The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-08-28
From the Musea'ue Enquirer.l
BENEFITS MAMMOTH MlIT ~
ES.. ASa'
$4,000 Worth Of Property D,,,,,,.m
SATURDAY MORNING, 5 o',loo

we stop the press to chronicle
md heavy calamity which has Lef,l, ao'n''
devoted city. Bennel,'s great m OUT
Mill, built in ls43-5O, ., a cost or 0 s.as
300, ind conceded to be tho mos, go. soo''
structure ofthe kind in The VALLEY a -
Mississippi, was last night utterly aa y 'Na
I'd By fire, with the SURROUNDING L, uI..tog.
% barrels Of -four, from 500 u t;oo l'u's',
els Of wheat, 1000 flour barrels md \ !, upsa
fixtures, tools, &c, belonging to ,ha, la'
tensive establishment. "'' es'
ID addition to The Mil, tho o.,
and residence Of the Messrs. Rror "o'se
and half dozen stables on the ale, a m
consumed. Messrs. Browning wa ~, se''
saved all their furniture, aud lbe aao 'at'fn,
their ware house. Nothing but p sSs' 10
was lost in the stables. f''eaaer
The warehouses Of Mr.. G. w.,
partly burned and much injured ~ 'fe
BY dint OF the nnrcmtliug eYe,,,.
a few persons, who had The m,nl;,es.
TO do something, the large Pork Hon.a ! v
low the Iowa House and three ada;.; oe.
bulldogs, and the houses from the .l L@as
Second, on Chestnut street, were .., :,
though in imminent danger. 4'e0'
Everything was moved from those t.,,,
ings in anticipation of their destruction u1"0'
Had the wind been high. no,bino o..,,
have saved the entire block, aud perh,o.
NIL of Second street from Sycamore 10 DR.
As i was, column Of burning fragments ~,
was thrown several fee, into he NJ e.
the fire confined in the walls Of ,ha Nm M"
aud fell in the streets and on the roor. g
houses Tor several squares. Person, wers
stationed on the roofs with water. 10 n,o
ven, ignition. '
A part Of The walls of the Mill ore dow,
tho rest seem to be lollerng. l,d
the walls fallen earlier, the des,rue,io,
would doubtless have been much create,
The heat and flames we're confined By III.
strong walls, 10 grea, extent.
The origin Of the fire is mys,ery-
many suppose il 10 have been the work Of
IN incenlnry. II was discovered in ,be
second story, about hall.pas, 2 o'cIack,
nut had made loo great progress 10 be
checked, or allow anything to be saved
Mr.. Bennett estimates his loss at SIS.
900, only SIS. 900 of which he suppose,
II be covered by insurnnce--the male,
was entrusted some months ago 10 mn sreD,
in ST. Louis. Other losses are 81 he low.
est figures $1,000.
This mill was justly tho pride Of Mls.a.
tine -snd was al honor TO the enlerpfisias
proprietor. 1, gave emplo, men, and SUP.
port to number Of families, aud hraasR
mich business To our CITY Ils loss i a
public caiamiiy which everg ciliun
viii feel directly or indirectly The pro-
prietpr, by his enterprise, literally aad
pphlic.spifil has done mere fr the pros.
asFiiy Of Mnscatlne Than ans ether mn
This all will cnnccde hence his losses afe
public misfortune in lwo.fld .euse.
We sincerely hope this f1r.iamed oil
viii be speedily rebuff, --lna that our ell.
zens will give every encouragement 10
hat end.
II we know any man, whose energy,
spirit. and resources. arc superior 10 such
misfortune. and who is fitted 10 recover
from il. bs the force Of his own is1omiia.
HE character. that man is our ieIloa-clll.
zen, JosEsu BENNETT.