FIRES IN 1845.---The aggregate loss by large fires on this continent the
present year is estimated at $21,000,000, as follows: Barbados $2,000,000; Pittsburgh
$3,600,000; London, Canada $500,000; Fayetteville $500,000; Quebec $7,500,000;
Matanzas $1,000,000; New York $6,000,000.