Washington telegraph., 1855-04-04
From the Memphis Daily Whig, 26h nh.1
Disastrous confederation.

Disastrous CONFEDERATION.
ALMOST AN ENTIRE BLOCK IN AsHEs-Loss
ESTIMATED AT $780, 0,00C-FoRrY-THREE
HORSES CoNsUMED-THE APPEAL OFFICE,
TWO LIVERY STABLES. AND SEVERAL GRO
Gerry HOUSES DESTROYED.
Our city was visited on yesterday-Sun-
day morning, by one of the largest and
most disastrous fires that has occurred here
for several years, reducing almost the entire
block between Monroe street and the alley
north of it to ashes, and involving loss of
property amounting probably to over $780,
600 Between the hours of and 4 o'clock
fire was discovered in the rear of Messrs.
Cockrell & Whitney's stable, in a portion
of the stable where there was no light or
fire used evidencing that the flames was the
vile work of an incendiary. The flames
soon spread to the adjoining stable, belong
ing to Messrs Newly & May. and from
these two establishments dense column of
smoke and flames arose. as buildings, splen-
did carriages and buggies, and valuable. no.
BILE horses, were being rapidly reduced to
ashes Mr.. Newby and family occupied the
apartments over their stable, all of whom
were saved; also, the greater portion of their
furniture saved in damaged condition.
The two stables were pretty well filed with
valuable horses, portion of which was saw
ed but unfortunately forty-three noble an
imals perished in the flames
At one time it was thought that the fury
of the devastating element could be confined
to the property on the east side of Centre
alley, but all efforts to check its further pro-
gress were fruitless, and soon the flames
spread across the alley, to the rear end of
the building occupied by Messrs. Vaccaro
& Co., and the Appeal, Christian Advocate
and the Die Stsnsmee Des VoIks newspa-
per Offices This house being filed with
liquors and other combustible materials
burned with great rapidity, and the heat was
most intense From thence the flames
spread to the adjoining business houses oc-
coupled by Sam Mosby, Messrs. Meacham
& Galbreath, and j. f. 81. W. Mckinney,
which were all consumed. on the south, and
the rear portion of the Richmond House,
saved from the fire on Thursday last, on the
north which was also burned The 6remen,
finding it impossible to save the houses al
ready in flames, worked most valiantly to
rescue the house occupied by Messrs. Cope
land & Sangster, and by their untiring eff
forts succeeding in arresting the flames at
this point But for their almost superhu-
man efforts having to force water up from
the river, Messrs. Copeland Il Sangster,
Townsend, Wray & Co., and the extensive
Iron 4 hardware establishment of Lowndes,
Beekman u Co., would also now have been
a mass of ruins.
The entire loss has not been ascertained,
but will probably not fall short of $780,
900, Of which considerable portion is in
sured. We subjoin the following list of
the principal sufferers and their losses
r. G.. Brinkley, two stables valued at
$S,0OO-no insurance
Mr.. Parker, stable occupied by Cockrel
Whitney, value at $4,000-no insurance
Newby & May lost several horses, carri-
ages bugges, &c. valued at $4,000 to S.
00O--no insurance
Cockrell & Whitney's loss is estimated at
S5,OO0-no insurance.
Mr.. Armour, building estimated at S10,-
500-insured for 900.
A. Vaccaro & Co, grocers and liquor
dealers, stock estimated at $50 ,000-insur-
ance SO, ,000-small portion of stock saved.
Appeal Office saved most of printing ma
terIals and stOck--lost their Job Office, in
sured for s., 800
German paper sared nearly everything.
but somewhat damaged by removal
Christian Advocate {Metbodist) lost their
entire office Insured for So, 600, including
one large Adams press.
Sam Mosby, two buildings estimated at
SIS 900, insured for $4,000 Stock of
groceries light and mostly saved-insured for
So, 500.
Meacham q Galbreath, grocers and pro-
duce dealers, had a heavy stock mostly saw
ed in damaged condition-insured for SS,-
| 000
j. F. & j. w Mckinney, furniture deal
ers-stock estimated at SIT 900, partly saw
ed in damaged condition-insured for
| $4,000.
Messrs. Copeland & Sangster, and Town
send, Wray & Co.. had their stocks consd
erably injured by removing and water, but
are amply insured to cover all damages.
Mr. Slower, who was burned out at the
Richmond House last Thursday, but was
temporarily occupying the back portion that
was saved is quite sufferer in this fire,
having been burnt out twice in less than
week. We did not learn the extent of the
insurance, but it amounts to between $780,
600 and 100000 and is divided between
the Memphis Insurance Company, the two
Nashville agencies, the Ktna, Hartford,
Connecticut, and the Home Insurance Com
pany, New York City
Obsequies of Poole, the Prize