, 1870-08-27

hfo and smSke; his friends naiaaed lia,. Aai
supposed be had been caught ia the 14mes
Aoout5 o'clock, Mr. Woodtnrn. seeins al.
I,sosemnE danger to the fair grounds of tha
1les to proceed to tic scene. Upon their AZ
nEal they made path with axes through the
| "oocs, and tho men extended In iins witL
| buckets. After two lours' hard labor the fire
| WAS overcome.
Some persons in and about Chelsea were
engaged all dag yesterday in taryiug .,,rir
Goods and clothing il the ground.
,tncfe Was no further advance Of drc At
n!ouccstet last AigLt. S,nce the last report
! o. tic eutlerer Of tilouceatcr have le,rnel
91 several others who hare been rcud .zed
a fire WAS burning all nigh. at E,b:tl .rls
euarritH. aud il was reported that somc bni,.i.
lbEs we're destroyed.
There j. no injury done BY fire in the town
slnps Of bowman, Portland. Wakefield. Deg
ho'n'' or tho back part of rea@glston; =,
To-day tho city has filed ID witI ;ia sn.uie ri
aEaih vtTy thickIy. Not much news hIs .,,yn.
u iEon the surrounding districts sincs lat
nteLt. ~ Chelsea they were still Gsbti,a.
..M' .n9 nae' "aiSn was closely henmioS in shlt
snlaGe- AL inorables were yesterday re-
moved from the stores and private hoasas
aud placed III the tie1dt, and ever able-boIisd
MN was out At the fires. Your corre.poaI:ut
cane in last night from the blanche liver, On
%AS A0NE3 AAHAHh 5tHet AD0 EAe names ~&fa
ael'reading very rapidly in that direction, aud
Eurbanks = Cortiers was expected to 1e burnt
every moment.
Great dtstitu.ion prerai1u on all si1c.. and
large uumserr Ut families are IN the city ls4n:.
tu charity. Tie City Council Ia. voted j. OJj
to their relief, and collections were taken up
IN IL he city churches today. Committees
have i.ee,l ai,troiDtel to receive and Distribute
provisions and ciotAiug.
Prescsst tAu9. ~ C.r,e:tr'nlenet n the Han.,ioa
7imes.
came ont this morning from Ott,wa. Tim
country OH the entire line OF the OTTAWA 4
Prescott RailRa5 is on fro on both sidcs ali
tile wsy from Ottawa to Prescott,
Ao'4lpG can hlttass the gloom which has
settled over Central Canada at tile yi.ita,ion
through which tlis part of the country il now
passing No one IN this district has soon The
ky for days; Tue sun, when he can lo seen
at a!l through the denset a1l-peryading amoke.
t. look.
Some idea may be formed of the terth,a
magnitude OF tho .conaaEratio1 nov in pro-
g!ete (and for ausht anybody knows, only be-
gtnsiins). When we consider tLat it has nov
oFetrun Ahd in mn1,y places totxllr devastated
an area Of ut least over :, 400 squire miles,
territory one-fourth the size Of Critters Pro-
yiLce OF Manitob.. OF the amount Of d.marn
done even the fsintest estimate c,unot 6o
formed. ~
The Ottawa Citizen publishes this morning
atwo-co!umn list Of the sufferers in tho town,
ships Of Aepean, Hunsley, and Glouce.,er
the fne toansLips OF Fitzsoy, OsgooIe. H,rfo
borough, Iarbolton, Goulbonrne, North Cow
ca. Hull, Tenpleton, Ma1sh, and, in fact. ar
;;ry township betwcca Ottawa City and the s.,
lawrence, and for si1tymiles on both silcs OF
she otsoMa AiFer, from ottoEa City to Gsan-
VILE. Most fortunately these las been
.arcely any wind for the past three days, 9th
rrSisc God only knows whcre all this might
enc. As it IL, very considerable portion Of
Centfa! canad9 In in ashes, aud the progress
y: the LANES il unabated. II is perfectly do
!lorahle to Sec tho condition Of matsers
iu this section. and a feeling Of deep
Even Wills I w1ite, tho % smoIo
il 70 dense IN the atree.a Of Prescott, that It
II 11nFossible to see stones throw, and it is
tcatlleal+ Should n violent wind Spring up it
II notwithstanding to contemplate the disaster
which would certainly ensle. a1auy pcrsous
Lave peEaled alreaay, either by tlrs Or su 10
CATION passed through two mllcs OF rail-
way in tho township Of 0syoode on Sasur-
day Tho flames nenly reached tho win.
dovs OF the cars in somo places, aud some
lanes OF ElssB were broken by tie heat
along the wny. I hare acen farmers sitting
Ge]eeted and in state of stupefaetio1l
with the smoke from the emoulle1iug re-
mains Of tleir devastated farnls aud Lomo.
stcatlA- The worst feature il that the a0it IT.
eelf IL destroyed in 1nany places by tho nre.
All the rich land, the made land, aud tic flats,
covered with nlluyill lpI,oeit, ire burnt out
totally, and rendered utterly ir1ccl.imabls,
except by a process 80 tedious aud e1penslve
fEat thar ruined oHu ucts contl not under
take it.
This condition OF Affairs in this district re-
4nircs tho prompt Intervention uf lilo govern
meat and Tho liberal contribution OF the cl4ari-
table to alleviate the evil couse1ucnce, nf A
PAL and H.