, 1870-12-30
GREAT FIRE IN FLORIDA.
4 l.nFee Number OF 1futldtngA
Destroyed In Observation-Disclosures

on both sides OF Bay street AND the |
outh side Of Foreyth street, between Pine and |
buildings on the latter street.
About ~ o'clock. 3 woosen building
ituated on the wharf. directly behind and |
with Davis 1 Drew's
'u1nitu,e warehouse, Eas discovered
buse as x.s ans aaea apns1 se ND .
ory ty Davia i Drew, and WAS filled with fur /
nitlre, moss, and other articles. The lower
etoly was used by J. n. FairbAuke Il Co., and |
By MI. ". II. Drew "a stoEehouse, and vAa
alied With lime, cement, hair, plaster, hay,
md other .1t'clss. A9jonlDg this ~ building
about $50 tons Of ice. In leas than
fifteen minutes the furniture store and the
store Of J. n. Fairbanks i Co, and the
building occupied up stairs BY the Florida
Union office, and down atslrs BY Spencer.
which sp.ead 80 rapidly that it wae impossible
10 save my Of the contents: These buildings
we1e of brick, txo-stories higt.
The wind, fortunately, Was light; but 1t
blow from the south, EARRING the flamea
ac1oss Bsy-atteet to the wooden buildings on
tho opposite ride. From the Cniom Office the
tise spread to S. i. Hubbard's stors, filled
with large stock OF hardware and house,
keeping material, and his warehouse and tin
shop in the Iear then to polks new build
ing, occupied on the lower door BY A. y.
face a. a grocery. storo. and By Mator Hol-
lie second story Wa occupied by Tue Freed
mems Buetau Office, and in TIE third atcry
was large hall where Professor
I,ailey's theatrical scenery stood.
No1t to this building. .Vcso small
TSsas9 Tsss r.d sasss .ss seupss Gxpss d B. Sa II
Berlack and by ". S. Dodge, rs auctioneer
stores. which were swept away, Al we'll as
several large wooden warehouses and ssverA!
hundred colda OF fire-wcod piled upon the
wharves. The wharvea were entirely destroy
ed At THIS point. It seemed fe5 forne time
Impossible TO save Mr.. Hoeg's 3ne now At
lAnt1c Dlock, which wzs separated by only
narrow paeeage-way from Dzialgnskia auc-
ton room, but by the strenuous exertions OF
the fi1emen and cttizens, With water passed
mp in buckets. and nd n, two streams from The
tho are CHECKED In that direction 4
Toward the west, the fire spread rapidly
Block, occupied on the lover floor by Hon L
FfeidenburB, and MF. potsdamer, Is cloth
ing store, ard Smith 4 brother ~ I grocery.
The second story was occupied as furniture
warehouse by ". H. Hubbard This building.
with tie structures and vhatves IN the rear,
wns entirely destroyed, and the tlAmes attack
I'd the splendid new thsec-story building
belonging to Metsre. Ross l. Hazeltine,
known 4a Mason1c Hall, swelling over the high
roof and lapping around the corners in Tain
enorts to gain hold, but the solid brick walls
and iron shutters resisted the attack, and,
though the building Was for long time in in.
minept danger, it was finally saved.
On the opposite side Of the street, the flames
from the Union office seized upon the wooden
building Owned aud occupied b. T. s. Eelle az
a general dg goods and grocery store, and
Hoodsn buiidngs On .hst ede I Of tho feH street, IT,
from Wetschen'a brick store. near Laura
street, 10 the corner Of Pine street, and, ex-
tending back, ewept away several buildings
on the south side Of Forsyth street, including
Mrs. D.. Jonea' house and millinery store,
and Frank HeTa1d'e stable, building
Bank building, in process Of erection,
narrowly escaped destruction, aud tho st.
Johns House, the Magnolia House, and other
baildings On the north side OF the street were
only eared by the st1enuoua exertions of the
oeeupsnts in sxtinga,sh.EE SPARKS and westing
about 0 O'Clock, and drove large volumes OF
sparks upon the Esar Of the city, endange,ing
the houses half mile away. and causing the
owners to mount the roofs with water bnckets
ard blankets. Several houses some distance
from the main fire were lgnised but quickly
e1tipguiHhed.
