The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-03-23
From the New Orleans Picayune, 10th.


Between | and 2O'clock this morning, a
very alarming FIRE broke out in Magazine
street. and befure the flames were s,ibdued
thirteen fine brick stores, with nearly all their
v liable contents, were destroyed. An esii-
mable citizen, and an old fireman, Daniel
Woodruff, was killed by the falling walls at
the corner Of Magazine and Natchez streets.
MIR. Woodruff was exempt fireman in New
York many years since. He was also an cx-
empt fireman in this city. President Of the
Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association, -
ex foreman of Mississippi Fire Company No.
2, and one OF the clerks in the Mayors Office
Several % her firemen were badly iljured.--
Mr.. Mcleod, the foreman of No. 2, had one
arm broken in two places, and une leg brok n
in three place, and is otherwise Sc, erey
wounded in the back, bit 1t is thought that
he viii recover. Samuel e. Risk Mr.. Wing
field and Stephen O'i.eary are said 10 be much
injured. 'a
Mr.. Woodruff saw the danger that his COM
pany was exposed to, by the walls being
about to tall, and was in the &c. o. warning
them To remove, when ,f,s loot slipped, and
he fell. the walls OF u store falling IN him. -
He lived buts lew minutes after the accident
occurred frt
The fire is said To have commenced In the
store Of E. w 'od Perry, No. 50 Magazn ne
street. The store was occupied by house
furnishing articles, stoves, oil, &c.
The store Of A. Deagrave a. Co No. II
Magazine street, was burned. 1t was occu-
pied AS liquor store. ...atet,-
The Store No. 81 Magazine street, at the
corner oil Natchez 8 rect, was burned. 1t was
occupied by Burrows and Ostranl, as liquor
store, anu by Lothene a. Thomus.
A. l.. Addison & Co, M. 81 Natchez
street, Price, Walsh &, Co, No. SO Match. z
street, and n. HELD. No. 10 Naichez street,
were next burned out. The above three
stores were principally occupied as tobacco
stores. 'rtita
The Canal Bank, which is on one corner
OF Magazine and Natchez streets, was much
scorched ON the out side but the inside is not
de mayed. --lal..t ...lr
While the fire was raging the sparks few
about in prufusion, and wintow i'm one of
the stores below the Canal Bank, being re-
cidenttlly open, u crate flied with straw,
near the window, caught fire, und soon the
fire rage in a new place.
The stores Of Morphy Il Nevius, No. 81
Magazine street, was burned. 1t was an
auction and commission store.
Nus. IS and So Magazine street were oc-
cupied by IL. N. Barrow g. Co and ]. b.
Burger, one Of the upper stores being occu-
pied BY R. b. Sykes. One cf these stores,
No. So. was owned by Mrs B rry, Of New
York. and was insured in the Home Mutual
Insurance Co. for $4,000.
The large tobacro warehouse OF c. & G..
B. Tate, No. 81 Natchez street, was entirely
destroyed. They had OH hand a very heavy
stock.
The large brick building in the rear of and
eonging to the Canal Bank, was nearly
burned up. beg. on F.ruI
No 81 Magazine street was the we'll known
auction store Of R. b. Sykes. II was utter
ly destroyed. ss1-a,
A vacant lot now INTERVIEWED or one side,
and the ligh walls OF the new stores of A. B.
Jonas pre-, ented any further progress of the
flames in that direction. n.. s.....
The firemen worked molly, and deserve
great praise. AT 10 O'Clock this morning
they are still engaged in pulling down tie
lettering walls and pouring water in the
smouldering ruins. But little property in the
buildings was saved, and the loss must be
very heavy. t-t
DUR ID GROUND PEPPER.--5O dog cans of pure
III Ground Peppf, put EXPRESSLY M O trade. |