Fire at Marion, Alabama.

Augusta, Ga., Sunday, Dec. 27.

The Selma (Ala.) papers announce a destructive fire in the town of Marion. An entire block, including the Perry House, printing and law offices, drug, book and merchants' stores, was consumed. The loss was stated at $50,000.

The New York Times, New York, NY 28 Dec 1857

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FIRE IN MARION, Ala.----We regret to learn that Marion has suffered severely from another fire. It occurred on the 22nd inst., destroying one entire square. We have received neither of the Marion papers since the fire, and are without particulars.

The Charleston Mercury, Charleston, SC 29 Dec 1857

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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN MARION, Ala.---A letter from the Postmaster at Marion, Ala., gives the following account of the destructive fire which destroyed a large portion of that thriving village on the 22d ult:

"One entire block in the heart of the business part of the town, is in ashes. The alarm was given about nine o'clock, and by one it was all gone.

"The loss is between thirty and fifty thousand dollars. The principal sufferers are L. J. Lockett, Messrs. J. F. and W. Cook, I. W. Garrot, G. P. Murphy, Godden and McEachin, L. C. Tutt and J. H. McCall, besides others not now recollected. Most of the goods and valuables were saved, but in a damaged state.

"It is now 3 o'clock, and all is quiet. The devouring flames have spent their fury, and we are left the smouldering[sic] ruins, by which we wend out course through the blockaded streets. Everything is 'confusion worse confounded'."

The Charleston Mercury, Charleston, SC 31 Dec 1857
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