New-York daily tribune., 1851-08-28
The Great Fire a, Concord.

DEaR SIR. Two-thirss Of the business paTt OF our
town N runs At lis o'clock lss' h.sa aie " =
discovered issuing from OF the stao.eS IN The
rear Of the Eagle Coffee iiOuse-fne VIVA JioS nE
pretty hard from the north-east. IN sAol, IN tfe
Eaglc Coffee House was couslm-i' ahA lHe H-'nsa
spread both north and SO1in- Inc hetI'uh he~
Nercb.fts' TYr b.nge pulling built last season ,.
cost of some s2Gac is DO yn, anf also the a-ge
block or inc rorth OF the Eagle. known a. Sti-knefs
block All the stores south oil me Exchange, a. iaf
a. Lows block. are also destroy "a.
II is hopec the wind having sUJSlte1. anf a5sls.-
ance having arrived from Baskerville ani Aanches-
ter that the flames VIII be confined 70 The aoove
limits The loss IN iu5lngs alone VIII nearly
reach $4,000. good deal OF properly has been
saved and how M \ the loss MI De cannot est
maie-perhaps nearly $4,000 or more-one-haif'
perhaps insured. 1t Will fall principally on the Of
ice, II tbs town.
The TIRE vas undoubtedly the work OF "a incen-
diary.
blow BY TINS calamity. TIE following are some OF
the firms burnt Out Moore Z CiIey, hardware
Johnson & Dewy. dry goods McFarltud Jenas,
printers 90 the y. IA Statesman Dana. IA sS o.
fee g. p. Lyon, publisher. \. q. Savory & Co.
pants and OILS Congregational journal pna,iHs
Office Page Fay, crockery aad carpets BOW
4 Young, furniture y Evans. Jr, clothing {. !"
Harvey K Co.. Cry goods T.. II. Rollins, drugs and
medicines Independent Demo rat printing esitO-
hshment J. L. Robinson. plow maker u D. 40
boii. PAINTER -- Swan, carpenter } & G. Non
roe confectlonerS John GIBSON, Eagle coffee
house James Prescott & Co., livery stable Por'er.
ROie & Brown, hardware Mechanics BANK
whether the money Is safe | cannot now ten.
TreastIrers's Off Of the Boston, Concord ana
Montreal Railroad Treasurers Office OF the Con
cord and ClaTemOnt Railroad the law ohlces oI u.
A. Bellows, {. Ainsworth. PeaSlee George "m-
II Bartlett, and II. p RoOfe Prescott & BROTHERS,
Seraphine and melodeOH manufacturers W. H.
Kimhall caguerreotypes -- Tower, sntcr Al
Ieon q Cauit. druggists Hoyt Winkiey, clothing
James Peyerlv dry goods Trpp Osgood. printers
and book. sellers Reed & Stanley, JeweirF JACOB
Carter son. ewelry Miss L. HamIn, millinery
Bullock & shaw dsy goods and groceries ; u.
Sylvester. looking glass frames, &c. ". Little,
dentist James lIazieIon, dry goods and shoes --
Cage shoe dealer. 80
iunderstahd that The safe OF the Mechanics Bank
contained about $l50.CC0 II bills $1,000 n specie,
and some 100000 N railroad bonds. II has idilth
the cellar. and the condition OF tine contents
are not known.
Four OClork-The progress Of the FIRE has been
STAYED. The burned district embraces some sixty
rods on the cast side OF Nan-st IN length. and TWEEN
ty in width a. fr east the tracks OF the concord
and Carcmont and Northern Railroads. The cen
ter OF the district Is directly opposite thc Ht'1e
House The American House (GassSl on the west
side Of the street was IN great danger. saved by
wet blankets. Had II burned there is no leilihs
where the end would have been. The IRE c1mpa-
mes were promptly on hand, and worked no2iE' out
unfortunately the reservoirs Wthn thcir TedcI gave
out The FIsheryie company. SIX miles distant
reached here IN an hour and hal aiteT 'he uIc was
first discovered. ~ =.
Hqmpshire Patriot, through the Express o. Chcne,
Co. sin giving the particulars OF tins coiidgrdtloN
This account differs from that OF onr correspondent
A. fo the orgin of5thc FIRE TIE Patriot says ,he hrc
commenced IN Abbott pa!ntshop. directly back of
Stickncy's block, next TO the Lage Iohee mouse
and directly in front Of the state house. ana Inc nee
communicated TO the stables oi me Eagle. Inc i0i-
| loving rs The Patriots account OF the losses
All the buildings on the northern side oi Main-sl A,
from Lows block, opposite the Post Once, 10 >ncA-
/ ney's wooden block. opposite GasSs Motel are 10
/ tally DESTROYED and every one between that street
! and the railroad track The buildings on the other
side Of Malnsi. were IN considerable danger out
! were not materially injured.
