| From the Cotton States (Gainesville, Fla.) |
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| May 7, 1864 |
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| Wilmington, April 29 |
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A fire occurred last night on the west side of the river,
which consumed the offices of the Wilmington & Manchester
Railroad, thirty five freight cars belonging to the Georgia Central {Central
(of Georgia)} Railroad, and every building south of the depot, including the
Confederate cotton press, Berry's machine railway, and all the cotton
stored south of the ferry, about six thousand bales. The loss is
estimated at six to ten millions of dollars.
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[We learn that the Central Railroad had not more than
nineteen or twenty cars at Wilmington. A dispatch received from that
place, dated 26th, and forwarded on the 27th, says that the cars, with
a number of prisoners, would leave next morning. If the cars departed
as expected, the supposition is that the Central Railroad has not lost
any by this fire. Ed. News]
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