Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-07-30

fee was- so severe that the substantial
stone walls Of The building shook 10 their
foundations, aud We though for one mo-
menr that they were ,umblins to their
base. The wUrkuien in the composing
foum in the filth story found The sl"ne on
which The form was making up rise sever
al INCHES from its resting place; The gas
all went uut Instantly and during the
darkness that followed, the scene was. TO
say li:e leas, of it, an exciting one. The
workmen employed in the Press and En-
gue rooms in The basemen, story fully be-
lievlng thai The entire building was about
10 cnme upon them in mass, few with rap
id strides into the street. Of course,
however, the CONSERVATION soon subsidized,
end il was found after all, That the build
ing had sustained no other injury than The
lnss of few windows. The effects OF
this terrible explosion were more or less
felt almost entirely over the eastern part
of The city. A gentleman at this moment
mentions 10 US that many of The windows
of his house in Montgomery street, were
broken in pieces by the shock.
Battery.-A wonderful scene was pre-
sented on the Battery From one end 10
the other il was turned into vast empo-
rum Of effects, snatched from the flames.
Vast piles of COLON bales, chests Of tea,
household furniture, principally Of val
liable kind, occupied every available inch
of ground. A few military were placed
here and there so as 10 form cOrdon
round The area, SO that none of the prop
etty could pass out by any OF the nume'-
Gus COLES, whilst the owners within sat
watching with anxious and care worn
vlsases, the remains of their substance
the sad r,lics of comfortable homes. ALL
The walks which intersecl the Battery
were alive #ith carmen, plying their vo-
cation, in arriving aud departing with
cha,lels and merchandise.
Bowling Green. This formerly cool
aud refreshing spot was soon transformed
into scorchins and arid waste. The
heat all around it was SO great that moth
ing bul hardihuod could approach it.
Dense volumes of smoke so obscured il
that distant view could not be had of
the fuunlain, even from the iron railing.
Now aud again, as gust Of rarllied air
rushed past. glluce might be caught OF
.he inLomltable fremen, battling with the
raging element al The Atlantic Hotel.
Broadway, in Whitehall street, &c. In
no quarter. perhaps, was the destructive
effects of the conSagraIion more apparent
,nuu IA. The Bowling Green, where, bul
yesterday, all was green. fresh, exhllratlng
aud beautiful, but where now all is chan
ged INTO dreary and repulsive desert.
A party of u. 5. troops arrived from
Governors Island, and contributed. by
their efforts, to repel the dense crowd
which was IncummodIns the firemen.
The pla. adop'ed. was the formation "i
lines Of soldiers across the street, a rope
being passed along from hand to hand to
fill up The inlerstices between them, IN
liIis way, Broadway, from a point far
below the FIRST Of The burnt houses to
Wall street, was cleared with despatch
and little trouble. The rapidly which
The fire communicated across this br 'ad
street was the subject Of frequent remark.
aud shows how strapsly lye-ihe hAai Of tho
weather during the last fortnight musI
have acted on The ,imbers of The different
dwellings as they burned like SO much
finder. We could not, with any degree
Of certainly. ascertain the names OF The
sufferers III this part Of the city. Several
private houses ~ ere completely consumed
and also several large stores, extending
from WaverIy House to MarkeltieId street:
and, at he Wes, side, from Morris street
TO No. Is. were several splendid private
residences, which were completcIy y ruined.
The New York Commercial Of Salur
day 5 p. NJ. gives the following parlicu-
lars:
Among the goods destroyed by the FIRE
are l4.30U bales cotton, 2O,OUO chests lea,
30UUaiUOO hnds., and l5UU boxes brown
sugar, SU00u9OOU bags coffee, 6''O pieces
carpe,iug, 2O0Uhbs. aud 5UU0a6UUO hhus.
mulasses. 100 0OO lbs. fleece and pulled
wool, 800 bales Smyrna wool.
The dry gnod jobbers escaped almost
entirely, but The domestic goods factors
suffered severely, aud several large slorks
of foreign manufactures were destroyed.
The whole loss of-dry goods was perhaps
two millions and half Of dollars.
There were some stocks Of silks and
other dry goods destroyed. The total.
loss is perhaps FIVE millions, or one quar-
ter of the amount lost III The great fire
ten years ago.
The whole quantity of goods was but
small fraction of the eulre stock of the
city, and will mol interfere al all with the
full supply Of all the demands Of trade.
The whole amount of insurance is fuur
TO four and half millions.
The number Of buildings burned up is
about two hundred, making about TWO
hundred aud fifty street numbers, as ma
ny Of them had two fronts, Many other
buildings have been more or lcss scorched
and damaged.