The tri-weekly herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-05-16

Great f1Te-IHe E@tTe O""t|teS" "''E"S -
= the CityDestroyed-Lires Lost, DC, DC.
-.... THE CITY on FIRE
The evacuation CT Richmond commenced in
earnest Sunday night, and closed at daylight on
Monday morning with a terrific conttasTation,
which was kndcd by the Confederate authorl-
ties wantonly and recklessly Supplying the torch
90 Shockoe warehouse and other buildings in
which was stored a large quantity OF tobacco
The FIRE. spread rapidly, and II was some time
before the Fire Brigade coQld be gotten to Work.
4 fresh breeze was blowing from the South, and
the FIRE swept over great space in an increnio'c
short space of time BY noon the flames had
transformed into desert waste that portion, oi
the CITY bounded between Seventh and :Flfteen'n
streets from Main street to the river, comprising
+ha main business portion. We can form no
estimate. at this moment, of the number OF
bdlseS DESTROYED, but public aid private they
r,ill ce1ta nly number six or eight hundred.
At prcSent we cannot do more than enumerate
some Of the :nost prominent buildings destroyed.
These inclpdc the Bank Of Richmond, Traders
Hspk Bank Of toe Commonwealth, Bank OF
VIRGINIA, Farmers Bank, all the banking houses,
she American Hotel, the ColnthNian Hotel, the
1&poirer bl,;ltiing on Twcf!, s:TAet the D'sp"tch
Office and Job rooms, corner of Thirteenth ana
Man stress; ali that block. of buildings knoT"
,,s .Lr, lin's-Biack, the Examiner Office, engine
md machinery roo',,S; the Confederate FoStof1ce
ep,rtmeut buildings; the State rih"uSc;
n o.d build rg situated 0N tap!'o! Square, at
i Fr .nkla street entrance; the NHrlanics ~
..:1,,;,... vacated hv the Confederate States &ar
I,aDsr!mcnt, and Al! the buildings on that sQdQ:e
~, ., Eiyhf s,rn,t and hack 10 N"iG street; tne
Ho,,:edcfaic a!scnal Esd laboratory, ScIe"lh
street.
-. A. snnri: IN Monday morning Eiehmend pre-
s..otrd 2 >'srlarle thai we hope never 10 witness
.a-ain. The hast OF III" Con'c'3erate athc!ata ha0
1, o;ie. the air Was !urid with the smoke and
flame or hundreds oi houses wel;crlng III = sea
OF frr.
The streets We're crowded with furniture and
rv TT deser, ,p!iUn of Mares, dashed co%n 10 Ie
sranio!eu in The inud or burned up where y lay
Al The Gor"i nnent. Stor' houses we're thro%h
,pnn aud what cou'd not le gotten oh "y the
Government MAS left 10 the people, who every
where. ahead of the flames, rushed III, and
socur"d iumeuSe> amounts of Locon, clothing,
b ,"'s &c
Neu to the liver, the destruction Of property
Ia, been f.arfu!ly complete The DanTille ard
l.;t,rshurn Railroad Derots, and the buildings
.,,, shedding %ttathed thereto, foS the distance
of half uie from tie north side Of Main stree!
10 the rirpr, and bc;wccn Eighth and Fifteenth
streets. eubEac ng upward OF twenty blocks, pre-
cents one waste Of smoking ruins, b!aekeQed
walls and smoking chimnes.
= After the surrender of the city and. its occu-
p,tion by Gen. Weitzel, about ten O'Clock, vlgo'
i6ds efforts were set on foot 10 stop the progress
of the flames. Tie soldiers reinforced the First
Brigade. and labo~eG molly, and with great sue
ress The flames cast on Main street we're
chez. Si tr the blowing up Of the Traders Bank
ab"ut noon.
The f.rn?s gradually died out at various points
as materials failed for them TO feed unon; out IN
particular localities the work OF destruction
went on until towards three or four O'Clock,
when the mastery Of the flames w"s obtained,
and Richmond was safe from u:tcT dcSoI&!lon.
LOSS OF LIFE.
81 We rprrct 10 lcara that serious loss Of Ii't
suited from the blowing. up CT the powder
Iggaoayipe on the suburbs early on Monday morn
;no. The shock was tremendous, jarripg every
house in the city, extinguShing The gas, and
breaking gle.t quantity Of glass III dwellings,.
], is said that, thirty or forty parsons, RESIDENTS
of the immediate neighborhood Of the magazine
we're either killed or wounded, but at this writing
VIC have been unable to obtain particulars or
names. :,
The fire made sad havoc with the saloons, and
none Of any account renamed. We cnu'leraleo
Henry Smiths, Cary and Virginia streets, Chas'
Hunts, ''Our House." Tom Grif1ns, Congress
Hall" The Place" 'The Chckamauga," and a
score of others The burning Of the saloons is
very distressing, as hundreds Of people rendered
heneIess by the fire will be unable to obtain
food.
THE LOSS.
Of course we cannot be expected at this time
10 enter into an estimate of the losses, but they
are immense, and will amount to Hundreds ii
millions Of dollars. -
DESTROYING TIE IiaroE.
When il vas made ltnown on-Ssunday morning
ina. the erscuat!on Of Ricka. .ond was toregone
conclusion, the City Council held meeting, and
il secret session passed al oser So9 the $es:7pc-