, 1866-10-17

up ta tie direction al Crown street, at ii*ereut
times during the morning, some etchf or len
houses. hut It proved inc5ectua}. The gallant
q strong rope, came through thc upper town. as'.
They wrrc Ender the command VI llcntepaDt
Douglass, and were preceded By Rev. Ar. Ba!aen,
driving IN caft to Indicate tue nearest way to the
~ this ,Ime tho Ore bad made rapid headyay.
having communicated to the .ndioinisg houses
OIL the Wrstrfn side, and was b:1.nins with great
fury> helped on ey the no.us.eastesly gale blow
ing at the lime, and thu toial absence OF water
Fur nearly TN hour Il did not. conc, and BY tint
TING the Lie. driven before heavy wind, spread
10 tlc wo"dcn onthouses aud buildings IL The
rear Of II udel's thnuse. .W1rn the water did
cpsne sfc slnmes had obtained too strong a head
TaJ t1 every gEattef to sase any OF tho buildings
ALREADY attacked, md the attention OF The drc
brigade aEd their nssssonta. the saptets and other
iire comcantcs. was fnsncd TO the prevention 1of
element by pulling down some OF tie houses il
1he district ahesq Ia 95 he tire. in The rear 9: The
'fes u f;. cs5 aa Thsit e9rs
ty the acts Of somc unknown ruGians, who diaoli-
ca'ly cut the hose with axes, their intention being
tempt to cheek the pro:sess Of she ,james in cider
to give themselves ample opportunity tor pluader.
II fs pity lhat thc5 were not caught The pen1-
ici.1taFy for life would be scarcely an adequate
The Wind Increasing ut eleven O'Clock, and
blowing In suzta from every direction, three
cons1S1atons were observed at once. st. Sau-
seHr Church. Uunn3s soap acn candle factory,
Kes.' rope w3lE, aed 9,bsr lar:c building! wefa
1,os,'stal and convent, another terrible 10 Wa
Crown street, along Prince Edxard, Jesuit and ID
liassscs Dy the dozen tcli before tie axcs of the
soldiers, bnt the debris Of woodwork was no
sooner on the ground than 1t became mass OF
Ike the 1oas q artillery, but e,iii The Ore pro.
g'esscu> b!azed and bulned, so long al there was
rohbustible material within its reach to feed Oh.
ing up several houecs with view tn ma'siae d
zap IN the fire. IL the sindwarl, and, In so dofIl.
- ablc ;, anu csictcn! officer, Lieutenant II. Z.
mature explosion Of nlasgc charge of powder, and
Sergeant u. !. Hughes teceised severe lnjn-ics
sn Sa " sa@e OCCASION ard had 10 be carried to
ls5 c1cssn O'Clock the drc bad t-nvc:scd Crown
s'reei: anil was raEtas violently u ID: district be-
,end ,sai LEO teosou:6iars II one continuous shc It
>ide to st. Palies street, on the other. The wind
q tcn n,c!cck was east Of non:h, and the aamss,
ianncd hy the Increased blaze Of the fery element,
,e and st. 81 tGis 'is sih iRe s1lendts
new church with its valuable aud lately Imputed
osSan Wa n.ca auiek'y In 'ancs. This large and
great expense. The sacred ves:ments andi chn,e'
ria:c wetc saved. The b,idtng was the psope- II
'Ss esln ns1}fi2.S }ai % q T. oehs and was nsaro
few minutes later the two large AID extern live
scholastic Institutions OF the Christian Urelh-c1
were ba.nI1S y, About this tine a .eraission
Quantity OF teEts to be erected On The lafss plsin
Of HolascaHsilie. The rtYncst was At once agree
to b. osd i: Eusscll. Tie Iwenty-lft1 Z. o. D.
f'oln the works at Point Levi. as also tvo COM
p1Hies OF The Rlac n'teade stationed there, aud
olher companies of tht rhrticth Regiment, win
their officers, together with Colonel EaIioway,
commanding the I:ioe Brigade, and nH.nbcr 81
lbs o1Ecers. at oEe o'clock relieved the hard
worked troops OF the morning.
Ills Excccncy, the Goscrnot-GcneFal, aud staff,
visited the burnt district during ihc Height Of The
cerCagrutlon. Colonel Galloway With officers aud
men Of the Ksi!e Brigade. Txchty-dflh and Thi1-
aeih Esgi'nea.s, remained on tie ground up to
eigh; O'Clock, oil being actively engaged in erect
vi.ion for the wandering tl,ousa,,da Of hoine-
less slliatrere. who were hitiue In chilly groups
everywhere around the vicinity, watching what
1:lte they had reserved mud without the meatla ol
Transport.
Tie coni!sgsa;ion ceased nbont i've o'clock,
WhGN It Ind noth.Ey llorc 10 feed on.
The 3uspiallceA elected On the burnt district