The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-10-05
Dreadful Confiagration at New
Orleans.---Loss of Life.
From the Men ORE ans Data, 22d.

broke out in the fourth story of the whole
Tchoupitoulss street, between LAFAYETTE
and Girod SITS. Before few moments
the flames spread with fearful rapidity and
destruction, and shed grand and awful
g arc over the entire upper section of the
city. In short while the IRE rushed
through these spacious buildings back to
Commerce st. and no8 here fearful oc-
currence, WHICH We dare not dilate upon,
took pace.
We were present, standing on the
lower or western corner Of Commerce and
Lafayette streets. 4 loud explosion was
heard, the liquor barrels yielded TO the
devouring element, fr'ghtful crash fol
lowed. The upper story of the lower
sore came down by the force of the ex-
plosion, on the building next to it, three
story one, said TO be that of Evans & Co,
fonr and commission merchants.
By this wall falling it carried in the
corner store roof and hurled the outer or
side wall on Lafayette street Of Evans
d Co. to the ground With electrical We
loci,y. How we shudder to report the
ssene. From $50 to 200 persons were
near around, and in this building OF Evans
d Co., some ireHen, some laborers, some
police men, some merchants and other
young and old Of our citizens.
From twenty five to thirty latorers,
firemen, aud others, were engaged in re.
moving and rolling barrels of flour and
other merchandise ont of this store, as
there WAS no fire within it at the time
Previous TO the fall of the wall, standing
on the sidewa and in the idle of La
Fayette street were from $50 to 200 per
sons, when the crash was heard, and the
wall gave way, their CONSERVATION was
truly deplorable to behold. Not less
than so persons were buried in the ruins.
The flames ragged in broad and fierce
grandeur, from the exploded liquor bar
rels, and scene of ruins, as if by drama
tic magic, SO sudden was the whole cal
amitous change Of things, appeared amid
profound silence of the awe.stricken be-
holders. The heat was intense, and when
the scattered popuace returned to the
spot Of disaster, one If the noblest and
praise worthy examples of bravery on the
part of firemen and police, citizens, young
and old, took place. that ever we behe!d.
Regardless OF the scorching elements, and
the dangers Of surrounding, lettering
walls, the hremen grandly went to the
rescue of the sufferers, whose groans of
agony were heard from beneath tie pile
of bricks and ratters.
etfort Wac Ironobt 49,
fremen and policemen and citizens, to
relieve the sufferers, and, as one by one,
each body was brought out, the silent
operation thereof, was loudly cheered by
the lockers on. What a sight, There
We beheld friends with their hands and
arms stepped in the blood of the wounded
There we beheId the stiff corpse but mo-
ment before the agile, active, living body
Horrible, sad sight.
In time the following persons were tax.
en- from the ruins, and their condition we
sorrowfulIy relate, up to the latest hour
Of our going to press az o'clock, and we
therefore are compelled to be brief:
Here follows list Of the wounded
those known to have been killed, and the
missing, They are Alfred Coinu, fire.
man, mortally wounded Ferdinand Guer
renger, firemen, spine broken-cannot re
cover, Edward IIoye, dead Alfred Del
aroude, dead Andy Royle, fireman, not
expected to recover A. Picton, seriously
injured VIM. Fitzgerald, newsboy, severe
" wounded ; John Kennedy, badly hurt
Mcmahon Woleteman, badly hurt, intern
ally. Among the missing are Alexander
straworige, of the firm of Strawbridge q
Co., Commercial Alley; w. Clayton.
American Hook and Ladder Co. No. .;
T.G. Barteieau, same company Mr.. Her
nandez, of the cigar store opposite St.
Charles Hotel. There are others missing
whose names the Delta refrains from Civ
ing. in the hope that they may have es
caEed the terrible catastrophe. The names
Of those slightly hnrt, says the Delta,
"would fill our columns" OF those mis-.
sing, the Delta says:
1t would be impossible TO say row many
persons are missing and buried beneath
the mass of ruins, and it would be unkind
10 the feelings of many Of the reported
lost ones friends now living in our city or
on pleasure tours, to give the least word
that would imply death was at their doors
Of the police aud Chief McClelland, we
have to speak in the highest terms. The
special officers and the department proved
their services in public calamity hand
someIy and nobly.
Lieutenant Jacques, in his noble endeav-
ors, was felled by portion of the failing
walls, and escaped miraculously. In this
connection we must mention Fire Warden
J. Adams. He behaved like hero and
by his presence Of mind saved the lives of
many persons, though he got badly hurt
himself
The loss by this fire in pecuniary
sense, and this is the least consideration
in our mind, &C this writing will be about
$3.50, 900, of which one third ia insured
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