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From me PiasJurgh Gazette.
THE GREAT FIRE

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We have thrown together, under differ.
ent heads the principal incidents, with a liet
Of the chief sufferers, Of the great, and ev.
er memorable fire Of last Thursday. Our
readers can rely upon the arcuracy Of our
statements, and we assure them we have
no whit exaggerated. Many things that
ought 10 be mentioned are probably over.
looked, bat we have done the best we could
under the circumstances.
The EFFECT OF THIS DISASTER ON THE Bus
MESS AND PROSPERITY OF PIrTsBURRH. We
have carefully inquired of many of our
clearest headed business men, those urost
thoroughly conversant with the resources
Of the city, as to the probable effect Of this
disaster upon It's prosperity. and coupled
with ourown knowledge of the strength of
the merchants who were hurnt out, the DO
stion of their circumstances, &c., we are
fully convinced that though the commercial
prospects Of the city are terribly shaken,
; yet it Is not totally Proarated, and in due
time will rise above II all. Our large Man
ufaCt0ries are uRtouched-the only mills of
? any importance which are burnt being the
, Globe Factory, which is the smallest in the
city, the Kensington Iron works, and Bake
well Il Pears glass works. Various other
. small Establishments were destroyed, but it
is with great satisfaction We announce that
> the greatleading branchessr comparative.
iy untouched, and that business. 80 far as
they are concerned will 60 on as usual
AS FOR our Wholesale merchants in the
7 grocery, queensware, and dry goods bran
, ches who were burnt, some number Of them
d will commence forthwith. Some are Who'll
ly ruined, many mach crippled, out W he.
O l;eve the majority can 20 on as usual, aod
: yesterday they were busy getting places OF
!, business and Offices.
It is with heartfelt pleasure we observe
Il the fortiude with which they hear their loss
e es. There is no repininP-no despair-nr
70 RuIlenness; but calm, determined spiri
d which must carry thcmu again. The ef,
q feet will bP to set us back for a moment but
& we never bad more confidence in the
II strength and spirit four merchants to over.
como it all in time ltnus. not he suppo.
y sed that all the busne portions Of the city
: IRE consumed. Most Of the dr. goods OBJ
e 'ers are untouched 20 OF the hard ware mer
- chants, and number Of the heavy houses
{ are out of the limits Of the burnt district
And it fortunately happens, too, that Iarg
OF amount Of groceries from the east, for III
city, had not arrived Werepeat therefor
that, though the city ia terribly shaken il
~ neither ruined nor totally prosraled.
nd INCIDENTS OF TIE FIRE,-Soon after tn
bs fire got under headvay, and the globe iot
tory began 10 turn, the third Presbyteria
church w9s in most ostjnminent danger. Th
= members Of that denomination rallied 6
round it, and by cutting away the end q
the roof which projected over the wall mex
to the fire, and covering the root with we
y cloths, succeeding in saving it. We say
nv clearly that the salvation Of dozen square
depended upon it, for had it caught, itei
mense steeple would have scattered cloud
OF fire over a considerable portion of tn
- city which wholly escaped, The Amer
can office was saved by throwing water 0
- the roof with buckets.
The block Of buildings in which our ofic
a is located was saved by the efforts of tn
he iremen in keeping the roofs wet, und pal
ticulsrIy by single hose from an engine
fourth street, which saved the Post Ohic
and so saved the block.
The rnpidty with which the fire sprea
was most remarkable. The whole Of sou
h ward, containing from seven to nine hui
/, dred houses, was consumed entirely in Il
- space Of two hours. From the time the e
:" reached this ward, across Wood street, N
., til it spread to every part of it, GOVERN
NO about sixteen squares, there was scarce I
nj interval Of half an hour!
h' The Monongahela bridge took fire at Il
anl north end, nexltoPusburgh, and the fam
ran roaring and cracking through wi
railroad speed, and from the time the Fl
commenced. until it was PROSTATE in Il
river only Ten minutes elapsed!
The wind shifted at various times ~
- created excessive dread in other parts
the city. All the stores along Market stree
in the Diamond, Diamond alley and FIJI
street, as well as along Wood, were sri
ped and packed up, and so many of Il
goods moved as was possible. AgentIemi
N, doing business near the head of Liber
Inn street. this side the canal, tells us he won
"s cheerfuIly have given one thousand dolla
at one time, to have had an insurance fro
an office out of the city, on his stock
- twenty-five thousand dollars, although t
fire had not then got to Diamond alley.
This is only sample of the universal hc
ror and dread which filed the city. At
lIv time the wind blew east, then south, tht
ub vcered round toward the north Such W
10 the critical position Of our Office and t
su block in which it is, that had the wind
tIa one time veered to he northeast for o.
NV minute, it would have gone.
W Messrs. Sbbptt& Jones opened their 50
nm in the morning, but every book and pap
'rE in it were burnt up, and the gold and S
fy yer melted together.
NJ. Hardly one sate out Of ten, exposed
old the fire in the buildings, saved anything
an. them. We noticed large number co
or pletely destroyed with all their contents
,w A number Of sick persons were remove