Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1845-04-17

ing was destroyed except the Third
Church, and Johnston g. Stockion's
printing Office, and 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 with aw-
ful fury. This was about two O'Clock
Z. NJ, and the wind had increased to a
perfect gallo. The fire absolutely ap-
peared to dance from roof to roof, and
in ao incredibly short space of time the
three immense squares, composed mos,
" of warehouses, bounded by Market
and Wood, and extending from Third
to the river, were a sea Of flame.
The heat by this time was tremendous.
Wood street formed no barrier al ALL
The hames went kissing across as if ca
ger for their prey. They also crossed
Third street, below the new Post Office,
and went rushing up Wood street across
Fourth, and Wood street was a sea of
fire from the river to Diamond alley |!
But this was not nl. The fire had
become ungovernablc. The arm of
man was impoient. Even the goods re.
moved to the streets for safety were
seized upon and destroyed. On. on,
marched the raging element. A sea of
flame rolls on from Wood street to
Smhhfejd. The MonongaheIa House,
that noblest Of modern hotels, is sur
rounded wah fames-i, takes fire
Still tho ruin rolls on crossing Smith
field street and Grant street, and sweep
ing Scotch Hill entirely. Even the
Canal does not stop it. The Gas Works
take fire, and directly all Kensingion is
in flames, and the fire rolls on and is
only stopped in that direction, about one
mule from where il commenced, from
the want Of food to feed its voracious
nav.
la the mean time the Monongahela
Bridge has taken fire aud is entirely
consumed. The Piltsburg Bank, sup
posed to be fre-Proof, extending from
Third 10 Fomth streets, is in flames
The Mayors Office is also on fire, and
the new Post Office is in great danger.
Let any one who is acquainted with
Piusburg survey this scene, and look
over the extent of ground covered by
this vast connagration. So rapid did
the flames progress that, at one time,
between four and five o'clock in the aE
ternoon, the fire was raging with undi-
minished fury over space extending
from Market street, at the corner OF
Third, down Market street to the river,
up The river to the upper end Of Ken
sngton or Pipetown, opposite TO Bir.
mingham, down from kensington to
Fourth street, down Fourth street to
Smithlield, up Smtbfeldto Diamond al.
ley, down Diamond alley 10 the large
brick warehouse on Wood street, across
Wood, extending in dag gonical dircc-
ton towards the Bank, up Fourth street
to the Mayors office. and across to
Third street, the place Of beginning
In all this vast space, the very heart Of
the city, including most of the ware
houses of our manufacturers, and our
principal Wholesale grocers and com
mission merchants, there is not one
house standing that we know Of.
TwENTYSeUAREs are entirely destroy
ed, and several parts Of squares, besides
all of fipetown, and all the buildings
aronnd BakeweIl's Glassworks, which
were also consumed.
The loss ofproperty must be immense.
We shall not attempt to compute it,
The fire spread so rapidly that it wss
impossible to save property. The Front
street merchants, whose immense ware.
houses were full Of goods, groceries, and
Piitsburg manufactures, removed their
goods TO the wharf, which they covered
over its whole extent, down to the waters
edge, but there they caught fire, and the
most Of them we're consumed.
Among the public buildings dcstro yed
are the Piusburg Bank the Monongahela
House, the Merchants Hotel, the
Mayors office. known as Philo Hall
and all our Pn'sburg insurance Offices.
The Chronicle and Age Offices were re-
moved The Chronicle lost iis presses
The Presby yterian Advocate and Protes
tant Unionis, offices are both destroyed
But II is impossible for US 10 attempt to
give the particulars Of this dreadful
calamity. Piiisburg has received u
dreadful blow, hut we trust she will gain
rise from her ashcs.
At this time (seven O'Clock Thursday
evening" the fire is not extending, but is
yet raging with awful subli,niiy in the
burnt district. Hundreds and hundreds
of families are houseless and homeless.
and their goods ill the streets. To add
to the distress, the Gas Works arc de-
s,royed, and our city will be involved in
darkness as soon as the lurid flames die
away.
Millions Of dollars will not repair the
loss experienced. For extent of loss and
widespread drsolatioo, no fire in this
county ever equalled it. Tomorrow
we shall be ablcto give more particulars
LATER. The Phtsburg Chronicle Of
Saturday morsiing states the number of
houses consumed a, ZOO, Of which
about 700 were dwellings, depriving al,
least 1000 persons of house and home.
The burnt district is a mile in length,
with an average breadth Of 100 yards,
making al area Of about 90 acres. Only
one life is known to have been lost--a
Mrs. BRooKs, who was burnt in her
house on Third street Tho vnulta of