The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-04-11
THE GREAT CONFEDERATION AT JACK.
SONvILLE. FLA.

THE GREAT CONTEMPLATION Al JAIN
S0NvILLE. FLA
brief notice Of the recent disastrous confagra.
ton in Jacksonville, appeared Ia our columns yes
terday The following particulars are copied from
the Jacksonville Republican, ertrn, Of Thursday.-
The loss is estimated at over 100000.
Yesterday at o'clock, P. NJ, the alarm OF dre
given Ia this town. and In four hours afterwards
all the business portion Of the town was in ruins--
Tue FIRE originated In s. N. Williams hay shed, on
1t extended with astonishing rapidity in every di.
rcction, spreading first along the block of stores
the south side Of Bay street, between Newman and
Ocean streets; thence communicating with the
square opposite on the north, which was all con.
auu1ed; thence with the store of A. NJ. Reed and
6 he Bank Agency adjoining, on the west side OF
Ocean etreet, which were both destroyed thence
with the square east OF Newman street and fronting
on Bay, which contained the large and handsome
block known AZ Byrne buildings nearly the whole
square being consumed, at the same time with the
buildings on Bay street. east OF the point at which
the fire originated, and of Newman street, which
was at once swept away.
This was principally the course Of the area when
has been devasted by the devouring element Inc
wind was blowing strongly at the time, aud caused
the course OF the ire at first to De TO thc Westward
by which several private dwellings al the extreme
end of the town. and several stores Moody's,
Holiness, and Fairbanks Mills, and the new Hotel
of Messrs Day. wereset on fire but eXtinguished be
fore any material damage was sustained Still, the
intense heat from the first block great that
that of itself ienited the squares on the opposite
side. and on the east, and the immense amount of
goods thrown from the stores along the whole of
Ray street formed from the same cause, an i'm
mense confagration of spirits, oils, paints, &c.
By this fire seventy buildings entirely de-
stroyed. OF these, twenty three stores, oithe
following persons, viz:
Fwayer & Co., provision; Oak and VIM
Grothe, jewellers; 5 N Williams, grocer; p San.
derson, dry goods and provision; Bloodgood g.
Bowse, do; II Timanus, do; T Hasridge, do;
Mode, dry goods; James Hanham. grocer; Mr. Her
nandez, tebacconist DeWaal auctioneer; l. Ca
pella, fruit store; Santo, do; Reed, dry goods
and provisions; M Keil, do; A Hussey, grocer;
Mr.. Moore, fruit store; L Hogarth, timer; Am.
bleer Hoeg, dry goods and provisions; l. Rip
ley, clothing; J Brown, fruit store; L Amer
man, dry goods; Mcmillan, druggist I G Myers,
grocer; C Acosta. fruit store; Howell, grocer;
Joseph Hernandez, tailor; C DeWhal, bakery: Geo
Flagg, jeweiler; RI Darby tailor, c Poetting, boot
and shoemaker.
j. Finnegans office and L, NJ Folsom's furniture
store were also consumed.
The law office of Geo w Call and G. w. Hawk
ms and the office of F. C.. Barrett, Notary Public,
&c, in the Byrne Block, were also destroyed--a
portion only of their legal and official documents
being saved.
McRory's Insurance Agency office in the Semmis
Block also went by the board together with por
ton Of his papers
Capt. Willey's residence, J. Hnnham's store and
dwelling, ]. Modes Clothing store the elegant resi-
dence as also the Law office OFF. Fraser, Esq, we
note among other buildings destroyed
The two and only printing offices of the place
the Republican and the Meas, were consumed, the
latter entirely, and but enough of the Republican
material has been cleaned from the harvest of the
Reaper to furnish this Extra
Abortion of the fire apparatus unfortunately fell
into situation which brought it in contact with the
flames, and it was lost.
Upon the amount Of property lost, it is estimated
that one-half is insured some in New York and
New England offices, and some in Georgia. The
two printing offices were iusured-our own tor a
little more than half its value. We lost all the
printing paper, and large quantity ofetter which
we had on hand for jobbing Our set up forms have
run into a molten mass.
Mr.. Andres Canova was severely burnt and is dis
abled, and Mr.. ]. C. Hemming was severely stunn
ed and for some time hurt, but he is better
We regret also that the family of Mr.. Philip Fraser.
who were ill, were forced to remove