The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-07-17

wti, borne hnWsra to blocks hsyol
ille press boundaries y the eeunfihgis
ton Anal thus hurasd on ite fnXagts
With fearful rap3auy The occupants
If houss ia is hny ei progress, seeing
that their residences wtrC sTfe tp be de.
v3urtd moved thclr hunisufe 70 Tlacts
beyond VI hich they believed i oouid
reach. ouiy to lave lo move i agaii.
aud IN many instances 20 ind u al sait
consumed Is the iamoA. such vas iht
t,tnt ol the fire that the fireman wo',
almost poaerl#s While thes were
gal.auily fighting L ID enc direction o
held almost undlluisd sway IA uihcr
The 6rtmtn doubtless didal they could
bu. they we're powerloss leioIe tneh 9
tornado of hro and fame. The people
behaved wull, labonDg With every cn
erRy to aid the tirtmcn, OF toTescue The
goods - those whose residences lay nj
tie ,carse OF the FIRE, Buildings were
torn down and blown up far IN advance
81 the fire. bat the flames would over.
lear tie chRtms thus made and 60 with
increased force TO further oouquests.
0ur informant did not hear any esti
mate 81 the amount of insurance upon
tho property destroyed. II Was quite
largo. but fears are entertained that IN
solag instances offices may have 50 large
an amount as to render them insolyont
lh, &ow York and Hartford Offices are
large sufferers
The burnt district includes the whole
Of the nte-royolutionary town burnt by
Capt Morrott IN 1875, and much more.
At that period there we're no buildings
SO ior up as High street on below India
street then called King street, and
Fore street on the south and Congress
street then Back street, were the other
boundaries Cumberland street, the
souiherly side Of which is now destroy
ed, thon bad no existence.
+ There Is one gratifying feature--that
up to the time cur informant left itwas
not known that there had been any lose
Of me- Considering the fearful rapid
ity with which the flames spread tins IN
somewhat remarkable
The Jouua says
The tremendous conhagraton at
Portland, ON the ith, reminds us, 10y
its sweeping desuucuNcnoss, rather Of
tie earthquakes and volcanic distur-
Dances ot tropical regions than OF the
usual vsitatons by ilIe II ouf northern
cities Ne DO notrecali amy case where
onv-lmfd oI the property valuation OF
ANY place, large on small, was burned
up N q sngle ire, or where nearly the
Wnule of the business section was turn
cd INTO ltn lndistnguishabie mass of
! ruins, the very course and limits Of the
streets to be learned only from maps
| and plans. Such is Portland to-day,
which, iorty eight hours ago, was the
first American city TO the enst Of US in
pout of population, property nnd en-
tcIprise, and whose beauty was proven
bad throughout the country.
! / be area burned over rs actually Lar
ger than tho entire area OF the city
when il was destroyed by the British
, in tho Revolutionary war. The two
ends Of the city only arc preserved, With
line Of buildings merely enough To
/ show connection on the front and
J rear wuter lines. 1t is voiceless city
I for the moment, for its newspapers are
I all destroyed The destruction Of all
, its banks Though it is to be hoped that
! the contents Of their vaults viii prove
/, to be safo) would arrest the whole bus
> mess Of the city, even if'thc wholesale
, dry goods houses were not entirely con
s sumed, and the great majority Of the
u merchants had now no other counting
, rooms than tents or the open air. Two
; thousand buildings have gone The
s cd Second Parish Church, associated
r with tile memory Of the sainted Pay
: son, VIII never be seen again, nor 9TH
S ers, Of several denominations, almost
u equally dear to the prcscnt and former
Il residents of Portland The Natural
o History Society SO credit1ble for iii
i collection, is burnt out for the second
i time. In short, there IL not an interest
+ on association, secular, religious or lit
= erary, to which the people Of Portland
t have become habituated, that is not dis
r astrously, il not lrreparably, affected b.
l. til terrible coniiagration.
u And yet wo hear that the citizens arr
Ia in good spirits, cheerfully doing wha
they can TO mitigate the suffering il
10 their midst and ready to commenc,
It the work Of repairing their misiortunes
5- Those who know them would expec
h this The same spirit that has built NJ
o. their business prosperity as city tbs
c same spirit that electrified the whQkl
i- country IN the capture Of the rebel pri
" yuteer in their harbor- survives th,
20 flames, and Will renew It's activity. Ou
90 own aty has aneady gwen an enrnos
oi is warm sympathy, and VIII 90 a
Ic much farther III tue direction Of practi
10 c4l assistance as may be needed. An,
q we hasc no dOuDt tnid this ieelng j
5, widely extended throughout the com
" try.
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a charge, maasa masiasra.e, " many III
vi aAa .alas Oman