The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1861-12-21

I4Es Great csnaiessssitk a okssiss-
son. ss-S
The NorfoIk and Risbmopd apsfs give full
p,rieula.s Of ,hs sIIfnsiys canaagnti0n in
Icka'IsstO1l 5. q Tbs fine pzs out on the
lI1tk instAls IN { lasl md ilIha ilctory, ct the
| fool Il HaFel slfeet sStenditr u the machine
sBdb 81 camsiSh b Co, BslNe midnight the
fire assumed an appalling msgnIsude, and Meet
ing street, from Market to Queen, was mass
of fame as tenement after tcncment was en-
xelaped in flames.
/ The panic benpne awful, and thousands of
families evacuated their houses and filed the
streets The buildings in the lower part of
thccity whore the frc brvke out, were prin-
sipally Of wood, and extremely inGamable,
which accounts for the remarkably rapid pro-
gess Of the Gre. .ttI,Sl1zssssi '9EfAsg y
:, At midnight the Circular Church and Insti-
tute. Hall we're burning. and the close proxim-
ity Of the flames to the Charleston Hotel and
the Mills House, caused themto be evacuated
BY their inmates. At one o'clock the fire tend
cd more southwark toward the corner of Arch
dale and Queen streets, to the rear Of the
Charleston Hotel, and TO, the end Of Home
street; crossing Market street, the fire spread
down East Bay to Cumberland street, and
across to the Mills House, including in its de-
struction the Circular Church, Institute Hal
and the Charleston Hotel "a
All the buildings on King street, from Cliff
ford nearly to Broad, were destroyed befors
three O'Clock. ts
b. General Ripley, who asupcrintended tn.
movements Of the troops, who arrived on th,
scene at about this time, ordered several build
ings on the route of the confagration to b,
blown up. '5n7' '..'.s '.',s'' '7.' a.,".'
After some delay the order was executed
but not before the Theatre, Loyd's Coacl
Factory, opposite the Express Office, the oil
Executive buildings, and all the houses from
this point to Queen street had caught fire am
we're destroyed. At about 4 o'clock the win
changed the direction of the flames towar
Broad street. Soon after St Andrews Hal
took fire, and subsequently the Cathedral, tn
!. spirc of which fell shortly after five o'clock.
O The firc made clean sweep through tn
T.. city, making its track from East Bay to Kin
a street. The Charleston Courier of the l3.
: instant gives a list Of between 200 and 30
Sufferers and says that the loss is estimated +:
Is $5,ooc,ooo to $7,ooo0oo. s ya,u B.
ir Mr.. Russell at whose factory the fire origin
o ated, thinks that it must have been occasioae
e by an incendiary or BY the negligence Of ase M
9 grocs ".
i. K, The Mills House is only slightly damaged
It A message was sent to the Confederate Cor
Il gress on Friday, by President Davis, in rels
: ton to the cofigration at Charleston, recon
. mending an appropriation in aid ofthe suffer
: ers. A resolution was accordingly unaninl
/ ously adopted by Congress, appropriatin
. $250,O0O as an advance on account of tn
$ claims Of South Carolina upon the Conisde
: rate States. aJa#ga nj ,r's.la q "a 3.ai,"a.'G
Adispatch from Richmond, dated the ~
. inst, says that the Federals fvc hundre
) strong, attacked Col. Edward johnson at Val
! ley Mountain on the 18th inst, but were re
pulsed with great loss after an engagement /
several hours. s3
% The latest..parti"ulars in regard to tho fir
= at Charleston, FIVE churches were destroyet
viz: The Roman Catholic Cathedral, s
PauPs Episcopal Church, the Cumberlsn
street Church, the Methodist Church and th
' Circular Church. ~ M
The Charleston Mercury says ff;y-seye
: buildings were destroyed by the fire. N
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