The Gloucester Fire. The fire at Gloucester, on Thursday of last week, proves to have been even more disastrous than at first supposed. While the storm of wind was howling far at sea around the vessel which contained hundreds of Gloucester seamen, the storm of fire was devouring their homes on the land. Some forty families were rendered houseless, fifty or sixty stores burned out, and a number of public buildings destroyed……After all the insurances are deducted, the figures will show an amount that will be a fearful loss to a community so small as Gloucester (Liberator, Feb 26, 1864, pg 3)
