Democratic banner., 1845-08-09
The Great Fire in New York.

rifle Erpl sion-AaoMcr "Fas
Burnt District'-- Troops o~r.}erel
o%t f. the Protcction Of Proper
lp-The Battery again conreris,
into a Warehouse.
The dreadful fire broke ont at hal
past O'Clock. in Ncw street. abou'
three doors from lie corner of Fix.
chsn&e Place. IN a sperm oil store
1t then spread TO Il chair factory. the
next door towards Exchange Place:
then through to Broad street. and TO
the corner OF Exchange Place. where
IT communicated to a BUILDING occu-
ped by some persons who either had
4 large quantity of salfpetre or stor-
age, or else wer5 manufacturers of
fireworks, for in fifteen minutes after
II caught fire the whole blew I'D with
"A tremendous explosion, carving six
or seven huIldings with it. and shak-
M the whole city like an earthquake.
he conclusion was so great as to
smash more than a half million panes
Of g!lss in the ncighborhood. lmme-
dIateIy alter the explosion. fire was
discovered at four different points,
showing that the entire block in the
rear was a complete blaze.
The Express SAYS: The first ex.
pIoSlgn was comparatively moderate.
but filled the room OF the writer of
this paragraph with a light more in
tense than at MONDAY, and. upon
looking out upon Broadway, a scene
met oar gaze tia: canGever be for
gotten. Hardly had he reached the
window when the second and grand
explosion took place. The buildings.
as t2r rs the eye could reach. appear
ed n mass Of fumes. YhiIe.the
buildings on the west side of Broad
way, from the Mansion House 20 the
hs.or. were 81 brilliant that the eve
could scarce rest upon them. The
sPlre OF. TRINITY Church looked like
4 pillar OF fre, and the moon. which
Il moment te;ure we saw Just above
the roof. pa'ed under this vivid Iiuhr,
api was Invisible. The sky. over
the region Of tie fire. ard along the
range of Nassau street. was filled
with 4 mass Of flame, from the burn,
ing gas. campfire, and alcohol let
loose at the explosion.
High in the air as the eye could
range. appeared an immense quaint
~ Of fire. that had the appearance of
serpents. darling spiraIIy upward. like
the small rockets of the fre-work.
These tongues of flame, too. shot out
in all directions from the centre,
making together the whole look like
4 mountain of fire, which created in
the air Il noise ike that caused by n
o; electricity in a thunder storm.
The panic caused by such an expIo-
sion. who can describe! The street.
the WaverIy House to our of
on Broadway. presented Il thick
multitude Of men. running as if for
lives, shriekIng IA though thew
were IN the agunlrS 81 death. Those
who could keep their feet were for
lunate indeed, for the masses behind,
n their terror. ovcrran many who
fell, regardless of anything but their
OWN safety. ,
Through the other streets a like ,
was exhibited, bat rs the others
we're narrow the confusion was grca-
.er. The fremen and spectators left
hose parts only to receive in another
the shower Of bricks and other :
missiles forced off by the explosion. .,
So awful was the shock that the
h'ck plate glass in nearly all the =
buildings in Wall street, was broken ,
fragments and sirewed over the !
,avement. in many instances the sub, !
tantill window sashcs themselves 7
icing broken ia. The cries of fright !
ned people. the fall Of missiles on =
he roofs of buildings, The crash of -,
lass upon the pavem cnls, added to -
re tumblIng OF buildings from the =
,rce of the explosion. and the vivid !
Iare of the flames. assailcd the nj. "
lorous mulIitudes now out to see the
re and gave the impression that a
reat convulsicn Of nature had taken .
The windows Of the City =,
Iotel and buildings near us, were in =
moment filed with the tenantry of T.
e houses, who, until the great ex- l.
osion, had remained quiet in bed, -,
the fire an ordinary matter. g.
not until now thoroughly reused ~
= this awful shock. -
The conclusion in the Courier
lice was so severe that the substan.
stone walls of the building shook ma