The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-13

ootlS.ssS bs tna IeFribae ftenu, Almost ssl
1 sane mcy Few through the excited masses
ogS where and what for they could not tell
All, all was CONSERVATION. The ruined mer
Saansss the impoverished mechanics. th,
neipsesss and homeless shop.cif's. and IN,
thousands and tens of thousands Of nthe,
representatives Of society all ut,ted in th,
general mourning OF what had and VIVA
might come. But
TiiE ENERGETIC BUT EXHAUSTED r1KsMEs
stais Kept OF work, aud in the very face O
general despair fought the flames more de
tcrminedly than ever. !.
hetWecn and . O'Clock yeas tie most
critical period IL tie whole copIlagratIop
| INC whole OF the Filth Ward had been ncarl,
oeStroyed, and from summer street almos,
| ao"n TO MILK clean sweep had been mad,
OF everything or the cast side Of Washing
ton street. The Old South church. the (umnn,
| sanctuary OF many generations. on the nor, h.
east corner Of Washington and Milk streets
was now the objective point. If that suc
cumbcd 10 the furious element il was pcncr
ally conceded that the whole of the nortl
and west ends would follow. Thousand.
watched the old spira with brcathless anyet,
and prayed irrvently that il might be spared
The tircmcu worked With a determination
inspired, 1t seemed, rs il by Heaven. and FOL
IN hour or more not less than
FIFTY STREAMS POURED urus THE ANCIENT TAB
taNAChE
aid Tie burning buildings surrounding it.
Steadily but slowly the brave fellows seemed
to get the mastery of the ticnd, and finally
after hours OF persistent toll. they came out
triumphantly. The Old South was saved
aud so was half Of Boston. Thanksgirings
! mingled with tsrrs GhG s.God bless YOU -
wrrc shOwrred in prof,l>ion upon the timely
saYiors. But while this battle was being
| fought the fiery enemy was making a flank
movement in another direction, Devoushire
street, already destroyed on both sides from
its southern extremity clear up to Milk, was
now being moved away upoa tho west side
| down to Water street, and threatened TO be,
what subsequently WAS, one Of the most
| disastrous features Of The whole ccntiagrl-
| lion - tllt saline time the flames took a
| turn UP Congress street as far Us Water,
lodging around the magnificent new post
| office structure, and fastening its fury upon
| n large new granite building on the north
| SHE OF Water street and Immediately adoin-
| Ing the elegant establishment OF the Boston
| i'diiy Post. The heat which now canie from
| the burning Of the sinuOuS structure was of
| a kind which uecd rot be described. 1t was
| 30 intense is TO cause the streams which
were yainIy directed against i. to assume all
| The
! CoL3RS OF THE RAINBOW,
and the Wnter->trect front Of the now post
Office crlmb!ed under its influence as if it
| had been 50 much glass, The danger which
| hud before seemed Imminent from the burn
| in- OF The Old South WAS now repeated.
| Both sides of Washington street were threat
eued. and, Of course, there would folow-no
| one knew what; but the wind went down
aud all apprchcn>ionS were again removed.
| The flames. however, inclined down towards
Broad street and the wharycs. and went with
4 speed and tlc>tructivcness that were terri
bic beyond description.
| THE SuB-TREAsrRY OF TIE UNITED STATES,
located in the same structure cs the post
office. wtls ulpona the institutions ruined, but
nct destroyed. The roof was entirely burned
| OF, and also The inside cleaned out; but It's
immense valuable contents were safely re-
moved to the ctlstom-house.
| While the roSt-oihcc was fairly cn"ased
| with lurid fame from the bottom to the top.
while back in the rear Of Congress square
the large buildings that front on the east side
CT Dcvon>hirc were bursting out with fcrked
flames, The writer mut Chief Damrell on
State street near the old Statc-lIousc, and the
features Of hi hllckcned. burned, and hag-
gard face could b. red az in 4 bU'k the great
anxiety that wa- stirring liz very soul
lone word, Capiain,' said the reporter.
"F4r Gods sake, what of the prospect"
Shaking lis head, and with gesture that
told more than words,
bad. BAD! BAD!!!
| l,,l, l,,r ho.
on he went through dense volume of
smoke to where corps Of lis ncarly-sutlo.
Gated and furnished men were struggling
with the ticud. At this time the flames were
working rapidly TO windward and back into
Congress street.
The fire was not without its humors a>
well rs its paEs. one sturdy fellow, who
had never T"!u Hoods poems. threw large
mirror out Of y window on Bedford street
and came down stairs on : dead run with Il
feather bed behind him. Another fellow.
with whom | conycr-cd, said ilS wife had
: Sprtincd her ankle, and added, II don't care
much about that, tfru-ii--iUt hall so much
! IL she does; the ankle can be cured Ivy doe
, tor, but there isn't Il surgeon III vi the town
can bring nc back my hlack-;n'-tan.' Ht
vas burned 10 death, sir, IccSicssiE and
through cayelesSncSS. I'd rather have given
dollar than had il liapiHn.'
: solnc people locked upon the affair rs
brilliant pyro;cc:nc display when 1t iirs
broke out, but afterwards, when its rapi(
spread endangered their own property, thci
LAUGHTER WAS CHANGED TO cHIrs.
, and there was great weeping and ynaShiny q
teeth. The tcmn>tcr Alley, whose arrest to-
the murder anu chopping to pieces of Abiial
Ellis has Jcen made known to the public
Heard Of the fire in his lonely cell at the city
prison, and Gewailed his captivity, "bc
ciusc," he said, II should have such might,
good chance to clear half Il thousand dollar,
K | only had my team" Speaking OF team
sters, ny the way, it may be well to repe.'
the saying that men differ, for c;lrting away
TO ChaIleStown one lot Of type from Boston
newspaper Office lGst night one drGyman de-
handed and received S100, while another
said, "Puy me what you think is right" anL
when $50 note was given him handed buck
$40 in change, saying indignantly as be die
so, do YOU think l am mean enough tC
take advantage of n man in trouble ?" There
was fun, too, in the general distribution o
boots and shoes which took place ON Pear
street during the fire. Finding it impossi
bic to save all their stock the dealers threw
open the doors and allowed the crowd to Sc
cure what booty they could. Hundreds now
wear shoes who never wore shoes before.
Losses of New York Firms.
The great dry goods houses in Boston
were generally located in Winthrop Square
| which was entirely destroyed by the fire
and while it is stated New York will lose bu
| EttJc in the vay of ins,Iranccs. some Of the