The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-27
THRILLING SPECTACLE.
Eeveral Buildings Destroyed in
Front Street.
Numerous Vessels on Fire at tho foot
of Dover Street.
sg.p GREAT REPUBLIC BURNED.
TOTAL nfslpucroN OF TWO OTReR LARGE SHIPS.
Immense Quantity Of Canvass and Spare
Consumed,
SC, &c..

About midnight city bessme the sosne OF one OF
the rost terrible II not the most active conHasra
tions with with visited. The Games Were-
first discovered in building In the CT No. IA Froat
street u, led by Msssrs rrsscwe Sons, cracker
bakers Oxipg suf brsezs from the West the flames
spread rapidly aud In comparatively short spscs
of tim front and buldlygs, with most OF
their contents were Ths adjoieiog prenses
No 242 pied By ue,svs Jones, Rowland Co., -four
d,slsrs aud No 24a, Mr. d. W. Manwaripg destroy
ed The -four store Of M.ssrs Harris Co., No. $40,
plso .sficytd.
While IN. 6s was raging in tbs above named locality
the parks tbcS 10 the vicinity ~ to assume tso
app a. n rsiurg Are The streets AID docks slopg
TIE Iast river literally alive with burning Goals.
The Tier at the % street was 1T one time
vere 10 The ph inches with fire. ard the rig
cling ant ra,ts Of the vessels lying In the
stream were rnplsely enveopea in flying sparks The
seamen sno OH, strenuousy exerted themselves TO
prevent The from jynne but in most nstAp Gee
tie hi. a Wind rendered their efforts useless
About half pst O'Clock the rigging Of the stupen-
eous ship G'a' Republic took Dire. Owing 70 the
of mA-ts it ieposs,bis for the en-
gpes vls upon ts htoes, and the con equencs vas
thst falling Spas set her deck In blaze Al
three ocItcs her foreuast fell knocking her mainyard
ont Of the sings and shortly after the nAnmast came
down across the dock mast f5liowcd, carry.
feet wreck being Of fame abats the main mast
From To- rapid which tao flames were SPREAD
iny It was .pp.reHt that nothing could her. She
was st burning BALI past three and BY this Tins pro-
badly nothing remains of that magnificent floating pssce
bnt cbarr~d ana blscbened hull.
From ,hs Great public the fre spread to the largo
ship Jose Walker which the flames 10 rapid
ly az to bid defiance efforts to her. Ss be-
forged to the black star lne and may DO considered
total loss.
large ship, supposed to be the packet.shtp he WIFE
Cir tor or the clipper sh Rover lying next the Great
Republic caught Ore in the rigging and soon became
tlazs she to~ed out In front OF the CO.
tha,ine Met by che OF the Fult Ferry boats and A.
forwards aosted up the river. She eventually burned
TO The vater's edge.
In addition to the above, several other vssselsmostly
scooue-s sloops-had their spars and rggn burn
ed The nsori,y OF them, however, escaped total de-
stuction by slipping their cables and drawing out into
the rtream.
Abo.t O'Clock the Gre crossed Front street to Nos
245 247 and s4s occupied by Geo. Newman, best build
en- r. n Reynolds Co., -four merchants, and othes1
wi ore paues We were unable t ascertain Mueh OF the
property 10 these destroy ed and ct the time
Of going press the flames still raging with great
i'm r@tuosy although II thought they would DO CON-
Hred 10 these buildings.
The horses on south strsst in imminent danger,
AID many If them were considerably scorched Tho
Wind blss perfect gale during the three hours that the
are raesc prior to sending this sheet toprsss.
or course It imp ibs st the late hour of the night
to procure iety Of the particulars OF this cAtas-
,rophe or give anythisg like description Of the thrilling
fcene. full account win be published In our evening
d,uon.