Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-12-19
THE FaREAr CHARLESTON
Extent Or NE DessEsc.ioa-- sssea Million
Doi,sss Dcswoyed--fh CofedrHtes
Vote Relief. ~ - ~ - y

FoRTREss MONROE, Dec. 16.-Ncrfolk
and Richmond papers give full particulars
of the extensive confagration in Charles
tom south Gsroiina Fire fire broke out
the uth, inst, ina sash and blind factory
al the foot Of Halle slrea, extsIlding 70
the machine shop of Cameron d Co. Be-
fore midnight the fire had assumed an apall-
ing magnitude. and Meeting street. from
Markef to Queen. was : mass Of fianses.--
As tenement after tenement was enveinpcd
In flames. She panic becnme awful. and
thousands of families evacuated their
houses and filled the streets. The build
ings in the lower part Of the city. where
the fire broke out. were principally of wood
and extremely inhamsble. which accounts
for the 'emarkably rapid progress Of the
fire. ~ d,.fsget, if,tt.. ,t,sai.G ,a.,syJ
At midnight the Circular Church aud
Institute Hall were burning. and the Prox.
unity of the flames to the Charleston Hotel
and the Mills House caused them to be e.
vaeuted by their IiHmaxes.-i Al one o'clock
the fire, tended more southwasL tow arsts
the corner of .Archdale and Queen streets,
to the rear OF the Charleston Hotel. aud to
the end Of Home street. Crossing Market
street. the fire spread down East Bay to
Cumberland street. and across to the Cir
,cular Church. Institute. Hotel and the
Charleston Hotel. All the buildings on
King street. from Z lifiord nearly to Broad.
were destroyed before 3 O'clock ~
p" Gen. Ripley. who rsuperintendedH the
movements OF tbe,ttoops. who arrived al
the scene about this time, ordered several
buildings on the route of the conhagratior
to be blown up. After some delay. tbs
order was executed, but not before the the
atre. Llayd's coach factory opposite the ex
press office, the old Executive building
and all the houses from this point to Queer
street. had caught fire and were destroyed
AT about O'Clock the wind changed the
direction Of the flames towards Broa1
street. Soon after ST. Andrews Hall tool
fire. and subsequently the Cathedral. ths
pire Of which fell shortly alter ) o.,
clock.
The fire male clean sweep through the
city. masking It's track from East Bay Il
King street. f-e
lie Charleston Courier OF the I3tl
inst, gives the following list of betwees
zoe and 800 sufferers. and says that tn.
loss is estimated at from So. 100000 I.
q. OOO. oOo- aa s n'-
Mr.. kussel at whose factory the FIRE orr
ginated. thinks that it must have been &c
casioned by an incendiiry or the negligence.
Of the negroes. The Mills House is only
slightly damaged.
A message was sent to the Confe,lcrat,
Congress on Friday night by the President
Davis in relation TO the confagration a
Charleston. recommending an approx IRA
ton in all OF the sufferers. y resolution
was accordingly unanimously adopted b.
thet Congi ess. app, OPP iasing 5000. 600 A. al
advance on account of the claims Of Souti
Carolina npon the Confederate States.
The Churches destroyed were the Ro
man Catholic Cathedral, ST. Peters Epis
copa.p Ch,rcb. the Cumberland Stree
Church, the Methodist Church and tI,'
Circular Charch. M
The Charleston Mercury says fifty -seye,
nuildinges were destroyed by she sre.