The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1866-07-13
Terribly Destructive Fires,
Portland, Maine, Nearly Destroyed
Half the City in Ashes.

Portland, lh,. July "a IRE last evening completely
swept through this city, from the foot of High street
10 North street, destroying everything IN lts track 80
completely that tho limo VI streets can hnruly % dls'
eerned, aud a space Of one and a half miles long by q
quarter Of o mile wide, appears Ike q forest OF chlHl-
neys, with fragments Of wall attached TO them Tho
wind was blowing u gale from the South, hnda ire
Inendons sheet Of flame swept along before II deV0uring
everything ia lts passage, Many bu~ildihga-pcrhAps
Gny-woTu blown up TO check the names The custom
house, being %hre'prOoi, escaped, though u was greatly
damaged, Tho court records IN tho upper story aIe
probably destroyed.
TN, splendid city and county building on Congress
atreet, nearly hre proof, was swept away, with all its
contents. Half the city u %destroyedi ahd thAt hhI IN
Guiding nearly all the business poiuon OF tho CITY, eA'
cvptlng the heavy business establishments on CONNER
Xii tho banks and newspaper Offices are left. Also
all tho jUwelry establishments
Later.
Portland Me-, July 5.-Thc FIRE still ragoa below Gum
berlRnd street, making to the westward tho Wlnh nav
Ing changed.
commodatc the homeless inhabitants, II Is almost I'M
possible TO tell where thu people lived, inc des'hc'loi
10 80 complete.
Establishment on Middle street, was slngularly passed
nv the sea o thames unBcathed. though everything was
swept on both sides. The Portland society Of NHturai
History lost lts valuable collection. ~ IS tstilha'eI
that about two thousand buildings are burned, anu
property destroyed TO the amount Df about ten hlliolS
of dollars, half Of which Ia insured The state YalnH-
tion Of tho city property was thenty eight mlliohb'
and the real valuation must he over thlIly milllohH
fully oni.tnird must have been destroyed. Nothing
can BIO done In the city to-day except 10 Jake care VI
the HON eless, and that is actively being done IhS
frcmen from abroad WORK n0Oly' me vhuIcneS Hnu
many other edlfces are thrown open for the homeless,
and committees are appointed to relieve the diatreSs'
For some hours commune alton was cut OH between
the back aud front Of the city, except ny oVera mllo
iourury around. The flames are stu troublesome III
some onarters, and arc working down into the custom
Hons, badly. John o Brown h Sons lost at least a
million dollars-insured about %one-halt'
Relief of the Suffering.
Nan York, July B.-Adans Express Company are ia
king contributions here for tlIS Portland suhererera
C~isoINYATr, July e.-Tbe total loss by the
fire ia Lawrencburp, Indiana, will reach one
hundred thousand dollars.
Twenty-Five buildings were destroyed,
covering an area Of nearly two acres.
A FIRE here on the 4th instant destroyed
nearly fifteen thousand dollars worth OF
property. g,
CnERRY VALLEY, n. Y, July 6.--Nearly all
the buildings ON the north side OF Main
street, in this place, were detroyed by lire
last night.
The loss is from twenty-five thousand to
one hundred thousand dollars.
SAN Francisco, July IA IRE at Dayton
Nevada, on Sunday, destroyed, property
valued one hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars
UTICA, N. Y, July 5.-Tbe extensive man.
ufacturing works of Rogers l. Co., situated
five miles south Of this city, were totally
consumed by FIRE, with all their contents,
early on Wednesday morning.
The ere was clearly the work of an incen-
diary.
The property was insured in thirty COM
panies to the extent Of one hundred thousand
dollars, but the loss. was nearly double that
amount.
N.Y. A fire occurred at Galena, 0. the 22d,
which destroyed eight buildings in the bu-
siness part of the city, and inflicted a loss OF
about twelve thousand dollars. Several
fremen were more or less injured.