Buffalo, NY fire, Sept 1862

Great Fire at Buffalo.

BUFFALO, Friday, Sept. 19.

At 1 o'clock this morning, a fire broke out in the brick building, corner of Water and Norton's street, used as a grain drying house.

The fire spread rapidly to the Evans and Sterling Elevators, which with their contents, were destroyed.

The fire then crossed Norton-street, communicating to BELL'S foundry, KLEIN & DOBSON'S pump and block factory, and a number of tenement houses on Evans, Fly and Leconlaleux streets, all of which were burned.

Crossing the Evans Ship Canal, the fire spread to EVANS' Office and warehouses.

In the warehouses were stored between 20,000 and 30,000 barrels of whisky and highwines, owned by Mr. WILLIAMS, the larger portion of which were saved.

DAVID BELL'S loss is estimated at $50,000 to $70,000.

The loss of EVANS is not known, but it is mostly covered by insurance.

It is impossible at present to give anything approximating to the amount of the total loss or insurance.

The loss will probably reach half a million of dollars.

Some thirty or forty buildings are destroyed.

The elevators contained 13,372 bushels of wheat, 40,000 bushels of corn, and 28.690 bushels of oats.

BUFFALO, Friday, Sept. 19.

The following are the principal sufferes by the fire this morning: The Evans Elevator, owned by CHAS. W. EVANS, valued at $40,000, insured for $20,000; The Sterling Elevator, owned by D. S. AUSTIN, valued at $20,000, insured for $13,500; GEO. C. WHITE, WM. WILLIAMS and GEO. TRUSCOTT, 2,851 barrels high wines, stored in the warehouse of JAS. C. EVANS, loss heavy, pretty well covered by insurance; the warehouse of JAS. C. EVANS, loss $7,000; insured $4,500; the foundry of DAVID BELL, building and machinery, $30,000, no insurance; the Cleveland block, owned by C. M. REED, of Erie, Penn., and about fifteen or twenty wooden tenement buildings, loss not ascertained.

The buildings were old, and of but little value. A large number of poor families have been rendered homeless by the conflagration. The total loss is estimated at $300,000; the insurance, as far as ascertained, is $130,400. The names of the companies are not ascertained, as yet.

The New York Times, New York, NY 20 Sept. 1862
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Transcribed by Tim Taugher. Thanks, Tim!