Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-07-25

to be saved.
The scene in Broadway, near the fire, in
Wall ST., South William, Exchange Place, Rec
tor, Morris and Thames streets, quite defies all
attempts at description. Drays, carts, and
wheel-barrows, hastily loaded with the most in
cOngruous cargops, are pushing through the
dense crowd in every direction, attended by the
sweating, blackened and excited drivers. Irish
women, with bed in one hand and two or
three naked children in the other, run to depos-
| il them on the walk, or wherever there may be
a look for safety.
The sidewalk in front Of old Trinity is filled
higher than your head with buwark of beds,
bureaus, chests, tables, kettles, clocks, sauce
pans, portraits, vases, grdrons, easy chairs,
meal bags, counierpanes, potatoes, and every
thing else that was ever seen or heard Of.
The fire confined to rage until about o'c'k
P. NJ. The burnt district is thus delineaicd by
the Journal Of Commerce.
On the East side of Broadway, every build
ing from Exchange Place, commencing with the
Wayerly House, TO Mnrketfeld ST., is utterly
consumed, also S or below MarkeIiield. The
house on The corner Of Stone and Whitehall
streets, and two or three dwellings north Of
Stone street. remain comparatively uninlured.
! Thence 10 Broad street, Stone street is the
boundary. Through Broad street, from Stone
10 the public stores within two or three doors
Of Wall street, the buildings on both sides are
all destroyed. A line drawn from the public
stores 10 the WaverIy House, is The limit on the
Northwest. In Beaver street all the buildings
on both sides are consumed, from the Bowling
Green TO within five or six doors Of William
street. On the West side of Broadway the
buildings are all destroyed, from Morris street
TO No. IS, occupied by Mrs Barker as board
ing house-ihis last included.
The buildings on Broadway, North of Nor
ris street, were saved by incredible exertions
in which the inmates Of the Mansion House
rendered themselves especially conspicuous
The roofs OF these buildings were covered with
carpets and blankets constantly wettcd with
water carried up by hand.
THE Loss.-Thc journal Of Commerce cs
Inmates the total loss at SIS, sos 600, which i
fears is quite within the truth. 1t estimates
the loss, in dry goods, by l2 mercantile houses
at 50, 100000; oil silks and other dry goods
$685. 900; groceries, &C., 81 1883, 600; a0(
buildings at 81 500 each 81 800, 000--makinl
the total above mentioned. Other papers esti
mate the number ofbuildings as high as 500.
lNsURANcE.-The amount OF insurance il
stated to be 1910, 600, which is supposed tC
be nearly all good. The merchants were be
lieved to be insured about TO the extent Of thei
loss. The Etna Insurance Co. al Hartford
lost $751; 600, and the Protection 100000
Loss OF LiFE.-Amid the confusion of thu
explosion, il was feared that many lives fell {
sacrifice TO the calamity. But up TO Sunday
afternoon il was not positively known that MOI,
than four lives were lost.
The Mayor ordered out the military to pro
tect property from the hands of the pillerer.
AsroR HousE.--The conduct Of Mrssrs
Coleman & Stetson, Of this house, is worthy o
the highest concentration. A bysander in
4 L a I'll. LII. II 4.
his servants, carrying bread and meat and cot
fee, in vast quantities, which he was actvel,
engaged in distributing among the almost cx
hausted fremen at the hottest OF the fire. A
the same time, Mr. SIelson opened the saloon q
his great house to others, and gave welcom
breakfast to four or FIVE hundred. What coul
be better timed' What could be more crate
full 10 wearcd men!
Occurring thus in broad day light, the fir
presented many scenes and incidents such q
are not generally attendant upon like occasions
or at least do not fall within the observation {
spectators. We have mentioned the curiou
exhibition OF household wares along IN front {
the Trinity Church yard-tables, mirrors, p
amos, hedsieads and bedding, costly lamps an
wel-worn tin candle sticks, cradles and picture:
bird cages wihthe birds in them, crDckery, fer
ders, chairs, footstools, knives and iorks-in
word all manner Of articles employed in spler
gether, with the utmost disregard for prophet
or effect in grouping. To the like use III
Battery has also been put, though on muc
larger scale, almost the whole of its area bein
filed with carriages and furniture, disposed
separate parcels, each Of which was guarded
when we were there, by two or three femal,
with anxious and sorrow shaded countenance
some handsomely attired and sitting upon rio
sofas or rocking chairs, others more poorly ella
and reposing on wooden stool, roll of fade
carpet or the green turf itself.
In the midst of one household group we sa
young woman in feeble health she recline
lang uidly in an easy chair, and her wan, thi
cheek afforded ground for The belief that she ha
been hastily borne, amid the terror and uproi
of the disaster, from bed Of sickness.
close iuxia-posiion was little family Of chi
dren, with their nurse-the youngest delightt
with the novelty OF their position and the bu
tie all around them, while the elder, MOI
thoughtful and more conscious of the evi
, looked oil with pretty air of bewildermen
which seemed just ready to resolve itself into
, burst or amentation. A little further on
I young man was coolly arranging his hair al
: contemplating the graces Of his person belo
r a large mirror, which leaned against tree; al
} our attention was next caught by raggt
Ioa6ng hoy OF some fourteen or fifteen year
, who had flung himself upon a handsome so
and was fast asleep. Perhaps he had been
ing woman service at the brake OF some engin
3 or in helping TO remove the household ware
some burnt out family. AT all events his slur
J bers were respected-though il may be that
, were too busy TO NEEDLE with him.
D., If we were not well accustomed TO SUI
S sights there would have been food for wond
=, in the multitude Of women, young and oil
!, genteel and vulgar in appearance, weN-dress