, 1869-05-15
she FIRE At HELENA. NON
TANA.


HAS II epsy minutes past o clock, on Wednes6ay
mnrMu-; Heleuia1s we're awakened from theiI
slumters BY the hoEros.sa Filling cry OF "nrc:'-
ions ,sed for md fSse led 99s5 9eon % .RS
naught = fets Of tvo-thtrdso of ia business qoaI+
ter save. nc Eay ashes q desotaiion- The n,e
adjoining The shoe shop on the corner OF West
Main and Cutler IrcttA md sefere the alar1n had
called scorr Of persons to M SCENE the hungry
In ten m11ntes It was fu2 abiHe, and Il
the heat sucket the resinous rnatter nom tue dry
pine logs Of whca 1t WIS constructed, the heat
became 80 tnstnse that approach to 1t WAS tmpos-
slble. The 1rr Meu and c1tlzens gz.heret promptly
u hundredst md many worked dulgEuily, but
neasstsSsiy, Z dsuonsh the Chsnse houses In
partng food TO- nc eourmsnd Tre: heat dove
them RAPIDLY f.pn- one building to another. A
Ing the Hancock BoldlnF, the key to He p.eseEya
Ton Of the city, bctthc names jumped West Main
.tneet, r. m rapidly aton9 the Nest slcs. nsaked
and almost n ra1h, the Hancock Building was
covered with Cansc4 The last position was
ot M sHsnsss r q
bounded Along and c.ross Bridge street ra1.n9
with iurr, breathing his nre-nake hreash faEnhead
dr. de q h1 na NJ" n, n5:e The dnt m
down n Ain and the cross streets. But now con-
h 4 s easl aoaGs ase et at
houses we,e consumed, "a daylight Iawnedup-
daylight orought IN angel Of mercy to the scene.
The wind, which had increased and famed the
4aa1 4asnes wira ttrl R9sss ESns down Tie gs!eh
but the nrc-proofs until they reached tho stone
nasas. Ma presented BY Hale Co.'S and Z. s.
Isn soaaSs .aa OF SpGose ~. q
eyer The hill in the direction Of Broadway. Nc
IN rhefson n, . sonse on !ae kson sttset vas CONSUME
tages wou1d have balteA the IRE to Broa,lway.
But the smoke and Ore dartet upward-drifted
iazily back One more rallJ-contguous build
broadway region WAS saved, the further progress
stared. Uptown, the Dorr,s Building was savea
By snPerhuman exertions The 1lre did mol e1-
building, which was burnt Except the itre-proof
buildings Of the National Bank, King / Gillette,
HerTog. lussey Dashiey, Cans Klein, |. Har-
couple near the corner Of Joliet and Cutler there
Is not valnaole building left In tho space boundI
STREETS
:, The morning scene Was enc Of ireartcst deso.a:
ton. The bills about were covered with groups OF
the aahes Of their homes; the meagrc extra ap-
Pa1cl and furniture c'utched LII haste, stsewn
aoont; the remote streets piled wt:a merchandise
transported at Ea110p by scores OF teams, werI
forms Of men CROPPING about down In the thick
smoke, and tho sun drnptuE even The great noun
smoky Incense that descended from the altar Of de-
ynst1tion.
The number Of buildings destroyed is vartously
which were hus,ness housea The loes Is estimated
at from $500 coo to St2 0OU the larger figures beug
the estimate of one Of our best informed and mnst
constdefatt merchants In many branches OF su-
dnatry and tHnde. there was not q representative
with roof over him. 5ess crtaT.
gene1a5 aeeep1ed belief that It It vas @ nsed i ! pnr- M
Foeeiy, by an tnccnd1ary. Prom the negotiations
made and intent expressel Yesterday, null one
within The week.
Every one noticed the lanentabie deficiency OF
water, hut we have not seen tt yet stated who cut
the Gorlian knot By cutting the Ten Nile ditch.
The cttizenA ere indebted Tor this to Judge N.
F, Trnetf, who, invalid as he t. snouldefrd
places, thus throwing Into the streets 600 Inches
Of water, which Has Of Invaluable service In sub.
dlinR the 1aines- The norns Building, which was
another block Ia Its destruction, WAS saved prtnci-
Who were rallied to the nerre onset 81 Captain n.
Tlnchtr was once on DIRE, but was eIt,ngafshed
by M extraordinarily Tenacious light TN Main
te p5s f0 ee
street to Ware / Ellis@ near Brpsdway.
Street, at O'Clock, Nas the charge pre- eminent
upon the destroyer. Among those who wert con
sptcuou1 for personal exetaons, and In encour-
aging dAhsaHened scores back for one more and a
AueceasfM edot', were Messrs. A. H. Voolfolk,
y. F, Sanders Neil HOWE, J. Il. Curtis, ]. X.
btedler. Hugh klrkendau and Biahop Turtle. The
head q the nre dragon was crushed here, as his
sweepin& tail was pinloncd Oh Joliet street sey-
eral hundred ynrda aWnJ.
losa Is increased. Nj. Hcn-1 Thompson, Mr
lanes King. and Mr.. Clarke, Of Clarke, Conrad {
Miller MI pnt the estimate al over ssooooa. This
We do not believe there was Ssr .uo worth of zal-
able merchandise burned In the stores, although
billiard tables, furnii1re etc. tnat Hss piled In III
Afee4. transferred 70 DIRE proofs and warehouses,