The New York herald., 1871-10-11

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buildings being all OF wood and extre ~ ,o nacr
tble tss fire spvld up Clay street. paos w. & Saofa a.
saa S9wu sT et ,S rs M
PEELED 70 gfve up every attssnpt eNagulss " aad
TO coniin, tneir WORK to iaaAlng its 'ivanss 'os'
rapid. 49,, =
north stie at Dupaat street. But IN every other a..
recton u to,k own course and was Ory arrested
NJ the wster's edge ssd ihc rnns er the houses that
had been plolynup Ihe slupping tn the haroor war
only prOtegted by the breaking up of the waaryesv
Thous.in,is of persons we've made hoMeless and for
long tinetafter lved ~ tsnis. TIE Custom House.
sevea hotes the Post Once, Sne oicesof The steant
ship compaAy and the panxing no0se or Page
bacon 4 Co. ,wers destroyed. During The conunu-
ance VI the Are number ~ persons were burned
and others disd from their exertl0Hs' tvwaru SUD
dung Il.
san FranciscV IN June 1881. IL occurred on thes2.a
OF that month"; n III 5oa 5iljlEgs were destroyed br
II. lhe loss was<estimated at .S,oooooo.
rewAisnd (Mc.,, 1866.
The terrible fire (which ia;d In ruins more chan
hall Of tho city OF Portland, Mey commenced a. ave
O'Clock on the aIterhoon OF the sth or Juy, 1850.
Beginning IN eoorer's shop at the foot o4
High streer. causeT by nrecracker nefnH
thrown among some wood shavAngs, It sweps
through tho city with frishnoi rSpidity. with,
dlnculty dIG the inhabitants OF the In ,tp
path escape with their iives Little effort was made
to save household goods whcn this saving involved .
possibility OF death. Everything IN the track Of"
the flames was destroyed. and 80 completely tnat :
when they had beon overcome even the streets could
hardly be traced. For space OF cne m,ie and
half long by a.quarter OF a mie wide there seemed
struggling forest ol chinneys. with parts Of ther
fire was swept by a violent gale IN Devious way,
sparing nothing III Its passage unit! 1t WAS checked
up. The utmost endeavors OF the fremen OF the
city, aided by those from other cities aud towns.
blowing up had been carried our aud
then only 70 prevent the hre from sppeadng
and cause 1t for want of fuel to burn out one half
Of the city-and tina. the enc which included its
business portion--was destroyed. Every Dank ana
all tho newspaper Offices were burned, ana II
somewhat singular % note that all the LAWYERS,
oiiicesln the city were swept away The splendid
considered dreproof and SAFE and was niicd with
furniture ir0m the ncixhborlnS houses, ana taen
jewery estasiisnlnents, the wholesale dry goods
houses, several churches, tho telegraph offices anu
3 royed. Tue Custom House. though badly burned.
was not destroyed. Most singulariy = building on
Middle street occupied ey arn na was ss
devastated all around II.
es ana Wsr Sheltered n tne charches and tonss
erected for them.
which was out In small part covered BY Insurance.
CharIcston, lSGS.
Charleston, :. c., was, on the 27th Of Apr1, ls3a
visited by OF the most destructive fires that has
ever occurred In any city In this country. terri
tory equal almost enc half or entire city was
made desoIate. The fire broke out at quarter pass
eight O'Clock on the morning OF the DAY mentioned,
In paint shop King street, corner Of Bercsord.
ana ragged until about twelve A. NJ. OF the following
day. 1t then arrested by the blowing up "
buildings In its path. There were l,lbS buildings
SsooO,ooo. The worst feature OF the catastropno
was the loss OF life which occurred while the honsea
ner ia p's Which the was used four Of lac
most prominent citizcns Of the city were killed and
o number injured.
CHICAGO, 1857, 1859, 1866, iS6s.
'on the morning OF tio 10Th OF october, 1857 urs
occurred in Chicago which, though notable from
the amount OF properly destroyed by II, was made
awful by the loss or human life which it caused.
