New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-10
Death or thc President.

Death OF thc President.
wAsmssrOs, Tuesday. J,,.
The President died tonight a, IS ni,.,.
10 O'Clock. His death was cain and 80.
The Vice President, Cabinet. Mayor y,,,..,
the District. the attending physician,
family surrounded the bed. Hi. lac. word,
81 am prepared. l have endeayores 4, >.
duty"
Destructive Fire nj Phiiaseiph,,-p
oil Gnnpowder aud saltn,,,. ~tsz
rmL.o1LPRIA, fsesd,, y...
A IRE broke out in five story ws,aba.V1
joining Ridgwsy Budd's wareho0.s
wharf below VIrest The entire builS;., ~ s'
70 Wsierst was consumed, sS also M.,,.,
way budds warehouse There we,s $50.
ousy dsmsged number Of store bo,,.., sen
ings on the west side Of ws,er. 1u"ea'
tty Of eunFowder and ssltpetre ,,o,sd s' SiaH
exploded and IS or 20 Per,ous were bloxss".i
the river and some 10 or IL seriously ,o,.-.. a"
The loss 10 estimated at 100000
The Morse wires were burnt down q, ,Ao.,
length Of block.
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The fire is still raging terr.fcally. AT ls,,,o..
mile square 10 in flames From $50 to 900 bona,
are already burned and several live, h.,
Morse's Line is down, and Bsin's 10 in jeopardy
DbSaieh III PHILADELPMA, Tuesday, lava
The fire broke out in the store 7s North DL,.
wareav. AZ The building was occupied "a,
storage purposes, aud when discovered had ALREADY
made considerable Roadway, Eith the a.msa
spreading in every direction but short tim.
elapsed before that large building through to VS.
terst was enveoped ia flames; the one adjoining
north, No so, was on fire, as well as the one south
No 76 before the devourng element had reached
the ground aolr Of the building where it originated
TIVE terrific explosions of ssltpetre rent the wsIs
asunder, throwing the Cakes Of the combusubIs
matter in all directions, by which the fire was CON-
municated to large number OF houses, which viii
be detailed hereafter. Delaware az. was filed with
mass of human beings, among whom were sevs
raj hundred OF our valiant and noble fremeu
The fret explosion did not seem to cause much
excitement or fear among the people present.
nor Did the second, except some slight fears
OF safety, when they moved toward the east
ern edge OF the wharves. The third explosion
was fatal in many cases, and proved the death Of q
number Of men, women and children. Ga Dels.
wsre-svenue and Wsterst. the scene presentei
was figbtful iadeed-appalling in the extreme
ard such ss we cannot and will not attempt de-
scriPtion Of. On the eastern front Of the above
sioreF, when the third and last explosion Of the
saltpetre occurred the rush for lie was terrific.
Men and boys, fremen and bystanders rushed
away from the conAagratiOn, and as they eudeav.
ored to get beyond the reach Of danger, hundreds
of them rolled over each other, while running aud
jumping on the large collection Of cotton and other
goods on the wharves, several knocked down as IL
dead, and hundreds run over them, causing legs
and arms to be broker and injuries inflicted Of a
very serious nature. Ia the fright, some were
thrown in the Delaware while large number
jumped voluntarily ia to shield themselves from tina
bricks and cnders thrown from the burning stores.
The fire then extended through Front st. from
near Race to above Csllowhill. then through Vina
TO Second, through John, New Market and Second.
from Newst up to CallOwhillst leveling at loast
400 houses
AS far as we have been able to learn, we give the
David Milford, member of the Northern Liber.
ties Hose, killed in Water st. at the time of the
third explosion. Mortimer Morris q fireman. A
young giTl Three men andtwo beys were dno wned
in the Delaware at the time Of the third explosion,
in attempting TO jump on board schooner. Mar
Gus Marcus, young man, aged 10, was carried to
the Hospital, swiully burned, and be died almost
as soon as he entered that institution. A fireman
was burned TO a crisp 10 Water OF. David May, q
1ad II ua ins anflu kiad nv b.in0
struck on the head with q brick. VIM L. Back
man bad both legs broken. Thos. Stees, member
of the Vigilant Engine Co. was very seriously 10.
jured by being crushed between the engine and
falling bricks at the ex posion. A long list Of ,sss
taken to the Hospital Of fractured arms and other
injuries, many Of which will prove fatal.
AT my present writing, II O'Clock, the fse ca
companes two squares round, extending from
Race-st. to CallOwhil, and from the River to Sss
ond.st.
Certainty not less than $50 houses are destroyed.
On Water-st from Race to Vine, are old fashonsd
dwellings, occupied generally by poor PeOPle-@
to 80 families in some of the houses Their suffer
ngs can be imagined. 1t 10 reported that in Que Of
the houses a woman was found dead, and By be-
side her infant alive and another woman and i've
children were found burned to death This "
lieve 10 be true.
The loss is roughly estimated at upwrn
81, 100000, and the flames are still raging WIN ~
abated fury. God preserve the poor w'nsa s's
children.
Half1,ast O'Clock The FIRE is now got s''s
within bounds. In addition 10 the killed dSsy
mentioned, bodies Of one man and two women 'a'
four chill rem were taken to Green House. A@
gether fifteen are known to be killed. Inc =" :.
life ay, 1 think, be safely set down at snry =
is impossible to get any further partical'" ~"s~
ALs.sY, russdsS Jdy'
Lat week a Mr.. Knox OF Ottawa Codny -