, 1873-07-26


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gsy7 s.roots yete each abnze, and aeyeral fine
buildings on Mulberry streot bud takea fire from
the burning brands hurled by tho wine.
imminent, mud tic firo department. st Washing
gro 9oos to @Ss t95 aseo II: d;
aevoral n!i!dlhes - far off ag Calvert stroot be-
came tgnited; as also Tho dome OF tho Cathedral
and the htoeple OF st: AphonaoB Cathoio Church,
dirootioas womop ~, an s'ainatoga street, II al
their burning houses, and far hIotIa ernnnd
overy article Of furnitn.o WA ho;nr rarnoraJ
pell-mell, md thrown from the wintSovs % ria
stroetH we're impasaablo frohstno% % bioekinp bv bv
could be brought into reputation. Villa tho ira
Was raging, tho ontiro fro dopartmo. wou nob1e
sat work, battling, against its pTogreA' assstod
BY On army Of citizens who crowded t., roofs
Off, .quenehing the falling blazing brand vii,
buckets Of water, and preventing ignition /" ia
spreading of wet blankets. sn'
The dome Of tho Cathedral nas covered Wit.
blankets, and thus sayod, as also st. AphonRo's
Church. The flromen, driven from Park street,
botweon Lexington and Saratoga, By tho intonao
hoat, abandoned this section to Its fate and d-
rootod their main efforts to preventing tho
sproad Of tho fro beyond tue four blocks named.
Shortly after o'clock ?. m: two engines arrived
from Washington, aud rendered valuable aaast-
anco. Tho fro ragod till p. M, but BY o'clock
1t was completely under control.
Tho loaa ia eBtimhted by several parties at
100000. The loss falls principally on dwell
dnstrognd hmonr hom are a,a ond %I;,,1 facs
tor;oa drcaa nnd cina% astah;am1onta bA1 1,nnv
cno;1s saving mnchno aforna c;nar. 1ru} NM
and tailor abona md cne asl6nn' 1u3 and
CIay '' atroet sire @ wers frame w and Ivo .two- W
1,ricI, b,1noa. Tia roaiIoncaa % ~ = aha}
nronrictor nf Tho I'm Tn1;n 4 Hon,r;na 3 ona3
,rof N T. Emth ,rnro eayod hv 1nan VIII frn1 ~
ortinpn;ahcra' The NJ, A1nhonso Ghmrch - aa-
oapod, but the Orphan Asylum Of tho St. st.
Tic Cathedral escaped. bnt valuable residences
ha hoso 9a stres m he xeas de2oys
belonged to wealthy porsons.
tho burned district il bounded byaiuiborry Iib fite
orty, Lexington. and Howard etreots: and COM
prisees ton Blocks, divided by Ciay. Saratoga, and
and by Park street runuing nortt and south.
Tho following is an oAtinnto of bniljinra de.
estimate is made, tho losaos havo not vet boon
ascertaluod Commouoine on gsratoga streot.
aouth uilo, ut tue corner of Liberty, every build
ing ib burned, including tho Ccntral Presbyterian
Church, tho estimated loss on which ig
a7o,000; insurance, 500, 900. DnildinR on
the west, No. so, occupied By ]: o,
50. by A, ]. Dattomer. ehoas: Nc. o. by DR.. J.
Lindhay; No. o., by DR.. Powell No. 96, by
Miss Margaret Dieter; No: os, nnooonpiea; No.
f3vA 51a@r NJ 3,,14 Gto&p
Of Notre Dame; No. 10l, St. MphonBo Church
Library, which extended to Olay street. south,
Tho estimated loss On the two latter buildings
is aaid to be sso, ,ooo. Covered by insurance
m hut u r. what companies has not beon asoertelnod
No. 10o boarding.house; No. 1oe, by Daniel Sui.
Ivan, gas-tittor; No. 1lo, corner Park streot BY
Simon Leon. All those we're fine brick Btruo.
tures, several stories in height, and are com
plete loss.
| West OF Park street, On Saratoga strost, No
118, bY r, ], Crowley. houBa rainter
No. 120, by A. 0stendorf, jewoler
| No. 122, ]. Luntnor, tailor; No. 124, Mrs Hook
confectionery; No. 12o.. John Wois, lager beer
private frame dwelling; No. 1s3 Horny Litz
lnger beer. All wero burned out. Nos. 49,, 1856
and 1888, the latter the Central Ga1flon Lagoi
Deor Saloon partially burned. at which point tht
fire waa stopped.
! On Saratoga street, four doors from Howard
buildings arc destroyed, but a dwelling adjoin
ing st. Alphonsus' Church, occupied by tho 10
| domptorlst Fathers, WAS deluged with water,
On tho wost side Of Liberty street, south o.
| the Central Presbyterian Church, to the corner
| Of Clay, wore tlroo priyata dwollinps Nos So
| GO, and ca. which arc Tho onlv hnifdinna Inf
standing on tho block, and are only PARTIAL,
damaged.
On Olay street, north sfde between Jfhert,
On tlo south siia ef ri Glav STRAIT hotwee,
Liberty and PARK Iamea n :nd 1oi,n q Tfncr
carpontora and bni]dars 1oas AZ nm ins,s