New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-07
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roof and INTERIOR little outward display that t
was difficult TO realize that more than 100000 worth Of
The Embassy Chapel which stands In corner Of the
the exerons OF the chaplain, whose own house Just be-
low the Embassy wall was burning at the time. Tho
reverend gentleman passed the night IN the vestry Mr.
Grlbble and his family remain the guests Of Lord and
Lady Hobert We may here mention that many people
houses TO receive whole families vino have been left
without shelter there being scarcely any lodgings to be
The working party from the Antelope, under the com
mand OF Lieut. Lascees, Tenln}d a. tne EDa r S.o
the Danube TO take up her station for the SUMNER was
was blowing conmander ProWse received telegram
from the ambassador at O'Clock on Monday m0rnlns
and started ut for Galaa, bringing with him MI vice.
Consul Gnarraeino. who Is superintendent OF British
Government buildings, since when the oncers ana crew
and night.
Meanwhile the confederation, which had been spread
ing over the quarter known GaiOnd KOoOok Marine
Guar,tHouse) and downward toward ksssim Pasha,
swept round the lofty street I'm front Of the
houses the residences Of the Rev G. E. GrSbe, the
embassy chaplain and Dr. sarell one Of our leading
the Royal Astronomical Society, saved his telescopes,
but lost the whole of his library and most Of his othc
he lost everything including 900 IN cash Near this
spot stands house insured in the Royal Once which
Baraeld, the local agent, with IoOIoom6adjis for
a25. II should be explained that the frellen OF
Constantinope receive no wlses-only Ioai OF eresa
them follow private occupation their great harvest
is good fire in rich quarter The system is very bad
one for Of course in concentrating eir exertions
certain spots which they have an interest In saving any
materially nterfered with. 1t unusual for tho
res of toooon,bads to buy house in DAIMLER az low
achieved IN saving properly the most pEeSarSsy S
toned explains the eccentric manner In which the IRE
seemed to pass over particular spots and single Gus
others for destruction.
Among the other British sufferers is Mr. william Kerr,
one Of the very oldest and most respected members OF
colony who has carried on business here for upward
Aeppi the finest and widest street leading out OF the
GTsnd RUE consisting entirely sSns houses re a b Se
fectly safe Scarcely house. however, Is LETT leI
barely escaped with their lives; Among the effects
valuable library, collected by hls son,
English medical men beside br. ssre namely, Dr. Nil
ngsn and Dr Temple ghyGa4Ts to the sgs s w sd
ferers. The venerable DR.. Milngen is well known ~
the doctor who attended Lord Byron in his last moments
of the United Evangelical Church, which meets at the
other day for England TO Get married participates in the
loss, as he occupied part OF me fathers mouse s
pie and his family had very recently removed os the sea-
son to Roune Hissar, on tile Bosphorus leaving his
house and furniture the charge OF who lived On
the premises Nothing was saved but large pier gass;
the Doctor lost all his diplomas, decorations &c Tho
generosity OF his imperial master the Sultan has how
ever removed him from the category OF victims ~ ar as
pecuniary loss Is concerned The house IN which MI
destroyed in his absence and he lost all ms effects
The United States Consulate general on the leI hand
side Of the street leading to the British Embassy was
General, only preserved safe containing money and
papers The the Italian Legation in the Grand
adjoining and furiousy attacked the Of the row.
two OF the finest shops in Per, the atterOf which
insured for $1,000 and the former for nearly as much
vigorously for the protection of the house throughout
the whole ire pouring water eOpogsy on the roof and
after o'clock. About an hour before, 1t had made ts
way higher up the Strand Rue In different ,s spots ana
front OF Mr. Nau the propetor and that next door OF
cumbed The Pashas residence was unoccuped, his Ex-
celency during his stay here congo, having stopped
the last was incredulous as the possibility
extending far and having taken no measures 70 save
tire and the Sultans furnished reception and
retiring rooms only the walls were LEFT standing;
over the pit entrance the marble bust Sa Of Ros,
chavins the handsome lamp Shop opposite caught fire,
and set fire to that Of the adjoining shop Sponneks the
next TO se da pIe na
fortunate in losing also the magnificent baths they had
the hotel had seea
up TO last year, when the proprietors discontinued
Of this paper who lived opposite the theater He
not in town at the time but returned early enough TO
the crowd OF ragmuins which thr0nged the way. As II
few things secured through the Kindness and
and her daughter had taken refuge the bulk ncsd
Ing M Hanlys library and still more unfortunately all
Among the public buildings destroyed In the quarter at
the back Of the Grand Rue Ts,sePss t ~ &
present in Rome attending the Counci church belong
Ing TO the community tbut not has been stated
the containing the ETpaess Eugenes present Of the
oben tapestry copy OF Raphaes Transnguratlou) and
the Roman Catholic Church OF ST. Jean Chrysostom near
the Jardin DIES Fleurs This garden, the fashionable
promenade of the Perotes Summer evenings has boon
sion the site of circus, which took fire. The Der
Wan Agency has already been mentioned.
I'm thaa rlx af he
ali the Ministers FASTENED from their respective
the Grand yzier spent the night in Gslatsera eceu-
pied in devising the measures necessary 10 be TAKEN
news he received arriving that the British En-
bassy doomed, which his Majesty was evidently
one had that time idea of the Toss Of life, but he
deeply affected 1t the contemplation Of such hayocs
without shelter which instructions have been
carried out by the authorities with the greatest prompt
Till after midnight the fire ragged with undated fury.
Then, happily the wind shifted 10 the west and subse
quently dropped and after IL hours irresistible sway,
the confagraton at O'Clock In the morning at last
onea crooked street iens to the British embassy
few houses had been pulled down At different places, but
common IN Constsnnope been resorted " In the very
first instance on anything like considerable scale
might, perhaps have been ekectual. IL the gale had
continued, is impossible To say where the fire would
have ended, OF whether It would have been IataVai,
those quarters, which would have been involved In DO
To sum up, now the loss OF property The number o
houses destroyed be estimated at less than 1890
and the money loss at 2G,0OO0O0 s7,Oo,oO. very
small proportion OF houses Insured. The ROYAL
Agent, MI Bared, returns the loss Of that Office at
10000 Imperial lMF. Clifton at f25c0o; the SUN
(Messrs ffsnsoBs) at 10000: beside which number OF
houses were Issued IN the two swiss Offices the Ba
have not yet been able TO obtain.
The above ngures representing they do vast an
amount OF distress unsppy constitute the least part
of the dreadful truth The oss OF life has been far be-
that recorded Of oonfagrAten In modern times
The morning the hre scores OF bodies or men.
women children found lying about the Streets
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