The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-14

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from the Boston papers of Wednesday eve
ming;
OPERATIONS IN THE BURNT DISTRICT.
Clouds of steam and smoke continue to as
cend from the ruins in the midst of which num-
erous working parties are engaged in digging
out safes, and experts in opening the same.
These operations are witnessed by crowds of in
terested spectators, prominent among whom
were the owners OF the vaults, watching with
anxiety the developments which increase or
diminish their losses. In some instances upon
opening the safes nothing is found but the
blackened pages of books and the chaff of notes,
certificates of stock, and the ashes of Bank
notes. Homer & Wyeth, whose store was on
the corner of High and Congress streets, had
one OF Sanborn's steam safes which fell from
the second story to the main floor and did not
appear to have been subjected to extraordinary
heat; yet nothingwa saved, lot of silver
even, which it contained, being melted.
James l.. Little & Co. opened one of their
vaults on Franklin street, which had been
packed full of choice wooden goods, all of which
were destroyed.
Cutter, Tower s. Co., stationers, corner of
Dix and Congress streets, were more fortunate
Their large vault was opened to-day, and all
their books, papers and considerabte quantity
of goods foudd in an excellent state of preser-
walton.
j. E. Buerk, dealer in watches and jewelry,
had two safes in Simmons Block, over the
Hue ana Leather BANK, tne contents OF one OF
which were in a toerably good condition, while
the goods in the other were totally destroyed.
The owner commenced the sale of the best
preserved articles, and found ready purchasers
for French clocks and watchmen's time pieces
| among hundreds of relic hunters. Mr.. Buerk S
loss was about $17, 900.
Rufus S. Frost & Co., formerly in Franklin
street, saved their books and papers intact.
The high wind Tuesday night blew down
many of the fragments of wall and Wednesday
| morning several gangs of men with ladders,
ropes and tackle, commenced systematically to
pull down others. w. M. Rumney & Co. RACED
the granite front of the store of William Hor-
ton & Co., Franklin street. and David I'll. ia
cobs did the same with the remaining walls of
Mercantile Building, corner of Summer and
Hawley streets. A portion of the walls of
Capen's Postoffice Building, corner of Summer
and Chauncy streets, fell during the gale of
Tuesday night and Wednesday forenoon the
front of the block was pulled down, falling in
to and across Summer street.
Superintendent Harris with a strong force of
laborers, in addition to the streets mentioned
as having been opened Tuesday, has passage
through High street nearly to Pearl. One gang
of men are digging their way with picks, crow
bars and shovels, through Congress, from High
to Milk streets, and the latter is now open from
Washington street to Central wharf.
REMAINS ExHUMED FROM THE RUINS.
On searching through the ruins on the site of
Edward Hixon & Co. S store, formerly of No.
172 Washington street, Wednesday morning, a
small bundle of charred human bones was dis
covered Whose remains they are 1t is impos-
sible to find out. Two men are known to have
been burned there On the morning when the
fire reached that spot there were over twenty
men in the store, and Deputy Chief Quinn
stepped in and ordered them all to come out as
the walls would fall in a minute or two. He
had hardly reached the opposite sidewalk when
1 the crash of falling walls was heard accompan-
led by a sweeping cloud of smoke and fine de-
bris. Then followed the cries of two men from
under the ruins. Every effort was made to get
them out, but the flames drove off their would
be reScuerS.
The remains taken out are carefully preserved
and efforts to secure more will be continued, in
the hope that sufficient will be obtained to
solve the problem of identity by means of put
ting the parts together.
| AN INFANT ABANDoNED.-On Monday eve
ming an unmarried woman, nineteen years old,
named Harriet E. Manual, daughter of J. G.
Manual, laborer, of Hallowell, arrived in that
| city on the P M. train. from Great Falls, N.
H., with female infant five months old in
her arms. Instead of going from the depot di-
rectly to her fathers house, she went up Union
street (from Second street, as far as Mr.. A. D.
knights new residence, and there placed the
babe, which was dressed in only its ordinary
indoor clothing, IN culvert or ditch, and then
proceeded to walk away from the spot. Upon
suggestion from Conductor BODICE, on whose
train the mother with her child came from
Brunswick, the police had watched the young
mothers movements, and following her at a dis
lance, met her without her child, as she was
returning down the hill. She was then ar
rested by Officer w. H. Gilman, and the cries
of the little infant sounding family through the
darkness drew Marshal Fowles to the cruel
spot where it had been laid. He took it MP
teDderly, and though severely chilled and much
stranged with the water in which it had been
placed, it was soon restored. The mother was
taken into custody, and accompanied by her
mother passed the night in the city marshars
Office the babe being placed in the mothers
charge ence more. The examination of the
mother took place yesterday afternoon before
Hon. $. K. Gilman judge of the Hallowell mu-
nicipal court, s. Lancaster, Esq, of this city APP
pearng for the respondent, and F. H. jackson,
Esq, OF Hallowell, for the government The
testimony of the city marshal of Officer W. H.
Gilman, and of the mother herself, was given
that of the two officers bein. in substance
what we have stated above, and that of the
mother, seeking to deny that she intended to
absolutely abandon herchld--which is feeble
puny thing, its little life Pickering in its tiny
tenement that is not able to withstand much
more hardship in the cruel world into which
it was born. The examination was continued
until to-day, Wednesday, in order to obtain
the testimony of Conductor BODICE, by whom
the government expects to prove that the
mother attempted to abandon her child at
Brunswick by leaving it in the ladies' room at
the depot. The mother is apparently of a
feeble mind, imbecile as we'll as sinful and is to
be pitied, as well as blamed and punished for
her alleged inhuman crime.-Kennebec jour
nal.
WATERFORD BANK RoBBERY.-The recent
remarkable robbery of the Saratoga Bank at
Waterford is brought afresh to our minds by ar
event which occurred to-day. Last night two
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