The Arkansas banner., 1848-10-03
PaEsiculars of tAe Great Tlrs sa p,o..,..

Particulars of the Great Fire ea nrooa,,.
 NEw TonK. Sept. 10. 10,
 The Flames ragged with ths Rruasees fs,rv s..., liea osciock last evening nHtil o'clock uhls mo-. ing, whOn they were faaly exIiagni.hea hv N. jog ap several houses on Concord street wv
 Tbe number Of buiidingS destroyed Will n..a. Teach zVV, covering sa area of about ff,ecn se,s as high as one million of dollars "''S
 The burned district Is bounded by Fn,,o5 H.. ", Pineapple end WashlnKton strecls lnsu,sa... were effected in the following offices. The Io..- Island Company, Brooklyn Company. inc F,aSs Company of Hartford, aud Phsladslphia conrss~ Inc nan'e of which t not a-certaincd Tl.e iatse, company have Sl2, % on the Baptist church. Th. Long Rand Company win peY all their laeihss, aad have surplus len. The Brooklyn Company Will sink their enilFo capital bat will be able to pay large per eentage of their liabilities
 Hall largo building on Faton street vas ea tlrely destroyed Rooms were occupied by scssr,, Odd Fellows lodges. Their furniture, ssIuss !, $iOeo, was also destroyed The building vas talIv Among the most valuable bufdinrs ara ,b,.. churches--ihe Univcrsaist, corner of Fulton .ns Pineapple streets, Mir. Thayer, pastor; the R.e,. church, corner of Nassau and Liberty streets. ami tho Methodist Episcopal church in Sand. .,ras, the oldest Methodist church, of which ne,hlng ha, the bare walls remain. BesidcSthe are tho lsrpo Franklin block, owned by MF. Crary eOasainlp, about thirty stores, She Americas Mechanlcs Ina,T and the office of the Long Island Star. The new free soil paper, the Barab9TneF, was in the elce.
 The crowd on the Raltsn ferry bridge was O great that t gave way and many were pFecipated into the water One fireman was drowned and others were severely injured. Edward Crowley of eompaay No 22, was run over and instantly killed.
 The post office, with part of Saturdays mail. va, ktFta and -ht .l Asft.- by wall failing upon them. Another child had it's iegsawfuliy crushed by an engine running over thetas A detaeA4set of t,satines std Sasiers ~aS sent from the navy yard which rendered most stil- cient service
 The names of 900 occupants of stores and dwel- ings have been asoertaiRed. Tho sufferers arc mostly mechanics, IaboreFs and store-keepers X number of thieves have been arrested and nprisou. cd for stealing at the fire.
 The fire originated in Risey's croekery s,oro from the explosion oi a eamphine lamp.
 Another letter says
 Ia the rear of tho Methodist church. of which the walls oaiy are standing, ltrayelled over some hun. dred graves covered with tho burning ascS and rharred remnants of the church, the maFble ssal,s many of them of beautiful workmanship, cracked aud hiackcned by the devousing element, still ap- lifting their heads as if 10 aid to the melancholy spec acle Saatehed from tho burning walls by some faithful hand, OCT the work of rnin pIete, marked among these sad mefnentOs of tho departed, beautiful white marhie siab, upon an Egyptian ground bearing tte following inscription, which the fire had leit unscaihed
 sReneath the Aliar lie tae remains ef tue Rev John Summcriield, 4. NJ, died June Is, 1923, aged 27 also, the remains of his father, Wn, sammsi. field died September lyth, 1925, aged 55.' Nearly I0v0 families have beea deprived of all they posseSseed in the world by this calamity, and 1t Is thought that many of our insurance companies have been rendered iHsoivent
 The spectacle which Brooklyn presented this morning was deploTahe and heart rending Wo- men were running htiler sni tsither, looking for their children, children wersr screaming for their lost parents. The friends of New York freman who lost his life by the falling of walls, searching for his body; pile spon pile et furniture, broken and smashed in pieces, were heapsd al every corner. All was confusion. disorder and horror. tprcsented the appearance of sacked city ia every respect.
 forgot to mention that two houses were blowa np by gunpowder, by order o the Mayor and sn. der hr direction of Gap Sands. oe the navy yard. with the view of preventing ihe fire extending to 4 nejahborhood thiakiy covered with woolsh hHii dingS. The experiment. was atteu uded wita perfect yhccess, for if lhe flames had progrrssed in that direciion q hundred al least more edtiices Soui have been destroysd-