The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-05-15

| ALBANY, May 1O.-About II o'clock the
/ railroad bridge at Troy caught hre, 1t 10 sup
! messed, by a spark from a locomotive. The
4 eastern mar: of the bridge, and broken portions
. f it, now line the banks of the river down t.
.l., :ron works When it fell it was a.blaze
o',I =, >, event It's floating among the lumber II
r,ns top,sd DOWN to the iron works docks. The
flames spread IN southeastern direction along
the railroad track g me mon ugPot'a't ~ ron
thence pas :, d TO Ida III, NC ~" IeP|'
HMM Huuse Six h 81. 're>b yteIan Chmcb
IT. ShaIdnn's lBantls) Chur, N a"d many oth
buildings. are OF lily destroyed = nan pa
one o'clock, Fourth steer to Ion uo"i
Hfb 10 Sta,e, and ON Sixth street to En- "'h 81:
nearly TO Ida Hill, the flames are making err
he havoc among the wooden buildings, al.'o
the prospects are The whole hill will be lain in
ashes. The Mayor sent over to the arsenal
for powder, which, il properly used, will doubt
less have the effect to stay the progress OF the
fire
The flames are raging with uzabated fury
and unless blown A. the whole town will be
burned down On River and First streets the
flames have been ueary stayed. The whoir
suwu is packed up ready to cave their dwell
inzs AT a moment, warming.
! At 3:45 P. NJ, the fire was approaching the
old Museum buildings. Engines were on the
/ ground from CUh0es, a bany, Lansingburg
aud Waterford.
The above is taken from the Ecening Jour
nal later dispat informs Us that the pow
| der is being used with good effect.
TRoY, May l0--A large FIRE has been ra
cling here since I o'clock this morning, destroy
! ing the bridge across the Hudson River the Full
ton Union, and American hotels, Washington
Hall tsur churches, and numerous other pub
lie buildings. The Albany Fire Departaen
has been brought here to assist in stopping thu
condensation but the fire RACES at this hour
3 PM with II high gale blowing. The los
I VIII be immense.
i TE1y. Nav II-The fire commenced Satur
dav noon aud rHgad until suudown. II caugh
in The covered bridge over the Hudson belong
inc e. the Rensselaer, and Saratoga Railroad
! One thousand feet OF the bridge were destroyed
The wind was blowing turiouSiy and carrie
brruiny brands to various parts OF tue city
setting fire to a number OF places. In conse
! onepce of so many fires in different directions
the fremeu could not d. mnch to stop the cor
, aagratiop. After the fire had burned half
block Of both sides Of River Street, it was Al
p rested Meantime ii made fearful progress !
the Fourth, IhirI and partly IN the Secon
Wards most of these being private residence:
ana among the best in The city. The whol
number Of building destroyed Is between hv
and six hundred. The less approXimates TIRE
e miluou dollars. Total insurance about fourtee
It hundred thousand dollars. The bu-iness po
j.. lion of the city suffered comparatively little
IS Among the buildings Destroyed are thu Tro
Union Bridge, Sixth street Presbyterian Churcl
Scotch Presby ter.an, Methodist Free Chape
IL Orphan Asylum, Childrens Asylum, Renss
r ,aer Polytechnic Institute, FRO, Academy Mr.
.r Warren Female Charity School, Union Hute
9. Washington Hall Hotel. Fulton House, al
TROY CITY Bahk. Among the heaviest suffe
2" o.. are Ggulevs. Mathematical instrument III
y L.rs and Sheldon 81 Green, stove founders.
ID The area burnt is about fifty acres. Sever
US lives were lost, among them Dr.. Cary, PLY,
ed clan. and Rawson Hmght, merchant; Some t
persons are missing. A great number OF Pr
sons are thrown out Of employment