Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1845-04-26
PARTICULARS OF THE GREAT
FIRE IN PITTSBURG.

the city OF Plttsburg on The lOth INST, con- |
Stunning more than one third of that city.
The number of buildings destroyed is esti.
mated at from ten to twelve hundred.
The Pittsburg Gazette Of the 18th inst.
says: We have thrown together, under diff
ferent heads, the principal incidents, with
list of the chief sufferers, of the great
and ever memorable fire of last Thursday
Our readers can rely upon the accuracy of
our statements, and we assure them we have
no whit exaggerated. Many things that
ought to be mentioned are probably over
looked, but we have done the best we could
under the circumstances
The effect Of this disaster on the business
and prosperity of Pitsburgh.-We have
carefully inquired of many of our cleatest
headed business men, those most thoroughly
conversant with the resources Of the city.
as to the probable effect of this disaster
upon its prosperity, and coupled with our
own knowledge of the strength of the
merchants who were burnt out, the position
of their circumstances, &c, we are fully
convinced that though the commercial pros
poets of the city are terribly shaken, yet
it is not totolly prostrated and in due time
| it will rise above all. Our large manufdc-
tories are untouched-the only mills of i'm
portance which are burnt being the Globe
Factory, which is the smallest in the city,
the Kensington Iron Works, and Blackwell
and Pears Glass Works. Various other
smaller establishments were destroyed, but
it is with great satisfaction we announce
that the great leading branches are compar-
atively untouched, and that business, so far
as they are concerned, will 90 on as usual.
AS for our wholesale merchants in the
grocery, queensware, and dry goods
branches who were burnt out, quite num-
Der Of them will commence forthwith.
Some are wholly ruined, many much Grip
Piled, but we believe the majority can go
on as usual and yesterday they were busy
getting places of business and offices.
1t is with heartfelt pleasure we observe
the fortitude with which they bear their
losses. There is no repining--no despair
no su!lcnness; but calm, determined spirit
which must carry them up again. The
!, effect will be to set US back for a moment
but we never had more confidence in the
strength and spirit of our merchants to
overcome it all in time. 1t must not be
supposed that all the business portions OF
the city are consumed. Most of the dry
goods iobbers are untouched; so of the
hardware merchants, and a number of the
heavy houses are out of the limits of the
} burnt district. And it fortunately hap.
pens, too, that large amount of groceries
from the east, for the city, had not arrived
We repeat, therefore, that though the city
is terribly shaken, il is neither ruined nor
totally Frustrated.
j The Appearance of ThingS.--Yesterday
f morning we walked around the Burnt Dis.
trict. The appearance of things is awful
nothing but an immense forest of walls
and chimneys is visible. and desolate heaps
of brick and mortar. The fierce fire licked
every combustible clean up. Nothing that
would burn escaped. The Wharf was
, covered with merchandise of every de-
scription, furniture, &C., and many piles
which were rolled out as it was thought
beyond the reach of the flames, were con
sumed. Piles Of burnt and partially con.
sumed coffee, sugar, nails, iron. cotton, pa.
per, tea, &C., &c, were scattered along it
OF the Monongahela Bridge, nothing re.
mains, but long line of burnt timber
All over the hills piles of furniture, bed.
ding, &c, are scattered. Along the streets
the only valuable things visible were safes
which the merchants took the precaution
to haul out of their stores, and it was a
prudent foresight inasmuch as many of
them proved of very little use. Among
the ruins, crowds of people from other
parts of the city and the country were
wandering and gazing upon the scene. Fol-
ourselves, we. more than once were lost
and had to look around for some well
known landmark to fix the locality.
Incidents Of the Fre.--Soon after the
fire got under Roadway, and the Globe Fac
tory began to burn, the Third PRESBYTERIAN
Church was in most imminent danger. The
members of that denomination rallied
around it, and by cutting away the end OF
the roof which projected over the wall next
the fire, and covering the roof with wet
cloths, succeeded in saving it. We saw
clearly that the salvation of dozen squares
depended upon it, for had it caught, its
immense steeple would have scattered
clouds of fire over considerable portion
of the city which wholly escaped. The
American Office was saved by throwing
water upon the roof with buckets.
The block of buildings in which our
Office is located was saved by the efforts OF
the firemen in keeping the roofs wet, and
particularly by single hose from an engine
on Fourth street, which saved the Post
Office. and so saved the block.
The rapidity with which the fire snread