Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-05-02
From he Boston Post Of, ai4laayt
The Boston Con tlagtauon{

Efpa l6s BSstpt Pot on 81 lslasSf z y :,
The Boston ContlagtaA ons
About. hpltpsst two o'clock Yesterday aNet.
noon d lite: btokei out Ia the upper story Of The
| lsfsS wooden building oa Battery what, known
yets. This building was about three bundled
feel long LS sixty wide, and occupied nearly all
lie nottlIefly side OF The Wllatf, II was full It's
unnet stories with cotton that had Just been land
ed from several ships lately arrived, and hail one
thousand bales were Oh lie whatf, The lower
s,UtIss were filled with seyetal catsoes Of salt,
ntoyislons, &c., owned by many or our MERCANTILE
houses. The fist iHIMallo1 Of tlis fife was lis
breaking through The roof, aud urged by q high
wind pfeyaillns at The lime from the west, sooll
developed lhe enlite building 10 flames, and CONF
muntcatell with The cJllOR on tue wharf.
FpN Raltety whatft communicated with an
old Two story woNleli building OH Constitution
wharf, the Wppet patl Of which was occupied by
ueorge Matthews, sailmaket which was entilely
burnt, MT, Matthew's stock was partly saved,
though inn damaged Stale, Los about slUOO,
which Is covered by Insurance, The lower part
Of tIle building vas occupied BY David McDaYlt,
Junk dealer, pafl Of whose stock was saved.
Il'he paSletly side Of lialtefy wharf was soon In
flames, aud iHa shUfl spaou Of time lie eltlte
buildings were likewise usel Tot Storage, aud co.
tanned vast amount VI ptoperly, consisting Of
cotton, polk, bcsf, 'iard, &c., neatly all Of which
was consumed. Sons oil tle pork was tlliOwn
into the dock. Several slips were lylngal Bate.
~ whalf-the Phatsllia, lie General liarEy, hirl
the MlldleseS. The two hitler welU lowed ihlO'
lie stream, but The Plnrsnar being grounded IN
the dock, could mol Ue removed, mud she was con-
sulned, SHE was owned by Thatcher Alpgoun.
Tie Gen. barry look fro IN lIer rigging, uIltl was
only saved by cutting away llet lOEeuaSt anu bow.
spIit. Al old building on Commercial streets oc.
cupied aS slOfehuuSe, and as Offices iUr lhe U,
5. weighing department, was eniirely consumed
About 900 Uunels Of lard were stored IN lle Gel.
| lat which II was supposed had escaped.
From Battery wharf lhe flfe spread 10 the Poo
pies Peuy what, sweeping away large Three
story wooden block, lately erectedi divided Into
about sixteen efficient Sotes. Tie owntt u THIS
building we did nOt learn, but suppose IL was
owned by the company, From this tie Ite conf
muncated with the toll house or the fetfy, which,
with lie drop, was entilely consumed
The ltU piIISued It's course to LiNcoln'S wharf,
burning ali before Il. All the buildings On this
wharf were destroyed, alll large coal and wood
wharf, tic property VI Noah Lincoln, il, We
gained tue following es among the sufferers on the
Lincoln whnrl,-M. r. Delallo & 20, loss S200D
-insureJj I, H. GhsSe, liNwure and stove deaetj
NasOn q Cleveland, blaCksmiths; Qnipley Il Nc.
Kenny, Junk dealers, loss S20U0. Noah Lincoln,
j., wood aud coal, eSlGnSiyej 9. II. & q. w.
Jones, liquor store; Lewis & Wolreir, eating
house; Il a. VOSl " Co, los Sl2OO-inSutei; J.
