Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-11-25
Great Fire in St. Louis.

Our St. Louis exchanges OF Thursday morn
ing the goth Inst, brings us accounts of one Of
the most disastrous fires that ever occurred
in that city. The St. Louis Democrat says
Grcnt Disaster-City Block RRzed to che
GrOund-AbOut 40 business Firms
Burnt Ont.
We have Just returned from witnessing one
Of the most serious confagrations that has CO.
CURED in our city since the great fire which
destroyed large portion of it some years ago.
The alarm of fire was first sounded by the
boats at the landing, little after 10 o'clock
last night.
The city block occupied the space between
Market and Walnut streets, the levee and alley
behind, and consisted of, we believe, thirteen
distinct stores, five stories high in front and
four at the back. The block was occupied by
probably forty different firms, the names Of
all of which we have not learned. We are
unable at tins late hour to give an extended
account Of the fire, and will, therefore, only
state that in q very short time the entire block
was mass of burning and smouldering ruins
the walls having fallen down in different Sec
tons.
The firms, as we wrote them down from the
sign boards on the front Of the buildings during
the progress of the fire, are these:
Anderson Il Lamaroux, Belts & Meen, Ma
Piles, Packet e. Co., S. Sanderson, Scott d
Whitelaw, w. o. Wheeler, S. J. Wetherland
Power, S. NJ. Edgell & Co., q. Clark & Co.,
CITY Hall Saloon, w. A. Jennings, Brady g.
Bro, Simmons 81 Leadbetter, T. b. Taylor 81
Co., d. Ridnell, G. p. Theobsld & Co., J. Z.
Elder, II. Whitmore, Anglerodt & Barth, San
ford & Crane, E. Q. Anglerodt, MoEnnis & Co.,
Corcoran & MulholAnd aud John J. Roe.
These firms include boat stores, liquor deal
ers, produce and forwarding merchants, and
other business. The entire loss will not fall
short probably Of 81, 5000 There was
vast quantity of produce, &c, stored away in
the cellars and other parts of the buildings,
not a 1.-THE of which was saved. There were
several miraculous escapes, and must have been
several accidents.
The ST. Louis IateHigeaesr gives the follow
ing list Of names aud business OF the sufferers,
and says:
IL is reported that there were lives lost by
the falling Of The WALL; this is merely rumor,
however. IL is miraculous, indeed, IL no such
casualties occurred.
Belts & Mellen, wholesale grooers; J. III.
Whitelaw, grocer and commission merchant;
Naples Packet boat stores Office; Anderson,
I.amOreaux & CO., liquor dealers, W. II. Jen-
nings, do; Brady & Bro, grocers and commits
sion merchants W. o. Wheeler & Co, groeers;
5. j. wetherell & Co, produce aud commits
sion; d. Reidnell & Co, liquor dealers; Grea.
Western Railroad Company's Office; 5. Sander
500, grocer, James Z. Derst, liquor dealer;
Clark & o., scale and safe dealers; 5. NJ. Ed
CELL & Co., wholesale produce and commission
merchants Martin L. Power, liquor dealer;
Simmons a Leadbetter, grocers City Hall Sa-
loon; J. II. Elder, commission merchant; q. P.
TheObald a Co, commission merchants; ii.
Whitmore, produce and commission; Sanford
& Crane, provision and liquor dealers A. L,
Angelrodt, Consulate OF the Netherlands; An.
gelrodt q Barth, grooers and commission mer-
ehanis OoBcorsn & Aulholland, do; MeEnnis
& Co., provisio3 and commission; John J. Roe,
Wholesale grocer and commission merchant