The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-07-17
Great Fire il. Philadelphia.

Transmitted for tho d lltimoro American
purspe,ruIA July 9-s1, p. NJ.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL
LOSS OF LIFE.
A tremendous fire j. nnw raging here, AMI
has extended over AT least Que nile squire
all j. m a Maz,. From ono to two hundred
houses are burnt, aud several hives have been
lost. ,n
delphia are all burn, dnwn.
/ SECOND DESPATCH.
a- puILAprlrmIA. Jni, .. p. VI.
The most destructive cat ilag,a,iun that
owe, occurred in this city, FIRST broke gu, a,
] half pa.i 4, 10 the ith stuty ot a store ~
North Delaware Avenue, occupied Tor stat.
/ ,op purposes. Wh,n IL was discovered
4 had nlread, made considerable head~ay, thu
vnames spreading IN every d'ne'ion-- hut
tshort time elapsed beiofe the large buidiags
Through to Water street we're enseloped n
fa,mes while The one adj unng North was
fou FIRE aswe as the one 5 auth, Before he
fG.e had reached the ground 4 ~ Of The build
IN IN whith It originated a qiantt. oil san.
Sue,fe on The fisst snd second II "fs eNpi"ded
Surh fearful! report aud crash rend,ng walls
r J. .under, and throwing Il ,kes al c"snbusitb's
4,pa,etlaI several squares N"rih, South, t'st
and West, con- nunIcaiing the tife I" large
Inumber of houses, whil.t Delaware Asenue
.1va4 filed cou pieteIy wiih hnmn beings
II Aeofhcs cxpto,iln was exceedingly fatal,
\ lfolIowef hy deaths "f me", women aud ch'l.
a}Jten On D.iasste Avenue. When this last
GeAp,,.,an occurred The rush inf tse."as ter
he'd
Et,om the ,u,nous coiilsetatIon. and as tt'y
H.nJ,ayated 80 cet beyond The reach oi d'l''
Jser several were knuckeI down, a. II dead,
d aud hundreds run them, causing ifg,
,nd s,ms 10 he hfok-o. The lnl1ries ~.
E ED,et,al are III very serious charaeter-th
IL sl,sha SOME threw themselves INTO the Dila
y,ewate, whiis, a large nnn,hcf jnmped youn'a.
u 0tily 10 shield themselves from he bricks and
ne cndefs thrown from tue bnrnlns s'ofes dn'
y {rny which several persons acre killed.
800 Ffiteman was bunut To cfispi touih was
L "a a. foil, burned that he died on reaching
he hn~p,ial Among the ID wasa young
Esidt A great humber were drowned; Tie
u.nupdd were w,ihani humber. The hs
t,,,rnd- from the wharf from near Race TO
,,.tCsitoahili street moving Dnrih~est~sfj
NIL from FRONT HPdt iAtte stt'e. - '" s'"' -
,..yNes stree, destroyed; thence I" sec"nd,
Yeast side 10 south side nf Calluwhili not les'
Elhau 400 bindings are ~ ashes.
AL Fmnes sih raging, but believed MI VI
). ,Scoofncd anhin the above limits.
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Fire still burning, bat csr Il ed within ban
80, III, prrv,ol., desc,ibed. II IS supposed /,
:, Iot 20 are Killed prob 'bh as nians ~onnded
~. It's impossible ia the confusion Which pre-
Fvalls Ia tell Who are the sufferers. Kplgsa
ia BiIl extensive Il ,ur metca,n'., Wngh
s.. & Nephew, sali merchants and II af iaeiof'
an are amoog the suti'fefs. Al"ng Front a"
se.t W atrf streets the large dwellings, we're mosi
r.. fly occupied b, r"sf families; IN some Of lb
th.u.es 20 anl 80 families resided. Thru
(. Esufr rugs nte most AGATE. I'is reported Tbs
Nome woman Va. found dead sah child 1
Elopeside Of her whlch aas alive. ani aHp'hr
1repuH H. lhai Que wetnau aud i've ehidff
Vwrte found III ane hau.e hurnl 10 deaih.
,an Il. hard 10 get The real facts, bal 'h'hk te'
49, EtlI-se ate taa true almost constantly s"fn
ppetsoas ste bring esttud III, either stird e
tmotmrd hy the falling walls. The loss
aoe ktuntty estimated al oue million and 10
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