, 1865-10-20

A Tannery, Packing House, and Rem
dering Establishment In Bridgeport
Burned to the Ground-.L0ss
100000.

The city was visited Last eEening by anohef Of
those destructive counae1ations which have been
rather frequent recently. 4 tre broke out In the
tanne1y OF HHltans Co.. on Cologne street, west
Of Mau. on the south Branch Of the tirer. at
Bridgeport, and spread to the adjoining packing
house and rendering establishment Of =. Favotite
Son, ted nctnE a! to heap Of tpins.
fore n1ne O'Clock tssring from the IoEhwcss corner
Of the tanEet1t End almost before the alarm was
1f. r., sh9t tS hsa IT, ~ I'D had
tempt to stay their progress Was almost hopeless.
In less thsp twenty minutes the whole bindings
two,sory frame, sd11o0 feet-Was one dsnee mass Of
which made II ecarcely possible to approach
the fpot The great d'stanse o! the tre engines
he ssa esas eopce tee@ eonso nj a
y from he packing hease on Is por.6 fide, Id
Bfse aa 'e % sens 6 s7 i nsas' isss On NJ e.
base, constructed ofbrick On etone basement II
eonsatnsd s9 large quantity q hasreled meat and
names which added sil mora 10 tie intensity 81 ii q
the hest, ecotchtng the nces Of he
assa a5sa en-. I'D sd, bl.s,srins The connsenaness
dissncs The ansy % 20. Il ito efdal paesifion
and began to play hut the flames kept On, heediess
ai The attemrt 70 bar thcr progress the solid nsss
sns II sooSues as shs on whs sa fns1
the ar md the rery wafer ii Their fa1y, a. ii is.
datnipg The effort to quereh them. Steadily, Of
rather with f1tfa steadiness, the fire progressed
and soon It had enreloped In tts destructive folds
heap Of two hundred tons Of coal lying between the
last named building and The river, and tn very
few moments Morc bad reached monster pile OF
ten Thousand empty hafrels, uhfch were stored on
tts nnrth side. Then the flames soated and crackled
the fire burned more hercely than ever, while the
beat from that solid ast-chasTing mass Of coal vas
fearful. ELL gh In the nfr shot the deYout1rr elc-
1nent and dcrcely and more rapidly It pursued its
course ttill to the northwar1, tAk1ng H. then The
rendering housc, thretstnIy frame, 50 BY 30, con-
talntng large quantity OF more fuel, tn the shape
Of g1ease. The fire. ut this TING, covered nearly
ono and half acres of ground.
TWAS not till about eleven clock that the flames
began 10 sAcken, and even then the burning ccHl
etlli kept up brisk dIc which dsded ali the efforts
Of the dremen to al]ay. But they bad enbdued the
fames elsewhere, or rather those flames had cx-
pended thcir tury having. consumed everything II
their path. Then it WIS possible to takc hurled
surrey Of the scene. and ascczta1n -suughly-the
d : nge inflicted, =
$. farorite 4 Son bad In store about 100 barrels
Of beef and pork, 3Go0 barrels Of SALT 600 empty
barrels snd casks and 90 tons Of coaI,
al Of which was. destroyed. The stock OF
materials on haEd IVES talned at 0,000, and
The building shout E7AQ00, all fully covered
by ipeurAnce. No reliable ettt1ste Of the
LOSSES OF v Illtams & Co ,. tanners, can be gi7cn.
but may approximate <s5, ,0o0- We nere unable to
learn the amount Of insurance on the latter: This
establishment was formerly tho property Of II. F.
Buchanan Co. ard but recently transferred to
The present hsm, who were doing m exteustve
hustne8s.