The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-29
TIE BAnr1MonE F1RE.-The burned

THE BALTIMORE F1RR.-The burned
district is bound by Mulberry, Liberty,
Lexington and Howard streets, and com.
prises ten blocks, divided by CLAY, Sara
toga and Little Pleasant streets, runping
East aud West. and by Park street. run.
ming North and South. The following
is list OF buildings destroyed, and the
losses ns far as known:
Commencing on Saratoga street. South
side. at the corner Of Liberty, every
building was burned, including the Cen.
trsl Presbyterian Church; estimated loss.
SO. 900; insurance. $4,000. The build.
ings adj Dining on the West, No. S6, oc.
cupied by J. O. Horsey; No. 9S, by Miss
Mary Curtin; No. 80, BY L. J. Balsoman,
shoes; No. o2, by DR.. J. Lindsay; No.
81, by DR.. Ramell; No. 96, by Miss Ma: :
garet Dieter; No. 93,' unoccupied; No.
100, by Miss Middleton; No. 102, by the
Sisters of Notre Dame; No. 104, st. al.
phonso's Church and library. which ex-
tended to Clay street South. Phe esti-
mated loss on the two latter buildings is
said to be $50. 600, covered by insurance,
but in what companies cannot be ascer-
tanned. No. 106, boarding house; No.
l0S, occupied by Daniel Sullivan. gas
filter; No. ITO. corner of Park street, by
Simon Leon; all these were fine brick
store houses, several stories in height,
and IRE total loss.
West OF Park street, on Saratoga
street, No. 116, BY Clement Ostendorf,
cigars; No. 119. by Grawlew, house
painter; No. 120, by A. Ostendorf, jew
eler; No. 1872. J. Lantner: No. 124, Mrs.
Houk, confectioner; No. 1926. John Weis,
lager beer; No. 128, Fred. Neider, lager
beer; No. 130, private. frame dwelling;
No. 1872, Henry Litz. lager beer; all were
burned out. Nos. l34, 136, 1873, the lat
ter the Central Garden lager beer saloon,
were partially burned, at which point the
IRE was stopped. On Saratoga street,
four doors from Howard street, and on
the North side of Saratoga street. all the
buildings are destroyed but dwelling
adjoining ST. Alphonsus Church. occu-
pied by the RedemptoristF Fathers. whish
was deluged with water.
Ga the West side of Liberty street,
South of the Central Presbyterian
Church, to the corner Of Clay. were
three private dwellings, Nos. So, 60 and
81. which are the only buildings left
standing in the block, and are only par
tially damaged.
On Clay street, on the North side. be-
tween Liberty and Park, every building
has been destroyed. On the South side
of Clay street. between Liberty and
Park, James II. & John S. Hogg, car.
penters and builders, loss S5, ,0CO; insur-
ance i,700; John D. Stewart, Central
Stables. loss $500; insurance $4,000
On the South side of Clay street, West
of Park, Joseph Thomas & S0's saw
mill, large four story building. owned
by Anderson Banks, built for a silk
factory. but unoccupied, and several
small dwellings. On the North side OF
Clay, and West OF Park, the buildings
destroyed we're occupied by painters,
oarvers, carpenters and cabinet. makers,
whose individual loss was small.
On Park street, West side, between
Lexington and Saratoga, the principal
losers are II. n. Dsrton, tobacco, No.
81; Thomas e. Burton, house furnishing
goods, No. 80; loss heavy. From this
point to Clay street, some eight or ten
small buildings are completely destroyed.
and thence to Saratoga, principally
small stores and lager beer saloons. On
the East side Of Park street: E. Rosen.
baum & Co.. sewing machines; Criger,
shoe manufactory; +. Weisner, machine
Shcps @hAoSA6ohs ohOcSi AhllleT ICCuS,
marble yard. The loas OF the latter is
estimated ut $4,000.
The principal loss on Lexington street
was the First English Lutheran Church
and the parsonage of Rev. james 81
Barclay, pastor, with valuable library,
attached to the church; total loss; insured
for $40, 900.
On Mulberry street, South side, the
University Of Maryland and the Mary
land Academy OF Arts both took fire. but
were only partially damaged on the roof.
aud the former by flooding with water
both covered with insurance. 4 valuable
museum attached to the academy was
unharmed. Mos. Of the pictures were
removed and saved. On the North side
CT Mulberry street, four brick dwellings
Nos 43. 45. IT and 49-burned out,
and Nos. 81, 80 and Al partially burned.
Ore does not often read OF so sndden
and terrible retribution as that which
overlook, last week. a murderer in