, 1864-03-14
OBSTRUCTIVE FIRE.
Eight Buildings Burned-.~6lx fam''
lies Rendered Homeless
: Loss $4,000.

Tau, n,cbf ebopt haIf rast O'Clock an alarm Of
src WA ranc for tho First District On proceeding
n tho amt The 1spmeu discovered the conaAgra-
,ion to be In The block on the northeast eosnee OF
Psndo,ua st.pct and Market. Tbs locality Ia well
lnovu TO the eitiSons for It wss ono Of tbs odest
settled In The city. II ID close to tho celebrated
"Wigxsm "on tho Bagiuaw lot. Tho first engine
to 1Erive, and the one which threw the first water
upon The build1nga was the famous Long John,
Which wss stationed on tho corner Of Franklin
street. Dut energetic az were tho movements Of
Engineer ua11ih and his men, the dcvourins cac-
mcnt seemed progressing with cvcn greater cnezg3.
for before Nntct Gad been thrown upon the block,
the housc, 10 Randolph street, where the nrc orig
IN icw minutes the arc Illuminated the waols
nc1gl,horhood IN al drections and Threatened the
speedy annihilation ofthe whole block.
~ into ply I'll faftier proes: To- ] Of the DANES Vas
ses x snss, Asa Ar * & @,dn1s i.s
Tie origin ot The coniaggration ID uncertain, and
probably will cvcr remain 70. Thef6rc first broke
oE. z @ the . store Of D. Adams. cloth'er. Ne ~
somc tine internally, for the first indication OF Its
presence. was . bnrst 9. fang reaching nearly
mos, nc ,,cro. Nr. ADKINS estimates bis ioss At about
<C,UG, o, which s., ,0oo ta covered with Insurance.
The building was literally burnt to the ground,
a9 Sns
1y cutttd. The next house TO Adsuis', No, st3.
,gns occuIicd By by 3. Silver. hat and cap DEALER
The stock Wna damaged to the cxtent OF S3DOQ the
insurance ia only Loo, No. a76 was a closed
bssher'F etorc the furniture was not insured, bat
1nost Of the articles were removed. Thehpuec WAS
not much damaged except by water,
The building on tho corner Of the street was
SALOON kept by IN Eng1fehman. whose name WIS
not learnt. He had only lived there about month,
The premises were not much damaged, aud tho
stock chiefly saved. On Market etrcet tho honses
damaged BY fire wcre Noe. 80. 81 and g, occupied
by James Mcdonnell, bounding house keeper, John
lsurke, 6addlet. and Cha Mcdonnell, Esq, re-
II the wotcz. The furniture was necessarily much
Knocked about In removing, many cntetprising in
e!vidnas being actively eagagsd IN sacing articles
room windows. Eequ1re Mcdonnell, who keeps
book and stationary etore, had Ills books much In
jured by water. We beliere, however, he was in
sured. James Mcdonnell was insured for $500,
which fully covered all dslnlccs. A stable in tac
rear, belonging. to Chas. Mcdonnell, was burnt,
but tho hoFsce in Il were Eaved. Tho old Wigwam
aleo suffered Elightly from the aqueous element
Fortunately there Was little or no wind, or the IT.
suits would have boon even more dfs.StrouB. The
damage to tle buildings which wcre owned BY G.
Mcdonnell and W Bush is said to be covered by
insurance. 1t would not exceed 81 500 Or s. G0j.
Although luckily no personal injury was Indicted
upon any concerned, still much discomfort must
nec< <ssnrily be felt BY the families were thus
expelled from their houacs In euchn whDsesac msn.
ncr at The hour when they woC1d naturally br Set,
Ting down for the night. ,