--The
Atlanta Commonwealth, of Monday, says:
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Between four and five o'clock on yesterday the quiet of a Sabbath afternoon was broken by the quiet of a Sabbath afternoon was broken by the alarm of fire.
The fire originated in an old warehouse on
Mitchell streel, between
Whitehall and
Forsyth, known as the
Wallace Warehouse, and which was for many years the property of J. R. &
C. H. Wallace.
The warehouse contained about 800 bales of cotton,100,000 pounds Government bacon, a quantity of other Government stores, 200 barrels lard, 75 barrels syrup, several thousand pounds of hides, and a lot of grain, oil, and car grease.
The fire spread rapidly through the warehouse, and the back portion of two large stores on the first floor of
Mr. Larkin Davis, on Whitehall street, occupied, one by
R. H. McCroskey &Co., and the government office, and the other by
Messrs Willis & Young.
Here the devouring element was arrested by the untiring, heroic exertions of our gallant firemen.
The old warehouse is a complete rain, as well as the back portion of the two stores in
Davis's building on Whitehall street, while the front stores are very badly damaged.
The ware house was not worth much, the chief value of the property being in the land; but the loss of
Mr. Davis on his building is probably about $3,500. The only loss sustained by the
Government was the scorching of five thousands pounds of bacon, which, we are told, can be used.
Nearly all the cotton, and much the largest portion of the bacon, and other articles, belonging to other parties was destroyed.
The principal sufferers are
Messrs. McCroskey & Co, $15,000--insurance $3,000, save, probably, $5,000;
L. H. Davis, $3,500--no insurance;
John Ryan, cotton.
$16,000 --insurance $9,000; P,
Hayden, cotton, $4,000--no insurance; stored cotton, $16,000 --no insurance, save, probably, $8,000; Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad $12,000 --no insurance;--
Cohen, $8,000--insurance $8--During the fire,
Mr. --
Thompson fell for the top of a two story building, corner of Whitehall and Mitchell streets, to the ground, breaking his arm in three places, and injuring him other wise, especially internally, to such an extent that he will probably not survive throughout the day.
Mr. Isaiah Davis, son of
L. H. Davis, E. q. also fell, and was seriously hurt.
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