, 1860-09-26
The Great Fire aud Loss Of Life at
New Orleans.
II TQm the IIlafupe. 3-d.l

Last night, at about ! quarter to O'clock, =
fire l:oks CIT in harstentiek d Co.'S large
liquor warehouses, Nos. 101 snd 1903 Tchoupl-
las streets, between La;ay elite ard Girod Sta,
running blck to Foucher street. How It origi-
mated, sud from what cause, We hare had no
excitement produced by the appalling calamity
which e1suei.
The two warehouses;, four stories high, fl'ti
with liquor, were soon in hAEe3 from tie
ground Il ,or Of the rooF. and explosions fol-
lowed explosions as the lire reached new tiers
of whisky or brandy. The burning buildings
we're bounded =. the corner OF Is Far cite 1t.
lately flied With -four, whisky, ald oihse goods
belonging to different tirns, and en- the upper
sida by the store OF Ntso:s. Hreeiiow Wurst.
hoff. wholesale groce1s.
Thero IVES no Immediate Danger to Ev,p's
warehouse from the fac. Of thu building beirg
mich lower than the burning one, but the owE-
els of the got d. on storage and the insurance
sgen!s employ ed 9 gang Of meu to roll out the
goods. MeauEhiie the gif3tts of tbs trenen
we're malnly directed to DEeedow j. Wurstholl"s
store nnd to tie warehouses; on the opposite SIDE
Of Foucher street. Masy Ct the drrmen occu.
ried 1ha upper pazt aat rcol Of ths corner Ha1e-
wouse {E7ans)-
dicks atare, where q laTge LOT Of I:quor IVES
piled, aud n terrible explosion took place. Ihs
Ia!l wall shock aad ,otte:e5, and fell With tre-
uendoua crash oa the corner warehouse. ihe
force Of the explosion st the sare time forced
cut the PARTITION wall AID the warehouse, ret
untouched By the 11mes caule down, forming
one mass Of rufns from street to street..
No battle tield, 70 steamboat explosion cauld
exceed the horror Of ths scene: Thsre, undtr
tnat enormous mass Of smoking ruins, thirty or
forty nen lay buried. The s:upendoua cry tha.
arose fran the crox1 cns terrific. l: WAS tol-
lowed by death-tike SILENCE; breash!ess srs.
pence Of minute; and sotue brave meE--hve
or six ti:emep, ~huse names We regret @e con!d
not icarn-rIshtd to the smoking t1l.., clliiu Z
upon others to follow them. There were mary
strong arms and wiling hearts, bus the attempt
WAS next to poss:b!s-hunareds rushed :or-
ward and had 10 run h4ck, searched and singed,
so intense was Tue heat.
The halfdcz.n brave prime movers. nervad
to their 1obls sx, did cot seem to feel the
hest, but went to work pulling cut the hot
bricks and bro king the hafch aired timbe1s.
They were followed By o'hsrs, end as the great
heat subsidized, the crowd Of workmcn increased.
The frst man taken tu* wa like Sneehau. d
member Of No. Is. lie WAS b-aiy tut iu tho
forehead. Tho brave fellow shook OF the Lu,t
aud ashes tGat covered him, ard his words
we're: Tacrs are oihers th=1e.' With this ae
turned to help throwing on: the brisks, hut had
to give up alter while.
Every now aud then, the groans Of the suffer-
ers would reveal where they were 10 be found.
As this rubbish Was cleared away, some spoka
and told thei. names. Each new announcement
was received with g'adsoms cheers, and gars
new coursgement 10 the wo:kmen.
We can 10 go further sith cur description Of
the aw:ul scene, aud oi the manner ia which
the poor fellows we're taken Out
The Chief of Police, Mr. John McLel1and,
was IN the Harehouae and rushed ont Hhen he
heard tbs explosion, barely saving his l;'s. Mr.,
Newhouse, IN the emplay ee the hossd Of Ua-
der.riters, he'd also d narrow escspe.
Many, many mora remain buried Under tbe
ruins; as we left ii sceue, t"o had beea beard
to speak, but could nos be- reached, and, horsi-
bic to reiate 1hey stated that the fire Was burn
ing the titabera underneath, aud gaining upon
th=m. 4 large cToxd /. 1t ~oTI, and every
fart Is m lae to poor fellows. bns it viii
only be lA:e today that tue nu1ber OF lives lost
will be xscsrtaiued. Besides tue number Of
workmen engaged ia rolling, ou: goods. there
were many gentlemen aoous the premises, s2sr-
chants or clerk, WHO had interest In the goods,
! and their fa:a sill remains uuascertaiued-