The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1865-03-01
GREAT FIRE in PHILADELPHIA.


A csnasgrstion. the most terrible in its
consequences Of any that has sccurred in
ear city since the Gre Of July. 1850, broke
eat Yesterday asraing about half-past two
s'eleck, ansng . large quantity Of ceal OF!
which had bees stored on an opsu lot on
the ssulh side Of Washington street, above
9Th. On the southwest corner of 9th and
Washington streets there 10 coal yard bs.
lsasiag to Daily & Porter. iasd 10 the ives,
Il this vas the lot on which the csal oil had
sssa stored, T. the arosnt oft~s thousan 4
seysa hundred barrels. The flames spread
isrssgA the greater part Of this oil with al
nest the raPldity Of guapswder. Th.
property - the immediate sslghbsrhsod
csassssf thrrs-stors brick DWELLING hssse,.
which are occupied by respectable hailie,
81 lisitsd means. aud are sertk absut tw
thsusand dollars each, The f,uiliss ia the
sriEsbsrsosd spraHg frsn tarlr heas, Add.
without atts1Ptlng TO ,sesrs even their
slstAss. rsshsd uls he streets. glad 10 ss-
cape from the terrible death thai thre,tss
I'd hss. The streets were deem with
slssa. and the ,sia sss psuring 10 TORI, SIC
such . storuy night. il 10 said, Wa ne,sr
kasun bsfsrs - this city. sons sho liv.
cd Ia the eisssst p'saiszityts ths IRE wsrs
Enable ts escape. and persh,d IT. fAs Aaass
The bszlsg oil tsu fra Inc burunc bar.
rsis ~ streins. t,own Ninth street To- Fed.
srsl, snd fired tbs h.sses on hata sides oil
Ninth street. drsirssing then ssd their
sontsnts, ssif thor has been sf ,tra~. Tn.
hsmes. q the caprice 81 The wiSd. ven, %
me s:restsn down again. and iato Ells
worth, Washington AMI Fca.ral streets
Rslly i've sgYares Of houses. had ihey lr,r
placed 10 roo, were IN 6ee az once. sad
ths scene MAS vae 70 n.ks the states,
hsIrS quail. There were people s.sspin,
from thtir blazing heres. which seatsine !,
" say lnsiaHcss thrir linSe all in tie
world. with 40 covsriag but their nisal
rl.the,. There were pareats sc.kiag ,hsit
tnlldrsH. AMI little ore. asSrHiss thu lass
Of taeir parents; but. worss than all these
heart-rsIfIng scenes. there were msn, 30.
nen ssd children literally rs,tted alive IN
pe streets. Jn.eph II. Ware asd b., n.
SLY. esn.is,isg Of his wife. Ave Slaughter,
snd two soas. occupied the dwelling No
les. slsih street. The srcopd houre beio~
N. coal gard. They ell sot iRts tae street
just as they sittbsir bets. asd Tier. Ties
tossa themselves in river Of sr.. The
faaily became scattered. Ms. Ware had
her ynungss child. girI If .aest fsuI
wear. Of az. 10 her arms. Sae fell. and
issi, c. Willna,. ]. seab.r Of tas
Ms,amsrsing Hose canpanv. saJe des
Psrate Effort 10 save thea. Ke hal hals u
iks ustsrtunate woman. but ks "a, scnl
pslled bs the sereensss 81 n. ferv bIa,t e
leave her 10 her fato sud seek safst, for
himself in fight. Mrs.. Ware, hsr chile
ssd daughter about fifteen Or sixteen
years OF age. -ere ksrned 90 death in the
street. and 80 hnrribly muhl,tsd that their
fsmsIas ein OILY be identified by the pc
callar circumstances sarrsanding lhrs
Captain Ware and his two sons escaped,
bat three ef the daughters are missing
Captain Ware aud his tive ssns we're all
badly bnrnsd.
There we're five bodies 10 all rsrss.red
they we're taken 10 the SECOND District
STATEN Hou,e. Three Of the bodies have
been recognized as belonging to the Ware
family. tine. the body Of . man supposed
10 b Mr.. Jasss Gibbons, the proprietor o.
dry goods stsrs, tis3 South Niatt street
There is slsv boy net yet recognized. and
. nan whose body was found in Ninth
street, q short distance below Warrington
strest. Afragsent sfred clsth. resembling
the lining Of a 6resan's esat. leads 10 the
bslisf that the vietia ~ssa 6resan. The
rssains are believed 10 be those Of Samuel
McAsba,sin. . member Of the Msyamen-
sing Hsss cs.pssy.
A general alarm vas struck upon the
State House bell, and the 6reasa IRON oil
parts Of the City hurried 10 the sosae Of the
esnnsgratisu. The entire Number Of bsild.
ings burned 10 abest foriy-sesen. Nearly
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