Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1850-02-20
Great Fire in New Orleans.
HIom The True DELHI E.rkrnl
SATURDAY MORNING, February II

SATURDAY MORNING, February l6.
About half-past two o'clock this morning, a
fire, the most disastrous that has occurred in
our city within our recollection, broke out in
the store Of C. G. Barley, No. IS Camp
street, which was rapidly consumed, together
with the following buildings;
Nc. 55-Occupied by c.. G. Barley, Grocer
Nc. 57--Corson g. Armstrong, Stationers.
No. 59-Payne & Harrison, Commission Mer-
chants.
No. 55--Bridges & McMurdo, depot for Viz
glnia manufactured tobacco, and Elder &
Brother, Commission Merchant,
No. 4l-Brander, Williams & Co., Commission
Merch'ts.
No. 49-J. H. Bechtel & Co., Booksellers and
Stationers.
No. 47-Basement occupied by the Etna Life,
Crescent City, and Lexington Insurance Com
panies; up stairs, by Fesdick & Brother,
Shipping Agents and Downes, Cuddy & Co.,
Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants.
No. 4S--BankiEg House of J. Robb & Co., on
the lower floor; II. Frelsen & Co., Com
mission Merchants, up-stairs-builaing not
much injured; all valuable property saved.
No. 50-Lower floor a portion Of Robb's
banking establishment; upstairs Offices Of
Gordon Plummer and Lucien Hermann, No.
taries.
No. 52-Merchants' Louisville Insurance Com
pany. ,
No. Sd. G. Dunlop, China, Ghss and Ear
thenware. %
No. 56-A. Hill, Wood and Willow Ware and
House Furnishing Goods.
No. 5s-Henry Parsons, Piano and Music Es-
adjustment.
No. 600. s. Campbell, House Furnishing
Store.
No. 62-Ferdinand Kennett & Co., Commits
sion Merchants. w.
No. 66-Picayune office.
No. 6O,-Weld& Co., literary depot, on the
first floor: up stairs, Olney, Cottrell & Co.
Building not materially injured; the property
in the interior destroyed or damaged.
On Bank Place, the narrow street or alley
running in the rear with, and parallel to Camp
street, the following buildings were in part,
some wholly, destroyed:
No. 7-Occupied as counting rooms by J. N.
Hawthorn, and ]. T.B. Featherston'h. =
No. 81. & NJ. Ellis and J. Bogart. @
No. ll--Schroeder & Murray and Finn &
Spruce, produce brokers. go
No. l3--P. 6. Campbell.
No. :5-Henry Holland T. Chas. Oakly.
Thus far we have not ascertained the total
amount of loss sustained, or who, among the
sufferers, are covered by insurance. The loss
sustained by our worthy contemporary, Of the
Picayune, must be very severe. They've un-
derstand, saved their books and valuable pa
pers, the greater portion of the material In the
composition room, and one double-cylinder
press. % n,r-
At present writing e A. n.y. the fire is still
raging though we hope the untiring efforts OF
our brave fremen will shortly spceeed in ar-
resting its further progress. 2
ANorHER.-shortly after the above fire
broke out in Camp street, another was discover
ed on Poydrrs street, opposite the Poydras mar
ket. 1t originated in the rear Of the building,
No. GIeases Row, occupied by NJ. O'Con-
nor as a china, glass and earthenware establish
ment. The spread Of the fames was SO rapid,
that Mrs. D'Conner and her children, had barely
time to escape with their lives. The building
No. 5, occupied by widow Fitzgerald, as a boar
ding house, was also consumed, before the pro-
gress of the flames could be arrested. Building
No. 3, occupied by Martin Costello, as q hard
ware store, was slightly damaged; es