The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-12
FlXE RECORD
Nine.Tenths oxsihe Business POrsios
of Peusa o.lA. Fla 4. In Ashes.


NEW ORLEANS, December ui-Aspeoial
from Pensacola TO The Times says that nine-
tenths OF the business port ION of the city
was destroyed by,tire about iR- o'clock lust
night. Loss, about half-million OF dollars,
All OF the buildings are burned from To-
mana street sortbio Sarragosa street, e2,
cept Bryne's hHildiBg-In all, comprising
four block. The loss to our merchants Is,
very heavy, as they have inst received
their fail stOcBs. The caIamtyis without
precedent IN the history OF Bensacola, and
business is almost suspended in conse-
Guence. By farthe best portion of the bt-
siness buildings in he city are smouldering
| ruins. THERE'S not DeWs paper Oeftle
drugstore, OF stationery store left in The
city. The Merchants Hotel and Telegraph
offices were also destroyed
MOBILE, Ala, December 1l.-A Spe0ial
TO The Register, giving an account OF the
fire at Peusacola, Fla, says: "The Oriein
OF the fire l. unknown. II began ia the
building occupied by ;. DsmiDna asa con-
feciionery store. the inmates Of which bare
~ escaped with their iYes--two being So
verely buEned-and saxing nothisg, The
| Il imes might have beea checked soon, bat
The steam.engines, being out OF repair. were
in The machne.shOP UNDERGOING repairs,
and thus LETT us at the mercy al the FIRE.
Both the Gazette aud AtLUaDGa ofiiceS we're
totally destroyed"
WHITING, ALA, December ll.--The lire
last night at Pensacola originated i'm the
cOhis ctiouery-stoye OF Damnna. His fam
liz resided above the store, aad several OF
them were burned, and Mis- Daminna will
die.
FURTHER DETAILS OF GNE CALAMITY.
WHITING. ALA., December ll.-fBy train
from Pensacola 1.-The disastrous tire
burned for eight hours last night. Five
blocks IN ibe heart OF the city were burned,
involving loss Of OYER bali million and
possibly three quarters Of u million Of dol
lars. PalafoX street from Witches corner
to the middle OF the block opposite the
plaza Is swept clean. The fire stopped
on Government street at the City
Hotel east, and one square back OF the Gus
tom-housP. Over one hundred establish
ments ere gone. embracing The main bust
ness buildings, and turning ont about fifty
families from their houses. The custom.
house, post-Oiflce, Merchants Hotel, Brent's
bank, both telegraph offices, both newspa.
per Offices, Dunn's Exchange. Wright,
dry-gOods house, and the county clerks
offices are among the buildings burned
C0uniy.Clerk L0rne, for the fifth time
in the term of his Office, sSyed the re.
cords. bat while the old hero was doing
this his own residence was burned and
family rendered homeless. The main steam
ire-engine Was out OF order and had TO bt
repaired by the machini>t before 1t could
work. AT one time the loss OF the railroad
DEPOT and adjacent mills seemed inevitable
and II locomotive stood all night fired M
ready TO draw the cOmpa1y's equipments
and other property out OF town. Muct
suffering must ensue.
Jay 6OuId's Conservatory Destroyed
by fire.
New YORK, December 1.-THE cOnSerya
tory OF Jay Gould at IryiDSton. on the Hud
son, and considered The most magnificent
structure Of the kind in the country, wa
totally destroyed by fire at an early hOul
tins morning. The loss is reported 10 b.
100000.