New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-05
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN COLUMBIA.

A,6 ocletk n. m. Auy. 25. the alarm Of fire was
given ard IN three hours the town was isa IN asnes
few only Of the buildings on the catskns Oh tne
town escaped the devastating element ias nun
Der Of fre-prcof builiings with valuable contents,
are mass Of nnouderirg ruins. The large business
house Of II. n. Brown on Main street, was 9lo"n 20
atoms by the explosion Of some Kegs OF poWaei. az
the time Of the explosion, there wa quite OF
persons in the building, and i've are known 10 nave
been instantly killed, snd number danserou,y
wounded. The killed are n. \. bIown' NJ I'
Tcomy, Rudolph 10 clerk Of Brown q 70 !, D. IL ID;
Crockr gar man Of San Francisco and miner named
Driscoll. o,. M.
W. o. Sleeper { Co., bankers, Post Once, Tee-
graph Office, Masonic Hall, Broadway Hotel, NC
keity, McCte!sey 8 block Dr.. Parsors, Levy, pa
pard's block and Svsiiz Lem. Courier office ana
Gazette office, eighty damaged, have survived ioe
devcurirg element. 4 large amount OF valuable iar,
niture &C., was deposited in the banking house OF
W. o. Sleeper Co, and Is perfectly safe tne puld.
beiIg among the best ana most tnoioush nrePoo'
No es,in ass Of the o.s of property has been made
but il must be $500 00O more than the ire OF
which was $3.50 600. Many OF those IN hre-prooi
budl ps were confident Of being saved, that they
rem uiu.d removed o their effects but received
and stored wbs. wss brough. to them. The territory
embraced in the burnt district Is a. follows: Broad3ay
from Smith Moore & Co.'S lumber yard, including
their Office 10 Masonic Hall; ali east Of Brosdwey to
Jackson street, including Odd Fellows Hal, Main
street-wth the exception Of those above rlentoned
and the Philadelphia Houee-on the east o. far g. Dr.
yAd
State and jackson ttreets, az far az Columbia street,
with but one or two exceptions.
The Gr, RI ippated in ChiDese brothei on Jack on
street, between Main and Broadway, and II Is sad
was caused by opium tDoker. The WIND WAS from
northwest and blew the flames mme diateiy to Miller
Wiams's large livery stable and thence TO Columbia
street Il then veered TO tie southwest hndswept al
in its course to Main Gulch as far as Smith Moore
Co.'s lumber yard.
H. n Brown was highly respectable citizen, and
a member Of the Board oil Trustees. lie was beloved
and respected by all who knew bim, as gentleman
and good man. lie was formerly from Maryland.
He was buried by the Order of United Americans.
The fureral also attended by large number OF
citizens.
izen and warm.hesred friend, whose loss viii be
nou med by la,ge circle Of acquaintance.
Capt Rudolph was chief clerk Of ii. n. Brown 4
Dennis Driscoll was moer. of Gold Springs, and
was buried by the Columbia IIibernian S)ciety.
j. Nj. B. Crooks, of San Francisco, was buried in
Sonora by the Masonic Frstesnity. he was the con-
tractor TO build the gas works in Columbia and Scno-
Ia, and was a member of the Union Gas Co.. in Sono-
ra.
5000; O. Ferguson sSIeo whiek Wing, T. 900: Sou
EsgtssP ESQ PGeas .sS Fss9P; ss..Hss S!
Co, eeOi Parrot ESQ G. CsrdI sl sScoO j. Bonne e..
9eO G. Bs.,ett stsS Harris tiOS oinz 5. Aver sic.Si
$500 Dse.tn.i Sc coo; Smith Barton sssSi scdsrcT
Marshall 81 700; 3. swain, ft0 GAVE 4SDi buc 2 u
o; Co.. $500; Eagle Cottage fS ooo Peoples Mar
ket s45O0 J. Ehrenberg, 90 800; William OHsra 5000;
c IB Rende, slloo BIsneid, $4,000; d Parker $50
Sciwsrtz $50; Frank Mier Fi'00 Buesnerg 5oo Co
uGbo saioc 5000 colm.n, slocS; A. FIsn.in ; SS;
joel Levy Sop 5000 Abraham Co. $500; Miess Lip
nan 2Oto; NJ scofed, Slc0j Harry Goodman esoo Fsu
ber III Zoo; 4 Phelou 81, 800; Chss Hornmer S2ao Ab
inmb. Gssene $500 B5Ssdw.y Hotel ssco; s.arbsrSd
stVo; 4; 8. Miller ss@o; HsEin' ssG rsi@o; Judge
4 1000; b McKinzie Co.. $500; Corey. $500 M. Boyle
Co $50 BRADY sSOo; W. Shine. eSoo; Hory = sco
Harry Pney $500; Pstten, $1,000; O. Fallon 500;
emith More Co., $500; Earle Davis, 800; 6. W.
spsuoilg 500; NJ Money, $50; Or McChesney, $500;
A. benhsnD 500 Ii. COIlop, 8 oco; Harrison, s6oOi
Dr. PowDeiL $500; L 2 Davis, 100; Brace, e sos
Wheeler S5 90; Dr. Parsons S5oO Madame Gau,ieT leo
S Levy Co.. 800; Lesvitt Walker, $4,000 Knapp
a2oDO; T. o. Shaw, oD0 B. b Bird. 900; Dominiq1e
6OUO; Buddy 5000; Clsnf 300; Richards { geo;
r. Rog.Ts $3.50; q Tabor $500, solomon 500 AnI
i'm & Williams $1,000 Nssendie. so coo; Aberding
$3.50; Cap Rsspe $1,000; Judge Psrbuft, Slcc; o. lin
oIeth $500; Bouruisnop, 1905 Mad DoutEemont SIVyi
Cisuseue kl0etO Guests 5c0 Rushberxer, sloi Doni'
liouc 81 Fiancos 600; Bronqqei nstooi J.nn'
$50; soudry coo; Lsursin, s2o0 Cross 1000 Char
msux x oCO; DAlemter 5000; Mitchell $500 PeohHd'
as 900, Ravoo, az eco Desly Smith. slocoi Roth,
ego; Les,y, 500; j. Csrdnsu, $50; Hotel de France,
eI SOC; C Brsck. $1,000; O.. Morgan 5000; smith
saloon 81 30; HeynemSnn, 8 500; GopenheiIer, $50;
Stwrsencyxer, 1900; }. C. Duchom, $40; John LesTy
a.