The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-06

N CoTTlUlo uIC ID raging HcT6 WhlOA
has destroyed Browns Sugar House,
anG is sweeping through the city be-
fore a strong southern wind.
W SECOND DISPATCH.
PORTLAND, 8 p. M-The fire caught
in the buildings above the sugar house,
on Commercial Street, and has swept
northward through that street into
the wooden buildings between Center
and Cross Streets, consuming every
thing as it goes. j. b. Brown q Sons
loss is from six to seven hundred
thousand dollars, three hundred thou
sand of which is covered by insu
rance. Staples & Sons machine shop,
and N. P. Richardson Il Sons stove
factory are completely destroyed. One
steam fire engine has just come from
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PORTLAND, MAINE, July 5.-The
fire has completely swept through the
city, destroying everything attacked
so completely that lines of streets can
hardly be traced, and a space of one
and half miles long by a quarter of
mile wide. Many buildings, perhaps
fifty, were blown up to check the
flames, but the Inhabitants could
scarcely more than fly with their fam
lilies to the upper part of the city,
saving such goods as they could
carry. The Custom House being fire.
proof escaped, though greatly damag-
ed; the court records in the upper
story were probably destroyed The
splendid city and county building on
Congress Street, which was nearly
re-prOof, was considered safe and it
was filled full of articles by the
neighboring residents, but it was
swept away with all its contents.
Half the city is destroyed; and that
half includes the business portion,
except the heavy business portion on
Commercial Street The banks and
newspaper Offices are burned. But
three printing Offices are left. All
the jewelry establishments, whole
sale and retail, telegraph fiOce, and
a majority of the business places are
destroyed. The fire is still raging
below Cumberland Street, working
back to the westward, the wind hav-
ing changed.
Captain Henry Ingram has tele-
graphed for 1,500 tent to accommo-
the homeless families.
+ ~9n n, LATER se. gssi
PORTLAND, MAINE, July 5.-The
fire commenced a little below the
foot of High Street, and next burned
up Hams Touring mill, and then
Browns sugar house with all the sur
rounding buildings, then Staples &
Sons and Richardson's foundries,
and nothing was left on Commercial
Street of consequence. Itnext'swept
what is called Graham 8 Corner, com
posed of small wooden buildings,
clean. 1t here burned up as far
as the old Vernon House, on
Pleasant Street, thence one-third the
way up. Center Street, thence half way
up Celten Street, thence it swept the
whole length of Cross Street, then it
swept down on the south side of First
Street, across Middle Street, and
moved along to Indian Street in the
East, while in the West it moved
diagonally across Middle Street, and
down to Cumberland, taking the Elm
House but sparing the First Presby-
terian Church, then from Chestnut
Street to North Street, and then made
1 clean sweep on the South side OF
Cumberland Street. The same was the
case with Congress Street. On Fifth
Street as far East as Indian Street it
is almost impossible to tell where the
people lived, the ruin and destruction
is so complete. Davis, Baxter & Co.,
on Free street, wholesale dealers in
| fancy articles, set down their loss at
| $25, 900, which is fully insured in the
Ktna Company, Hartford.