The New York herald., 1851-12-08
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TREMENDOUS C0kFlA lAeRAnoN N PORTLAND.

Over One Hundred Thousand Dealsrs
Worth sf Property Dsstreysd--Twsasy-
seven Stores Burusa--Hine Vessels So
verely Damaged, &c.
P,.ruAsp, Ne, De-. Z, 1851.
Our city hss lust bean visited by Of the mott do
structive oonaasrstions that ever occurred here. II
broke out bstwss. four end i've O'Clock this morning,
IN the store Of Lsnabee Jsrdsn Commercial wharf,
which wss destroyed together with sargs building occu-
pied by them for the storage Of heavy oosriss Their
loss $l0Oo-el 600 ef which injured In the Trenton
ONCE, and q, 900 In the Peoples once
The 6re thence extendei Own the wharf, burning .
small refsshmsnt saloon, kept by George conAnt and
owned by Benjamin Willis, and Il. o. Ingrsham. Mr.
Conant's loss is $40. No insurance.
The stores occupied By j. Oonley, and owned by VIII
liam II, Csok-ons occupied BY 'eremish Boiiu, aud
owned by B. willis and snottss, occupied oy G. 2. In
sraham also owned by p. WINS we're next burnt M
Conlsys loss Is $aoo0 Mr.. Prectors 81 100000 insu-
rsncs)and O. Ingrahans loss 10 s35oc-(insured ct
Peoples once for S1,Soo)
Here the ore was arrested on the wharf.
The other buildnsp consumed were the stores occu.
pied by william Alexander and owned By D. Wilt. Mr..
AS stock was destroyed on which there was email in.
sursnce.
The store Of Jos. NJ Kellogg owned BY Elias Thema.
-esooA mosuy ssV0o" LoS-' }oN-inS"ou ss @"sAA'
ONCE, Hartford.
The large sties owned and scoupied by Psrlsy &
Russell-stosk mostly saved-insured for $4,000, and
building for $1,000, in the Augusta (oso.) ONCE.
The large now store Commercial street., bsionsing
10 Charles W. IngrahAm, damagedto TO the amount OF
ee0o0- mo insurance.
On the southwest side of Comnsroial wharf every
building was swept away, as follows
The store owned and occupied by Lovstt Atkins loss
$ltOO; insured at Augusta (deo.) once for $1,000
stock mostly saved The third story was occupied by
william GsIloon, ssilmsksr, whose stock was mostly
saved.
The store owned and occupied BY Samuel N
Beal loss s3oOo insured for 800 In the Howard Of
fee Lowell.
The store of Hogden Mason, owned BYE. A. Morton,
loss on stock $4,000 insured for ct the Msnufac
turers ecs. Boston, loss store 81 300 insured FOR
500 at the Peoples Office.
The occupied for the storage Of and -four by
O. Rogers g. Co. and by Z l. @. p. Insrshsu, and Jo-
seph Fowler sailmsker loss Of Rogers Co.. YOocin
survd for S. 900 at the Howard ONCE loss Of NJ Fowler
sails, So 600 no insurance
This completed tie rsvages Commercial wharf
Four stores Commercial street. owned and occupied
by D. Chase In which stored great quantities Of
-four ard corn, destroyed with their contents.
Two sther stores belonging to Mr. Chase, and also q
store with -four and corn, destroyed His loss ir
estimated at $35Oo0-insursncs in Baltimore for 5000
The ttore occupied by George Warren and G Rogers
Co., for the storage Of provisions; the store was
owned by the Preble heirs and for storage and
store belonging to Samuel Trask and occupied by him
sndF O. & c. II Crane, for the storage of fcur and
corn, were wholly consumed Lon Of Mr. Trask 800
insured for s5ec at the Etna Office.
The store owned by the heirs Of Miss Jewett and oc.
cupied In part by J. " Porter and containing guam
tity Of molasses belonging to B. Brown and Jennes
Chase Co.. destroyed. Loss t75onsured for $500
in the Howard office.
The store belonging to Nathaniel warren Loss 5oo
insured ct the Howard once Lowell, for 81 900.
The store Of Isaac sturdivsnt-loss 81 0Oo probably
not insured.
The sail lott Of Lesvt Lowell; stock mostly saved
The sloop Brilliant, schooner Charlotte, schooner
Fanny, a new bark, owned by Means Briggs, brig
Frances Ellen schooners LAUREL Roanoke Beal George
Breots, and brig Sarah Ellen, eli less In
jured in spars, bulls, sails, and rigging.
The extent Of the copnsgrstion owing mainly
the want of water the tide being down. There wer,
twenty stores burnt nine vessels damaged AND
over hundred thousand dollars worth Of merchan
disc destroyed