The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-07-20
The Great Fire In PhiladeIphia.

We give The following incidents connected with
the late great fire in Philadelphia from the North
American of the llth inst:
The remains of David milford, fireman. aged
twenty four, and Abigail Caroline Drake, aged
thirteen, daughter ofJohn Drake, TWO of the unfor-
innate victims Of the explosion, Were Inferred on
The 10Th The funerals were the saddest speciacles
OF The klnd we ever beheld. Mnliord leaves fam
ilY Miss Drake scholar at one of the schools
10 New street, which was burned. The school
was dismissed when the FIRE broke out, and as she
was leaving for home, she was struck by lrag
ment OF the blazing ruins, hurled in every direction
by the explosion, and killed.
The manager and company of the Arch street
Theatre, yesterday, volunteered a free benefit for
he sufferers by the terrible calamity OF Tuesday
hessis. Ovenshine & Co. give one weeks receipts
o. their Second street line OF omnbnses to The fund
he cliiz ms Of Upper and Lower Delaware Wards
have already taken iniliatory steps adopt relief
measures.
Il is stated thar gentleman named Harris, re-
siding IN Cypress street, was endeavoriBg to save
an infant in the Third story of house. at the great
IRE, when the explosion took place, when he was
blown OUT OF the window with the child in his arms,
and aiighted upon The ground unhurt
The CONSERVATION and alarm in the CITY, caused
by The fire on Tuesday evening, was great, that
our theatres were unattended. Mr. Foster closed
his house Up in the early part Of the evening.
A man named Wolff a German, who had been
attacked with cholera, in the vicinity of CalOwhill
and New Market street, had TO be removed 10 some
other place, the house having caught fire.
A Mrs. Kelly, lying sick at Callowhill and New
Market street, was in a sad condition. Tie house
was set fire, when she was taken 10 another
This too, soon caught and the last account that we
had OF her was that she was conveyed 10 the Mer.
chants Hotel
Atthe time oftbe explosion, a Jew family, named
Marcus, tsegar makers,) who resided in Water
street, opposite the store in which the accident hap.
pened, were sitting by their goods which they had
removed, Marcus Marcus, aged II, Caroline Mar.
Gus, aged l6, Isaac Marcus, aged H. two sons and
daughter, with the father Joseph Marcus, were all
overwhelmed in the ruins and smoke and flames
The young man was horribly burned, and died al
The hospital The girl was borne away dying, and
has not been heard of, and the lad is missing. The
father, in the effort TO save his Children was badly
injured
The inquest upon the eleventh victim Of the fire
was held at the house of Hiram Chester, in Coates
street, below Sixth, and the unfortunate sufferer
proved 70 be lad, aged 10 wears, named Jesse
Gillian, Jr The history of the death of this boy
and the severe trial Of his mother, during bis
fathers absence at Trenton, n j. is indeed heart
rending.
In the afternoon Mr.. Chester went down to the
scene of the conaagration and while beholding the
sublime but destructive view before him, remem
beTed That his brother n-law MIR. Gillian, resided
in the Immediate vicinity in Simmons Court and
was out Of the city. He Immediately went Overland
found the house already ignited by the flames, and
at once advised Mrs. Gillian and her little son and
| daughter to go to his house. They went, and aftel
eating their tea retired to bed about 10 o'clock
| In the meantime, Mr.. Chester bad been again Il
the fire, and by the time he returned the whole o
the property, with all the household goods, were de-
stroyed just before retiring himself with his wife
Mrs. Chester thought she would look at the fire
and as she did so, imagined she observed some
thing lying on the pavement below. She attracted
the attention of her husband, who went dowT
stairs, and there found the little boy stretched out
dead.
He had fallen from the third story chamber Of The
house, in which he had been put to bed along will
his cousin, Mr. Chester's son-having evidently
gotten up for the purpose Of going into his mother
/ room for drink, and missing his way, the houst
being strange, or else fell out while in somnam
| buc state.
Loss BY THE LATE PHILADELPHIA FIRE-Tht
amount of losses By the city Insurance Companie,
make total of 1868 600 The Fremen's Asso
citation is the severest sufferer, their loss being
$4,000. The hand.in- Hand and Mutual Insu
| rance Companies each lose SIS, coo. Jno. Brock
Sons & Go. lose $4,000, but are fully insured
| They pledge their honors that the building con
tanned no powder. Ridgeway & Budd lose SO, 900
| Wright q Nephew $50 600, and Dr. Jayne $40, 600
of which half is insured.
The total loss Of real estate is estimated at 800,
600, and the total loss of real and personal prop
erty, 81 100000.
Killed, 80; wounded, 100; drowned, g. miss
| ing n Total lSR