Mobile register and journal., 1845-07-29
THE GREAT CONTEMPLATION.

The second edition of the New York Journal o Commerce, midnight Saturday, says:
 The extent of this calamity has exceeded even the excited apptthensions of those who witnessed its whole progrss from the commencement. Happily us progress IS now Btayed that are able to de. me the limits oi ns layages Oa the east side of Broadway, every building from Exchange lace commencing with the Wayerly Hotel, to MarketieId street, IS utterly consumed, also three or four dw e lhss below Markstfed. The house on the c0rner of Stone and Whitehall streets. and two or three dwellings North of Stone remain comparatvel, uhinJured Thence tU Broad street Stone street i, the boundary. Through Broad street, from Stone tC the pubic stores, within two three doors of Wal street, the buildings both sides are all destroyed A ine drawn from the public stores to the Wav.rl, House, IS the limit on ihe Northwest In Reavel street all the buiidiGgs on both sides consumed rom the Bowling Green to within five or six door, ni " Illiam street. On the N esi side of Broadw ay the huIidu9s are all destroyed, from Mcrris sii eel to No. Io, occup'ed by Mrs. Barker as a bo"rdins house. ihIr last included
 The buildings On B,oadway, North of Mofri, streets, were seVed by incredible exeriions in which the inmates rendered themselves especial, conspic uous. They were covered with carpets and blankets | constantly wretled with water carried up by hand to the roofs.
 The explosion which this most disastrous con. nagratiun m motion, we have doubt was from the reservoir gasomet CT of the Manhattan Company, sit uaied m New street, caused by the heat of the neigh boring hre. There uothing else which could have made it, and that coud I corrobora,ion ol this, the gas lights in office went out instantly upon the explosion.
 There was Il quantity of sallpetre in the store ol Crocher Warren; but store full of il was burned ten years ago, and there explosion. Gun powder IS spoken of, but without evidence that any was present.
 The explosion was tremendous, and produced the utmost consiernaton throughout the lower part of the hIa nupp na i niino to It's base. The printers sticks were thrown from their hands; ahd the gas lights suddenly extngushed
 m part of ihe building added the terror and con iusion oi the scene. We experienced no damage however, except the breaking of window glass = Nearly every building in Wall street, and in fact in all the streets contiguous to the burnt district had its windows more ar less injured, and in some in- rtances whole sashes dashed in, and the large massive doors of the stores either swung open, or were detached wholly from hinge and bolt, and | lhrowH into the centre of the buildings. Such was the effect of the explosion the Merchants Ex change, as to burst m the windows, breaking large quantities of the thckest plate lass. Even the in terior doors were burst open.
 The explosion occurred in successive shocks, pre- vIous 10 which the atmosphere irradIated with brilliant flashes of light tinged win every variety o color The air was immediately after filled with balls of fire and burning beams, some of which o huge size were thrown to an incredible height and distance. A heavy burning rafier struck on the roo of Bunker's Mansion House.
 The explosion heard on board the steamboat Champion while seven miles from the city, and stat. tied the passengers from their births. It was also heard at Hempstead and at Newark. Captain York of the drg Milton we'll as the captain and passen gers of the brig Savannah. of the Highlands, heard the report and felt a concussion.
 Among the goods destroyed by the fire are l4,S0C bales cotton, 900 chests tea, 3OO0a4000 hhds and 1900 boxes brown sugar, S000a90O0 bags coffee 600 pieces oarpetng, 2000 bbs, and 50Oa600 bhds. moasses, 100000 lbs. fleece and pulled wool, 300 bales Smyrna wool
 The dry good iobbers escaped almost entirely, but the domestic goods factors suffered severely, and SC veral large stocks of foreign manufactures des troyed. The whole loss of dry goods was perhaps two millions and a half of dollars. The following ia
 rough statement, in round numbers, of some of the aInckS dastrn.,ad.