The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-12-19
Full Particulars OF the Great Fire at
GhRrIeslom, q. G.,

FORTRESS MONooE, Dec. 16.-Norfolk and
Richmond papers give full particulars ofthe ex-
tensive cont1agratIon i'll Charleston 5. &. The
fire broke out on the llth inst, in a Sash aud
Blind Factory at the foot OF Hazel street, ex-
tending to the machine shop OF Comeion Co..
Before midnight the fire had assumed IN appall-
ing magnitude, and Meeting street, from Market
to Queen, was "A mass of flames. AS tenement
after tenement was enveloped in flames the panic
became awful, and thousands of families eyacu-
ated their houses and filled the she ets
The buildings in the lower part of the city,
where the fire broke out, We're principally OF
wood and extremely infamable, which accounts
for the remarkably rapid progress OF the fire.
At midnight the Circular Church and Insti-
tute Hall were burning, and the proximity OF
the flames to the Charleston Hotel ard the Mills
House caused them to be evacuated by their iu-
mates.
At one o'clock the fire tended more southwark
towards the corner of Arcade and Queen streets
to the rear of the Charleston Hotel and to the
end of Home street
Crossing Market street, the file spread down
East Bay to Cumberland street, and across to
the Mills House, including in it's destruction the
Circular Church, Institute Hall and the Charles
ton Hotel All the buildings on King street,
from Clifford nearly to Broad, were destroyed
before three o'clock.
Gen. Ripley who superintended the move
ments OF the troops who arrived on the scene at
about this time. ordered several buildings on the
route of the conhagration to be blown up. After
some delay, the order was executed, but not be-
fere the Theatre, Loyd's Coach Factory, oppo-
site the Express office, the old Executive build
ings, and all the houses from this point to Queen
street we're destroyed.
At about o'clock the wind changed the di-
rection of the flames towards Broad street Soon
after ST. Andrews Hall took fire, and subse-
quently the Cathedral, the Spire of which fell
shortly after five o'clock.
The fire made clean sweep through the city,
making its track from East Bay to King street.
The Charleston Courier of the 18th inst gives
A list of between 200 and 800 sufferers, and say s
that the loss is estimated at from S. 600, 900 to
81 100000
Mr.. Russell, at whose factory the fire origina-
ted, thinks that it must have been occasioned
by an incendiary or the negligence of the ne
groes. The Mills House is only slightly damag-
ed.
A message was sent to the Confederate Con-
81 ess on Friday night by President Davis in 1e-
iation to the confagration at Charleston recon-
mending an appropriation in aid of the sufferers
A resolution was accordingly unanimously ad-
opted by the Congress, appropri0ting 5000, 900
as an advance on account of the claims of South
Carolina upon the Confederate States.
A dispatch from Richmond, dated the l4th
inst. says the Federals, 500 strong, attacked
Col. Edward johnson at Rally Mountain, on
the 18th inst, but were repulsed with great loss,
after an engagement of several hours.
LATEST PARTICULARS IN REGARD TO THE FIRE
AT CHARLESTON.
Churches were destroyed, viz: the Roman
Catholic Cathedral, st. Peters (Episcopa)
Church, the Cumberland Street Church, the
Methodist Church and the Circular Church.
The Charleston Mercury says ffty-seyen
buildings were destroyed by the fire,
Ben. McCulloch had arrived at Richmond.
passenger by the steamer from Fortress
Monroe reports the arrival OF the steamer Con-
neeticut at Old Point with the intelligence that
Fort Pulaski has been evacuated by the rebels,
and is occupied by the Federal troops.