Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-01-30
From the Boston Herald, Jan. az.
,r.a, Fire--ioo Bu',dinsa Barn,.

a GfeaoIul UFe UIOks out IN BOSTON ~ ndN
past 10 o'clock last night. /, cOmmenced 10
the Bowling Saloon attached to the Neptune
House, KEEP, by Mr.. Leonard Allen, in Ilsver.
hill street. north side; and owing to strong
westery wind, blowing hard at the time, one OF
the mos, extensive conhlgrations ensued. which
has been known there for many years. The
Neptune House was wholly destroyed. The
following are among the sufferers, who owned
and occupied buildings on Hsverhiil street, and
are arranged in nearly the order in which they
were consumed. The carpenter shop OF 8 F.
Watson; building and stock burned. Gushing
& Bobns carpenter shop; very small portion
| Of stock and tools saved. The shop OF j. A.
! Southwark. stair builder. with q large quaint.
| " Of stock and tools The free stone, monu.
nent, and grave stone mandatory Of Mr.
! Henry Warren. From this. The fire had rea.
ched through TO Beverly srcet, IN the north,
where several buildings were burned. The
! large store house on the south side ,t Havrrhil
! street. and nearly opposite Mr.. WsIea's mar.
bic mandatory, was next on f'e, and wus
much damaged. Next came the saw msnufac.
tory Of MI WIN. Mousley, entirely burued, TO-
gether with considerable portion of lis stock
Marble manufuc,ory of Mr.. ] W,bb, whose
loss is very considerable.
The next building occupied by Z Traverse.
carpenter, and E. T. Kent iron and Junk dea.
Ter. The shop Of J. &. llacke,t; then the OK.
tensive coach manu'ac,ory Of Mr. Roberts,
large quantity of stock was removed from th,
ests bishmen,; the shop o! Mr.. James Marshall.
ture frame mandatory. On Beverly s., Chee.
vsr's saving and planning mill, the dwelling
house If Mrs. Hazrltne, the carpenter shop OF
8. Dockham, and nearly every building on the
street, easlerly from the planning mill, and up To
Thatcher street, were destroyed. On Mrdford
street, the carpenter shop of B',ri,min Abbot,
the dwelling house and stable OF John Dyer, 10.
gether with several other buildings OF compare.
lively small value.
Is minutes past 5 o'clock. 4. M-We hav.
which beggars ull description. The rago aud
fury Of the devourng elements seems to be al
most uncomfortable. IIaverhill street, Beverly
street snt Medtord street are nearly laid west"
the fire raging furously when we len. On
the westerly side of Thatcher street, the lurgr
block Of won1en dwellings belonging to Messrs
John II. g. Geo w. Collsmore, was entirely
destroyed, and many families rendered house.
less. Their loss is about Sl5,OiN on which
they were insured at the Flrcmen's Office tor
N SE0n IA tto mo- npnthar hnck ~
e wooden buildings, belonging TO David Fisher.
8 was totally consumed. His loss is considerably
l.. less than that of the Messre. Fisher, and We
: learn he was partially insured. Several small
6 buildings in the rear of these blocks were also
burned.
=, "a o'clock, n. M-The fire has crossed 1ha.
a cher street, where it has burned the house
wright and carpenter shops Of Mcssrs Patch
and J. Ridlon, and OF s other buildings Here
v our gallant fremen. who have ba,tlcd the 70.
e ging eIemen, for nearly four hours have con
Il quered. and victory is about to crown their ef
forte. Last night was the coolest we have had
i. this yeor, the very worst for the frcmen. En-
,. gnes from Roxbury, Cambridge, Charles,own n
r. Chelsea aud other neighboring towns, were ear
n ly on the ground. A young man named vii
\. des, member of Lyman Engine Company, No
,. ), was seriously injured by the beam Of the en-
I CINE striking him on the head. Another maj
\. was carried 10 his home in Prince street, VIII,
Z. had one of his legs broken by an engine. Tit
,s men worked like heroes.
d. The fire WAS stopped at the east corner O
20 Traverse aud Chsres'own sis.. the few email
n wooden buildings on the corner beng injured
" but the freproof walls of the stable of Parkin
IN Boyn;on checked the progress Of the conAsCra
" ton, and enabled the Fire Depa artment to get
n. under subsection. About eight years ago, a de
If. structre fire took place in the same ne,ghbor
Il. hood, which was stopped in lis progress by III,
if brick walls ui BoyTton's stable.
THE PoPrLArInS or THE WcsT Tho popu
!" la,on OF the United States is very nearly equ
allied on the Atlantic border and the central ba
- Durly, the geogIap pher, in an interesting pspe
10 the Union, estimates, on certain data, twer
ty.one millions as the existing aggregate of tn
!, population Of the United States. at the preser
" time, or year. The entire population by III
censuses respectively Of 1890 and lS4O, the "a
Ito for So years, comes out 4,4l2-or the popu
- la,ion doubes in little less than t,osnfy fr
years. The Western population. be shows, hs
u augmented seren told in The thirty years, lslt
lSI0, inclusive. II the increase OF the first To-