, 1866-07-11

Quently compelled 10 fee from his own domicil
TOR his life. There were also some singular
exemptions. In one Instance a person saved
LIS store mud his house. while every building
Standing upon q wide space between tho two
were DESTROYED. Here aud there building,
escaped with 4 slight scorchug. Structures
supposed to he doomed to speedy dcstrnclion
escaped uuharrncd, while thelc contents, re.
moved for saicty, were destroyed In tho places
l' which they wcrc DEPOSITED.
tory on Nnb}oy ifl!l, elvcr rrapiiic esv aecount
Of the appearance ofthc confederation when 1t
ragged most hcrcciy. all that tcrriblo night.
In lull view Of Tue sen Of llrr which lay be.
ltclore him, Alr. Mnody Wes employed In
protecting iht Oh rratnry mr.. hts residence
Is, !ssr t. os from The sarks and shders rhlsn
!sg was blown. up. tue glowing emhcrs
flied the air as th1ckly us tic CRYSTALS ot Il
tl.nec snDw storm md It Was only hy cuu-
slant and p.ssevcring Effort that sfr, Moody
saEed hts buildings, which were several tines
on fire. The form Of the observatory. whose
octnTonal shape presented but little surlacu
for the clndrrs 10 etsikc upon directly,
doubtless contributed r1uch to It's proseryn.
tion. Rut for the lnsgc open space of the
East Cemetery, aud this vacant lal!ds on
Muujoy liti1, the tlrc wonid probabty have
swept on until i r.achca thc water OF the
which the city lies-a point T!lci It lu n:ct
approached within dtstancc Of fen hun
artd yards. -.-...
The Lowell 1sasc Ran. Club Of Boston. VITO
lad finished their successful game with tho
Portland Eons just as ehc flrc began to a.
s,,;ne terious aspect, rendered very valuable
assistance In combating the tamns and say.
lug property. The President Of the club.
Mr. William c. Page. for 1t time directed tic
oper3tluns OF l,snd eus'ue, and subsequcut-
y joi1.el other members Ct the club in the
work Of removlnEthe valuable stock Of Low
gil & Senter, Jewellers, To a place OF safety.
IL consequence Of this timely mid, the loss Of
Messrs. Lowell d Ssntcr. IL the chrouometrrs
stored IN their safe rroHe to be unlnJured, Will
not exceed Two thoEsand dollars.
The estimate Of the loss glyea. in my da-
spatch Of yesterday ten millions. Of doilars)
npEears to be sustained by the Investigations
otto-9ay. The insurance, however; It is now
thought amounts 10 full four and half mil
lionsi hut 20 accurate statement can be given
until The insurance companies have made up
the full! lists Of their Losses. rs to the ability
of thc companies to- sustain themselves, It
may now be stated that there cannot be
much doubt that the home Offices are ruined.
The distant Offices It is thought, will be
ablc to discharge their liabilities. The
largest amount o; Insurance held By any out
of:town office Is that Of the 4Etna, Of Hart
lard. The New York Offices. OF which aessrs.
John F. Dow Il Son are the local agents hcre,
lose about one million dollars, which they
will pay promptly. The personal loss s1,s-
1aIred BY the firm above named Is about
8, 1000, their elegant office in Exchange street
sharing the doom OF oil the other property on
that inted tborouehlnre.. The firm Lave
opened new nl11cc, and have been brisk1y
employed to-day In issuing policies.
The work OF opening the safes OF the vnri-
ous banks was begun today, and WAS found
to he U labor oi great dt!iiculty. The con-
Traders National, and the Savings Bank.
were found to be uuipjured. Tne books aud
papers In the outer safe Of the Mechanics
Bank nre ruined. The inner safe has not been
opened 1t the present writing
The publisher Of the Christian Mnyor.
whosc Office and materials wcrc destroyed by
the fire, has Issued card, announcing that
the publication Of the paper must necessarily
he suspended for two or three weeks. Tho
account books n1d hubscripsion Il: s were
saved.
Teams arc busily employed to-day IN, re-
turning goods to stores and buildings from
wbicl, tlcy were removed. II is a revolving
inct that many persons who from caution or
necessity removed their gao1s have suffered
considerably by the depredations OF niscrc-
ants whosc propensity for robbery Is checked
only bY theft Of discovery. Dealers in val
uaGlc articles Of small bulk have especially
been victims OF this bascst degree Of plnndcr,
and in seine instances would have been bet.
.cz oil hnd their goods been destroyed BY Gre
becausc they would then have been partially
'ntlcmnitled by insurance. To such IN cS-
trnt wns this 1cilrfous work carried on that
Ii tccan,c necessary to post military guards
| ulon the ayl uues Leading from the city; and
| hear Tint last night seTern1 wagon loads ol
plunder were stopped by the guards, and
| some piratical craft were oycrhauled in the
harbor By the revenue cutter,
The prompt measures Of relief adopted By
xf% limit font
| from other cities, have avcrteti much suffer
Ing. Food is now abundant, md no further
eupp1tes OF provisions WILL be needed. Tux
| work OF erecting tents has progressed rapid
Is to-day. upwards Of one hundred hasiuG
been pitched on Mnuioy Hill up to noon. In
m.ny cases. pa1 ents whose property has beer
preserved ave taken INTO their household
the homeless families Of their sons or iiaugl,
terB: and IN other Instances the same ofllc
Of affection has been exercised by children II
behalf Of their parents. Benerolently dis
s Ecrsonal friends. still others Of the nniortt,
nate hare found refuge In the tnIncs 81 dis
tunt relatives. In these various why's tn
sufferers By the terrible calamity have now
to great extent, been Temporarily providet
The scenes In the burnt district and at th
old city bu'l.fing are stiisingly similar to th
eccne. In Richr ond i, ring The week subst
| uucnt to the evacuation and burning af til
rebel capital. The crowd at tue city build
tng, with their baskets and pals nwn}tln
supplIee, particularly reminds ono Of til
thronss Of destitute contedeFatcs who cor
crccatcd around the Union co1nmt.sary d
pots In Richmond after the capture OF thn
city. A large number Of persons hnyc bcc
employed to day In ANSWERING the calis Of tn
needy. md an lmmen. amount ofpFoyislon
has tcen distributed. The men sent down D.
Sir. j. y. Smith, the Boston catcEcr. hav
| been busily engaged In furnishing coffee an
tea from several large cans SGT up In front {
the building. The committee Of the Bosto
Ctr Council arrived In the noon train, an
viii cooperate with the municipal author
tics In their work ormcrcy.
A large number Of workmars are now en-
ployed In clearing the obstructed streets, ~,
. | measures for promptly beginning tho ercctlo
, OF buildings hare already been taken In man
ipstanccs. Mcssrs. Brown an1 Sons have q
ready made contracts for rebuilding their G:
tepsIye sugar works, and have employed
! larre number Of hands In the labor of pr
nnratfon, 4 cheerful feeling prevail
even among those who have lost mo
heavily. The great danger now Is th'
: The strange buoyaucy Of feeling which oftt
: accompanies personal bereavement or loss
> property will be succeeded by Tcactit
: : when tie extent OF this great dfsaater Ii mo
!, iullv realized. TO counteraet this pEobah
. depression, the city authorities ahou
: promptly use all the power placed In tht
hands by promptly raising loans for testoEil
the municipal property. aiding persons nee
> ing building capital, Introducing coplo
= supply Of water, and for other measures G
: cuIated to repait the present disaster md
q yiva the former prosperity Of the city.