New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-24
RE ON FnIton street.

EAie ou street..
Yesterday morning about o'clock, the gro
Gerry store Of Messrs. J. W Scott & Co., Nos "a
and 2G Fulton street. were discovered to be on
fire. An alarm vas quickly given by the police
and the iremen appeared on the ground, with
their accustomed aacrty, but owing to a scarcity
of water in the neighborhood, the combustibIe
nature Of some of the goods in the store aud
fresh wind blowing at the time, the utmost exer-
tons Of the fremen did not prevent the spread
of the flames.
The establishment Of Messrs. Scott & Co., and
its contents were entirely destroyed, nothing being
left Of the building but ruined walls. They had
an insurance upon their stock for $4,000, which,
it is believed, covers their loss. The buildings
were Of brick and three e-stories high.
Nos. 28 and 80, adjoining premises, and of the
same height and dimensions, were also destroyed
and their contents consumed. No. 2S was occu-
pied by parties whose names we could not learn,
as q produce store. In No. 30, Mr. Fl. Williams
had store for furnishing supplies to boats. He
was insured for about $40 900, but this amount il
is sreported win not entirely coverhs loss. These
buildings were the property of Mr.. T. Laneaux,
who was insured for eight or nine thousand dol.
lars.
No. p, a one-story building, situated at the cor
nef ofsGravier street, was likewise burned down.
In this building J. Pilgram had the "Capitol''
coffeehouse, at the corner Of Front Levee, and
other parties mad small shops for the shoe and
clothing business in the house. Itwas the pro-
perty Of Mr.. Rivers, who is understood to have
been fully insured.
II is not unlikely that the whole square would
have been deyoured but for the interpositon of a
vacant space, caused by the burning of the store
e.
street, a few weeks since. The Orleans Insurance
Company was rebuilding the structure, and
considerable quantity of material was lost.
The foundry Of Mr.. James D. Edwards, on the
opposite side of Fulton street, took fire, and hi:
loss is estimated at $sOOO The upper part of the
building only suffered from fire, but in the confu
sion incident to the occasion, thieves seized the
opportunity to carry off many valuable articles
Mr.. EdWards's loss by the confagration is covered
by insurance.
The wind blowing from the northeast, carret
the sparks in the direction of Poydras street, AM
the back windows of the feed store of Mr.. j. 7
Gibbons being open, some hay took fire, AM
nothing was left of the building but walls an
charred timbers. Much Of the contents wer
burned up, and the grain not consumed was dam
aged by water. The stock was partially insured
store of Messrs. Cass & Bowling, at the corner
Poydras and Fulton streets. The building wa
not much injured but the stock was greatly dan
aged by the flood Of water poured into it. Los
covered by insurance. Mr.. spearing had sa
loft in the third story, and is sufferer.
The store of Messrs. P. s. Du Suchet & Co., dea
ers in western produce, No. SO Poydras stree
and tbatof MIR. Charles Ledig, grocer, No. 8
were likewise delugedl to prevent the spread
the flames, and their merchandise more Or less i
jured.
BY the falling of wall Of one of the stores,
Fulton street, Corporal D. Brady and officer ]
Scally, of the police, and Messrs. w. Wallace
fire company No. l3, A. Armstrong, of No. l
and P. Pigfam, private citizen, received mi
ries. The wounds Of none, however, were ST
fciently serious to disable, except those of offc
Scally, who was SO badly hurt that he is coniin
to his bed, and is not expected to be in con-
ton to leave it for several weeks. He has no bon
broIten, but his head and body are covered wi
.apsaful bruises.
r. EsThe firemen might have confined the flames
the building in which they started, but for t
difficulty Of procuring water. There being
hydrants on Fulton street, or the Ievee, the
gines had to seek suction at the distances of CaI
and Tchsupit0ulas streets and the river. Numbt
of irenen were seorched in their heroic strugg
with the conhagraton, and their endurance m
be imagined from the single fact that two ent
lengths Of hose on Fulton street, where the gre
est exertions had TO be made, were burned t.
crisp, lying on the pavement. Among those
met with head and neck almost blistered, was
veteran fireman Captain Jack Adams, who u
this, as on all other occasions of the kind,
tinguished himself by fearless devotion in ende
oring to preserve the property of his fellt
citizens.
We have no means of estimating, even appra
mately, the aggregate loss. 1t must be con
erably over a hundred thousand dollars. Mos
the insurances, so far as We have heard, wer,
Northern Offices.
ACCIDENT.
A two horse buggy was yesterday broken
pieces by the running away of the horses
tached, upon ensou,A1use street, and with ain
fatal consequence 70 Tvs occupant. gentler