The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-10-20
commercial Advertiser.
Great Fire in New Bedford.
,sss BBLS. OF OIL DESTROYED

m. clad to see full particulars of the fire in
x-x B.dford, we copy the account from the
ErTy-
,a.s,ructive conftgration broke out Wednes-
= aug 81, ut noon, in the Steam Saw and
1'.i4, NIL Of William Wilcox on North Water
IT,, ,bsupper part occupiefby Thomas Booth
G~S .a- ss.n trst by Albert Sherman and William
~ on the draw of the Fairhayen Bridge.
tt..s--rvi from the mill to the large lumber-yard
.:i;,ine. in which there was a great quantity
- Iamber used In the mill. Loss on mill
a 40 no insurance; on lumber-yard 50 900 /:
-. RYDER K Smiths spar-yard loss SO ,OOO.
7, ,hen crossed the street To C.. & E. Berstadt' 3
..-.inr mill. loss $500; Hayes cooperage. loss
:1G0l: Pierce's carpenter-shop, Sandford' s
sss;...shop, loss about $500 Beetles spar-yard,
S-stIy damaged large building on Wilcox &
Vssnond's Wharf. in which was the ship-chan-
az. Of " II. Nye, counting-room of B. B..
a,1lrI and Geo. b. Richmond,
an the above were burned almost Immediate
: Wilcox wharf with its large deposits of lum-
-rsxt took fire and was all in a flame al once
A. the vatch-elub boat house, Thos. Booth s
NM establishment, Hayes planning mill, a lot
III belonging to VIM. q. E. Pope, B. b. How
- and. David B. Kempton, Searell & Kings
rsrins loft and Hathaway's machine shop,
mich were speedily burnt
The next buildings on fire were Pardon Pot
u, paint shop, partly burned, and large
|Suisfny owned by Swift & Perry and occupied
!, them, @. lS VI. Howland and Thos. Nye. Jr.,
a. had eounting-hou in the same, as we'll as
y sli!-Ioft Of Chapman S Bonney, saved by the
,sriious eff Mr.. Bonney and others, and Chase &
rark's eoopers shop.
an the above-named buildings were on Water
net. or very near it. The fire then burnt a
seHing-house owned by Wilcox & Richmond,
nj occupied By laboring men, standing next the
,rnsr Of ; 'cond and North, house owned by
hrd R. Greene, adjoining the last and on the
uner. carpenters shop owned by ID. B.
smpton. occupied by c. A & C.. III. BrOwnell,
H. slO0; a house owned by Mr. Taber, (irm of
Bier Tobey), on Second street next, the
usss owned BY Abraham Clifford. Capt. Stephen
srer. the dwelling house of Andrew g. Hayes,
nth and Second. Kings grocery store on
sund street, the house Of Widow Gibbs. cor
" Of Second and Mill were totally destroyed.
Tbs fire. as we have stated, broke out in the
lans mill. in which man was left day and
rht to keep everything right. and the workmen
4 at noon as usual. There were 10 bomb
ue.s. ready to ship by W. Hathaway & Son,
ich were destroyed, the oil casks exploded
Ia loud noise. Two houses were blown up
revenr the progress of the fire, Dennis Daley's
Saepnd street also the house owned by widow
.seld on the corner of Second and North
@rs-
An the buildings on Water street, from Geo.
,sIInd's wharf to Wm- Wilcox's wharf
cud street, from Kempton TO North. all in
arel enclosed by the above. were destroyed.
ARE quantity of oil was rolled into the dock,
ia ,rtiou Of il was burnt. The FaIrhaven
Acushnet engines were on hand and did
I'd service--
In its progress along Water street, the fire
nt 80 near the shipping as To catch the ship
IN Edward. (nther ships were hauled out in
stre=Im.l which our fremen were unable to
sh. and she will probably be a total loss.
oil being so combustible material, and the
nj fresh from the south east, this fire present.
anasuaI difficulties to our iremen, who, how
r. did their utmost Some persons were IN
ed, as we understand, by the explosion OF the
ldngs.
b. blowing up the house on the n. w. corner
Scond and North, the fire was there arrested
rhe Pleasant street Church caught fre from
ng cnders- also houses on County, smith,
inner and Sycamore streets, and many per-
y in the vicinity and at a distance were pre-
rsi to move out 1t was only by the most de
mined and energetic promptness Of our admir-
FIRE department, resolutely aided by our
izsns and those of Fairhaven, that this condag-
bon was abated almost as if by a miracle At
tine it appeared almost inevitable that the
nle north part of the city would be destroyed.
water was brought chiefly from the dock and
reservoirs to the west,-had it not been
|scty on the water, the fire could not have
n saved
he house of widow Maxfeld (brown up) was
|Iv old One and once fired in the Revolution |
var Many vessels were saved by steam-tug
|ny, which towed them off into deep water,
wing her value on such occasions In the
ehne shop of W. Hathaway & Son there were
ninehng machines, ready for shipment,
uel az s75 each. and were burnt. The largest |
soflumber was in the prer": es OF Mr. Thomas
pth, estimated from $1,000 to Sl0,O0O- There
= eight dwelIing-houses destroyed, two OF
s. were blown up. A telegram was sent up TO /
ratOn for an engine, but the order was count
audsi. as the FIRE got under. On the ad-
lng wharyes were thousands of spectators
rat ezertions the cooper's shop OF Chase q
" was saved. thus keeping the fire from the
Bedford Flour Mills. The origin OF the
s We understand, was from the downwaro
(lght Of the chimney, carrying the flames INTO
ags, which caught. and the Waterman oh
oareiy had time to save himself
nehief loss was in the oil burnt and wasted
14nber Of barrels lost is estimated at o,OoO,
N1ue Of 10000, belonging to ships Con-
Roiman, Parachute Barnstable, CowPer,
John Edward. 1.-THE latter ship took fre In
hretop, and was also fred by the burning
"a the water, large streams OF when ran
islm the wharyes and was parity na.o
stream Of burning oil ran along water
: Presenting a remarkable scene. lot OF
Sssd on Water street, valued at S36O,ooo
near the flames the seaweed for covering
'urnt Of, and the casks were badly charred.
whole loss may be estimated at about
.. and much of this was in tools. man
aured and other useful articles, on which
vas Of course no insurance, besides throw
hsge number Of persons, mechanics ana
out OF employment. The Roscoes cargo
a.ed by being rolled overheard
asurance as far as we learn at present ao-
to what is given above. is as follows
nan Hathaway & Son, $1,000 on building,
Iek and machinery s.40O; d. ID. Murphy
John Hickey $500; Andrew G. Hayes on
are $500; Edward Smith fish market S5Io.
not hear Of any insurance on the Oh,
o. it was owned in small parcels, the
part Of it was whale oil, the Congarees
.s 300 sperm and 900 whale.
the most destructive Ere that ever TOOK
= THIS city. The scene was trnly terrible
mense masses of fame and smoke from the