The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-30
THE GREAT FIRE IN BA1rrMoRE.

The B,ltimors Sun, OF Thursday. gives the
following account OF a fire which broke ont in
hat city on Wednesday,:
About IL o':iock yesterday morning fire
broke out in the oakum factory OF Messrs. r.
b. Hanna q Co., the north side OF Thames
street, between Ann and Wolf, which soon
spread to the surrounding property. involving
q loss much heavier than has been occasioned
by fire in this city for man, yenrs. The oakum
factory was OF biick two stories high, and was
entirely consumed. From 1t the flames spread
with great Tapidity to tho lumber yard OF John
". Randolph, adjoining, on the corner OF Wolf
and lancaster streets, the large amount OF lum-
ber IN which was entirely destroyed. Famed by
moderate wind, tue flames soon communicated
to the buildings in the neighborhoOd, and IN
q brief space Of time nearly every house in the
block bounaeh by Thames, Wolf, Lancaster
and Ann streets was on fire. With the excep-
tion OF two tho houses were all small, with
ehingfe roofs, which had been dried almost to
the condition Of tinder by the late excessive
heat. The houses we're mostly occupied by
Germans, there being In some OF them several
families, and none, perhaps without two or
extensive machine shops OF fMessrs E. 81. Fra
Eier d Co., on Thames. street. with all their
valuable contents. including six new steam On.
gines ready for delivery. Messrs. Hill &c Rist
had an iron foundry on the same premises which
was considerably damaged The paint aud oil
store Of Mr. ohm Welch, and the ship joiner es-
lishment OF Mr.. Charles Norris, also on
Thames-street: were entirely destroyed. The
Ann, suffered greatly. II was occupied by Mr..
Peter Schmidt, who lost most Of his furniture
and stock, or had il 80 greatly damaged as to
be mostly unavailable. The dwellings, .of Her
Thames-street, were nearly entirely destroyed.
Dwellings, Nos. 2s2. 2s4, .2ss, 2ss and 2s6. on
we're entirely burnt out The Ihs as
breaking out OF the fire, and worked energeti.
cally, deyoting themselves to delugings the
houses with water, and In this manner many
poor families necessarily had. their furniture
much Injured before It could be removed. -
At 1:80 O'Clock o number OF f1remen stationed
on Lancaster.street, in the rear. Of Randoph's
lumber yard, and who had been directing their
energies TO saving row offrame houses and q
small Methodist Ohureh, known as the Ban.
dolph Chapel, we're driven fom their positions
by tho angry sheet of fame, which, sweeping
across the street, quickly lepyeloped the bull
ing. fow minutes later the roofs OF six two.
corner Of Lancaster and Wolf streets we're
wrapped In flames, but by the efforts otthe
firomen only tho corner house was DESTROYED,
atties. The efforts of the fremen working
~ Lancaster-street was to prevent,'n possi-
BILE. the fire from getting to the rows OF
sinai: dwellings, on Harpy-alley. This alley
was filed with small frame tonements. and
the ascendency in that LOCALITY the destruo.
tion would have been carried far up Lancaster
and other streets. The firemen were reward.
ed with success. IAnoastsr, ihames, Ann and
Wolf streets, during the progress OF the 1re.
presented sad scene. Thrown into every
Conceivable shape we're piles of furniture.
crockery. window sashes, shutters and bed
ding, and occas ionally there could be encoun.
teied groups OF women and children 3amentinR
the sudden destruction OF their once hsppy
cato With the houses on the. east side OF Anp-
street, that several families we're unable to re-
rfnpve any OF their furniture save on the frst
'doors. The roofs OF largo number of houses,
scene OF destruction, were set ON Are by burn
ing pieces OF timber, wstted from the lumber
yard Of Mr. Randolph Several Ateme1i and
citisons were slightly injured by. bricks and
buildings. Mr.. Hanna, owner OF the oakuu
factory where the fire originated, WAS 20 badly
injured by quantity Of bricks falling upon
him, that he had to bs conveyed to bis home
in . hack.