Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-11-07
The IsiIo In Buckhannon.

We give below the particulars of the
recent destructive conflagration in the
town of Buckhannon. 1t is taken from.
the Weston Herald. andis the only reli-
able information we have been able, as
yet, to obtain. We tender to the citi-
zens of our sister town, who have been
called SO suddenly to struggle with SO
great and overwhelming calamity, our
deepest sympathy.
Mr.. EDITOR =: This evening our usual
" quiet village was visited by.a most
destructive FIRE. About one o'clock, Just
after our citizens had returned from
Church, dense smoke was seen issuing
from the roof of the Tavern building bes
longing to Cooper & Poundstone, and
the Saddler's Shop owned by the same
gentlemen, and occupied by Poundstone
& Loudin, which was soon succeeded by
an outburst of the devouring element as
though it had been communicated be-
tween the ceiling and the roof, At the
same time strong wind was blowing
from the North West which caused the
flames to spead so rapidly that there
was no possibility of extinguishing it
until the building was entirely consum-
ed but before the roof had entirely fall
en- in, the fire was so rapid in its course,
that it was communicated successfully
to the store-house of DR.. D. S. Pinnell
and John L. Smiths Saddler's shop, and
another corner building occupied by L.
D. Lorentz, as store, then to the Court
House and to the store of Bastable &
Haselden, to the store-house of Jas Null
lin, then to the store of Jos. D. Rapp,
the store and dwelling house belonging
to Farnsworth & Ireland, the dwelling
house belonging to Jas. Mullins, and Ha-
selden's dwelling house, which we're all
consumed, not leaving a single building
of much value on Main street, running
east and west from Woodley's Tavern
to DR.. Spitler's dwelling, which two lat
ter buildings were, with difficulty, sa-
we'd.
On the principal cross street, running
north and south, all the buildings on
both sides Of the streets were consumed,
from the dwelling house belonging to
Col. Brown, which was with difficulty
saved, entirely down to the foot of the
hill running in q southern direction.
The following hastily prepared list is
given Of the principal sufferers
The Clothing and Confectionery store
belonging to John Hurst; D. fuckers
Cabinet shop; the Sherif's office the
dwelling of J. B. Strader the dwelling
of NJ. J. Fogg, occupied by Mr.. Bodkin
also the dwelling house belonging to VIM.
G. Carper and occupied by F. Berlin, and
the dwelling and Jewelry shop belonging
to II. f. Wcstfall, and occupied by Mr..
Lutz: also the Parsonage and the Office
occupied by G. w. & F. Berlin as Law
office the stable on the Parsonage lot,
and also large stable belonging to Geo.
Bastable, were, in few hours, reduced
to ashes. Some of the merchants had
just received a fresh supply of Goods, a
portion, only, OF which were saved. The
loss of property must amount at least to
some S45. 900 or $4,000. The amount
Of insurance has not been entirely ascer-
tanned, but will be about Sc or 1000.
Who, on viewing our quiet and thriving
little village, this delightful morning,
could have predicted that before the set
ting sun, so large a part of our town
would be reduced to heap Of ruins
And who could view, especially at this
season of the year, when winter is Just
setting in, so many of our estimable citi-
zcns turned out of house and home, with
out q feeling of sorrow, as they turned
away with fearful eyes, from their ruined
dwellings, cxclaiming, " there is the last
of my all on earth, my once sweet home. "
At present there is too much excitement
to ascertain, with any degree of certainty,
whether the fire was the result of accident
or otherwise.
A. s.-A CITIZEN.
BUcKHANNoN, Upshur; Oct. 20.
P. Sin addition to the buildings
above enumerated, that are destroyed,
we have to add the following :
The Law Office of w. G. Carpcr, with
its contents, library, papers, &c. Fish,
er's Law office, library and papers, and
DR.. Pinnell's Office, with library, medi-
cines, &c. The saddlery belonging to
Loudin d Poundstone, with its contents,
stock and tools, and the Saddlery belong
ing to John Smith, the stock and tools OF
which we're principally saved The new
building occupied by n. Goodman as Cons
dictionary store, was also destroyed.
The whole number of buildings de-
stroyod is thirty two, including six Dry
Goods and one Clothing Store, all in the
short space of two hours. A. S. i
Buckhannon, Nov. 2.
The following estimate of the loss of
each has been furnished us by friend,
and the probability is that it has been un-
derestimated
Cooper and Poundstone, $500,
mn ron