New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-07
Great Conflagration.

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TOSS EsTInfATED At ONE MILLION.
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On Saturday last occurred the most Appalling
and destructive confagrations that our city has
experienced for . long time II commenced At
about IL o'clock in the third story OF house
No. 81 Tchoupiteaias street, nearsLaiayette
street. The basement Of This building was oc; f
cupied BY W. s. Wright y Co., and the THIRD
story by =, J, Hart Co., as store-room for
liquors. The origin Of the fire was purely acct
dental, q bottle of brandy having been broken
in the work Of corking and sealing; and its
contents ignited BY the candle used to melt the
wax; but however slight the cause. the in
fammable nature Of the stores in the building
rendered it impossible to extinguish the names
after they had fairly obtained hold The ad.
joining building, belonging also 70 " Y Hart y
Cos was next seized by the increasing names,
and the few engines which had BY this time ar.
rived, finding it extremely difficult to obtain
supply of water, it became evident that the re-
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The extensive warehouse Of Converse q 70,
on the corner OF Tchoupltouias ana Lafayette
streets, became the next VICTIM. Inc energy
with which the ire ragged OF TINS point was
amazing The WIND arose suddenly, ana shift-
ing from point TO point enyeloped tne scene 81
ruin in impenetrable clouds OF dust and SMOKE
through which flashed the broad sheets OF name'
whitening and setting IN an immediate oaze
every thing Of a conbust1ble nature round about
AT this critical Juncture the hremen, aitnough
willing and anxious to light the destroyer, We're
Obliged to remain comparatively idle ana pc
hold some Of the most extensive ana vaiuaole
commercial establishments IN the CITY PERISH
ing in his grasp. The water had almost en-
tirely failed; me Plugs were ary. = ioi1 IN q
building fronting on foucner street gave way
and great number OF CASKS ana barrels con-
tanning oll and perhaps liquors. were purstea
by the IAN tnelr contents poured oue III eor-
rents upon me pavement ana a. once tne mar
row street ana the cutters presented . y. mass q
nissing' unapproacnapie MAINS Large quan.l-
'es "a IT were ais'liou'eu ~ 'nis MANNER -
! aoserai oeher ptaces' anu i's 'faces may ye' W
seen smo or snfee squares away ifom ehe soene
y she hre' whe as y nav peen carrieu ~ tne
en's y sue sus'eis. Aeuuoeu " 'ne "a
'.eni'S y sppiyins suosion p'pes " 'ne sa.'eis'
~ snganes ~ uoups psfioineu ~ uipio.'aoe
laoor u 1as'ine nuon q 'nis iniiaipilAoie n'''-
'e,.ai p =, my que namss'
.'oauiiy anu tap'uiy sne hfe auyanoeu aiong
Aaiayes'e ssieee' oiosSeu fouoher' anu hnal'y
5ieaohsu hasa enseiopins snu feuuoins y
tens - ~ eei,i0,e .ls sAeensiss s'oies
d Hsi 'neA1 saiuaoAo oon'en's oeionsips W 'ne
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s'nui..' ii"uu'.i q n"''.ns
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sAS WY O. " " e.sAei s'1.s
OF Lafayette street to Commerce, including
the establishments of r. W. Millbank g. Co.,
a Thomson q Co.. II M Savage e. ca
Weh.tar & ~ o,d welpor q n M. ,,;n,
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store OF Maiilos 9 sons, ana hannas produce
store, narrowly escaped destruction. The track
of the confederation was on each side of La.
favatte straet from Magazine tn Commerce a
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I aislahoe VI 'h1ee saaafes' anu III one VI ehe
most valuable and business portions of the city
We shall not further trace its progress step by
step, as We give below the names Of the owners
~ +be nronortx destrovad Eneroa,ic ,ns,sn,o,
:. ~ op'isy ~. ,.ne' sosio ni0a'u' .
= we're TAKEN as soon as possible 70 procure o SUI
hcient supply of water, and then the firemer
soon checked the progress q the flames, although
their excessive heat combined with that Of :
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9 ne, sun nau greA'i5 Snlnneu sno oieAe'
anu almost completely exhausted th6 strongest