| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| May 19, 1862 |
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| The fire in Atlanta |
| The Atlanta
Commonwealth, of Monday, says: |
| Between four and five o'clock on yesterday
the quiet of a Sabbath afternoon was broken by the alarm of fire. The
fire originated in an old warehouse on Mitchell street, 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 principal sufferers are ***** Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad $12,000 --no insurance ***** |
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