The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-07-28
Great CONFEDERATION in New York.

NJ York papers we gather the following particulars
At lIaIf-past two O'Clock on Saturday morning the
s,e broke out in the store of J. L. Van Doren, Oil
wercbant and Stearin Candle Manufacturer, 81 New
tcet which communicated speedily to the adIoin.
inc buildings, without efforts to obstruct for con.
siderable tme-as there was no immediate alarm
given; owing to the buildings there not being oc-
cppied at night and the City Hall bell not beginning
10 ring until three O'Clock. Al half past three O'Clock
a -Otsome say as late four--an explosion took
Mace in building where the fire originated,
"A which shook the whole City and Immediately threw
down six or eight buildings and communicated the
flames TO others, in every drection-so that the fire
n qhus got start in many different places at once
Engine Company %, which was playing on a house
IN Exchange Place, door from the corner of
Broad, blown entirely across the street and after
Ead burnt up completely. Francis Hart, one of the
\ Company, who was standing on the building where
The explosion took place, was carried on the roof
clear across the street, and alghted his feet with
little injury save the slight spraning of an aucle-
Several others Of the Company were moro or less in
ared, being carried with the Engine across the street.
Previous TO the explosion the foreman of o. foresee-
ing the perious condition of the men, su rounded by
fire, so that no human frame could Withstand the
heat, and with danger, from which escape appeared
impossible, ordered them to retire, and before they
had time to move their Engine, the walls fell.
Two other explosions said to have taken place,
different stages OF the fire. one of which issupposed
to have been the Gas Reservoir in New sreet-al-
though we were positively informed yesterday that
the Meter had been found and was entire This we
Dan hp e.. I
reach the place where the Gas-House stood. The
weight OF opinion seems to BIO that nothing but Gun
ponder could have caused explosion of such force
hFeseut however,t is impossible to know certain
the facts in regard to the matter and il would be
n Unton cruelty to the innocent to speculate ct ram
dom, There are ten thousand rumors aAoat respect
Ing tho origin of the explosion, only one of which can
10 right-ought we to undertake to decide which is
this
"heo the explosion took place the air was filed
WIN name FOR an immense distance, and the fire at
tached HseIf 10 the buildings on every side--render
ing all ohO''s 20 arrest the progress of the flames
'ec'y 'utie' Frs, the point of the explosion it is
impossible to state the atection in which the fire
spread fastest. To the Westt leaned on with giant
strides to Broadway, while the cnIe Of a,me randlv
enlarged itself on every side.
The above is from the Tribune, PREPARED after the
re was subdued. The same paper in aad and 4th
lition thus describes the progress Of the Gsructye
ements:
SATURDAY, Al o'clock, A. M. The whole area
tween Broad street, Exchange Place, Beaver-stse,
Broadway, and up Broad way TO the Wavery
Euse, is one vast arnphtheatre Of blood red fame
seeping like hurricane fire. falling walls, smoke
al cnders flying like gigantic meteors all ways at
We. The fire it is believed, will not stop short
civilian. treet and the Exchanges and the fierce
md, which has been raised by the terrific force OF
h flames, is driving the conflagration furousy tow
al the South and East. There is calculating
Ehere it may be stopped. this side the water
On Broadway the roof s. walls OF the Waverly House
have just fallen in &the eager flames are licking about
the doors and indows of the adjoining buildings,
and darling their fiery tongues toward the Globe Ho-
TEL Below, the tall and costly uildinss down to the
Boston and Providence Depot are all in mass OF
hame, and looked like an immense glass furnace
while ever and thunders tottering wall, send
ing column of flame and burning dust, which
spreads like pail of fire over the sky and showers
"a ha-sorm of living Goals and flaming brands over
The crowd which horribly throng and sufocate the
streets in every direction for mile around,
The Depot is now on fire, and tremendous rush
''aRes place among the trampling crowd, as a rumo
spreads that the building contains large quantity o
SPIRITS The wind increases its strength and fury
and now, after blowing in a whrwind about the hot
ss hame set, in steady current to the SOUTHEAST
Inc Delph--one of the loltiest and one of the mos
extensive buildings in this part of the City-must al
most inevitably go. Indeed, there is little doubt tina
me whole of Broadway lying between Exchange, New
NOd Beaver-streets and the Bowling Green, will Ger
@nly be destroyed. This block is almost exactly i
me shape of moIar TOOTH with the prong lying up
ward ~! and the face fronting the Bowling Green.
The entire block between Broad and New streets
"Om Exchanged Beaver, is heap of smoking an
olazng ruins Not building is left standing o
me Southeast corner of Broad and Beaver, whic
forms the point Of large triangular block of heav
mercantile houses-one of the most valuable perhap
/, the city--the flames are raging with unparalleled
~ and we do not see how single brick is TO
saved. BEEta1, w.
The fremen are making, as always in cases O
great emergency like this, almost superbuman exer
sons but what they do against this fearful enc
"y' which attacks them on every side at once an
seems possessed with spirit revenge as 1t leap
euOutln1 and froyn IN roof Already w