New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-08-11
neh Orleaus lailp Cresfsnt
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1850.
G0tal anteltiQeNtR.


Tar WEATHER has become breezy and pleasant
enough. with yesterdays wind there were several
short dasles Of rain. The change is extremely &C
oeptable, particularly to tie incessant per8pfrers
and the victims Of prickly heat. But how long will
this refreshing state Of the weather lastz
FaRE ALARas The alarm at halEpast IL O'Clock
yesterday was caused by the burning of some rub
bish in the upper story of building al the corner
Of Julia and LeTee streets. Damage nothing TO
speak Of.
The alarm.ahortly after nine last night, sounded
for the second fire district, lin the Fourth DiaricO
vas caused By the burning out of chimney.
THE FIRE YESTERDAY MoRSSG.--The fire which
began On Royal street at ii o'clock night before
last, and which was raging furiously at / O'Clock
A. NJ, when closed our report for yesterdays
issue, still continued to rage, and had not fairly
subsidized at sunrise. The fire was one Of appalling
fury, and the destruction of property far exceeded
what any one had anticipated.
The entire Royal street front, from Customhouse
to Bienyle and back to the depth Of halfa square,
was totally destroyed together with the upper
parts of-seyeral houses on the opposite sIac OIL
Royal street, z FILTH Frf fmen, We must do them the
Justice to say, never worked more desperately than
on this occasion. They had water enough; but
the great volume of the fire back from the street,
and the insupportable heat, smoke and showers OF
cinders which beset them to windward, rendered
their best iabors Of little avail. it was with the
greatest difficulty that the fire was prevented from
crossing Customhouse street; and the most unre-
mittng and fre-defying labor, kept up for hours
failed at last to keep the flames from crossing to
the east side of Royal street. So huge and lofty
were the flames, that the whole city was lit up,
whilst a bread current Of sparks and blazing Gin
ders floated nearly a mile to windTard sprlEkling
the house-tops and streets as it went.
AS to the property destroyed. As we yesterday
stated, the fire started in the fourth story Of G.
Boye's furniture store, near the middle CT the
block, ii being the upper end Of the Montgomery
Buildings, the most splendid and costly range Of
stores on Royal street. Four other stores were in
cluded in this row, to-wit: D. Keham's furniture
store, S. s. Shamway's furniture store, G. Dupuy s
| looking glass and picture store. and Groslcan u
Benetcau's furniture store, at the corner. Next,
| above Boyes toward Customhouse street, and eX-
tending to the corner, was range Of old but solid
| and valuable three-story brick buildings, occupied
| as follews v. Guette, dealer in looking glasses
| and pictures; w. McCracken, furniture nlanufac-
| turer and dealer; VIM. McCracken, upholsterer
and furniture manufacturer and dealer, occupying
two buildings above and the basement of one, with
\ =. Ludowig, merchant tailor, in the basement OF
the other Neagle & Carpenter, furniture dealers
and Faures & Norman, at the corner, importers Of
\ wines and liquors and fancy groceries.
| Fronting on Gustomhouse, next to Faures q
| Normans were destroyed two old brick double
cottages, occupied by G. Bright, DR.. james ane
| Levi Hubbell. The rear parts of some of the
Bourbon street residences were scorched, and tht
fire was only prevented from going through Il
1 Bourbon by the lofty back wall of Mr.. Iacharies
property. ALI along in the rear of the houses Oh
Royal street were numerous workshops and out
buildings, which of course shared the genera
destruction
The housea attacked across Royal street were
the two old three-story bricks next below tht
| corner of Customhouse streets one occupied above
| by Mr.. Piuche, and below depot for the Erart
| pianos; the other unoccupied, and bcloning to Mr.
| Harris. Only the upper stories were destroyed
The corner building used in the upper stories By
the Irving Club, and below by cigar store, wa
considerably damaged in the upper part; the con
tents was saved Other stores on the river side Q
Royal street were plentifully drenched with water
| and somewhat damaged, rs the cost Of escaping
| the fire.
Scarce thing was saved ont OF any of the furni
ture or picture stores. They were all crowded
with fine and valuable goods. large part 0
Faures & Normans stock, chiefly liquors in casks
was rolled ont and saved.
It is impossible to give a close estimate as to til
whole loss by this confagration. The building
were owned and valued as follows: Montgomer
Baildings, Give storesl belonging to W. Mon
eamery, 100000; Mrs. Widow Waggaman, tn,
stores. SIS, ,OU0 II. N. Siebrecht one double store
$4,000; Or. P. A. Lambert SIS 600; 7. G. Rey
| $4,000: Mrs Lowell's two little houses on Custom
house street, about $1,000; damage to three built
ings on east side of Royal street, about S300t
Total Sill 600 in buildings.
, We have not the precise value of the dtiereI
stocks destroyed. That of Faures g. Norman We
about O000 That of Mr.. Siebrecht was aboi
$4,000. That of MI. Boye was about 000
The other stocks of furniture, and of mirrors an
pictures, probably ranged between $4,000 al
$4,000. The aggregate of goods destroyed ma
be set down at s35n,00O; making the whole lo
well on to half million dollars. a large part
which is covered by insurance in the city office
and some of the offices in New York.
We may regard it as extremely fortunate tha
amid the incessant falling of the lofty walls, wi
the intrepid firemen half the time within the
IL
: accident we heard of was to Lieut.. Crevon, W
whilst actively in the discharge of his duty, see
to the removal of Faures & Nornan's goods, W
struck on the shoulder by falling sign and {
- verely injured. He was taken to neighbori
at residence and promptly attended to. His inju
81 did not prove TO be serious at first suppose
n The ruins Of what was so late the finest block
Royal street present ghastly spectacle. Tho
m sands Of people loitered around yesterday, gazi
=. at them in silence.
m HuST FOR AN ABoLTioSTsT,-A number of p
sons in this city having wind Of the fact that amo
nd the passengers on board the steamship Texas "
q notorious Abolitionist, ono of the Texas incen
aries, who had sloped from Texas for the benefit
bis health yesterday boarded the vessel when
landed, and searched for the gentleman. I'll
failed to find him. They subsequently ascertain
y that among the first who landed was lady, clos
veied, who betrayed very unladyike look
waist, and singular masenlinity of outline :
movement. 1t was undoubtedly the incendiar,
''' disguise. II he had been caught there is Ii
ar, doubt but that he would have been treated rat
roughly.
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