The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-07-26

DI'C Iocu,t n,Ir,nnTC i,nn
W,i = - 3, 10 L rUS !, MILLIONS UPON
:. - i''' NV r'i''
NG" ON mas hten ViSlltdb by another
u'''".'' nre' ne loss Is estimated at
',""' "E - zen m'|I''HS q doiir$ The
',I''',. ''' Ne ONT on saturday morning
a''"I quarter before 3 O'Clock, in Van
i'o'"1' I4"r story sperm oil and candle
'",'',H ~ 81 New street near Exchange
.''r''' ana communicated to lhe adjacent
:" SNORT ','he II was hoped
'n' "'t hao nccl got "hder, when guam
''' W '"''''">'''Ir 'ialler' saIipelre, nc.
~ N'"cN'' Narrens store IN New
s''te'' 'AI'""t.' W''h tremendous crash,
'".''s H''I VI '''G "'il"lN'ng stores to the
ground ana spreading the flames through
..'!' n''oS' D'"a" sTeel--Say lOO leet IN
~,
eA"rc, lie following accounts
va. ~ "Fk papers,
- ABOUT '""r CLOCK. CrOCktr & War
''h H'"'' III New street, in which was
S,"'o" very large quantity of saItpetrc,
pew up with one Of the most tremcn.
GouS explosions ever heard or fni in tho
c''y' lhaI building i!Sclr was Of courso
scattered IN Irag ~ an ins,,nt and
"iose near II were little better Off The
explosion rc-atel oHc of the most Crirht.
i"I SPfC;arles it was ever our misfortune
70 Nitmess, aud The noise and unroor
could only be equalied by the explosion
OF magazine.
The first explosion. which was co,,,.
paratIvcly moderate, filled the roam of
ihe writer of this uaraJranb. ui,h :, Tnh,
more intense than atnoondav and ,nnn
looking out upon Broadwav = scono ,,ot
our gaze. II al can never Lo r,rrn,tan
Hardly had he reached the vindo,,, ,rI,a,,
the second and grand ex,losirn tod,
place. Whe BUILDINGS, as far as tho ep.o
could reach appeared one mass of Ro,es
while the buildings on the west side nC
Broadway. from the Mansion Jouso 10
tie Astor. were so brilliant ina, tho ono
could scarce rest unon Them Tho sn;,.e
ofTrinuv Church looked like = niIjar Of
fire, and the moon. which a moment he
1ore we saw inst above the roof. naled
under tins vivid light, and was invisible
The sky, over the region of the fire, and
along the range of Nassau street, was Ill
led WI'h mass of Game from the burn
ing gas. aicohoi and camphinc. let loose
at tic eNpIosion High in the air as Llc
eye could range appeared an immense
quantity Of fire, that hld the appearance
ct Scrnen's darling spiralv upwards, like
the small rockets Of fire work. These
tongues Of flame, too, shot ont in all Li
rtchons from the centre. making together
the whole look like a mountain of FIRE,
which created in the air a noise like that
caused by fash of electricity in a lhun-
oer storm. The panic caused by such
an explosion, who can describe? The
street, from the WaVerley House to our
olhre' on Broadway, presented a thick
multitude Of men, running as II for their
ives, shr'eNlng as though they were in
lle as"hlcs OF death. Those who could
keep 'ht'F leel were fortunate, indeed, for
me masses Dehlhd' IN their terror, over>ran
many VINO ie''' regardless ol any thing
GUY ,he'r own safely
"fough the other streets like scene
was eH''ioi'eu' Out as 'i'e others were mar
row the confusion was greater. The
h'tlnen ana spectators lett those paris
"n'y 10 10 receive IN another place me show,
cfs OF bricks and other missiles forced off
oy me explosion. So awful was the
shoCk lhat the 'hIck plate glass in nearly
al 'ne buildings III Wall street, was bro
Ken III fragments and sncWcd over the
pavement III many Instances the substan-
,lal window sashcS .Ihcmsel YES being bro.
Ken IN. The cries Of frightened people.
the fall Of miss lies on The roofs Of build
mgS' the crash OF glass upon the pave
menis, added 10 the tumbIIng Of build
ln1gs from the force Of Il explosion, aHd
the vivid glare of the flames, assaled the