Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-06-08
THE FIRE IN MOBILE.

From tie Register and Journa! Of Nay 2oes' J
FIRE.--A disastrous FIRE occurred in this city
Yesterday. Al hali-pasl o'clock in the morn
inc, the large four story building on DauPhin 81 I,
occupied by Messrs Stanton s, Bros as cloth
ing STORE was discovered 10 be on hre, and, on
opening The doors, il was found that me names
pcrvaded all the lower part Of The building, ana
had penetrated TO the second story. An alarm
was Immediately given, but before The hre com,
panies, who were prompt at the summons cou.u
reach The premises, the whole interior Oh inc
bnildjng was enyeloped in the deyouTing ele-
,nenr, and The hope 10 save il, or any par OF us
contents. was abandoned The efforts oil The hre-
men were then directed 10 the stores adjoining II
those on the West being three stories, and lhose
ON the East only Two stories high. The roof OF
The burning building soon fell in, and Immediate
" after The Eastern wall gave way, falling out.
wards, and crushing TO the ground the building
occupied by Mr.. Strickland as bookstore and
bindery, and covering in its ruins several young
men engaged in removing goods: Mr.. Jacques,
clerk of Barron g. Mead; Mr.. Taylor, clerk oil
Messrs LHommedieu Mr.. Simon, Jeweler;
and lad named Haas, the city porter. aren-
lion was Instantly directed 10 The rescue OF lhese
individuals, and, by the almost superhnman ek'
erions of the hremen ard other CITIZENS, Inc
heated bricks and burning Timber were removed,
ken out. badly bruised and burnt, though noidan-
oerousy injured. MIR. Taylor, who was further
from the door, was next rescued, aud, in an ex-
haused and dangerous CONDITION, taken 10 his
lodgings. The bricks ard timber had bsen re-
moved from the body OF MIR. Jacques, bnt his
lower extremiIies were discovered TO be fastened
between pieces Of boards or joists, when The
North wall OF the burning building fell and CO.
yered him again beneath its scattering runs
Scarcely hope remained lha, bis life was spared,
but he was finally taken from his perilous si'ua-
tion though 50 burned aud injured lnal a. me
time we write he is not expected TO recover. Inal
they were mol all Instantly killed was almost MI
racslcus. ,.,,.,,,o
'The store next East OF Mr.. Strckianos $.
moo occun;ed by Mr.. Raymond as hat store,
anJ wa. crushed with Mr.. Stricklands, and
The stock pretty much destroyed. The store
adjoining Messrs. Stantons, on the West, was
occuoied By Msssrs. Pollard e EDWARDS ana
lin ALI liz contents was entirely consumed
The strong walls of the building occupied oy
Mr. Rapelie, with the active e1ertions Oh 'ne
fremeo. who had full supply Of water, arrss..
al The nroeress of the FIRE al this point, anu II
was col effectualy under. The building occu'
n;.d NV Messrs Daniels, at the corner OF Dau,
p ph;a aod water streets, and the small shoe and
hat store adjoining it, on wafer s'ree.; oo rso
p,uI belonged. we understand, to Messrs.
Bloodgood s. Bright A; Mp a1 anu - '"'
estate OF the late jonathan Hunt
The amount of property destroyed IS es.'
mated at $50. 600. Bloodgood and BIisni, we
believs. arc insured for $4,000, A: Mo naou
for $4,000; Stanton and Bro'nsrs lot s0ooo