Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-07-30
ANOTHER
Awful Confederation

A terrible fire, second only to the Great Fire,
visited New York on Sunday morning last, Ii
broke out in Van Doren's oil factory on New ST.
at IL before 3 o'clock A. nj. In about half m
hour, frightfu explosion took place, awakening
The whole city. The flames spread with terrible
rapidlty and the inmates of the dwellings escaped
with difficulty. The following account is from
the Journal of Commerce of Saturday evening,
received by the London.-Adv
The extent of this calamity has exceeded even
the excited apprehensions OF those who Witnessed
the whole progress from the commencement
Happily It's progress is now stayed, SO that We
are enabled TO define the limits of its ravages.-I
On the East side of Broadway, every building
from Exchange Place, commencing with the Wa
verify House, to Marketfeld street, is utterly con-
sumed: also three or four dwellings below Mar
ketteld. The House On the corner of Stone and
Whitehall streets, and two or three dwellings,
north of Stone street, remain Comparatively un-
injured. Thence to 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 are all destroyed. A
line drawn from the public stores TO the Waverly
House, is the limit of the northwest. In Beay-
er street all the buildings on both eldes are consul
med, from the Bowling Green to within FIVE or
six doors of William street. Ga the West side
of Broadway the buildings are all destroyed from
Morris street to No. l3 occupied by Mrs. Barker
as boarding house---ths last included.
The buildings on Broadway, north of Morris
street,were saved by incredible exertionsin which
the inmates rendered themselves especially con.
spcuous. They were covered with carpets and
blankets constantly wetted with water carried up
by hand to the roofs
The explosion which set this most disastrous
confagratlOn in motion, we have no doubt was
from the reservoir gasometer of the Manhattan
Company, situated in New street, caused by the
heat ofthe neighboring fire. There was nothing
else which could have made 1t, and that could
La confederation of this, the gas lights in our
Office went on. Instantly upon the explosion.
There quantity of saltpetere in the store
of Croker and Warren; but store full of it was
burned ten years ago, End there was no explosion.
Gunpow6er is spoken of, but without evidence
that any was present.
The explosion was tremendous, and produced
the utmost CONSERVATION throughout the lower part
of the city. The office of this paper seemed as
if topping to its base. The printers sticks were
thrown from their hands; and the gas lights sud-
denly eytInguished in part of the building added
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perienced no damage however, except in the brea-
king of window glass. Nearly every building
in Wall street, and in fact in all the streets contig-
uous TO the burnt district, had its windows more
or less injured, and in some instances whole sash
es were dashed in, and the large massive doors of
the stores ethe. swung open, or were detached
wholly from hinge and bolt, and thrown into the
centre of the buildings. Such was the effect of
al ,b. q, IT,
bursting 10 the windows, breaking large quantities
of the thickest plate glass. Even the interior
doors were burst open.
The explosion occurred in successive shocks,
previous TO which the atmosphere was irradiated
with brilliant flashes of light hnged with every
variety of color. The air was Immediately filled
with balls of fire and burning beams, some of
which of huge size were thrown to an incredible
height and distance. A heavy burning rafier
struck on the roof Of Bunker's Mansion House.
The explosion was heard on board the steam
boat Champion while seven miles from the city,
and startled the passengers from their births. II
was also heard at Hampstead and at Newark
Captain York Of the brig Milton, as well as the
captain and passengers of the brig Savannah, of
the highlands heard the report aud felt concus
sion.
Among the goods destroyed by the tlre are a.,
800 bales of cotton, 10000 chests of tea, 5000 q
1000 hhds. and 1900 boxes brown sugar, 5000
or 5000 bags coffee, quo pieces carpeling. 1000
bbls, and 500a600 hhds. molasses, 100000 lbs
fleece and pulled wool, 800 bales of Smyrna wool
The dry good jobbers escaped almost entirely
but the domestic good factors suffered severely,
and several large stocks of foreign manufactures
we're destroyed. The whole loss of dry-goods
was perhaps two millions and half of dollars.
There were some stocks of silks and other dry
goods destroyed. The total loss is perhaps five
miong, or one quarter of the amount is lost IN
the great fire ten years ago.
The whole quantity of goods was but small
fraction of the stocks of the city. and will not in.
terfere at all with the full supply of all the de-
mands of trade.
1t will be understood that the losses by the va
ricus insurance companies do not extend necessa-
riIy to the amount Of their policies. Ia general il
is much less, and the universal opinion seems to
be that all the insurance is good with perhaps the
exception of one office. There was good deal
of insurance in offices out of the city, so that our
Merchants were in general fully insured. and will
find their policies this occasion adequate Sc
curly. efs
The Mutual safety company, has the largest
amount at risk, say 81 100000 and carfuI ex.