Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-07-29

Is again II r ms. About 30 clOSk this morn
ing fire was discovered IN New street, some
say in a carpenters shop, and others in a
soap chandleTy, which soon, spread TO the
adjoining bindings. and at this momont
70 o'clock) abou, one-ifth Of the CONNER
ciai portion Of the city is envcloped in
flames. How far the destructive element
will spread no enc can say. II is scarcely
exiinguished in one qrarter before i, breaks
out in another with additional ferocity.-
For moment our hopes are revived by an
appearance that tho flames are going down
but II is only for moment, MS the next
report tells us that the fire has spread
The sight Of so much ruin, and the antici-
patton OF SO much more, is truly terrific.
But what renders this calamity particu-
larry deplorable, is not the vast loss OF
property il must occasion, but The appre-
hended loss of life Soon after the fire
caught this morning it entered store
where large amount Of some thing had
been accumulated. which burst with ap-
pulling violence and noise, The shock Of
the explosion WIS 50 great that twas felt
as far up town as Murray street, ana Col.
Bankhead informs US that il shook the win
dows even at governors Island.
How many lives are lost II is impossible
TO :ell, at this writing, but six fremen are
said 10 have been killed at one engine n
lone, and large number Of others were
carried away seriously wounded. The con-
cussion Of ar produced by the explosion
broke the windows in The houses for a
great distance round. In our own Office,
which is some quarter of a mile from the
spot, the window frames are completely
shattered. The streets are crowded with all
kinds Of vehicles loaded with goods and
furniture. Firemen and citizens do their
duty manfully, but the explosions Of gas
ometers and ni,re fill them with dread
The wind is still high.
Already the flames hive extended, be-
ginning at Wall street US far south as Stone,
as far west as the west side Of Broadway,
and on the east are approaching William
street. And there is yet little appearance
ofthe fumes being subdued. There is a
report that the Croton water has given out,
and that there is no means Of safety but in
blowing up the neighboring build ngs. The
Mayor, with Justice Ma,sell and the new
police are on the ground and are very eff
Gent. We shall give more definite p1rtc-
ulars as our Reporters bring them.
Tea o'clork.-Our reporter has just re-
turned from the fire, which is still raging
and extending, and the present prospect is
that it will not be arrested until i, reaches
the Battery. We proceed to give the par
ticuars, SO far rs we have been able to
gather them amid the confusion that pre-
walls in every direction. The fire origin
aied in the fourth story Of the large brick
store in New street, occupied by Mr.. Van
Doren as an oil store II then communica-
ted TO tho adjoining house, occupied as q
carpenters shop; and from thence il ext m
ded to the rear part of the store, No. SO
Broad street, occupied by Croker & War
rem. Al this point, the fremen say. they
thought TO sop the progress Of the flames,
when suddenly an explosion took place in
this store SO tremendous, that it carried
down three or four stores OF either side of
it. and several stores on the opposite side
Of Broad street, and al the same time a
vast sheet OF blue fame burst forth from
the store Of Croker g. Warren, extending
the fire on every side. The confusion
that prevailed at this moment beggars de-
scr, pion. 1t was thought that several
fireman had been buried in the ruins; and
although eaery exertion was made TO Us
certain whether such was the case or not
yet il was impossible to tell. Engine No
ID was buried in the ruins, and complete
ly destroyed. Several men are missing,
but whether they have been killed or not it
is impossible to tell. Several men were
carried away much injured.
Mr. Croker inform our reporter this
morning lhat.therc were thousand bags
of salt petre in his store nj the time it took
fire, and he also says that sal, petre will
burt, bit that it will not explode. One
Of The morning papers, in speaking Of the
explosion, SAYS $50 awful was the shock
that the thick plate glass in nearly all the
buildings in Wall street was broken in
fragments and strewed over the pavement,
in m1ny instances the substantial window
sashes themselves being broken in. The
conclusion in this Office, some three hun
dred yards distant, was so severe that the
substantial one walls Of the building shook
10 their foundations, land it was thought for
one moment that they were tumbling TO
their base. The workmen in the compos.
ing room in the fifth story found the stone
on which the form was making up rise
several inches from lis resting place; the
gas all went out Instantly and during the
darkness that followed, the scene was, to
say the lelst of it, an exciting one. The
workmen employ ed in the press and engine
rooms in the basement story, fully believing
that the entire building was about to come
upon them 10 mass. flew with rapid strides
into the street. or course, however, the
CONSERVATION soon subsidized, and it was
found utter all, that the bu ;lding had sus-
tanned no other injury than the loss Of few
windows. The effects of this terrible ex-
plos;on were more or less felt almost entire
ly over on the eastern side Of the ely. A
gentleman at this moment meI,ions 10 us
that many Of the houses in Montgomery st.
were broken in pieces by the shock
A gentleman from Sta en- Island nforms
that The explosion was distinctly heard on
the Island, and that the house in which
he was shook from its effects.
A gentleman residing in Butler street,
Brooklyn, says that his bed was shaken by
the explosion.