Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-07-06

,Gssat Fire - ,oqls>,lle, N.Y.
Ed. Lnrgv>fss.ss. Hou1n anS Ass ether
nsu.ts >1ss,reyea- Tho.1ands Of BarYet
-@Wy'sly >,nl Ftopr Burned L |" dec't
81 100000.
The fire originated in ono Of the fine
ldtks of four story stone-front houses on
Main street, between Sth and yt1 erected
" Mr.. Joseph Peterson, ut c4t Of not
less than $ 100, 900. The housc}were occu-
pied by DR. Magruder, Medic3 Purveyor,
and were filed with all kindJ Of hospital
,tores. IL Tao cellar MAS stoE}d "a, eotttiHe
blankets, besides bcdsteads ind other ar
licles. In the second and Hrd stories were
large nusns,cr Of valuabF chemicals and
ilrngs, including ) 900 oyhces Of qunine.
1hcuppcr stories w|e filed with mat
ua-scs md other bcd1fng, and it was in
stfitsc st6iies That ti<fire originated. The
material being vcH con.bustiblc, the fire
spread with icayfl rapidity, and in short
time the two Dhildines we're wrapped in one
shee, of h.,-..s everyih ,,,1 N IT. these no
thing could be saved af,es. the alarm had
been given. The loss to tliS Government
will probably reach $500, 600 besides con-
siderable Inconvenience in Supplying the
large number Of wounded wh4h are being
brought here, with the proper Aedica aid
and care.
\ strong wnd was blowing at 1.-THE time,
and the flames soon spread to the,adjoinng
buiiiiues on tic right, occupied respective
IL by j. r. s. l'fNwn and j. b. Mtllvain \
SOC, a. Ii yacr and N,ur stores. i9ouc time
the firen.kn, by thciA extra excrt.9ns, had
got tic .snastcry Of n great dco,i oyer, but
Al thisltlnc the Iiquodii the storcf Of Nc
Ilyailrand Brown cau3 llt fire, an'! Pc scene
bccarilc fcaltl!ly grad The iia'nfs ctiled
high in the air. Iliglf.r, higher, ihcy as
cei1. curling around (hcli other, ifescnting
"a afcnc seldom wi,na ID.
H. the house occur fed by B1twn we're
loo barrels Of ;iouij $ 200 woth Of TO-
l4cco, 1000 bi,h,ll Of wheat Joo barrels
n whisky The IA to Mr.. THROWN VIII
inon"' 70 Sl'-oooA with onF $is,""o IN
bufancc.
! Ia the house Of ,fclsaS { Son, there
vere stored Tor other parts $1,000 worth
of WHISKY. AL of which JNas burned. Mr.
Ncll,ain had a large sock On hand, the
krcatcr part Of wiicip>Ssa~ destroyed. His
iAs is so. 900 u}son which there was all
III ,hEasAes, rs 81, .s.,a4.
The fire then spread TO the left, and the
four story building Occupied by l.. J.. An
dcrson, as 4 tobacco tianuiactory was next
destroyed Mr.. ANDERSON had lately re-
luced bis stock, and his stock will not cx-
cec'l $50, 900, upon Which there is an insur-
ance oi ! $4,000. L he building was valued
at SCOOP, with moi urance.
The house adjoining this, occupied by f.
Meiiarry, dealer il lime and cement, was
neHt destroyed. Mr. Mcliarry estimates
his loss at $4,000, with no Insurance The
house was valued at $4,000, and insured
FOR s., ,ooo
Adjoining tht was a folr story brick
house. used for btorinr tobad.o The walls
Of this building fell with great crash on
the Ninth strcft tobacco warehouse, damag
ing il 70 the amount of $4,000. This build
ing was vaIuf at $1,000, AID insured for
$4,000
Tho lire T. the right also spread, and in a
short time lc magnificent furniture ware
room Of Jthn Sinm was disc vcrcd TO be in
blaze Mr. Sim had on hand . large
stock ofinne iurniture,- great portion Of
which was ,.estpsse6 while that which was
saved was thkcn from the building in a
damaged condition The abiding of Mr..
Simm was worth fully s35, 900. and he csti-
mates hi' entire loss at $4,000, with but
$4,000 insurance.
At the time the three lower buildings were
on fire, there was stored in them three hun
bred and fifty or four hundred hogshea,lS of
tobacco, all Of which were saved, with the
exception of some forty hogsheadS, which
were on the first floor OF tie house owned
by Miss Wright. This tobacco had been
stored there BY the proprietors of the Ninth
street warehouse twas buried, involving
Il loss Of $l7 ,UvD.
In the al!cJ to the rear Of the buildings
which were burned was two-story brick
dwelling houte, belonging to John Simm,
which was also destroyed. 1t was valued
at $4,000.
The destruction of property at the river
was considerable. The principal loser there
was j. J. Hare, pump and block maker,
who lost his building, two blacksmith shops
and largq quantity Of manplacturod mater
la. His pss will probably tmount to S25,-
900, withmo insurance
Three small houses Oh Eighth street, near
the river, belonging to DR. Talbot, and oc-
cupied by laborcrs, were dettroyed They
were snail houses. and the loss to the Doc
tor viii not be much. small frame house
and " two story brick house on Water
street, between Eighth and Ninth, were
ais" burned. The latter belonged to Mr.
MeGaryin. .---s--
From h.sfrrstF two to eight O'clock in the
morning the fire ragged with great fury. and
the icemcn were unable to sublue the
flames. About noon the flames were cx,in
cuished, and there now remains nothing to
mark whore these manufactures stood but
a pie of ruins. In the course of a few
hours there was destroyed by fire what it
took months to erect and over million dol
lars worth Of property was rendered useless.
The four buildings own@i by Mr. Peter
son were erected by him at l great cost, and
were an orna inent to the city. They were
about the finest block of buildings to be
found on Min street. and we're valued at
about $4,000, upon which there was an
insurance Of about $4,000.
\ HoEsE SToEY. Near Hcr,nu,la Huns
dred there is a large corral, there all disa-
bled and worn out horses drought here by
Gen. Sheridan by his famous taid) arc con-
lined Tho moo, Io,cts I,o,.n l,,,o.o,1 L..