Destructive Fire.
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Yesterday was sad dav for thousands ID our
CIV I, witnessed the most disastrous conlagra


non tina, has occurred among Us for a long time
one which, rendered more families houseiess ana
,omfortless than any other within our recollection


The FIRE broke out at about halEPast 3 O'Clock IN
tie afternoon 1t caught, as IS supposed, by a
spark from furnace used for backsmithing pur-
poses in a wileclwright's shop owned by Mr. Rey-
nods, No Fl Dcancy.strcet corner fCrystie, and
directly opposite the Second Congregational


Church. which was saved with considerable diff


Guilty Several persons were at work in the room
below at the time When the fire was first dis
covered by some person at little distance, IL Is
said single bucket Of water would have cXtlt-
guished it; but so dry were the materials IN the
building, and SO strong the draught OF wind
tina, before any one could reach it the whole build


ing was in iames--and their progress was net
even checked until the destruction was lamentahly
extended The wind being very high from the
southeast the fire in less than AMOUR swept
away that whole block, bounded by Delaney, Crys-
tic, Broome and Forsyth.streets, except the large
brick dwellings on Broome-street, from No. 3l0
20 324, which by great exertions were preserved
though all their ou,-buildings and the dwellings
IN the rear we're consumed. When the fire reached
Forsy1h-s,rcct it was hoped ihatits progress might
Be stayed; but it swept, almost instantly across
orsytll-street, burned the dwellings and other
houses between that and Eldridge-strect, and
swept nearly the whole down to Broome. With
great exertions the flames were here arrested.
The following is list of the property destroyed
with its estimated value and the names OF the
sufferers the amount of insurance we are una
bic to state The buildings were nearly all