@, Nichols, EaslpUrt buckets. There wpte many
oillers, whose names nor The amount OF Whose
Losses we could not lgatl Many Of The buildings
were occupied as slOEehoUSes, Of tile contents OF
Which but Il Slnnll potion was saved. Many yes.
sells lay al the WHAT, aud great eSctions wete
nlade to save llsIll. The slip Dina, brig Pawn,
SclIOullet Oregon, OF Saco, aud several othels,
were victims IL lie flames, Tie snnIs anil rigging
were entirely burnt lion the DiaIn and her lull
Nety Uadiy lanaseI. The slip Is owned by lien.
y Lincoln y Go. Tile Fhwn was towel ouI Into
lhe tlNeE wIlIe On HE, and there lie fumes wete
distinguished with much difficulty. Thu shins Il,
y. UliGl, Caspian, Uhamplain, John lIet,tani, and
Ourqne William Il. Chandler and others cut tlleit
lasls aud dIiled away from danger before The wiml,
u weTe taken oil by low boats. SO iapll was tho
llte ot LincOln's wharf, thai The lIte u0gnes,
which hal been 'uliOne there, hal 10 benhaIdOl.
Gu. Chelsea euglne, No. 2, was burnt wlete she
Stood, al Nos. and l3, OF llOsiOn, were badly
lnlnTtdi PelklnS, No, 9, Snuil IIo3tOn, was bldly
buIhi, Uht was takeli Un bond thu ship Diana aud
placed where Tue lite did not raach and escaped;
No 3 was likewise much Scotched. We hear
llial several VI ilIv hfeMGn we much burnt, but
hope luz Sl0ty was unlOunlcd, Tie ltcmen were
ftSuiaI fOll Iclt IIUrllOlS position by boats (rUm
asplnwnllS mast yafJ, manned by his apprentices,
who deserve much GIell for lllcit oct.
We have never seen o time when The lfetepnH.
ment deserved mote credit for its lSettions, 10
say they worked Ike men Is the best wG can say
The ire occupying on area Of more than two
acres, looked very formidable, but with unlailnS
nerve tho iiemen fought Il, and by GO'Clouk hal
II Stayed, They were ulGll by several tubs from
out Of town, The fate OF which IS gwen above,
Tie "SlOUprnluouS squirt" tie steam engine
was mol present.
About twenty four buildings were burnt on bat.
lety what, occupied by Nathan Matthews, Homer
4 Co., Nj Dwight, Goddard Il Pickatd pietcu&
Bacon, Fay &Rarwell, CLARK g. lInker, aud others.
The long building on the Peoples Ferry proper.
ty WIS Owned hy Arnold W. Taylor, OH which
lhete was nU insurance.
a man, nnlIed Russell, was severely injured
BY tullltIs chimney ii lll4 head Of Battery wharf,
lie was taken into the engine house Of No y, aud
afterwards conveyed lDnle.
MI. john COOpGr, Of thu hnTOOr police, had q
valuable boat burnt ut the peoples Penv drop
The vessels lying al LinCOinS wharf, heSllcs
llIUse lnGnt OllGtl above, were tho SClUOne[ lObt
Paine, Of NOvia Scotia, loaded with merchandise,
said 10 10 total loss Nv INSURANCE., Owned 10y tIle
Ilas|efj schooner Moses Eddy, Of WlcaSsel, bRlly
llanagtdi hem Lris Thomas n, Mayhem, Of New
York, lost main must and sustained UleT damage.
The building on Constitution wharf, occupied
by NJ, Geolge Matthews, %as owned by tIIe los.
ton WHAT Co,
On 'l'hurs,ldy, $50 bartels Of flour consigned 10
l}Owkrf u Elnands, wete discharged fam a vessel
M
consent Of thu consIgnee-temuiRrd upun lie
wharf Till HE lte, aud was ptOUnbly burnt. No
insurance.
Eight hundred bales Of lie tton on Battery
@hatt lad been sold OIL rhutalay, AM was wait.
ing 10 bc removed by the purchaser. Total loss,
Several poor people wete arrested, last evening,
for stealing provisions on thu wlmf. One woman
had made herself liz pOseSsof Of about twelve
pounds Of pUfE.
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