Washington telegraph., 1850-07-31
Particulars of the Fire atrhIlaielphIa,

PHILADELPHIA, lulg 10.
One of the most destructive conaagra=
tons that egt1 occurred in Philadelphia
broke out yesterday afternoon Il oe.
cured at 4 clock, IN the fourth story
Of the store No. So North Delaware
avenue, occupied for storage When dis.
covered, it had already made consilcra.
bic headway The flames spread IN every
direction in short time, extending west.
ward To Waicr street. aud north apl
south from near Race. 10 CaIlowhtl.
Three terrific explosions occurred.
originating. j, Is supposed, from about
l,O00 bags Of sallactef in ifoek's wafa-
house. Delaware avenue was completely
allied with it, Many human be.ngs.
among whom were several Of onf sa,ua.
bic, energetic aud noble iiftmeu, losi
iheir lives. The first explosion did not
seem 10 cause much excitement or fear
with the mass, nor lid the second, except
some slight icafs OF safety when they
moved towards the eastcfnhst edge ol
the wharf. The third eEflasion how
ever. was fatal IN many case. aud proved
the death ol number oi meu, Women.
aud children on the ayeuue OF Water
STREET TIE seeHe WAS ie fiul and ap-
palling In the extreme eastern font a
the above sior#z, when tie lhifl gud
last explosion oeeure1. the rush laf iiia
was terrific. and the by-laadef, Iushed
away. aud hy lbis cudeayomd Ia get be-
yohd feoch Of DANGER hundreds were
rolled over each other while running aud
jumping upon large quantity ol mef.
ehaudIsc 0u the wharf Several were
knocked down Is Il dead, aud hundreds
ran over them, breaking their legs aud
a.,rr sud iutits,i,,s ....-...-- =. 10y srfis
Gus character la their fright, some
threw themselves Into the Delaware.
Large numbers jumped IN voluntarily 10
shield themselves from the bricks aud
cindefs which fell from The burning stores.
The list Of persons whose property has
been destroyed occupied column oi the
morning papers, and the details Of suilcr-
ing sicken one to peruse theml Amongs;
the rWius were found the remains ol u
womsH, two boys, aud two gih.. which
were taken to the \. T.. Station house.
They presented a shocking spectacle.
One Of the gih, was recognised as Miss
Dfahe. A woman, bumt almost to a
crisp, was takeu 10 drug store, aud died
soon aller II Is stated that the daughtes
ei james Alexander, constable. had her
head blown of. A little gid was picked
up IN gutter with hof arm blown oil.
A number Of iulanis, sonu not more than
three months old, were shockingly burnt.
Al least ihlIty are supposed to have bcen
Killed Some ten or more OF the wound
ed will probably die. The total number
Of wounded cannot be less than 100.
judging from the cEtcut OF the ground
covered by lire, aud the nature Of the pro.
perry consumed we venture 10 compute
the damage at over $1,000 0O0--at all
events /. Is the most extensive aud des.
Irnetiyc fire that eyerhappened IN this city.
The houses were set on fire at a dis.
tance OF six squares, aud 1t was only by
keeping the roofs constantly wet that
they were saved. At 4 O'Clock this morn.
ing, when we left the scene, the IRE was
not completely got under, bat there ap.
penfed no danger Of the flames making
any further progress
Three o'clock. A. M-Thc fremen are
still on the ground No further spread
OF the flames Is anticipated.
LaUf-Aner mos: dilngent inqnfy
we are unable to obtain a complete list
OF the killed. wounded, aud missing
From all information, we feel safe IN stat,
ing the number killed al 80, wounded
lO0, drowned O. missing IL.
There was n most painful spectacle at
Cherry street Station house "A large
woman lying on the iloor clothes burned
OIL aud body bearing horrid marks Of fire.
Her limbs were drawn up as from agony,
and the painful expression Of her face
told OF the suffering she experienced.
by her side, on u scorched mattress, lay
three boys, terribly burned. la removing
them they had been rolled together, aud
IN attempting to separate them, the char.
red flesh fell from their bodies.