The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-08-14
THE GREAT FIRE in NEW ORLEANS.


We copy from the New Orleans Picayune tn,
annexed account of the recent fire in that CITY,
The fire broke out at eleven o'clock at night in tn.
store No. 81, Tchoupitoulas street. occupied by w
s. Wright e. Co, and E. j. Hart e. Co.
The flames speedily made their way into the row
OF buildings on Magazine, between Poydras and
Lafayette, occupied by the well-known houses Of
Martin, Owen & Cobb, Shultz, MADDEN & Latting
Woodruff g. Co Parmele e. Bro, &c. The walls
OF these buildings had been generally thought to
be reproof but they certainly did not deserve tn
credit. Pork lard. bacon, gunny bags, liquors
rope and such materials, when all in flames at once,
are strong tests oil freproof walls and these speed.
lily failed. Fortunately they fell without injuring
any one, and gave greater facilities to get at the fire
VIM. II. Cook Co.'S store, at the corner of Tchou.
pitoulas and Lafayette streets. and opposite Con.
verse e. Co.'S large establishment, was not 30 fortu
nate. The wall fell with tremendous crash, bury.
Ing three persons in the ruins They were all ex.
Iicated. and We heard that one OF them had since
died. We did not learn their Names
The flames soon crossed Commences street and
caught the houses extending through to Magazine
street. Those ON the upper side lafayette street
were also In flames, and several of those on the
icy levee nae OF ichoupitoulas street were burning
Inc nre ragged with great virulence for fully Ave
hours before 1t was subdued, consuming property
valued at about million OF dollars
We append list of the sufferers by this destruc
tive confagratiOn
menc'ng at the corner of Lafayette and running TO-
waroa foydras street, Converse e. Co., grocers and
liquor dealers; Francke e. Danneel wesfern nro
duce dealers; w. s. Wright & Co, Commission
merchants E. Hart g. Co, dealers in groceries
oraes, chemicals, &c; and Keep. Bard & Co,
western produce and commission merchants.
gn tne levee side of Tchoupitoulas, commencing
Lafayette street, VIM H. Cook g. Co, western
produce dealers Gordon g. Foster. -four mer.
casnts; John Hurley e. Co.. commission merchants;
naiaes q Co., produce merchants and E. n Da-
ley Co, commission merchants
On Commerce street, In the rear of the houses
Just mentioned. n Overtop, commission merchant
and western produce dealer; Stanton e. Co., ice
merchants; and A. Thompson, western produce
broker
On die southeastern corner Of Tchoupitoul.s and
Lafaystte streets. Il. w. Milbank, commission AND
forwarding merchant; and Chaa Hanna, western
produce dealer.
On Lataystss street, Kerr & Poincy. aour dealer
and commission merchants.
On Lafayette r., opposite Converse & Cos, J
~. Savage T. Co, commission mefchants
On the upper corner Of Magazine and Lafave.t.
ssresHs, two four story buildings, belonging to M
Florspcs. occupied BY Beatty, Liggeft & Co.. ant
A. Wakor' commission Merchants; and rea
wersAcsss, occupied by J. NJ Savage & Co.
On the lower corner of the came streets j w
STANTON A. Co shippiDg and commission merch q ts
eno y faNr rear, On Foucber street ] w Ross &
90, commission merchants; on Maeaxine ssraas
marIns y.n Cobb, commission merchanfs
~. ~ - ~ = LsIlna western produce deal
chans Grahsm e. Buckinshams. weller AZ.
chants. mer
We have stsssd hat the loss BY Til. a.. !. -,
sS..I mI1oe @ aoliars- OF this about two
AssomrAsSr.-ndor Robert w. Wslker. fo,
mogiv Al RetoynburR has heer. .,-~.-., -.