The fire broke out in a large double store In South
Water street, anu spread east aud west to the build
ings adjoining, ana across alley In tho rear TO .
block OF new buildings. All these were completely
destroyed. When the flames were threatening ons
Of tho buildings u number OF persons asccndcd to tts
roof TO there fight against them. Wholly occupied
with their work they did not notice that the wall Of
the burning puililng totcrcd, and when warned 0f
their danger they could not escape ere II fell, crush
carrying them into cellar. Of the number four
teen were Killed ana moro injured Tho loss IN pro-
pcrty caused Dy tile fire amounted TO over half
million 0f dollars.
A iiro, the most disastrous after thas OF October.
1851 took place on September 49, 1888 IL broke Gus
consumed the block bounded by Cint0n, North
Canal, West Lake and Fulton streets on which the
stable WAS situated. From ths block tue fire Was
20 Biatcnforis lead works and 70
the hydauG mills, whence it passed 70 another blook
loss was about five hundred thousand dollars.
Property to the amount OF $500, 900 was destroyed
by lire on the 10Th OF August, 1865 Tne nre orIUi-
mated in wholesale tobacco establishment ON south
Water street. aud passed TO the adjoining buildings.
occupied by wholesale grocery and drug firms. Inc
first two buildings anu contents utterly whiio
the other was but partially, destroyed.
lire, which destroyed several large business
houses on Lake and South Water streets, took place
November ls, 1868. u originated IN tile tobacco
warehouse OF Banker Il Co, and the loss caused oy
It was about t5o0,ooJ.
The are which occurred on the 2stn Of January.
had ever been visited. 1t broke out IN o large boos
and shoe factory ON Lake street. ana destroyed tho
The sparks rroIu those buildings SET Gre to others
distant from them on the same street. and caused
their destruction. In all tho loss was abous
43o0o,0oo.
Tnaie oi Former Great Fires.
Norfolk Va, destroyed by nre and the cannon oallA
of the British. Property W the amount Of
sl.soo,ooo DESTROYED. January l. lI7G
Ciry or New YORK, after passing into pOsses-
sion OF the British; 900 buildings consumed. Sep
teHlber 40-2i lI5u.
Theatre at Richmond, Va. The Governor OF the
state aud u large NUMBER OF the lca,iing inhabt
tants perished. December 70, 1871.
City OF New York $50 buildings destroyed; loss.
s2oC0o,vVo December 10, 1885.
Washington ct5. General Post ONCE and Patent
Sss w oves ssn raysa oa IS @ mSae
Philadelphia. PIity-two buildings destroyed. Loss.
oncSec. Canada; 500 buildings aud many Ivcs
destroyed. May q, lsi5.
Quebec, Cansaa; 1870 buildings destroyed. June
city OF New YORK; 800 ouiidtnvs destroyed; ioaa
4 s 900 900. June 10, ls45.
ST. Johns N. f., nearly destroyed; o,o0o people
made homeless. June Ia, 1876
QneDec, Canada; Theatre Royal; ~ persons burne1
10 death. June H. lsAe.
Nantucket; 900 buildings and other property 10
stroyed; value, $500, ooV Jnly Is, 1s4o
At Albany: 900 buildings steamboats,. piers, &C.. 10.
stIoyed; loss 1S, 00J, ,0oc August IL. lsas.
Brooklyn. $40 buildings destroyed. september ..
lSsS.
At St Louis 10 blocks OF houses and % steamboats,:
loss estimated at 20 0Oo,9 90. May ~, lStV
Flederickton n. u. about 3Jo buildings destroyed.
November II, 1850.
Nevada, Cal; 200 buildings Destroyed; osA ~, ,aos.
900. March IL. 1851.
Al stockton CAL: loss, 81, 800 900. May a. 1851.
Concord ". h.; greater part OF the business portion
vi the town .trovcu August "a 1851.
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