The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-07

send $40, 600 this morning.
Interesting Details and Incidents-Reports
from Eye-Witnesses-Meeti to Provide
Relief in New York, Brooklyn, Boston,
and Elsewhere.
The dispatches from the iIl.fated Forest CITY of
New Enganu have told the stery OF the awful
calamity which has oveItaken that pleasant town.
Further despa ches of yesterday give additional
hculars, which we condense and present Two hun
Ored acres of territory, compactlY built with dwell
lLgs and business houses. have been swept by the
tornado OF flame and 10 900 or IL 600 men women,
and children were turned INTO the places which had
nee been streets. The heaviest loser Blown,
the sugar Iefner, whose loss Is eshmated at S1O0-
600, which includes not only his immense works. but
houses in various parts OF the CITY, Fortunately his
fine residence was outside the burnt district
The destruction OF the new CITY Hail. the pride of
the city and the state, Is generally lamented. It
roof set the interior fire. and 1t was quickly
burned to the ground. A few of the city records
were saved and great many destroyed. The build
ing cost originally about S400 000 but it cannot
be replaced Tor twice that sum The Methodist
Church, on Chestnut street, near the City Hall, the
tionary measures Of iron shutters to the windows,
which 1t is SAID many Of the Society opposed when
the church was erected. 1t is worth about SO 900.
By the destruction of the Natural History Build
Jog that corporation will lose $4,000, exclusive OF
Custom House and Post Office, both in the same
building, were badly damaged in the in, n,eriOr or
the eight churches destroyed, that of the Roman
Catholic Immaculate Concep ion Society on Con-
gress street, together with the parsonage, was the
most valuable aud the loss will not tall short of
100000. seven hotels were destroyed, including
among others the partially finished structure known
as the Marble Hotel, owned by the Hon. John NJ.
Wood, once a member of Congress from Maine.
The hotels destroJ ed are the International. Free
man Commercial, American, Sailors Home, Kings.
bury's and the Marble
The two principal ones the city, the Preble and
the United States, escaped, although the latter was
in number, were all destroyed. Tne opening OF the
vaults shows that the papers and money OF the Ma:
tional raiders and the + irst ana Second National
nka nTh hnr rmp
The City Gas WORKS were destroyed. so that the
city now is IN darkness when night comes down
upon the widespread desolation rhe burning oil
nearly all the supply stores renders it impossible
also to obtain lamps and OIL to supply the place of
A letter from Portland says that the greatest ap.
prebension among the business men is that their
misfortune will carry down many of the insurance
companies, particularly the local ones who have the
largest risks. II the insurance Losses are promptly
met, very many will resume business agaln The
people not disposed to be discouraged If it is
possibility to again establish IN business Mr..
ing at once, and the propretors of the Portland Press
have already ordered new types and presses and
adyertised Yer for an office or proposals to build one;
fire were such eye-wlnesses will not care to have
repeated IN their experience. All the vehicles OBJ
tanable were impressed INTO the work OF transfer
ring furniture and effects from buildings burning
threatened but, in many cases, they had no sooner
been deposited IN what thought to be place OF
safety, than they were again endangered, and per-
haps quickly destroyed by the pursuing flames The
Portland Press publisher, after the destri ctIon of
his office issued a small extra from the OfIic of
printer who had not been as unfortunate as were
all of his lellow craftsmen who published pa Jers
from which we extract the following, which shows
the spirit with whlch the terrible calamity was met
by the sufferers
we're the one thing desirable now IT would be easy to
s IL @ OF S nG ns Wbe Wo ays 90
were homes shops and hanntS & OF men Dnt have now
midst of lorest ct unhoused chimneys and labyrinth
and shvered by the intense flame which swept over it
night night before ore last Inc dome OF the ty hsH and me
u; s5S 'ss AZ
an aas
been uiRed into the street without Is the
bu @ bfe R and % Stone are and m.S blow
away as lightly as gSSsamer there is vet something
prise Which built beautiful city. In this disaster,
r6 moie noble than now Il Is Rad to zee Se Tas
Of many years q PaSsnt sndsayST wasted I" fey
SS%s the H1 in M If % and sS
prsse co%mepca street has " suered
e ie and West India and trade VIM be but
shoe interests are more seriously disturbed or the me
Stunning business after the least possible interval lem
porar rents for business purposes in active de-
the market for bidders" "''' Ai''0' IL
The first question. after making sure that the
flames had reached their limit was the provision of
1ood and shelter for those who were burned out of
their homes, and had neither roof nor food. Calls
! for relief having been sent to Boston ana other
rehsf. Mayor Lincoln issued a call for provisions
to bo left al the various police stations, and t was
not lone after the call emanating from the Mayors
office bad been published that boxes barrels, and
baskets Of PROVISIONS began to accumulate ut the
various police stations
All during the afternoon these packages, neatly
and compactly made Hp, aowe in, the contributors
beng individuals who had made up donations from
their private ardeIs merchants who dealt In such of
the necessaries of life called for, and others
who purchased edbles in wholesale quantities,
pa cells smaller, as their means admitted OF.
Mr.. j. B. Smith, the Rterer, left for Portland at
o'clock by the direction of the Mayor, taking with
hm all necessary utensils for making coffee tea,
etc and several assistants. At O'Clock great
portion of the contributions had reached the East
err depot, and were placed aboard the train for
transportation to Portland There were two long
bagPage cars filed with proVisOns, which COM
prIsed 100 barrels OF bread in one lot besides
other parcels of the same material; pies, cakes
and other kinds OF pastry; corned beef ham, aad
other kinds of meat smoked and ready for eating,
the latter beng ncelv packed in insure its
preservatOh; he entire quantity weighed several
tons Next in the of these cars were two Otherl
OF like capacity, which were filed with tents, fur
nished by Colonel Moklm u s. QuaTtermaster
winch are to be used for the shelter of those unfOrtu
na'es who have lost their all.-N. Y. tribune.
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