The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-03-11
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ANOTHER FIRE,

Sho~iy after two o'clock yesterday po
ing the behs rung an alarm Of fsc. ~
flames al that time were found TO De- bur,,s-
from the large lat4store Of Belden a. 20 =,
the corner of Magazine and Gmvier So.
IN Banks Arcade. Ia consequence % -
arations for the celebration Of he Fo,,,aaS.
Anniversary Of the Freman's Assorfssa1
the engines, with W exceptions. yeers =.
as prompt in turning cut as is usual !, !.
ses Of alarm, When the Department, 60
however, the work of battling with The a.
stroying element was commenced ,y;,S
force and spirit which tended rapidly 70 AZ
minish the fears hat were entertained osA
terribly general and widespread conAa0-.
ton. From Belden's hat-store the aams.
soon forced their way across the Arcade mas,
sage into the Office of the Commercial RpL
letin, from which it spread towards the ol6es
of Major Beard. Of the appointments and
machinery of the Bulletin office, nothing
was saved with the exception of the boob.
and papers in the business office, which il
will be remembered, was situated on the
lower floor. Among other things we regret
that Col. Seymore's valuable library was
entirely destroyed.
BY 3 o'clock, a large number of citizens
had collected, and efforts to save the propety
belonging to the various Offices situated
throughout the Arcade, became general
Felonious efforts, ALSO, were not wanting by
those thieving ~rascals, who find no calamity
sufficiently great to deter them fIom pursu.
ing their heartless business.
On Magazine street, Belden & Co.'S. hat
store was destroyed, but a great portion oil
the contents were saved. Evans hat store
and Fields Arcade hat store, adjoining Bel
den's, and fronting on Magazine street, wer
also destroyed, though the contents wen
principally saved, in a somewhat damaged
state.
In the Arcade passage, K. Collie, seeds
man, had his store and contents entirely de.
stroyed. The other portions Of the build.
ing which were burnt were occupied as off,
ces by G.. w. Cable, notary public; L. P
Weary, commissioner; T. G. Stark, notary
public; and Maj. Beard, auctioneer. The
chief injury 10 the Majors office was from
the water thrown by the engines.
The glass roof in the Arcade passage has
fallen in something more than a third of its
distance through the building. Several Of
the rooms in the Arcade hotel were injured,
and five were almost entirely destroyed.
The ceiling in the bar-room was, in Que
place, burnt through, and the room gener.
ally is drenched with water. The damage
to MIR. Digges, the keeper Of the hotel, viii
be considerable.
How the fire originated, still remains a
mystery. 1t Is said to have commenced in
the warehouseroom above Evans hat store
how, no one can say.
The insurance on the Arcade was piece.
l meal. On portions of the building not burn
) or but slightly injured, there Were $35UO
insured in four separate offices in the city,
and on the parts destroyed there was $13,.
900 insurance in different offices. The Sun
Mutual Office had a risk Of $4,000 O the
stock and materials of the Bulletin, and
$4,000 on Belden's hat store. Evans Hat
store. Evans hat store was also insured
but to what amount we could not learn.
The loss of stock in Belden's and Evans
stores, IS much greater than at first we un.
derstood it to be.