongues 81 fame, tco, shot ont
IN all directions from the centre, making to-
gcth"r the whole icoS like a mountain. Il nrc,
which created in The air q ncis. like that
5y a haah Of electricity ia a thunder
storm. IN panic caused ~ such an cyY lcsion
Tho can dc5cribs? The street from tic Wa
verify House 20 our Office, On BrooAWay, IRE
aentcd a thick Multitude ci mon, running es
Il Tor their lives, shylekiHg as though they
were IN the uggniss Of d-ath. Those who
could keep thcir feet were Fortunate, indeed,
Tor the masses behind, IN their terror, oyerran
many who fl, r gardles- at auything but
.h,ir own safety.
Through the other streets q like scene was
exhibited, but as the others were narrow the
confusion was greater. The fremcn and
spectators left those parts only to receive in
another place The shower OF bricks and other
missiles forced oil by thateXpiosion. So awful
was th- shock that the thick plate glass in
nearly yli Inc buildings in Wall street. was
broken IN fragments and s,raXcd over the
pavement, in many instances The substantial
window sashes themselves b,ing broken in.
The cgiss of frightened people, the tall OF
missiles on the roofs Of buildings. the crash Of
glass upon the pavCments, added 10 the uuui-
bling Of building, from the force OF the eXpl1-
sion, and the vivid glare Of the flames. asaailgd
The Numerous lnultitudes now out 10 sec the
fire and gave the impression that a great
convuisIon Of nature had taken place. The
windows OF the CITY Hotel and buildings near
rs, We're IN q moment Giled with the tcuantry
Of the bOuscs, who, until the great explosion
had remained quictiu bed, thinking the Il an
ordinary matter, but not until now thoroughly
Touscd By this awful shock.
The conclusion in the Courier Office was so
severe that the substantial stone walls Of the
building shook to their foundations, and the
people there thought for one moment that
they were tumbling 10 their base. The work.
men in the com osinr room in The Gt,h story
found the stone on which the form was ma
king M. rise several inches from It's resting
place; the gasall went out instantly. and du.
ring the darkness thatioilOATcd the scene was,
TO say the least Of 1t, an exciting one. The
worhm-u employed IN tie Press aud Engine
rooms in the Basement story fully bill ,ing
that Inc entire building was about TO fail uFcl
them IN mass, le,y, with rapid steps, into The
street.
The same occurrences took place with the
woIkncn in cur office. III a moment they
were in darkness, and astounded by the shock
they few a. iian earthquake were tumbling
the walls upon their heads. Al soon recov-
cred. however. aud went 60 work TO give our
readers, IN a second edition, Tue details Of the
progress Of the ire. The Colnmarciai Ady,r-
t;sef says;-A Tumor prevails that there was
a quantity Of e%unpowder In this buiidiug. re-
ceiyed in barrier Tor saltpetre. OF the ruth OF
this we cannOt az present Obtain ans sati flc-
tory evidence, though III very certain that
sd.tpetrc IN IT'S common state, and having
undergone no PREPARATION will not erpl0dC.