Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-07-27


fh.ness, carriages, and appliances Tor livery
,.hIs and coach lIue, six horses and several
xst,ma,ed at over $4,000, which is not
I'D His tavern stand Is almost wreck,
IA much of his furniture was destroyed.-
-. l,,ses. both of house and furniture, are
I'D he insurance. Mrs Scott lost her barn,
,ne &c. about $500 no, insured DR.,
"a Ia,, a stable, valuable hocse, COW, hogs,
,bout $500; not insured. A barn be-
ling 20 Judge Kidder, ard occupied by Mr..
r'h. n Wood. was burned no, insured. The
Me,srs. Davis, coach'na'.ers, had aoou' Sloo
,,,b al lumber destroyed. William Young. a
IL, from New York, lost from ~ TO 1900
psu,,. ia huse, wagon, goods aud money.
.%'rb were IN Mr., Pu,erbaugh's stable. 1t
yuh much difficulty that any OF The many
-. IN the stables could be saved The oc'
oc The various house. in The vicinity of
re,. Mrs Scott, Mrs. Overon, DR.. Boyd,
"a Garr.tsun aud Others, suffered IN various
.',,,,ur, from damage and loss OF iurnI'ure- -
4, couuecon with The occurrences "i th'< hre,
may notIce an incident which came very
,s,t extending the fire: The vest ot Maj Pn-
,rrbaugh containing his pocket book and non
ey. came into the possession OF Henry Garner
eoIored barber, who being very honestly AJAX
,ou, for It's safety, deposited 1t IN the otilce oi
J. Slucum, Esq short time afterwards 'he
office being opened TO put IN trunk, The vest
sa, found almost consumed, spark having
,,obaoly remained upon II when deposited.
Upou the next Sunday evening, while the
uns ut The fire We have just recorded were
,uIl smoking aud flashing as famed bythe>wind
when our rluzens seeking the repose
fenderrd necessary bv The exhausiing labor 0l
,ne preceding nIgh'. we were again startled by
me cry of fire. The srablng attached Z" the
Black Horse Tavern, on the corner ot the
,uuare near the jail, KEEP, by A. H. Bacon,
WAS burning on the back parr, and again were
the most strenuous exertions required To save
that section OF the Town. The barn and STAB
mo with most ul their conienIs, were destroyed
The brick residence of Mr.. Joseph Slocam.
was at one ume in flames but was saved. The
office of J. J. Slocum, E.q., wa. burned con-
nelly uuI, leaving but The brlck walls standing;
NJ. los-, about $500, Is covered by Insurance..
The iIame buildings adJoinlng were burned 70
the ground two OF them were owned by Jno.
q. Fell loss from S 900 TO 1000; no insur.
spce. The olher by +. w. Hunt and Geo.
Parrish. loss abou, $500; no insurance. The
occupants were James e. Heime, cabinet ma
krr. loss over 81 900; no insurance. Samuel
Saeece, blacksmith, loss small. and j. y Fred
etick. unsmsh, loss about about $230; no IN
,urance. The tavern staud Is aearly destroyed;
II belonged 10 Gould aud Charles Parish. and
wrh the stabhns, was covered by an insurance
of $1,000 The loss Of Mr. Bacon, the occu-
panr OF the Tavern, in furniture, &c, was large,
bur II is also covered by insurance. The wood
work upon the walls of The jail was partially
burned, but no other damage resulted 10 that
building Mrs Church, whose millinery shop
Is opposite The tavern, " GTc informed. suffered
considerable loss in The remnSal and des!ruc
tIon of her goods.
Thu. unon ;wo successive nights has our vii
Isse been exposed TO The ravages Of fearful anc
desalaci:re element We think The actual los,
caauot be less than Sl2, ,000--u will probably
exceed ,hs, sum the contingent distress and
atflcilSn is, of course, very great, We foroea
any.c0mmenis upon the origin oi these hres
Much excitement exists, and1here are thou
,nd conflicting and foolish rumor., 10 which
We would ask our fellow cIrIZons 10 the vicinI
Is not TO give undue credit Several arrests
hare been made of persons suspected oi ihe IN
.endiarism aud nine individuals are now IN Jal
waiting The examination. la another column
will be .een the proceeding Of the citizens
The borough in reference hereto.
In the latter, as in the OF the iorme
ire. the wind which had been blowing sIron!
al day. fell during The evening Had |" bee,
Otherwise, much more loss would have enSued