New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-07


pieic In The valley Of Unkarskeless the tenth ANN
ton under the Turkish rule, and the weather. as u APP
peared 10 these joyous exourOnss could not have been
more prOpt0us. Pera was, in consequence OF this
event, empted Of great part of its inhabitants; and
hundreds NJ families after enduring the most distressing
suspense during their passage back, the eonfaation
being visible lar Buyukdere, and Its scene being
easily identified being somewhere in the upper part OF
Pera returned find themselves houscess aud in many
utterly ruined IL about two o'clock that the
tSers is IRE W. and on hearing tie ste II tie fire pro-
claimed, as is the custom by the beds (waehmen they
knew at once that the disaster would in all probability
be serious for the immediate neighborhood, the
place being full of wooden houses closely built together
Fires are also announced from the Gaata Tower and the
Serasherate Tower in Stauboul The latter now passed
on the signal by hosting two black balls, and imme-
diaely guns were, according to CUSTOM fired by
the battery the nights above Kandill well known
as the village where Mr.; Hanson, the chief English
Away ran the ,nekters from Galata Tower, each
Of the seven In hame-eolof itS SHIRT! and car
the way through the streets ;glnd in a quarter OF
hour the brcang56t of the fire was known everywhere
but one That place Unkiar Iskcess where the
Armenans holding solemn feast and festival After
the interval of an hour persons who had thought hte
came alarmed when they repassed this station ana
found he flag kept 1s 5 aS for raay Is ex
guished, About seven signals suffice to lndG Ee
THE particular aareT IN which e S Snd care
little for the rest. Touloumbajis, however belonging 10
the streets running furousy to the scene of the dsas
ter. Then every one knew that danger had actually
fire still had the slightest conception Of the raw
ages it destined TO commit. ,,
The fire was first observed bursting out OF the window
of a small wooden house in the Rue Ferdie hundreds OF
yards distant from the Grand Rue The origin OF IL Was
pie and with the peculiar domestic eeono
Of tie natives which, spite OF the RAPID advances Oh
extent partly owing to the habit and partly TO
nnumefable practical difficulties in the way OF
woman the occupier of the house in which
the fire broke out, had sent her child upstairs ~
bring down mdngdl Tan open vessel containing 1ghted
chareaD the purpose OF cooking the afternoon meal
The br1zer fell on the sairs windowenItala esu9ht
flames spread, and burst through the wooden wall the
poor woman was ana and se asn ~ Keen out
thieves from whom householders on such occasions
S Sgh S hs bo%se wa sn situated is very narrow
and the opposite side as well az the auolIming
(why they ave called musicians have ideal sta
toned the top Of Gaata Tower deserving the clouds
ffo nS hd b III Be CENTRE Indicating Fire in
Meanwhile, the wind had frcshened, and BILE In gusts
and ali the Isighborhood seemed doomed unless the
wind should Drop but still the number OF streets OF stone
houses between the scene OF the re and the Grand h
precluded any apprehension OF cOnagra0n gong nucn
beyond the cluster OF wooden houses in which 1t had com
menced.
No sooner was IL known that the fire really great
one than and balconies OF every house were
ed with anxious spectators stu tne 1r1ns M ~
its crew, was sent to the front horses WIN Gags Oh
toward the conhagration; sakaS foot waercarrers ran
along after tlem with their portmantealooklng sKihs
ioined company; here and there bearded Pasla,
rounded with guards on to sas NE
render service where required; women rushed toward
time IN their lives Of costume or personal appearance
and when few men OF any natlonaaty crowded io
some fellow-countryman.
The course or rather courses which fire took after
possible to describe even to those well acquainted with
the locality, for though eventually the whole place
the conla grafton presented sporadic appearance;
and at time, in fact it appeared as If half dozen
other The combusble nature OF the houses that first
fell prey combined with the rushing wind, which car
fragments Of burning matter to an incredible
distance WAS the cause sTa T p s9e mdTeTer
swept the blazing houses in such manner that the
names instead OF flsnR Svfe n ont
OF reach with ferceness and perncity which can only
stone nor iron till less dry tnder-cOuld
sis these ncessant fiery blasts shot out from places
which were burning with intensity SURPRISING that of
furnaces in iron foundry. Iron shutters were red
hot iron grders and bars were twisted In all manner OF
shapes and the glass in the houses were all run into
solid masses which did dot preserve trace Of the
original forms of their component materials sitting
of yeowish smoke which FOR some time obscured the
sky resembled eclipse Of the sun sfterward the
flames shot up with such yvdness that long before dusk
the sky above Pera had changed from its ordinary
to deep red 1t can easily be imagined what alarm
spread among the nnumeTabe Perotes who had already
taken up their residences the BosphOrus
Marrnora, and who had udtl tide next morning
Of getting into town To relieve their suspense as To the
their property and of their relatives and friends.
There teraisk in places Of being seorched to
death suOcaed in running through as fast "a pos
sibe-where that was practicable. Unhapply, many
persons did actually lose their lives in the street. after
they had their escape from their burning dwellings,
and there be no doubt that II thoroughfaee had
made by the soldiers fewer lives would have
been sacrificed and many people would have been able
10 have saved great deal more OF their property the
the fury Of the confasration, and could not have
fOreseen that IL would have spread 20 much
At and the in vs sE oS s pand ony
the hOusehOders added TO the confusion Hduals lpor
advantage opportunity demanding times their
usual fare and then in cases after receiving In
street and going elsewhere dispose Of their services
or, in other cases, carrying them much greater dls
lance than bargancd for and being heard OF
again. number OF such scoundrels 1t is said were in
tereepted by the police Goods, in great number Of
ing the fire spread and WERE after AK burnt Ia
which had 6Sen as fe 70 tns
building streets off the nearest burning house was
prev to the aanes At Gaata the Imperial Ly-
ceufn) in the Grand Rue Immense number Of goods
cradle risk as did, indeed the building ITSELF for which,
when it heard that the British Embassy had caught
fire. great fears entertained, the Kootook tpoce
bariaekrJ hard by having been Quilted long before the
theater aud other houses in the Grand Rue higher up
down 10 Gaata filed till after midnight with thou
sands Of people carrying away their household gods
Nothing extraordinary illustration OF the ter
ric Of the eOnnagron than the destruction
OF the British Embassy massive stone structure stu
atee the midst Of a spacious garden. surrounded by
lofty walls, and provided, moreover, with hre engines
and abundant supply Of water The ordeal however,
to wheht wa exposed was seyerer than any architect
or engineer could have contemplated provided for
far than internal fire would have been Fire,
indeed has happened within the building more Than
once and has been extinguished. Astounded every
at rst to hear that II had caught fire. and stu
more 40 afterward when it known that all efforts
save II hopeless there il mystery about the
catastrophe which was susceptible q H. very simple ea
uations which put in circulation by local paper
The facts prove that there lack OF presence OF
mind or OF daring part OF the Ambassador any
of the personnel Of the Embassy the eKertions Of all