The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-04-19

W0lcn lney manlItseu unueT lne appaI
ling ietrots which sertounded lhem o.
every side.
Il they had suflieiency of waier dur
ling The whole time. they could hsv
saved much more proper y--ss it W.
they prevented the destruction Of an Ia
calrulsble smoun;.
The following are The principle pub
nc buildings, manu'ac'ories aud Office
that were de&lroyed:-
Globe Cotton Factory, corner o.
second snt Ferry streets.
Fire Navigation Insurance Office,
Market, between Second aud Third.
Flremans' Insurance Office, corner oil
Market and Third.
Penn Insurance Office, cor. Markel
aud Third.
Bank of Pinsburg, Fourth, betweeo
Market and Wood.
Office of, The Daily Chronicle, do.
job Printing Office Of j. ID. Butler, ,
Third between Market aud Wood
.reets,
Merchants Hotel, corner Of Sd and
Wood sl-.
A Kramers Exchange Office, do.
Jooes & $ boel', Exchange Office, cor
uer of 4 and Wood sis.
VIM. A. HlI's Exchange Office, be-
tween 4h sl. and Diamond alley.
RS r. II. Pslerson's Eagle aud
3 zaar Livery Stables, Diamond Alley
and Fourth ST..
Associate Reformed Church, FOulth
ST., near Grant.
Baptist Church, Grant 81.
Bakewel's extensive Glass Works,
Water, above Grant street.
The Monongahela House, destroyed,
with all The furniture.
Monongahela Bridge entirely destroy
ed. II is tumored that several lives
-rUera lost on the Bridge
The Dallas Iron W orks in Pipelown,
entirely destroyed.
The loss sustained in The destruction
Of The above buildings is immense, bu
it is small when compared with the de-
-llucllon of merchandise 10 the ware.
houses on Wat,r, Wood, lst aud 81
streets.
The merchants found it impossible to
'ttempt 10 save sny thing; whole block
wete destroyed in a few minutes, aud
he most they could do was 10 make at
e fort 10 save their books. and but few OF
he succeeded even in,,hat.
II will be many years before our city
can recover from the effects Of thl,
dreadful calsmi'y; it has cas-, bligh
over The commercial and manufacturing
enterprise Of hundreds of our most wor
'ty citizens, and in an hour has swep
hom lhsm all the profits Of years Of toll
and industry.
To their fellow citizens who have
been fortunate enough TO escape this
widespread destruction, they must look
for aid TO commence the world anew,
and we are confident they will not look
in vain.
We write 10 The hurry, confusion and
excitement of the terrible time, and un-
der The physical weOriness caused by
laboring TO save the furniture of The
house Of one Of The editors, which wa
burned to ,he ground-lAerefore, we may
omit much lhal we sought 10 notice
hu, we have endeavored TO give as ful
an account Of the calamity as we could
We ale informed thai Two lives wer,
lost al the fire yesterday. One was al
old woman in The nt ighborhood OF Gran
and Third streets, who had no aid 10 re
move her furniture, and she refused t'
leave her dwelling until il was too Ia',
to save her.
The other that we heard Of was
gentle man doing business in Wood stree
hut we hope it may be mere report
We hear rumors Of many lives bein
ost. but as none Of The reports are su
thenic we refrain from giving then
until we receive more reliable iu(orma
lion.
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