The flames appeared 20 suddenly In the i'm
mediste rear Of the Union Office. and came
pouring through the back cfice windows 80
quickly and fiercelv thai no time WAS allowed
in which to remove the maternal, though ssv-
tEal fEs. msn sna we're engssed At The tine in the
the books and pstArs in the editorial room.
! we're secured, but ths furniture. s espils ID.
eludins valuable ,libEaIs: slsak fur.
1ost R'afe In sss se business e oes tbe Esfs ,s
(who was himself ecorched in tha 1nT n5Tncess
eucceedea in h8 pce2n@t fs%ose ny liz ot
Valuable contents Of the safe, which ven
dc"n With the ruins- The entire contents q
the office were burnt. Ono or two losket
forme and few cases Of type were removed
from the ccmposition room. All the rest 0;
! the property. including . very valuable amour
bindery, was lost.
]; 1t is impossible, ~ yes. 10 ascertain e1setls
the amount Of loss suffered BY different iudi.
! v7duals, but the following is general esti,
/ mate: Measrs. Hall, Ross L Haze1lTne, dam.
aged to the extent Of about 81, 1oas SUE
tanned by the occupants Of storoe and oficee
!; IN Removing xnl losing goods and furniture,
about 81 .0e0 Holmee' Block and the nton
building, owned by T. O. Holmea loss
/ about s12,0 900; insured for a5,5o0; Smith
+, Bsos., Hoeefs, loss about 5000; In
i about =, 600. insured for al0.0o0: J. Pots
damer. clothing, 1oss about q, QUO, insured
! fer $500: J. r. Fairbanks Co., loss abont
! $4,000, insured for S9,000: r.. ii. Hubbard
! i Co.. furniture. loss about SIC, 900, insured
for 5000: II. ". Drsw. lime, cement, hsr,
DC, in warehouse. lo=s. ii. 900, ice a2,o0o. 40
I, ineutance: Davis i Drew, furniture, loss
! s1s,oo0, insured for es.ooo; spencer, Max-
well 4 Co., buildings and stock, IT.
su1ed foE s2.5oo;, Florida Enion oa:e,
loes $4,000, insured for $1,000; S. B. Hub.
F.: bard. loss about s75,0c0, insurance on build.
! ing 10000. on stock ~, coo: Polk, building
, i. P. Ho1brook, stock saved, estimated loss
f. ahcut IS coo; 4. \. Page, grocer, unknown ;
i y. S. Dodge, Ices about 5000, insured for
!; S1,6r0; q. bet11ck. unknown; F. Saachal,
! restaurant; c. Freidenbsrg, building and
=! etock, 1oes $4,000. insnIed for ze,0,o
/ R. T. Masters. loss in stock eSs, ,00O,
! insured for 5000; 6. Anderson. loss $500.
/ insurance s2o0; George Emory, less t2,500
| insurance. 81 900 George E. 6awyar, up1
| knuwn; P. R. Jarvis. unknown Samuel
Cohen, loss about IS, 900, insured for e., 900
=: s. Baker, grocer, loss about 1850, insur-
sEslls, loss on building and sto- 4 shout 4le,
5qo, DO insurance r. DoAmond, upkno7n
e & F1iedenburg, sose, $500, insured for
- ~ D. Dorm2u, unknown; S. MtzeEol.
JnS1,o IT, .oae Unknown. inaured for 600 Mrs.
ON IL nalh hnnrc. loes On honse and stock, H.
nist isaaf dfor &1 500; D. c. GsIcia. tobacco.
wxrsho+ss y removal II. q. Hoeg. loss OF
laufie nie nd Nhaxvea, and damage to At
IcCsn;s sas !osA Is 900, nc insurance; r. r.
tlstion Ia ~ ooas IN frame warehouse. In ID.
Geal Of dsrn,sees enumerated above, Efest
asTes es *e hava not obtainaJ1 XIX - En,n;nr
or;c;4 81 ~ Il moving, and los hv theft, RI
y = h.ro -. ne frs Il unfnoHn ho,as s,nno.e no
eombustion en - .sed caused BY The spontsneoul
srd oths.s ~ soma article In tl1s T,rahnnsa
040 ''As's @ecsaoe It to incand;ersr,