American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-10-01

was exciting much less attention.
. DESTRUCTIVE Ttoenty-three Houses
! Consumed, The Philadelphia Chronicle gives
! the following account Of destructive fire,
/ which broke out i'll a soup-house, on Tuesday
afternoon, at the southwest corner of Schuyl-
kill Sixth and George streets, and before it was
subdued, consuming square of two story
dwellings:
! There were twenty eight houses in the row,
and of these, fourteen were almost entirely
burnt. They were nearest to SchuyIkil Sixth
street; seven houses east of these had the back
roofs burnt of, and were otherwise damaged
and two Others were considerably injured The
whole row was occupied by poor people; some
of the houses containing two or three families
others having boarders. One family, whose
house was entirely destroyed, had eight board
ers. Nearly all the furniture and effects were
carried out of the houses, and placed in the
streets, yards and adjoining lots, and the poor
people who were thus summarily turned out OF
i their houses, were grouped around their goods
and chattes, forming an indescnbable scene
They were all Irish, with the exception of one
or two colored families, and their distress is
greater than can be imagined. The corner
/ house, where the fire originated, was owned by
! the Society of Friends. The second house was
owned by VIM. Moroney; the next TIVE by ia
cob Ewing; the next four by Hugh Catherwood;
six by john Hill and the rest by James Large
I The operations of the firemen were very
much impeded by the wind blowing the smoke
downwards into the street, almost binding and
sufiocasng them, yet they worked away like
heroes with their engines, hose, etc. Many of
them were mounted on the roofs and in the
garrets with axes cutting away the burning
masses of wood. Their exertlons were worthy
of the highest commentator, and to their
praise be it said, there was not the slightest in
dication of row or disturbance. They SEEM
ed solely intent on saving the houses and the
property of the poor people, who were in dam
ger of being left destitute. Many of the men
living in the houses who arc cabmen, draymen,
and porters, were some distance from their
homes, and only arrived in time to find their
families and furniture in the streets. Some of
them living nearest to where the fire commen-
ced, lost every thing. The cause of the fire
spreading TO such an extent, is mainly attribu-
table to the fact that the row was q square in
length, and there was not single battement
wall between them to prevent the spreading of
the flames. They were only separated by their
combustlble partitions, SO that the roofs of
twenty-three houses were on fire nearly at the
same time, while the lower portions of the
houses were not touched. The wind was also
high at the time.
The following are the names of the occupants
of the houses which were burnt:-No. %, the
corner house, occupied by the widow Nc
Knight, and used by the Western Soup Socie-
ty; small shop kept in the basement; No. 81,
Alexander Struthers, Waterman; No. 26, Jas.
Kelly, tailor; No. %, James Gray, laborer; No.
"a, Thomas Brown, laborer; No. %, Sarah Ann
Sloan, widow; No, 90, Martha Pinkerton; No.
81, James O'Donnell, blacksmith; No. 90, w.
Lockhart, shoemaker No. 10, Thomas Chap
man, house carpenter; No. Is, James Stewart,
weaver; No. IT, Francis Deblin, weaver; No.
l6 was occupied by several colored families; No.
10, John Hover, coachman; No. Ia, Bartholo-
NEW Leech; No. 10, James Campbell; No. l2,
Edward Campbell, carpenter; No. IL, John
Hill, marble polisher; No. 10, Charles Boyle,
laborer. The rest Of the houses were not Sc
riously injured. We understand the property
was insured. ... ....