The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-06-16
Terrible COnlasration and Less
of Life IN ODsiantknOpEe.


of Life In Consi antAnOpEe.
CoNsrANTINoPlE June 6.-Yesterday
afternoon fire eprsad through the richest
part of the city. The flames were first
discovered in the old building, in Pera,
on the north side Of Golden Horn a
strong wind was blowing and the fire
quickly communicated TO the adjoining
buildings. In few hours the residences
of the English, American and Portuguese
ambassadors, Consulates, Naom theatre,
many churches and mosques, thousands
of houses, and the richest stores and shops
in the city were reduced to ashes.
The loss Of life by the falling of the
walls is fearful. 1t is estimated that at
least thirty people were killed or injured
by this cause. The loss is incalculabe.
The fire at this hour (noon) is still burning
fierceIy, and the excitement beggars des
cription.
CoNsTANTINoPLE June 6, 10 P. M
Later particulars Of the melancholy eatas-
trophe have been received. The ravages
of the conhagration are fearfnl-mosQues
dwellings, theatres and other buildings
being consumed with terrible rapidity.-
The fire originated in the suburb of Pera,
on the Golden Horn, and, unchecked, sped
quickly through the most populous and
wealthiest commercial quarter of the dis
trict The scene was OF fearful grandeur,
presenting the aspect of Il huge furnace.
The Golden Horn and the BGsphorus bangs
with a thick pail Of smoke and the city
proper is covered with ashes. Many Of
the escaping inhabitants and numbers Of
those engaged in tearing down houses 10
prevent the spread Of flames were buried
in the falling masses Of stone or beams,
The houses of the British embassy, and
American and Portuguese Consulates,
were involved in the destruction. Thou
sands shared the same fiery fate. There
has been no interruption of the terrible
destruction, and the fire is still raging
with unabated fury. The loss will prove
heavy and almost iucalcuIable. Energetic
efforts are now being made by organized
bands of soldiers TO stay the consuming
| element, but the work Of subduing the
/ flames will be most difficult undertaking.
! CoNsTANTINoPLE, June 8 The great
/ fire III tie Pera district has been fully sub
dued, and something like order relens
again. According TO careful account,
over seven thousand buildings have been
! DESTROYED Many of these were the best in
/ the city The loss Of life greatly exceeded
| the estimate made some days ago. The
remains Of one hundred and fifty human
! beings have been discovered tkus far, and
! it is supposed this number represents
1 l,I Ill Of lo ,Dl Of
| The total loss caused by the fire is roughly
computed at twenty five million pounds
sterling. English underwriters will suffer
( heavy losses. The archives of the British
! Embassy were saved. The Armenian
/ CHURCH of the Immaculate Conception
was on fire several times, and is considera-
bly, damaged but the Gobelin tapestry,
the gift Of the Empress Eugenie, with
which the Church was decorated, was
saved unharmed.
oNsrANTNoTLF, June 8, via Paris
/ The loss Of life by tie couhagration was
frightful at some places. Whole families
were hemmed in by the flames and per-
/ ished in foil view of the spectators, who
were unable TO rescue them The panic
among the people was terrible, ard many
who might have escaped lost all presence
of mind, and were unable to save them
selves. Others in despair made no effcrt
to fly, and were lost Some Of TIE Turks,
In the spirit of fatalism peculiar 70 that
race and religion, shut themselves up in
their burning houses, refused assistance,
and met their fate without q murmur.-
! 1t hus been ascertained that two hundred
and fifty persons were burned to death or
killed by the falling walls, and as many
more are suffering