, 1869-12-09
GREAT FIRE I'M GALVESTON.
TEXAS.
Two Hundred Butldlngr Burned
Loss q Million and u EnlE OF
nrNknKu

Two Hundred Bufldlngr Burned
Loss q Million and u EnlE OF
DollnFs.
Ftops iAx Ga!re4ton .Sera. ysr, J.
Between and oclock this morning the alarm
q nre Grew ne gallant red antt1ts to The corner OF
TIE extensive wholesale clothing essablisnment
O. Cohn Bsos. Known Is the Moro casue4 was IN
Spreading along the Strand, the deyoutine ele-
INT nt took in ia way Jalonlct Smith, dealers IN
sash. nlinde, etc. l.arns Gee. hardware; Aimed
atse lioet on hana cra'H a9ot nn Tno oafs nsa
LoEch L Co., auctioneers: Salelds 4
g., agricultural tmr.ements: The nne
ans eeeupe 81
cotton factors and COMMISSION merchants; and
the KuAy Saloon.
on T1emonL It nrst toor II. ". Shaw K Co.,
jewellers: Rrinicke / Co, 1ooscconiss,: Rice /
naularh, paints, etc: Roolnion i Co., newsdea1.
ers: bar-roo1 and ralmetto Hotel-thns making
clean sweep OF the entire square.
Cohn BroR IL understood TO be fally inquired
Of the Other sufferers we could not ltarn p1ftlcu-
lars.
Crossing Mechanic stree: frou the Palmetto
Of the theatre and thence 10 the picture establish.
Hent Of Mr. vauzue. E1ocer1 store Of Nj. Hart
sare and ri. land oeupsa s. ns,,s az saos
Games aIc unknown. In tue othef direction ifou
the fheAtrc, II Int took the barber ehop anu theu
the saloon hna boarding house Of Philip Dubie,
streets. '~'"'-
Th- ....la carried spa.ks across Market to the
frame hH!ldiBR Known ~ Glraztin Hall, occupied
thence, It took tue Gnn md ammunition store OF
JOSEPH laoatlie and the large ice bouIe OF s. B,
Lewis K Co. When the nrr reached The Cart
many an oid soldiers nesst to tns % siopa5 T' daJs
AtouCd Elcnburg and FurI Hud.on. Fortunately,
Inpst Of the wara1obea belonging to members Of
ne Theatrical company were sa1cd, anu part Of
the bt6ae furniture
To the west The flames were driven from the
corner Of Twenty. fourth across 10 the grocery
store Of John q. Rost i Co the saloon ana board-
ing house Of y. WelaloH, the dwcahccse Ssouse bs-
lope1ng 10 ", Richardson, the boarding house Of
Mfs. Dasl.ieop, tho boarding house Of Xrs- Coz
foA5. and thence through TO the corner Of BAH
The nanes had already cro.scd Marke, rueet
sWert on the westward, LAYING the cnttrr district
snonldenne91s!os, with The atnRle exception Of
The new lrict occupied os alI. Thompson a. 4
ewelsy tsore, On the corner Of fremont and
To the south all the buildings a. far as Church
street. between Bath asennc and T9eniy-Iourtn
sffeete, ere consumed. and ali on the bock be.
aud rosofuee. ID II .tors tSs oaiy @ houses sfs Iefs
ftandinE CO the erourd between the Strsnd and
Church street and Trc1nopt and BAtu avenues, nre
con er Of Nechtntc TO the alley. The 11ame store
formerly occupied BY Bernstein Co., md the
buildings fronting fremont from Sam Har:an'a to
tue zLe!s 10e lrc btlEk. 0u1 l1St nEHhed. On the
ccr1cE OF TrCEont and Market and tho frame
bulldogs Oh fremont, between Postonaoe and
Church at1eeu.
q, ,s 900. h1t th1s can only be copaiGered aprpII-
Fate The Amount insured By our old home
Union Fire and Martnc Company, Il &A,5 so. We
bs cur other homo company, The Aerchant&' Mu-
spAl. ~ their splendid building and once ATE
among The Epia8.
In The Mercnanta' Mutual 1rsurance Company
Ba1lding. on the Suapd, one Of the rnest IN the
city, the following nrma had their odces: Geo.
Butler Co, c. u. Jo1.lau, Seill Broa ca, 4.
Co., Sid A. c. i ", W. Batter, all cotton factors
and rommt11lou n e1ch1nu.
The 4v1est sufferers ov this terrible nre are, OF
course, the ansller cls8s OF pSpper1y-ownef1 nany
OF whom hare Loaf tnel all, and scme of them
viii ptoosfav need assistance 10 SAVE thttf ian1!-
lies from suffering.