Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-07-24

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sos NEARLY IIRFF NnREil
ISL iLDiNGS DESTROYED, SEW
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The most Isuthe and drsuu,t tive be
~hi Ia has Vi.ued uut ,,lv since The Gten
Fir" h,s been racing siuce about Nv" o.
,furk 4 II srd J.. nos adtap'ing wlih IN
d.nlats.e iufrc As N 1888. every CIR.
,.--.'t-~t 's- hsr~.~~1 ~ tvot - frog
49,. 1. ..." us,. sc tsa'he, h.
,ru.suu ets,V tpiIs - tTy Add cen constable
- inHrt, o.p~r the fi~-- are u"i delayed
y..-a the uus q u,Jsiiv uk-- Ia heat lic .
CO.,, hrr. thSy ,yrt".1k ha' ~Atevri they
ttaprh 4 sI-~s N.tsniIY tr'n Glare.
Tue liz. pro, ~.ird ttoai the stitr story ~ .
she Nse tntk D.spsnSafv, trHt'e street :
.,hith 4. ucruptrd as an otg.u and trano I
t.ctnrS I4,e huc.t 81 faGes ~ls verv e,n- 7
.ent = 81 unexpected. tst nv pr"mpines. sod :
rucrqy ai the hfeuicn. nearly all tt,e property |
n He ,bnllhing was saved, and the hre sub T.
ated. ,.ut oulS after the Nnst vt'Jeat etet. (
,rps tor mnse thaa hsK an hour
hwa @l.etly AFTER Z o'clork, that tic FIRE
h,nk- on winrh is now having wave W the
lower pm Of our Wty.
Il commenced IN she urprr pan Of the
tour story brl' k bal ting. No. 20 New street,
occupied by J. |. Nnndotcn as sa al store.
rhal boildlng ~,th ils csnte nu as IN very
short ume entirely destroyed. 40 was . large
nrick huil,hne sd!,nnlng, occupied as a caf
renters shop.
II continued to burn, increasing IN violence
and intensity from tho nature OF the gonds
stored IN The building. large quantlrs OF
WINE spirits, lumber, cotion and utl-arc a.
zen minutes b-inte FAM, tive have the time
from a ren,lem'n who tootnd at his watch
instantly one ui ne most, perhaps the most
trclcndHuuS explosives which has ever been
lnnwn IN tins clly. There are various az
counts 40 ~ the cau-r of TIE explosion. some
aScfuinp II 70 \ quantity r sainr'tr store
"a CrnCkrt & Narrer's store IN New York
street some To- tue spirits IN one Of the large
importing establishments ia the vicInuv,
some 10 powder. thouEn We 40 not see bow
.uch aan,nti,y couli nave been stored with.
10 he IRE limits but We are inclined to
think that tho ttsr feppr t. likely be urr /;
th,tis the gas tesofvoit 10 New street, Tho
buildings many nav rrcoiiert y. presenting a
w,ds brick front Ia New street, unhrokrn by
any indow ~ door q having a semciirular
projection into the 81 le.walk. There were two
distinct detonatlpns, sudden aud violent.
which lnclnes US 10 believe that II could not
have been salipetre We think that The fol-
lowing Gom the Cnurct and Enquirer will
sust.n our snppnsiuon, although that paper
hupposes the catastrophe Ia have been
caused bv snIl. p.trc The workmen Of
the composing room ofthr hlh story found
the stone on which the fprm was making
unriss~tcvera inches from is costing place,
he gas all tecni out instantly, and drring
he darkness that fjllawed the scene was
10 sny the least OF 1t. an exclllng one" o.
conrse IN IA" present CONFUSION nothing def
mite % this point can b" nbldin'd Il" ,ha
rs IL may 10. conclusion wHs most nwful
the buil1incs around were htok'n to atoms
and the glass IN nearly all the hulld,ucs IN
W,u s,f,ct WAS broken INTO fragments ant
s,rewtd over the pav'n' OF IN many IN
eianroe -. e,,haan,ipl win1lw s1shcs 'h"m
Ga. r,c ,nginr ~. 10 was blown L
ri,-cs and many ofrs m"nh"rs killed.
The roll vas called soon after by mos %
t,'r comp,ui ,nl srrrrt members Ncr'
missing We hop. tue confusion may &C
.ro,,ul r ihs
For mil.s around people started from
'1.I, slerp and their BIDS at the awfn
lock mos surprising it to be an earth
0nnke In Brooklyn nnuv Of the lnhablt
ants fh thrir houses rock Ia III" very fonn
q mon One gentleman who was watc h,nl
The Gre from Brooklyn heights, saw III
h,zng frFemrrrs blown into the ar ahov
I..F spur o. ] ilHllN ,lHlA w. WV ublih'
aul svy(-t aud over He sty' TINT they
vr,c in a cifcullr form like bow, lncten'
rr their circle both as they rose and fl
Some say that the spirc OF Tuniiv sboo
for neatly minute after the explosion
We don't know how true this may be- b'
after AL tbs, We DO know, /, does not seer
81 MI incredible
There was a pi'alvsjno confusion anon
the crowd, and the hrr scs-ercd thus ov.
an immense area, advanced with featf'
Iap,duy /, extended through New stree
rui the whole 81 that street from ESchang
- Beaver street is 10 ashes -pu'baoly for
buildings neaGv al large brick stores
H. B-oal Nrot IA d,r.-uci,on Is
Ir.r.c both Sdc- Of tia, nohl" street, f,or
Ixchrug pl1ce 10 Marko,G~id street br7u
one mass of snnku? rajos, ~,th DOT va
,aodiog Mo- ics than tody or G6y $50
~',h lhs,r immense y valuable e"s'rns Al
q .,oycd
From New Hrcoi, the f,e SION eV,"nd'
10 B.oalway sNe'png IN ~ course a'l s.
tore II The whnlr of IA. East siic Of Bros
wy from Wavrr'y Hons, lrn,lod,ng ~
u7hle tlolc) 10 The Bow ling Grc,n, is
Iulus
The Mayor has sslel the follow
prociamhuon.
PROF. AVIATION
Ger S,aifatd hr'~br requested foriANL al
49,, 90, = crtnpsa, ~ ho',s. ~ sarh other for
a. ,as, Sssn ne Recesslit % pfo scl the pfopefts
COR citIfps
Aup-r.oa. requested 10 rrnd,r srs,Gtnes
700, Great psbhr osisnttr
" ,. NAV MEYER Mayo
Ja'y 70. iSi5
y, 'Ios 81 me prorl'm'ti"H, Gs,srrl sa'