Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1851-02-01
LATE FIRE IN NEW ORLEANS.

The New 0dlcans pipers Of the 18th con.
tain tdl accounts of The fire which consumed the
s. Charles Hotel aud other line and valuable
bindings. A. many Of our readers have tre-
qlealy domi lied under It's spacious roo, we sup
p1s' spne account Of It's destruction, and Of the
ire ccnerllly would rot b. unacceptable. We
take tire lowing from the Ptc0yune:
The 81 Charles was bulk in 53i; il was the
pioneer Of the old faub,urg st. Mary, now the
Second Municipality Arounl il clustered all
those fine lalldings which contribute so pow>
chl'iy to start the Second Municipality in
is wonderful progress in prosperity aud great.
ness.
1t was the sun which dnlsed druclfing rays
ftr and near around it. The cost of this bcaut.
lll binding was six hundred thonsand dollars
l.. architect, Mr. Caller, acquired By is design,
alppltttl1n co.exensve with our whole country
!, was built BY the old Exchange Bank, cor>
por,, n which became erlnrdshed, bu, whose
privileges So far as tn p1ssr ,sion of the Hotel
wls concerned de.cenled 10 the present company,
81 the bead Of which IS Mr.. jacob Barker,
who has had Ior years the management Of the
bnhag
Various accounts are given Of the origin Of the
fire, Some represen, that il caught from some one
q the various chnneys on tlucs; Tiers stale that
.oms plumbers were engaged in soldering the
zac ON tn, roof aud the tire was communicated
from 'he5 stoves. Whatever may have been tho
calso, il ) pretty certain III 1t the fire originated
within The building, s1mawhrrc under the roof,
and hld dIiil,ed itself pretty extensively before
any adequate means could be brought to arrest
the flames The whole root was SIN tking--snnd.
Ing forth thick voluma Of dan vanor, aud yet tho
IRE could not he r-acbad, Il was som,tine be.
fore DE engines came TO the spot. i'hc bells,
y some ml,t cilpabc carelcs,ness. ware not
flll aad thnsn engines WHICH arrived eafly were
90. n! y manned. Then, too how could they
| bring their machines to operate at s. great
| aslgdl Ih-rn was scarcely an engine in tae
| ty that could throw water to the rod d the no.
tcL Within the bgiidiug tie most energetic steps
were taken to meet the danger. The propFietors
and their various employees formed lhemeiv
! into an efficient fire company, and By the aid Of
their forcing pipes and engines kept a constant
current OF water on the fumes wherever they
could be reached. Bun the in,idious element
had cyaiei rs foe and penetrated into every part
Ut The root where Il could lind food.
he bosc pipes from the engines we're then
| drawn BY &c Sea 20 Toe roof, AMI soon consider.
"a 70 baiY o! water was broGgtt to bear upon il
| Bat alts Il was too late. The vast crowd as.
ssmJiad n the nrirhborhooi, with one voice,
cried o., II Is ,pHe!' an ,hoagA there wa,
! 10 rtiAt alton u p.t. = som became painfully
! manifest IA. tao oa'!lng was of a very combus.
| til,e character. Presently, the flames broke
iorjh RON 'ae rolt and passing with the rapidly
Of IIIa'nag around thu cnp,Ia, suddenly en-
! 5-lced nat elegant and graceful structure, and
! ,Ien lowered % toe heavens, one bright, glowing
| pyramid Of FIRE. At the same time, the plaster
began to tall from tie roo OF the portico, admon,
isant those boow u tie dagger Of that position.
the only oan tom which the engines could oprr-
ate with effect. Rapid, the flames ingolved the
Whole 6udng, and, aoGrsh'd by brisk east
wind proceed d ga their devastating course with
inconceivabe velocity. The splendid cornee Of
the pJrico was soon ona bright sheet o. fire.
presently il fell with great crash, crushing in
! lis ruins the noble marble statue OF Washington
which stood at the main entrance, the present Of
our respected le.low>cilizen Joha Hagan, Esq,
who had il executed by the best artist in Italy.
Ga went the flmaa in lteir mad career, while
the wiling winds served as their vassal and
guide and tower and column fell down, one at.
ter another, ill nothing bu, en- unsighty ruin