Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-04-26

rolls on-crossing Smithfsld street. end
Grant street, sweeping Scotch Hiil entire
lys Even the canal does NOT stop it, the
Gas Works take FIRE, and directly all Ken-
singtUn Is ia flames, and the FIRE rolls on,
and n only stopped in that direction about
one male from where it commenced, from
the want Of food to feed its voracious nav.
Inthe meantime, the Monongahela bridge
has taken fire, and is entirely consumed.
The Pittsburgh Bank, supposed to be fire
proof, extending from Third to Fourth
streets, is in flames. The Mayors Office
is also on fire, and the new Post Office is
in great danger.
Let any one who Is acquainted with Pitts
bnrgh survey this scene, and look over the
extent of ground covered by this vast con-
fagration So rapid did this fire progress,
that at ole time, between four and five o.
clcck, in the afternoon, the fire was raging
with ,lndianinished fury. over space exa
tending, beginning At Market street, cor
ner Of Third, down Market street to the
river, up the river 70 the upper end Of
Kensington or hpetown, opposite 10 Bir-
mingham, downfsom Kensington to Fourth
street, down Fourth street to Smi,hfied,
up Smithfield TO Diamond Alley, dow /,
Diamond Alley to the large brick ware
house in Wood, across Wood, cxtedine in
diagonal direction towards The Bank, up
Fourth street to the Mayors Office, and
across to Third street, the place Of begin
ming.
In all this vast space, the very heart of
the city, including most Of the warehouses
of our manufacturers and our principal
wholesale groceries and commission mer-
chants, there is not one house standing that
we know Of. .
Ticemty squares are entirely DESTROYED.
and several parts Of squares besides all Of
Pipetown, and all the buildings around
Bakewcll's glass works, which were also
consumed.
The loss Of property must be immense.
We shall not attempt to compute it. The
fire spread so rapidly it was impossible 10
save property. The Front street mer-
chants, whose immense warehouses were
full Of goods, grocers, and Pittsbnrgllman-
ufactures, removed their goods to the wharf,
which they covered over its whole extent,
down 10 the waters edge, but there they
caught fire, and the most Of them were con-
sumed.
Among the public buildings DESTROYED,
are the Pittsburgh Bank, the Monongahela
House, the Merchants Hotel, the Mayors
Office, known as Philo Hall, and ali our
Pittsburgh Insurance offices.
The Chronicle and Age offices were re-
moved. The Chronicle lost its presses
The Presbyterian Advocate and Protestant
unionist offices are both DESTROYED.
But it is impossible for us to give the
particulars Of this dreadful cal; nifty. Pitts
burgh has received dreadful blow, but
we trust she will again rise from her ashes.
AT this time. Z o'clock, the fire is not e &
tending, but is yet raging with awful SUBJ
Unity in the burnt district. Hundreds and
hundreds of families are houseless and
homeless, and their goods fill the streets.
To add to the distress, the Gas Works were
destroyed, and our city will be involved in
darkness az soon as the lurid flames die
away.
Millions Of dollars will not repair. the
loss experienced. For extent of loss, and
wide spread desolation, no fire in this coun.
try ever equalled it. Tomorrow we shall
be able to give more particulars.