, 1859-05-11
The Great Fire In Pittsburgh.



fumes aud totally destroyed:
Grf,s,n'' i;rfmns; ca':ain Rsy!s ReM;1o
ft"a;,lf;c. :. iirnl'icsson.
itaa:S Hta;y S5x: S!sx &:cl:ioes. &:eI5.
t'"un'i i;lu't Lewis.
j.ri:; :T cs,n, %na:: H;,s'nsa; Mcsasa9.
They we're all Of them stc1n-whee1ers. and
Hcar}t I'LL first rate boatS-screral Of thcM not .
year old.
The Cremoua was dragged out from her
berth he"rt sfle was fuiry "n tire, but smart
brcczr blowing at tie time, the lamcs leaped,
caught and cnyeloped her Utmost i'll an in
| stant.
| lie Belmont was fairly drawn out, and drift
cd ttnSu past the whole burning mass, without
catching, US tllr wind drove the flames from
ht.r. 1t last, tc HEAT byca,ne 50 intcnse that
all had III fee. She stuck ur stopped just be-
side the j. II. Conn, the lowest ot lie tier, and
| there they both bul ned together.
| The Clara Dean was the next beluS the Conn.
! 4 dozen u.tn were board Of her, and tic
hca; Was already E7c.tcr almost than they could
bear. With p"ic$ sud plauk ks they pushed he:
frum tle sln,e, and the wind takin. her, size w.is
driven III, ut : fearful rate uirr the circun1-.:ll-
cs tn.:utt, TIE tEles uf the Er!alont ull Conn.
| ii this junctu1t Cau:. Eatchcur and Col. Kobt
/ Finncy rushed un board If her. One Of them
made ii4st line which ir had procured and ran
~.
;n'! ni it, and pulled her down tue ieyec out Of
danger.
| III The OTHER boats. which were in number
| some thirty or thir,v-tiyr, managed to
drop t!wn the river in s,'id ','ass. Tic Hazel
Dell. nearly i"!l Of .o'ls, ;"t out # danger; SO
| dlA t:le Ecunuu!y. ~Gsera! tuw boats came
| 10 the rescue, and in the course ot few llIo-
| rsltnts they had all :ot rendezvous below the
| mouth IF i[aske, street and to windwa1l Of tie
| flames.
thousands Of people assembled on the broad
lcHer. .nd al tic engines II tue city were
| promptly on the ground. They did rot try to
s:yc tic boats, for tll:1t would have been useless
| They lad :tll they could d. 10 SAFE the row of
buildings OH Water street. Viii, all the water
they could litnw the beat several tilncs Eindlel
aIl hurst intn Il FAME the wnnd wnrs Of the
! buildings. Every filing was very dry, anil cin-
r~ iew over the space and lighted in showers
on the roofs, setting fire III points. Al
the L'ncs sou spent their lHry III the bnats,
which onc after another sank and sr.ouldered
into Stc:lnlin:. MASSES uf black anI punycut
sm"ke. Tilc wlnle, by : u'e|oci, presented n
gloomy picture o.: Il riaze IF iron rods, ruined
i engines. and sInrkc pines, Which one rarely
*cts l'arllvlcu. The relics Vi ten buatS strrtcf
ing truu! near the Monru5alsc!a bridge to near
the mouth Of Market street, told the tale Of ruin
ri two hnurs' fire such ulass Of con,bus-
tib1eS.
!.;lr following are all the statistics VIC haze
been able to gathcr, aud probably they present
all Tie prominent facts that are of interest to
ANYBODY:
The steamer Belmont, Capt. Trimblc, was
owned by t;eorgc ". Ebltrt, ,.1acob Poe, Thomas
Poe, George Poc and Elizabeth M'El1rc. She
WIS insured in the Mnnun:.al4cia Insurance co.
fur F",""', in the Citizens tor &3,v'o. Total
*1;.'"".
Crcmona, Capt. boy 1c, was owned by Andrew
4rkI.f Nl,p nearly },,1y 1,n,f hn,
made but Il few trips, and was entirely min
Surrh.
The Commerce, Capt. l:cn,'r:ck~nn. WAS IN
oidish boat, She wis "wnrd bS }. X. liendrick-
s.14, l}Avid lcndrck:on. WIN. Parkinson. {.
C;;rcw, Mark Sterling, Harry Mason. j. j. kui-
:!.''" i'll the Clizrn's and t,"|e i'll Tie Eureka.
Total. $>,""'.
The Council Bluff. Cap Lewis, was owncd by
Samuel Lewis and WiiIiain l'il"orth. She was
in>urel in the cit3"ns tnr $>,'a"'. She had just
been put in first rate repair, and had made but
Tie .l"s,rh II. Conn., Capt. Noodourn, was
owned by Jas. Wooihurn tCaptain) and L. +.
NoDtlburn, IF ShouSctuwn, J. &. Henderson, Of
Sewieklcy. Nelson Crooks, Of Bclleviic, Va,
aud j. ". Chambers, uf Pittsburgh She was
Insured for *';.ns" in The Monongal1ela Insur.
ancc Company, for S'i,M'D i'll the Eureka, and
for 81 l,'nv in the Pittsburgh. Total, $l3,5lW.
The Jennie Gray, two seasons old, was owned
by llanna! L. j. Bcares and Elizabeth Jane l;ar-
ton. Capt. Bcarcs was in command. She WAS
insured for *3,'""' in the Citizens
Thc Henry Grail, Capt. McClintock, had just
hrEun III take on her cargo for pikc's Peak.
The ire began on hcr. She was insured for
5000 in the PENNSYLVANIA. We could nut learn
uf ant e4er insurance. She Was owned by
George l.. McClin,ock Captain, and John 1Iol-
lcnhac|l.
The Potomac, uice trim, boat, Of which our
friend Captain Harry N:ss II, command, was
owned By hin, and Jonathan Crarc, Of Koches-
ter. She was insured iu the Monon:.al,rlu Conf
pany tr 34.5h', and in the Eureka for $4.10'.
Total, s?,m".
The panul:, Captain Harry Mason, WIS new
buai isl brought ou1 last spring, and she
htI hrcn very lncky. Size was owned by John
W NaSun, J. :. Frin.le, William, Burlington,
aud 4. J. McDougal. She was insured in the
Monongallcla tur $:.het', in lie Western for
*;.'''". altd in the Eureka fer $:,,u;n'. Total,
Sil ,tu.,,
The James Wood. Capt. Hertlluan. was one Of
the largest strrn-wl,eelcrs, She was oEn-
I'd by Bernard lunug, lanes Mct;oyesn, 4. j.
Nool and Mark Sterling. She was insured II,
tln titizrn% for @i."" and in the Pittsburgh
iur S2,'n.. Totai. j., $40.
Tic Delaware M!i!ua1 iIaI The small risk Of
:,ln' III a portion ui largo "n one bnat. The
sutal Of insurance WAS. therefore, :.s fur rs We
arr aide 10 learn, aud lhHh Wc have all tha;
was insured in This city any rate $. ,l'"', dis
tribnted as follows: