The New York herald., 1845-04-13
HALF PAST ONE O'CLOCK.
[From Pittsbuig Post, April ILL.,
TREMENDOUS CONFEDERATION.
In Pittsburg.
Twenty Squares Of the City in Ruins.
From 1000 to 1900 Houses Destroyed
LOSS ESTIMATED AT
TEN MIL L | 0 N S.


terrible fees that ever devasted any city on lhs
continent. A great portion of our busy and popu-
lous town is in ruins More houses have been
destroyed by this single and horrible confagration,
than have been consumed by all the fires that have
ever occurred in the city before.
Those acquainted with the plan of Plttsburg will
realize the extent OF the terrible calamity we have
suffered, when we state that nearly all that por-
ton Of the city extending from Ferry street up
the Mon. river the city line, and thence to the
head Of the entire suburb called Pipetown,"
epsington) has been destroyed. The Are reached up
Market street side OF Srd street, and up
Wood street far the south side Of Diamond Alley The
boundaries Of the burnt district may be thus described
Water street up Ferry to Third street, the old
resby terian Church savcd) up third to Wood up
Wood to Diamond Alley, both sides up Diamond Alley
to smthReld street. and thence down SmhfclA Fourth
street, both sides Fourth street to Ross street. and
thence to the head of Pipetown including have
estimated above, about twenty kquares and comprising
from ten to twelve hundred houses many Of the ware
houses contained goods Of immense value-thsy were
grocery, dry goods and commission houses, and hair
spring stocks had been just laid in.
The hre originated in 4 frame buld.ng over IN ice
house. belonging wm Dieh the Of Second
and Ferry sts The wind blowing stifay from the
northwest though feqnsdtly vsersd to other points.
and owing its variations the nrs sxter Wood st.
farther than it otherwie could have DONE 1t was dis
covered about IL O'clock and materially chec ked till
Sin the afternoon Even while write, at o'clock, F.
M the engines playing vigorously in Woon street
We can give no adequate idea Of the distress which
ames teariully rapid, th many persons had rot
time their goods others sgan, had got their
eoa Ss Ss to pcs Of
still, would not believe the dsvourns element could
reach their dwellings, snd did not think Of removing
Ill it tos late to their furniture And
many people who escaped with nothing buta appai ol
they had upon their persons. AT dark you h ses in
every direction families sitting without sheJr, guard.
ing such portions Of their household furniture they
able to save from the hames and not knowing
where they would lay their head. or procure mors Of
food. OF the kndncss Of their fortunate
fellowczens did much 10 alleviate their suferngs AMI
we bell all provided for as well az the melan
Choly nature OF afara would GLOW.
The councils met in tha afternoon, and attempted to
devise means TO stay the confsgration 1t pro-
20 tho 1,s% were uscua M
results, and We believe but one or two buildings wtre
bswnup 1t seems to us, indeed, that there scarcely
could have been time to accomplish thing in the way
Of destroying houses so terribly rapid was the progress
ofthe fie
There is abundant reason for thankuness that SO few
lives we're lost. There many rumors Of being
killed, and burnt and wounded but they are not authen
tica,ed. One woman ia certainly burned, and
BIS lace badly burned. The loss Of life, however, can
not learned in tho awful confusion which prevsis
rra,tuts which rsmen entitled from our a
tea and ruined citizens as those they have saved
the ncesssnt toll they had to for the un.
yelling heroic hrmness which they manifested under
the sppalllSg errors which surrounded them every
side. If they had snicency Of water dnrng the whole
time they could have saved much more propery-as il
they prevented the destruction Of incaculatie
amount.
The following ere the principal public buildings manu-
factories, and ofhces hat were destroy ed =
Globe Cotton Factory, corner of Second and Ferry.
EnN No 1nen fnSn NAIL az hatvx xaap0
and Sd.
Firemen'a insurance Office. corner Market aud 81.
Bank OF Pittsburgh, 4th between Market ami Wood.
Office OF d lily Chronicle, do.
Job Printing Office Of b. Butler, Sd betwctn Marlc
and Wood.
kierchrnts Hotel, corner Of ard and woodst.
A Krarners Excherge office, do.
Jones and sibbeti Exchange ofce corner Of lth ard
WIN. Hills Exchange Office, between 4.h and Da.
mond Alley
R'&R il ratcrson's EsgIe and Bazaar Livery stabl $
Diamond Alley and 4th street.
Associate Reformed Church. 4lh near Grant Baptist
Church, Grant at
Blackwclls extensive G'ass Works, Water, above
Grant.
The Monong shea He destroy ed with all the furni
ture.
The Monongahela Bridge entirely destroyed. 1t srr-
mored that sever al lives were lost on the Bridge
The Dallas Iron Works in Ppetown, entirely destre
The loss sustained ia the destruction Of the above build
egs immense, but It is small when compared with de-
s'rucson Of merchandise in the warehouses Wa.r,
Wo,d First snl Second streets The msrchsnts found
mpossib 10 attempt to save any thing; whole blocks
destroyed in fw minutes and he mos. they could
do was to make efjrt TO their books and but few
of them succeeded even in that.
1t will be many years before our city can recover im
the effects OF this dreadful calamity has cast bills h
the Commercial and acupg enterprise of bu
drsds Of our worthy ciizens and in an hour has
swept from hs ell the profits OF of toll and indus
try. To their fellow ciizens who have been fortuna
enough to escape this wide spread destruction, they
look Tor aid to commence the world anew" and we
confident they will 10 lo,k Ia vain.
awe write in the hurry confusion, and excitement Of
the terrible tme and under the ph
cd by ahorng the furniture o the house Of
the editors which burned to the ground there
we may omit much that ought n0tics-but ha .
end avor~d give as full account OF the casmy
we could.
informed that two lives lost at the fire
yesterday. One was old woman in the neighbcrhood
of Grand and Third sire who hsd aid to remove her
furniture and she refused to leave her dwelling until
too late her. The other that heard Of was
gentleman doing business in Wool street, but we hope
IT mgy be mere report We hear rumo.s of many
lives being lost but Of the repoas authentic
we refrain from wing them until receive more rcli
ablo information.
CONVICTION or Polly BopNE.--lt will be seen