Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-07-17

the gutter, on the west side cf Front street
about fifty yards below Vine:- His body
was discovered BY his foot appearing abov'
the stones. His forehead was shockingl,
crushed by the falling bricks, but HI
body did no, appear 10 be otherwise III
jured.
The coroner is reviewing the remains q
the Green House, sent thther TO await re
cognit,On. OF the nine bodies there, mos
Of them. however, are so much charred b,
the fire or mangled by the effects of th,
explosion, as TO prevent their nearest ant
dearest friends from Identifying them.
The Penns, lvanian Of the I2ih says
There were couple of little incidents oc
Cured during the fire, which we believe
have not yetappeared in print. 1t appear
that while the fire was at lis very height
and families we're removing their furnilur
IN every direction, an ACCORDION, anon.
other things, vas thrown on CallowhiI
street wharf. A stal~art son of Africa
who had been working on the engine, an.
vas taking q rest near where these article
had been deposited, seeing the musical in
s.rument, could not, in spite of the heart
rending scenes that surrounded him, fore
60 the temptation Of treating himself TO Il
little music. lie accordingly picked up OF
accordion, and having picked out COM
Portable seat on wharf log, commence,
playing away TO the delish, Of some twen'.
or thirty idlers, and continued until th'
,umbling Of wall, created general rush i
which came very near pitching our darkey
in The Delaware. The saying. that " Ner
fddIed while Rome was in Hames,"is now
fully realized.
A respectable Frenchman, who, by in
dusiry and frusali,y, anassed consdera
bic sum. enough TO allow him 10 retire from
BUSINESS, owned court, some squares
from v here the fire occurred. lthappened
10 be ren, day with some Of his tenants
and he had accordingly taken the cool oil
tho evening, for the purpose OF making his|
collection-but what was astonishment and
modification 10 find tha: his tenants had
removed without giving the customary
notice, and his houses perfect mass of
ruins The Frenchman bore his mislor-
tune like philosopher and philanthropist,
he appeared to think but little OF his own
loss, and gave all his sympathy TO the real
sufferers by the calamity.
The Times Of the 18th says: Atpre
sant, the appearance of our city wears an;
air Of mourning. Almost countless num-;
bers Of houses, as it were, completely en-
shrouded in the habilments of mourning!
COR lost friends " no sacrificed their lives nl
their efforts to save The lives and the prop
er;y Of their fellow men, and those belong. |
ing TO their own family circles, whose
homes have been rendered almos, friend |
less by their absence. The reality is, in
deed, startling. Thousands OF persons ar
a, this very moment roaming about in
search Of LOST friends, lost property, anc
saelter for their wearied frames, apparent
ly in very grea, distress, both in body and
mind.
Thousands Of detected looking heads Of
families we're using their utmost e~er,ions
20 procure their property, which the,
think ought 10 be safe. when :hey recol-
!ec, that some paid as high as ten to filieei
dollars 10 carmen for hauling away sin
Gle load Of furniture
Several disiu. Dances occurred durD.
The prevalence OF the conaagralion, ,betweer
members of difieren, Fire and Hose comp
Huies, aud outside row dies. of whom seyera
were arrested. In general. however, ,hi
firemen did remarkably well.
The Bulletin estimates the amt Insured
a, about $4,000, Of which the Fire As
sociaiion lose near 500 900, and the toia
loss at One MilIion OF Dollars. "The ole
buildings and crow ded courts that have beer
for years, Twill now, we hope.
lie built up with fine, substantial buildings.
making the burnt district one of the finest
portions OF The CITY,"
Sill. there is much present, private suf-
ering, which public and personal charity
is busy 10 alleviate. The City Councils
appropriated $4,000, and The Northern
Liberties corporation $4,000, for iher
immediate relief.
EossEs.-The loss OF John Brock. H.
y hose building the fire and explosion oc-
cured, is abou, S35, ,O0O-all insured.
John Brock, Sons s. Co. had on storage
n.ihe building salipe,re, brinsione, &c. tc
he value of SI2, ,OOO-all insured. The,
hedge their word and honor and business
eputaion that there was not a pound o.
,owj der in the store.
Ridgway e. Budd had in store 5000 bbls
Jour /; loss Sl0, GOO, covered by insurance
A. Wright & Nephew had in store ar