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The Northern Galaxy, page 2
June 18, 1845
Middlebury, Vermont
GREAT FIRE AT LAFAYETTE, INDIANA
The American House burned -- An Entire Square in Ruins!
We have the painful duty to perform, says the Lafayette Standard (extra) of the 27th
ult., of recording the most destructive and devastating fire that has ever been witnessed
in Lafayette. The entire block of buildings on the north side of Main, between Ohio and
Wabash sts. with the exceptions of those occupied by Webster's book store, Otis &
Co.'s grocery, the Mammoth store, and Meeker & Co.'s, is in ashes.
The fire originated about 12 o'clock last night, in the stables of the American House,
the flames immediately extending to the hotel, and thence spreading almost over the entire
block. There was quite a number of horses in the stables, six of which were burned to
death. But an inconsiderable amount of goods were consumed, though in the confused
efforts to protect them from the devouring element, thousands of dollars worth were
destroyed. There is little doubt but that it was the work of an incendiary. The entire
loss is variously estimated at from ten to twenty thousand dollars. Insurance $2,000 on
the furniture of the American House.
*note: Ohio Street has been renamed Third Street
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