Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1845-04-18
From theAPietsburgh C4azettes aAprilsi5
AWkaIt COHlGEa Sraei Oaa.
MOST BREADFUGsCt DAINTY.
PITTSBURGH IN RUINS, 3

ohu hO iuuiuu uCtllR Dt-h tell Htett r. w
stay its ravages Il has nov been burning
for SIX hoars, and confusion reigns sd Frcrge
and 1t canlfot he expected #e sfal gIfe any
thing ikea particular statement Ot Ca
lamy sosextensive, and involving >ucn
fearful ruins. What general particulars we
scan give we lay before oar readers,
j The fire broke cut -6bout twelve Q o'clock,
M. to-day, in an old frame shed On, the east
side of Ferrystr ct, used, we believe, toi q
smoke house, mmediateG surrounded on
two sides Withhold fralIIe buildings. The
weather was xpemely dry, and wind high,
Salmosta a gale, blowing from the west.
The houses adjoining on second street,
caught fire Immediately. The engines at
this time began to play, and had there been
a suAieiencg Of water would havesubdued
the fire. Buttrom want OF water, and high
wind, the FIRE extended across second street
TO the globe cotton factory, which, together
with dwelling adjoining, was consumed.
The third Presbyterian church was on,fire,
but was saved with great eXertion,
The fire, also, about the same time, ex-
tended across Ferry street, to the west side,
where it consumed some SIX on eight dwell
lings, when twas stopped in that direc
ton, the wind being favorable.
O. But it was east of Ferry street where the
fire ragged with most fury, ltimmedately
extended towards MaBetsreet, sweeping
every house ca both sides of Second street,
and the whole square bounded by Market,
Ferry, Second and Front streets except one
building, the warehouse OF the cotton fac
tory. An the square bounded by Market
Ferry, Second ana Third streets, every
building was destroyed except the third
church, and Johnston & Stockton's print-
ing Office, aud the American office.
The square bounded by Market, Ferry,
Front and Water streets, was saved, with
but little injury.
The fire crossed Market at Front street.
and then began to rage Wrth awful fury
This was about two O'clock, P. M. and the
wind had increased to perfect gale. The
fire absolutely appeared to dance from roof
TO roof, and in an incredible short space Of
time, the three immense squares, composed
mostly Of warehouses, bounded by Market
and Wood, and extending from Third to
the river were sea Of fame.
The heat by this time was tremendous,
and the wjnu Blowing at gale, Wood street
formed nc barricrat ALL The flames went
Kissing Tcross rs eegerfor their prey They
also crossed Third street below the new Post
Office, and wentrushing up Wood street,
across Fourth-aud Wood street was a sea
of fire from the river to Diamond alley
But this was not all: the fire had become
'ungovernabIe. The arm of man was.jm-
potent. Eventhepoods removed-to streets
for safety, were seizedupon and destroyed.
On, on, marched the raging element, A
sea OF flame rolls en- from Wood street to
SmithfeId. The Monongahcla House, that
nobiest et modern hotels, is surrounded
with hafaes, i takeshre Still the ruin
rolls on~-crossIng Smthfed street, and
Grah9 street, sweeping Scotch Hill entirely.
Even the canal does not stop it, the Gas
Works takes fire, and diretHy all Kensing-
ton is in flames, and the fire rolls on, and
is only stopped in that direction, about ONE
NILE from where it commehCed, from the
want of food to feed It's voracious NAV.
fnthe meantime, the MOnongaheIa bridge
has taken fire, and is entirely consumed
The Pittsburgh bank, supposed to be fire
proof, extending from third 70 fourth street.
isin flames. The Mayor'sOilie saIso Ontire
and the new Post Office Is in ereatdanger
Letany one WHO'S acquainted with Pitts
'buIgh survey this scene, and look over the
extent of ground dcoVered by tbisVast con-
flagralion. So rapid did this fire progress,
that at one time, between four and five
O'Clock, in the afternoon, the lre was Ia
ging with undlmtnished fury, over space
extending, beginning at Market street. cor
net OF third, down Market street to the rivv
er, up the river to the upper end of Ken
>sington or pipttown, opposite to Birming-
ham, downtrom K eiIsngton TO fourth street,
down fourth street to Smithheld,Np Smith
field to Diamond alley, to the large brick
Warehouse'on Wood street, across Wood
extendingina diugohiral direction towards
the Bank, Up fourth street to the Mdyort
office, and across 10 third street, the place
of beginning InaIl 'this vast space, the
very heart Of he city, including most Of
the warehouses of Our manufactures, and
-our pthcipalwhoIeaaIe groreis and COM
mission merchants, there is not one house
stahd hg that weknow Of
TSoeHiy sqMcfes nle entirely destroyed,
and ,5ct faI parts ot squares, besides all ot
PpetoWn, and all lite buildings aroUnd
BakeAydifs glass works, which were also
consumed The loss of property must be
Immense. Weshall not attemptto compute
it, The fire spread so rapidly that j: was
impasdble to save property Fhe Front
street merchants, whose Immense ware
houses wGre'ful Of goods, groceries, and
Pittsburgh manufactures, removed their
goods 10 the wharf, which they coveted
over its whole extent, down to the waters
edge, but there they chught fire, and the
most oftttp were consumed.
Among the public buildings destroye d,
are the Pittsburgh bank, the Monongahela
House, the Merchants Hotel, the Mayors
Office, known as Pho Hall, and oil ou
Pitsburgh m'umnce Offices
The Chronicle and Age Offices were re.
moved. The Chronicle lost It's presste--
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