Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-05-24
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THE GREAT FIRE IN ST LOUIS.
A the Missouri Republic an Of last Monday Just.
" observes, she year Of the great fire. win be as con-
sp'caous In story as the year Of the great .Aood-
The 81 Louis papers contain the details aud dia-
gram OF the burnt district, which corroborates all
the news we have given in extras, Of the fearful
ness and magnitude Of this great calamity.
The corrected statement Of the value Of the TWEEN
tyhree steamboats, burnt, with their cargoes shows
Q loss q $sss,Ses. The whole amount Of property
destroyed is varousiy estimated at from to mil.
GOns.
NE Republican says:-srouching ourselves, we
Mayas well remark here, that all our establishment
newspaper materials, and the entire job Office, with
III the presses which were attached to it, and also
the DiaAery connected with it and conducted by W.
+. KSApr-is heap of ruins. All our subscrip-
lions and account books, and files of the Republic
caas and other valuable papers, were, however,
ID rom injury.n
3 The favorte steamer Montauk arrived Just in sea-
SON to add fuel to the flames. She left here the
night before and arrived in st LOUIS just half an
hour before the fire commenced. She had full car
90 consisting Of 3o25 pigs lead our, wheat, barley,
whiskey, wool, &c. Five lady passengers had
narrow escape in their attempts to get ON shore
Capt. REILLY ef the War Eagle, lost about $4,000, Is
paet owner. We saw him yesterday morning when
h sid that BY August he would have another Mon
tauk aaoat.
C1pe. cossos Of the popular Steamer American
Ege, had barely time to escape with the clothes he
Aadon. He lost his wardrobe, money, books and
papers Of every kind, and his fine steamer went to
GAs bottoa with only $500 insurance.
CAPT. DAaoER Of the Red Wing lost every thing,
without any insurance. His boat was valued at
>sysoo.
Al The Insurance Offices Il is thought will pay,
but the 81 Louis and Union. One gentleman who's
owned - shares In the st Louis Insurance Co., to
make himself doubly sure, insured those shares in
other paying o0ces. He did this some months since,
and 10 now pronounced the sthe smartest man YETI,
The number Of buildings destroyed, as will be
sssn By the following from the st Louis Evening
Union Of Monday, amounts to upwards Of four hun
dred :-Levee, forty-six; Main ST.. one hundred and
osesNorth Second ,twenty three; Olive st.. hirty.
0ae; Pine st., thirty-seven; Chestnut st., twenty
I'VE; Market st., forty-four; above Walnut st., in
al, three hundred and seven; below Walnut street
u al, one hundred and eleven. Total four hundred
and eighteen. This list does not include back pre-
misses Of little value.
The progress Of the FIRE was stayed on Market
street. By the blowing up of some buildings. The
explosion took place prematurely, the train being
tgaited BY spark from the and in consequence,
=. ,. TAnoEE, the well known suctioncer, was Kill.
LED outright, and Wells Cotton and n. Prcntiss,
Esqrs. WIRE seriously if not MORALLY wounded.
Fears are entertained that number of lives were
Sost On the boats. There was report that one Of
the fallen walls had buried Eve persons under its
ruans. The authorities removed the rubbish and
tssaa<he report, we are glad to say, untrue.
The recuperative and energetic spirit of the edi.
tors are most conspicuousiy exhibited already.
The Republican, the New Era and Reveille are all
out again in sailing trim, although the Republican
10 somewhat crippled as to size. It will appear
like itself in few weeks.
Those draymen and others who tried to fatten on
sne misery Of their fellows, by charging in in
stances % high As IS and SO dollars load to remove
their goods, should be made an example Of.
\ We shall continue to hear of interesting Incl
dents that occurred during the conhagration. At
last dates the confusion incident to the calamity
was passing away, and the citizens already talk
ing about making good out of this evil, by wi
deang their streets and their Levee. These things
ought y be done. n their Levee had been Of suit
aAas width, the re would hsve been confined to the
steamboats,, and millions Of property might have
heen saved.