The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-04-24
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rteT expeTlrhuod Aun hxe n ar cu<niry.
We salloln - srr0nnI u he dtsolaaiEg
ronhsgrason from he t'iiaaasgh 6zxrsir.
OaThErsssy lAprii lea. )dsefR hEoke
uui n N 81 frame shod On feuy STREET.
about Eo0n. The Neailer MS IeEy dry.
ard lhe Wind tlcW almost > &c. frum lie
west The houses adjoining en- SeoOnd
sicei szuEhi Gre Immediately. The en-
gints u his time began - Ply. and
had llee bern , sniIiristey nf HaieT.
wonld have snl,s;ned lie fire. Ban. from
want Of Esier and high wind. Tie Gre e.
tended arEoss Secund street ~ he Globe
Cotton fsrtory. which, together with
Dwelling adjoining. Was consumed. The
Third Pnsbyicrian chuErh nss en- Ere,
but vas saved with great exeriCn.
The Ein also. shout iile ssme lime, ex-
tended arruSs Ferry sirrIt W he wesl side.
where il c0hstHsr,l .Ome six or eight
dwellings, Nhcn II WIS s:orprd in Ilsai
direction. But Ferry sheet Il ragged
with fury. II immediately rKlendrd No.
wards Market sheet. sweeping every
house en- luosis sides On serond sinet. and
The whole square bounded ~ Market. Fer
". Second. and froni streets, except one
bKildiEg. the warehouse Of he Gotten fac
inry. In the square hounsled BY Market.
Ferry. Second, and 1hird stE.ets. eyery
huiiding was tIcstnyed except The Third
Presbyterian Church, and johnson and
Slockion's printing Office. and tie Anseri-
can office. ~. .-.
The fire crossed Market nj Front street,
and then began TO rage with awful fury.
This was about = o'clock, p. NJ. and The
wind had Increased TO a perfect gale. The
fire absolutely appeared 10 d'mre from
roof 10 roof, and in M incredibly short
space of time. the three immense squares.
composed mostly af warehouses, bounced
BY Market and Weed. and exiending from
lhird 10 the .iyer, were a sea Of aanie.
The heat BY Ibis lisae was tremendous,
and Wood street formed no barrier at all.
The aaIneswCn, Kissing across as il eager
for their prey. They also cmssrd I bird
street below tie new Pos; Oilicc, aud wen,
rushing up Wood street across Fourth,
and Wood street was sea Of fire from the
river TO Diamond alley!
But this was not all; the fire had be.
come ungoyernable. The arm Of man
was impotent. Even the goods removed
10 the streets Cor safety. were seized upon
and DESTROYED. Tn, on. marched the rag
ing element. A sea OF flame rolls on
from Wood street 10 Smithfeld. The
Monongalela House, that noblest of mo-
drm hotels, is surrounded with flames |!
II takes firc! Still the ruin rolls on, cross
ing SEnlhfield streeti0 Grant street, sweep
, ing Scotch Hill entirely. Even the canal
does not snip Il. the Gas Works take fire,
and directly all Kensingion IS in llamrs:
and the firc rolls on, and is only stopped
in that direction about one mile from where
il commenced, from the want of fuel 10
feed il vOracious nav,
| In the meantime the Monungahela
Bridge has taken fire, and is entirely con.
sumed. The Pittsburgh Bank, supposed
to be fire proof, extending from Sd to Al,
streets, is in flames. The Mayors or
flee is also OIL fire, and the new Post OF
fee is in great danger.
! So rapid did dis lire progress that a
one time, between fom and five o'clock il
the aflenaou, the fire was raging with IN
diminished fury over space extesidm.
from the corner of Third, down Marke
to the river, up the river to the upper eni
of Kensington or pipe,own, opposite IL
Birmingham, down from kcnsington II
Fourth street. down Fourth sireetto Smiiil
field, up Smilllliid to diamond Alley, dow
Diamond Alley to the large brick Ware
+ house on Wood. across Wood, extcndin!
: in diagonal direction towards the Bank
. up Fourth street 10 the Mayors Office
, and across to third street, the place ofbegin
!; ming.
, In all this vast space, the very heart O
. the city, including most Of the warehouse
: Of our manufacturers. and our principe
wholesale Grocers and Commission mei
, chants, there is not one house standin
r that We know of.
Twenty squares are entirely DESTROYED
4 and several parts OF squares, besides all
: Pipe;own, and all the buildings aroun
, Bakewell's Glass Works, which were a
!, so consumed.
!. The loss Of property must be immeast
: We shall not attempt to compute 1t. IN
$ fire spread so rapidly. it was impossib'
+ to save property. The Front Street Me
i chants, whose immense warehouses wei
u full of goods, grororics, and Pittsburg
4 manufactures, removed their goods to III
n wharf, which they covered over lis who
q extent, down to The waters edge, but thel
l. they caught fire and most Of them wei
Il consumed.
4 The piu<hurg Chronicle Of Satnrd"
;. morning states the number ofh""ses co'
Y sumed al 200. of which about 700 wei
dwellings, d. pri ing al leas, i.oC0per'or
C of house and hume. The bnrnt district
l. mile in length. with an average hread
e of 80 yards, making an a'ea of about
: acres. Only one life is known IN ha'
been Ios,-a Mrs, Brooks. who WIS bur
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