New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-14
ygWORLgANs-THE GREAT FIRE.

NEW ORLEANS, Saturday, Aug. ,, l-ol.
FIRE broke out this morning st lOi o'clock
in the large four story store, No. 81 Tchoupitonass
in the block of buildings situated between Poydras and
JaFayette-ss The lower floor of the building was oc-
cuped BY the firm of W. s. Wright X Co., western
produce Dealers the upper stories were rented by t.
j. Hart & Co. This firm also occupied the store adj
Joining No 30 and had connected the upper stories
of the two stores by cutting doors through the walls
which separated the same The lower floor OF the
store was filed with groceries, where all the heavy
and leading articles in that line were kept The see
ond story was filed with tobacco, cigars liquors &c.
and also used q sample room. me thrd ana fourth
stories were filled with liquors, and heavy STOCK OF
drugs sc. The entire stock WAS valued az ninety
tbousard dollars At the time the IRE broke out some
eunloye of the house was botng bran iy in the work
room Of the third story one OF the bottles Oursted ana
took fire from the furnace used for melting the sealing
wax: the alarm Immediately gwen. and every ex-
ertou made by the propretOrs and their clerks 10 eA
tiuaush the flames but the hydrant IN the store would
not give water and the efforts 10 smother the flames
were Of no avail the fire spread with great rapdty'
and for nearly two hours water could be obtained
Store after store destroyed and the IRE Continued
10 rage until four o'clock by this time our hremen OBJ
tanned complete control the elements, and the
destru on of many of largest stores which at one
tine was considered certain. prevented The de-
sructOn of property has been great out not near As
large A. was at first supposed The loss will not be over
eight hundred thousand dollars The following II
lit Of tie sufferers
l.. j Hart u Co, Nos. - and u IchOupltoaiasst''
whoessle grocers. drugs, Sc.
W : WRIGHT 4 Co.. dealers in western produce, lower
floor of No. 81 Tchoupitoulas st.
Frank \ Dsnie Hour dealers and western produce
brokers' No. % Tchoupitouas-st.
Converse \ Co.. Wholesale grocers, Nos 95 and ~
Tcloupitoulas- and La tayette-st his hm
had a Stock of $50 600, fully covered by insurance.
Keep Bard & Co, dealers in hams, butter and lard
No. - Tchouptoulas-st
All of the abOyenamed stores totally destroyed.
They were all on block of large handsome stores
ali running from Tchoupitouas-st through TO
Foucherst The FIRE on this block stopped at the
store No. ~ occupied by ). IL. Kennedy * Co.
They had large stock OF goods, all OF which is dam
AGED by water To the exertiOns OF the boys OF FIRE
COMPANY Mississippi No. , are the owners and pro-
prietors of the balance Of the stores on this block IN
debted for staying the progress of the fire. On the
same side Of the street the corner opposite Con-
verse Co.'S, the western produce store OF D. NJ
Savage & Co. was totally destroyed. The store adj
Joining occupied BY I. s. Elder i Co., was slightly
scorched and the stock of goods damaged by water.
No other damage was done on this side OF Ichoupl-
touasst. On the opposite side OF the street the fol-
loving stores destroyed:
w f. Cook Mt No "a corner of La Fayee-st.;
wss occupied as eedstOre for the sale of hay, corn Ac
the stock not large.
Gordon & Fisher No o. retail dealers in -four stock
small.
John Hurley s. Co. No. 80, western produce dealers
Hanfs " 90. No. -, dealers VI Ddcpn' iftu, NJ
r. NJ Dorey & Co. No. 50, northern and western com
mission merchants. - ,
All of the above totally destroyed The further
progress of the fire in the direction of POydrast was
tayed at No. 60 the next store ofO. D0wd * Co.,
pork merchants, being but slightly damaged by water.
On Commerce.st in the of the above stores the
ice.house of stanton Il Co.. and the western produce
stores of n Overton x Co. and A. Thompson were
destroyed. Stanton & CD. had no stock
On the south. east corner OF IchOupltouas and La
tha side ot the TO Hart
and Co. g and Converse the potato and onion store OF
CLas Hanna and the western produce store of K. w.
MilbaIk were both destroyed. The store adjoining,
occupied by c. T. Buddecke Il Co., was slightly dam
aged by fire. ard the stock OF goods also damaged by
water The large establishment on the same street,
occurred BY BOYD 4 CrOne as a smoke-house, and
having large. stock of bacon lard, pork, &c,
fire several times but the large force employed by the
firm were on the watch, and by their diligence saved
the establishment, and by doing prevented the de-
suction of the entire block of buildings. II this
establishment had gone nothing could have prevented
the destruction of the entire squares away through the
leyee. On La Fayette-st., next to Mbanks, the
-four store of Kerr Il Paoney, and store adjoining
used as a warehouse, were destroyed
The fire from Hart * Co.'S store, on the Foucher-
st. side crossed TO the of large block OF build
ings running through 10 Magazinest., and occupied by
our largest dealers in western produce baggng, rope,
&c All of these merchants had heavy stocks OF goods.
In one store there were ever two thousand bbls. of
some a block of buildings had in the city. They
all fronted on Magazine-st. The store at the corner
of La ayette-st. was occupied by j. w. Stanton &
Co.. northern commission merchants and ship agents.
They had goods on storage also merchandise TO be
forwarded. The next store, No. 1l2 Magazine-st
was occupied by the firm of Martin, Owen IL Cobb
dealers in bagging aud rope, and western produce
merchants. No. no. Shultz Iadden l. Latting. No.
lCe BY J. o. Woodruff Il Co. No. l06 by Graham a.
Buckingham. No. i04 by Parmeie & Bro All Of
these firms were large western produce merchants
and also dealers in baggng and rope. The stores and
entire stocks were all destroyed. The fire was stop
ped at No. 102 Magazne-st., occupied as a warehouse
large, being damaged about 80 per cent. by water
store in the rear of j. w. Stanton & Co.. occupied
BY J. W. Ross * Co., was destroyed. On Magazine
st.. above La Fayettest two stores Nos ll6 and 49,
used by L. J. Webster x Co., and A W. Wdker
for storage of goods burnt The liquor store of
Maillot d Co. was saved. The liquor, however, was
well watered A saw mill and lumber yard the
opposite side of Magazne-st in great danger. If
il had taken fire. the 81. Patrick Catholic Church.
on Camp-st would have also been destroyed.
Some of the property destroyed is insured in north
ern and eastern off ces and the exact amount of nsur
ance cannot be arrived at. All of the merchants
said to be fully covered
As near as be ascertained, the following is list
Of the losses by the several offices established here or
having agencies:
Crescent Mutual Insurance Co............... S2ooop
Sun Mutual Insurance Co........... 1890
Home Mutual Insurance Co................... 1000
Louisiana Mutual Insurance $3.50
Merchants Mutual Insurance Co............. $500
Liverpool ard London. IoiyO
Delaware Mutual Safety l2Dp
Provincial Of Toronto. G. W.................. 1850