The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1861-05-29
A Large Fire in New Orleans.

The Bee of the LIST inst gives the following account
/ Of destructive fire in that city
Thousands 81 people left their beds night before las
to approach tie scene Of confagratou and gaze silently
upon the awful and sublime conflict Of the clements
The flames swept onward with furious pace, enyeloPne
and quickly destroying every house with which they
came into contact. In vain the fremen fought every
| inch of ground The houses we're destroyed arouuC
them as they stood to their pipes Two members o
engine company No. II had narrow escape with then
lives While they directing stream of water il
Duifys grocery the chimney fell upon them bruising
them severely unfortunately knocking them Of Lht
door instead of crushing them
When the fire was first discovered In the back Of Mr.
Reichardts stables member of American Hook and
Ladder company went up into the rooms above, and
although the smoke thick to enable him to see
he felt the body of man lying upon cot only few
feet from the approaching flames. Failing to wake up
the sleeper he overturned the cot and then dragged
the man with the assistance of the chief Of police
Another man had to be rescued from his bedroom by
ladder and when it put up he so overcome by
his feelings that he could recolect how to get down
it. and had to be assisted. great de2I Of furniture
wasl lost of le to the flames by its pancstrcken
owners when they had time to carry out many OF the most
valuable pieces.
There is terrible spd sckening report of the burning
up of mother and her child in the fire. While the
smoke filling the row Of twostory frame tenemcnts
on Marais and Bienyie streets, and the hames were
licking their galleries and corniccs assistant OF the
fire warden, who in the middle of the square
attred in loose gown in the yard of the third
house of this from Bienville street. haras. He
attracted to her by her agonsing cries o. my baby
my baby, no my babyl' He shouted to her. "cone away
from there for your fe your child must have been
ried out before now She only responded: mo no, it
there, my baby, my baby." and rushed trapcay into
the building. He made attempt to get 10 her but it
too late; wall of fire sprang up before him he
attempted to follow her in and the house soon fell in
As it did so he is positive he saw the forms Of woman
and child sink with the blazing crash. The sight SO
affected him that he staggered back and nearly tainted
at the sickening sight These facts obtained from
his own lips and know him to be an old, experienced
fireman aud entirely reliable At the same zine
Informed that the police have learned ef any person
inhabitng the burned district being missing So fierce
was the fire that it has left little the ground but
ashes among which it would be useless % look for
traces of human body.
The square bounded by Bienville Customhouse, Ma
now but mass of ashes and brick chneys, except
the corner of Maras and Cusomhouse streets where
cump of five brick buildings saved, partly from
the strong fire walls and partly from the wind blowing
a direction away from them. One frame house and
kitchen on the lower side of Bienville street de-
stroved and here the hottest of the fight
the first inroad Of the fire & seosnd square. The
energies Of the department nearly all concentrated
upon this spot and with final success. The principal
places burned Dutfys grocery, Casenave's under
takers establishments and Reinhardts brewery The
total loss cannot fall short of $4,000 of which about
laf will fall upon various insurance offices Of this city
and elsewhere.