New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-05-09
ereat Fire in phiiadefpt,ia.
Nearly taco Blocks of6I5etsses IN the heart
destTeBed--I.oss esttgsated at SD {, 900 Y 8

Nearly t,po Blocks ofH5ases in the heart ats City
destroged--Loss estimated at 5000, ,000 $ls 4
PHiIApELprrA. MAY Ia terribly dessrassiye fire
loss il estimated at sa,66GDB0. II commenced in
Messrs. Jessnp s. Moores paper warehouse en Sttlf
street below Sixth street, and spread rapidIy before
and thence through 70 aFkst street; consaIng aIao
all the buildings on the eastern side of5x street.
from North street 10 Market street The Stores On
Market street consumed were occupied aa tolows:
Messrs BagIey, Woodward y Co., grocersf Filcox,
Rogers & Pedeys straw goods Leuek, Raisin q Co.,
boots and shoes Fairbanks patent scales
W 4. Eyefly.s office he new store building By Caleb
Cope; Wm. ". Knights hardRare store Sellers
Pennosk leather hose; Wieksrshan q Som iEotss8s
railing sstS 8S8 Ss5 ssSAs
on sfxth street the sufferers are H- sheeTaalsF
tailor J.2W Williams, tioner e. G. Sfaae1naksr,
tailor =. y. HoIlings Isfns
ders shoe store; Dr. r. Cooke ggiat john Buels
planes; y D Williams carver ~ zKell
GERS Robert MsKenley, conveyaneer Fisher
sBrotilsr paollsh H. G Peterman y hotel Be s.
fsam IS perta5aery Waborn " cor f,avEIs
tEimrangs Mrs. Warm i EobeEt GIarks
Host Of the houses 0n Sixth street Wege also
part a aHE Fsry fraflitgs
street. srfEerers Davis,
/ paRsr ~ assss Jena TencE
saee asaP, q Ayeaer z 5aSasas
Mers Jesst I Moor is sisls irs
and five adjoining iweslir yYsTs ceI san3,sI. "A
a hu!nosHfot NJ III dwellings on Eestssae Of Sixth
| Farmer street, were dessYoVed
The fire also crossed MarEst ssseet Esi5ys sixth
street consuming g. ths aTpsr rass 81 Ely
Brothers boot and shoe store.
The sparks also get fire to Tie Jill ssoss III essrs
John Richie Il Son. on Ghesnnt street, above Se9sntf
The roof is damaged and the contents were raoBaiy
removed. y. S5{sgs ss $5sa Il
The loss is very heavy but i is supposed 70 be
mostly covered by insurance. Very ltsie stock rms
saved from the Market street stores the flames spread
| 50 rapidly. 5s$4s=
John r. Croft, a fireman, and one Of the Mexican
volunteers was killed BY the falling Of one Of the
missing and supposed to have been crushed. Several
persons are reported injured,
The new store belonging TO Caleb Cope had BEEN
leased to Messrs Truitt b Brothers, who had some
s25, 600 worth of hardware stored in it. Tie build
ing wasTalued at 400. On ST. james street west
Of Sixth street, number of small! dwellings, Ger
man tavern and large belonging e the
During the fire. James BaEtleys8a member of the
Franklin Hose Company, was stabbed IN an aafsy
with the MoyaIneTsing Hose The latter company:
out by the Chief Engineer. BARLEY is not expected
Ito survive. 54G isF Ss & gss5 egS5 ss$a$f
Large FIRE at Ncw% York. !,
NEW YoRK May 1.-The New York and New HaS
ven Railroad Depot. on Centre street was partially
i barnt this morning. IT was immense structure,
covering four blocks of ground. large number Of
small houses were also destroyed. Loss considerable
!: 5E#ss7 ssCoSD DIsP ATGH.
i NEW YoRE, May 1 The fire al the freight depot
Of the New Haven and Harlem Railroad Companies
destroyed nearly the whole of that part Of the hlId
"A ing fronting on Elm street more than half hloek
ii on Franklin and White Streets The Centre street
front escaped without much damage. The Companies
succeeded in getting out the freight and most of
i the merchandise. if55fazssSE
The foregoing account Of the fire is from the Bal
tmore Clipper. 1t is proper to remark that the Phi
adelpba Ledger estimates the loss at over 100000.
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