IL Is impossible Al tins hour . Oclochl 10 give a
full list of the sufferers by this terrible ire. we can
only give the principal ones Beginning al lhe lower
end the tWo-stOry wooden store and TWO len.lOoeIs
were owned by Col. Benjamin Grover. The lrst
was occupied BY 5 G.. Sylvester, dry goods, and )
W Little, dentlSi and the others by IS Gage, Ooo's
and shoes G. Bullock, dry goods Miss y lamiln'
mllncr Reed d Stanley, Jewellers. inc contents
of these buildings were mostly saved. NeA' was
the two-slory wooden building owned by Deacon \
Prescott. and occupied by Tnpp Osgood, book
sellers and Job printers Contents ol 9ooN''oie
[ mostly saved printing materials destroyed .
Next was the new Exchange, a 3s'ory bilck oiocA
erected last year on the site of BuieIheldS block,
which was burned ln December 1879. IL was Owned
/ bv A. Prescott d Sons, widow Jane Dustin, Aulson
d Gault, and Porter Rolfe 4 Bro"n-cosi si''oOo
II was occupied bv James Poverly, dry goods ana
shoes " B shaw and ID. Windey, clothing hal
and caps An on & Gault, apothecarles, aud r. -
Brown, hardware. IA the lower story, and IN the
second story bN Mechanics Bank, ITCaSuTeTs ONCE
+ OF Montreal, and Concord aud 'Idfemoht hiilIodl>
OF I. AilISNO4ils ttettt a 'itp Ats hiil
. IL A. and 4 II bellows and Prescott Brothers
7 musical instrument store. and M the thrd story d.
W II. Bartlett. and II p RoieS law oihceS, IRE,
. coii'> musical instrument mn.uiaciury, {. !. To"
.r's pant shop, and hun5al's dlgucrrnolYpe rooms
The contents of tins block were pfmclpthy SaNel
but greatly damaged.
NeNt was the Eagle Coffee House. owned by
Porter, Role & Brown, and occupied by Mayor
John Gibson. \ large portion Of the furniture Was
saved but greatly damaged. In the basement oi the
south end was J. Garter Sons jewellers shop
and q. ". Gardner, baroeT stock prnclpaliN
saved. In the north end was J. {. NuntocS irul
and toy shop large portion OF the contentS saved
Nexi was SucAney'S brick block, IN the rear OF
which the fire originated. One-th'rd OF the building
was owned by Capt. VIM. Walker and l. II Rollins
and the remainder by Joseph =. Suckney aud his
mother. len ihe lower story were siN stores and a
paint and OH store m the basement INC occupants
we're T.. II. Rollins apothecaTy c. w Harvey, dry
goods y. Evans, Jr, clothing Page Fay, car
petS and CrOcACW Johnson q Dewey. dry go0is
and clothing Moore & CIley, hardware and iroA
and I. l.. Sayory Co, pants and oils. second
+ >tOIV-lHGt fCriegf Democrat printing once Brown
/ 4 Nounc. furniture r. Dana ani + Eaton. law of
fees G.. p Lyon. book store Congregational Journal
prninc Office. In the third story. Rpiln>'S iOlengf
manuiactory and Mcfarland Il JenkS's printing Of
nee. (Nlr-i ianapSA re Nt9feSnon) contents were
principally saved, but much damaged. portion oi
the type N The printing Offices waS saved, oui the
I presses and other fixtures were destroyed.
In the rear OF the Exchange were tAo livery stable
ei J. Prescott Co.,-horses and carriages saved
and Porter RoiS large iron store. on the Railroad
tTack-a portion OF The contents saved. me blhl
lngs owned by occupants In the rear O! tAc lag
coffee house were the stables attached y lt-hOr>es
and carriages saved In rear of SiiCAney'S blecA
VAS Mechanics Row where The hrc originated o.
cupied by BenJamln tofhn, wagon maker g. ID
Abbott painter VIM. Carr carpenter AMI other
mechanics The buildings were Owned by Capt
Wm Walker, Jr.--contertS all destroyed. Btck OF
tins, near the Railroad track, was large house
owned by Capt Walker and occupied by Irish fAmi-
heS--umliuTe Principally saved
The contents OF the buildings for some distance
both above aad below those burnt, we're moved ana
much damaged"
Taf pc.-ot further Saws, thiS fire WAS undoubtedly Y
the work OF .n incendary. \ negro called JACK
Robinson : suspected. and has been arrested. TRe
loss Il es.ated al SlGOGU0 10 Si50O10a large por-
ton probably covered by insurance. Thus dtdors
widely y wlil be seen, from the estimate a. 0ur cor
respondent who calculates the loss AZ about $4,000.
From oar knowledge OF the buildings destroyed. We
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