The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-30

The hinge pile OF ruins caused by this fearful
disaster con linus as unapproaC liable ever
Iyeu with all the assistance afforded bv the
la q heavy rains. and the continuous streams
OF ,r1ter VII Cd are poured on them on ali
parts from the mains by night aud day, the
heat they give of - o in tense that il Is i'm
los ,ible to penetrate hey oud 4 few yards III
side the hlacksued walls from the land side
NDthIag dare spprO ca them from the river,
II the centre several large cellars O! oil ard
&. Ipgv ora bI ug as fuT,CuSly as ever The
glare of these Itraes, which are unseen dur
ing the day, >hIles las brightly as before
with night laii when, OF CouTsa, the alarm IS
spread that the fire has again started oaa
fresh career Of destruction. There is, how
ever, We are happy 10 say, not the least dan
e-rot such additional loss. All the ruins on
the outskgrts except. as we have said those
next The 1--WE are not only cold, bat well
sl'ur ,t-i win water.
The burulag ceiIors in the centre, which
cannot ne reached must bnrn Themselves out,
and. from what IL known of their con tents, "a
long time must eispse before this takes pl &c.
II they ara lett 10 tncm 50 Ives Inc chiefs OF
rne b i<tGA. aoTeyer, are Of opinion that in q
q " or 40 more they viii be- abla 70 get the
hose sufficiently flrW ard TO reach egsn thes7
cen res OF fire; ana II so, we may soon hope
10 500 tha last ON hers OF this tremendous con
Ii grafton eutluEuished. The cellar tun al
t&!loE. beneath the warehouses, which lean
81 f"erfuIiv over the spot where Mr. y aid
woods DO " w-aS discovered, has almost bL1rt
It eli = way. Sine VI lndtv evening the hose
OF n rec engines IS been pouring In streams
~ Oao end AMI driving the greatest mass OF
Il - con fLs out n 'h- Oth"T, in ths cen irss
CT IN ruins. where IL is imp eut for rnr7her
mischief so great has been the aantity OF
water poured in here, thdt the vaults have
Seeu almost Il 'oded, aud an immense qu9Hti-
~ OF Inc melted tallow hOated completely
out.
The body OF flames ut this point is now so
much reduced that he firemen have been en-
ablsd 10 advance FAR enough 10 reach with
wafer the walls NJ the end Of the vault,
thruush the aperture OF which the mass OF
ime has been pouring since Saturday after
noon, and which are therefore almost white
with heat Tremendous clouds of steam are
thrown off here 70 the jets of the hose fall
upon he brick work Unfortunately, how
ever, this side of the Warehouse is as mich
out Of The perpendicular as the front, and IS
sill cartiiu 70 become us the mass OF brick
work contracts In cooling; that, even - hen
the IRE is entirely pXtinguiShed. the Immi
nent danger viii prevent the spot being used
as Il base OF op .ratlOus for penetrating FUR
Their towards the centre, where tha great
vaults sun boil and Iiame unchecked. Adj
joining tue cellar Whi'h has thus been par
tI2iiJ extlGguiSh Al i another. stored entirely
wifh lard and bacon. This has never bean
on fire. thou h 10 judge from the hot ats of
steam that have b-en issuing from The loop
holes since Sunday, the contents mast have
bean as et-c.u lily oyerdoue if the flames
htd actu ~ found their way in.-Llnd0n
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