Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-04-19
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Gas Works Saved.
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extent, down to the waters edge, but there they
caught fire, and the most of them were consul
med.
Among the public buildings destroyed, are
the Putsburg Bank, the Monongahela House,
the Merchants Hotel, the Mayors office, known
as Philo Hall, and all our Pittsburg insurance
Offices
The Chronicle and Age Offices were remo-
we'd. The Chronicle lost its presses. The
Presbyterian Advocate and protestan, Unonst
Offices are both destroyed.
But it is impossible for us to attempt to give
the particulars of this dreadful calamity Pitts
burg has received dreadful blow, but we trust
she will again rise from her ashes.
At this time, seven o'clock, the fire is not
extending, but it is yet raging with awful sub
Unity in the burnt district. Hundreds and hun
dreds of families are houseless and homeless,
ana their goods fill the streets. To add to the
distress, the Gas Works were destroyed, and
our city will be involved in darkness as soon
as the lurid flames die away.
Millions of dollars will not repair the loss ey-
perienced. For extent OF loss and widespread
dcsolation, no fire in this country ever equa!led
it. To morrow we shall be able to give more
particulars
STILL LATERAL dark you might see, at
every direction, families sitting without shelter,
guarding such portions OF their household furnl-
ture as they were able TO save from the flames,
and not knowing where they would lay their
heads, or procure morsel of food. OF course
the kindness OF their more fortunate fellow ci.
,izens did much to alleviate their sutferings
and as we believe all We're provided for as well
| as the melancholy nature Of affairs would al
low.
The Councils met in the afternoon, and at
| tempted to devise some means to stay the con
! fagraton. 1t was proposed to blow up houses
that seemed in the way Of the flames, the deli
berations, however, were Intellectual in results
and we bel eve but one or two bindings were
blownup. 1t seems to us, indeed, that there
| could not have been time TO accomplish any
thing in the way of destroying houses, so ter
ribly rapid was the progress OF the fire.
There is abundant reason for thankfulnes,
that so few lives were lost. There are many
rumors Of men being killed, and burnt ant
wounded-but they are not authenticated. One
woman is certainly burned, and we saw poo
old man, totterns along with the help Of TIVE
friends, his face badly hurnpd. The loss life
however, cannot be learned in the awful con
fusion which prevails.
We know not how to express our sense of th'
lively gratitude to which the fremcn are enti
tied from our afflicted and ruined citizens, wei
as those they have saved-no,hing in the sIap
of reward can compensate them for the inces
SAINT toll they had 10 undergo. and for the un
yielding heroic firmness which they maniiesie
under the appalling terrors which surrounde
them on every side.
II they had had sufliciency of water durn
the whole time, they could have saved niue
more property-ss it was, they prevented III
destruction of al ncaculsbe amount.
The following are the principal public build
ings, manufactures and others that were de-
uoyed:-
Globe Cotton Factory, corner of Second an
Ferry streets.
Fire Navigation Insurance Office, Marke
between Second and Third.
Penn Insurance Office, corner of Market an
Third.
Bank of Pit,sburg, Fourth, between Mark'
e and Wood.
: Office of the Daily Chronicle, do
Job Printing Office of J, b. Butler, 81 b
, tween Market and Wood streets.
] Merchants Hotel, corner of 81 and Woo
0 sis.
{ A, Kramer's Exchange Office, do.