Washington telegraph., 1854-03-29
Destructive Fire-Loss of I;,a

very alarming nre DrOke out In Magazine
street, and before the flames were snLdn.s
Ii fine brick stores, with nearly an tLa;-
valuable contents, were destroyed. Ahes.
timable citizen, and an old fireman. Dan;al
Woodruff, was killed BY the falling walls !.
the corner Of Magazine and Natchez street.
Mr- Woodruff was an exempt fireman i
New York many years since He vas aLa
an exempt fireman in this city Presidents
the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Assoc;
ation," cx-foreman Of Mississippi Fire Com
pany No 2, and one of the clerks IN u,
Mayors Office Several other fremen ve,a
badly injured Mr.. Mcleod, the forem.n
Of No. 2, had one arm broken in two rl,ca.
and one leg broken in three places, and i
otherwise severely wounded in the back H.,
it j. thought that he viii recover. SamneI
O. Risk, Mr.. Wingfeld, and Stephen o.,
Leary are said to be much injured.
MIR. Woodruff saw the danger that n.
company was exposed to, by the walls III
ing about to fall, and was in the act Of warn.
Ing them to remove, when his foot slipped
and he fell, the walls Of store falling m
him. lie lived but few minutes after tba
accident occurred.
The fire j. said to have commenced in H.
store Of r. Wood Perry, No 60 Magazine
street. The store was occupied by House
furnishing articles, stoves, oil, &c
The store Of a. Delagrave & Co.. M
I'll Magazine street, was burned Ii WI.
occupied a. liquor store.
The store No 81 Magazine street. was
burned. 1t was occupied by Burrows q
Ostrom, a liquor store, and BY Sosthepe
Thomas.
a. H. Addison 4 Co., No. 81 Natcbez
street, and J. Iii. Head, No. Is hatcher
street, were next burned out. The above
three stores were principally occupied as to-
bacco stores
The Canal Bank, which is on one corner
Of Magazine and Natchez street, was much
scUrched on the outside but the inside i pot
damaged
While the fire was raging the sparks flew
about in profusion, and window in one Of
the stores below the Canal Bank, being ac-
cidentally open, a crate filed with straw.
near the window, caught fire, and soon The
fire ragged in q new place
The store Of Morphy 4 Nevius, No. 81
Magazine street. was burnad. 1t was an
auction and commission store.
Nos. 65 and 53 Magazine street were oc.
cupied by III. Nj Barlow & Co. and J. ID.
Burger, one Of the upper stories being oc-
cupied BY r.. B Sykes One Of these
stores. No 53, was owned by Mrs. Berry.
Of New York, and was insured in the Home
Mutual Insurance Company for ten thousand
dollars.
The large tobacco warehouse Of G. & G.
B Tate, No 34 Natchcz street, was entire
y destroyed. They lad On hand very
heavy stock
The large brick building in the rear Of
and belonging to the Canal Bank was near
ly burned up.
No. 81 Magazine street was the well
known auction store Of IL. B Sykes. Il
was utterly destroyed
4 vacant lot row interyened on one side,
and the high walls Of the new stores Of A.
IL. James prevented any further progress Of
the flames in that direction
The iremen worked nobly, and deserve
great praise AT I'D O'Clock this morning
they are still engaged III pulling down the
tottering walls and pouring water in the
smouldering ruins. But little property in
the buildings was saved, and the loss must
b. very heavy [N o. Pic, 16th nh
The champions of The UnirerSak Re-
PHbktc'' had grand celebration in New
York on the 9th Of February, the ami
Fersary of the French Revolution in 1913.
Flags, music. toasts. speeches and wine we're
the order Of the day One Of the orators
gave A. the objects of the "Repu5ligue
TntuerSelte III
No more government
mo more clergy
mo more standing army
"All governments become sooner or later
''All clergy preach in favor Of slavery
and ignorance.
"All armies serve the ambition and cruel
ty Of tyrants"
The President Of the meeting gave:
The abolition of royalty in Europe.
"The abolition Of slavery in America"
An orator took up his toast and expatias
ted upon it.
These refugees from the despotism Of the
Old World. not content with the liberty
which this country affords. are going to work
to teach Us what genuine freedom j. They
will bestow upon us the real article The
freesoilers, they say, are the only party fit
70 associate with and with them they will
unite and reform this deluded country SO as
70 make it worthy Of place in the Re
PnJLiqne Dnircrselle."
Richmond Whig.