, 1873-08-13
THE TWO PORTLANDS.
Particulars Of, Tho Recent Disastrous
Fires In Oregon and Maine. >'
4 Loss Of About d Million Dollars at
Each Place.
Three Women Burned to Death
III tho Enstern City.
PORTLAND, ORE.

1Hl-f4tSIl oFCs
From the Portland {0re.} hpe,,i,,y isttcs, ANg.2
Again our cityia wrapped In destroying i!ameB 3;
sgail tho blghtlng influence OF groat corr
migration is upon lis. Tho kissing flames
Threaten tho obstruction Of our onsiro city, as
they rapidly spread from block to block, and
street to Htroot. Wo givo tho particulars OF
THE oR1a1N or THE FIRE,
ns nearly aa NC can aaoortain during tho prcsont
great excitement. At about q,,artor paat
O'Clock this morning, aa tho steamer E. N.
Cooke came up past Swan Island. tho Captain
and ongineor SAW black columns of smoke ars-
Ing from tho city, and, knowing that fro was
raging Whl1e tho inhabitanta wero soundly
sleeping, commenced blowing long whistles,
which wore kept up until they roached tho
steamer Oneonto, lying at tho Oregon stoam
Navigation Compnny'a wharf. ThiB strange
conduct brought tho watchn1an on dock, who
Immediately saw its cause. aud hurriedly fol-
lowed tho example Of tho Cooko. Tho whatle
waa kept screaming to attract tho attention OF
any porson who might be stirring at that carly
hour. Tho Cooke had reached the American
Exchange WHOM tho
FIRE ALARM WA8 SOUNDED,
and tho Department turned out in hot haste,
and proceeded to tho furniture store OF Mosars.
Hurgren shinaler, near tho corner of First nnd
Salmon streeta, on tho first floor Of which
It originated. At first It was confined
to this building alone, but the great
amount Of dry matorial stored in the
Workshop burned like powder. Nobly did
the Department stand to their posts nobly did
tho machines contnno to strain ovory joint in
tho fierce battle with tho 1nmes. Immediately
tho clouds Of smoke aud
TONGUES or FIERY FLAME
licked tho walls, scotning tho efforts Of tho bravo
h1VR n afAv than 1>j1a js, nal
upon tho frantic crowd as tho 1amos roared and
hisHed, spreading rapidly throughout tho block,
and that WAS. tho tlamo could not bo controlled.
Tho hugo volumoa Of aane seemed to penetrate
ing elmoat shook tho earth, shaf-lscssod poople,
whose blanchad cheeks wore rigid look Of tor
ror, hurriedly dragged their furniture from their
threatened homes. Such sightg as mothers
weeping over thcir Destitute families whoee lit
Ito goods havo fallen n prey to the maddoncd
fond, arc hard to 500 unruoyed bfany poor
families were htlrrioa from their little homes al
most bcggar8, tho terror-Btricken children cling
Ing to their weeping paronts.,
Az tho flames Increased and spread, tile stroota
prosecuted ono Of tho saddeBt sights VIC hnyo over
Witnessed. Every vehicle Of conveyance to bo
had in the vicinity of tho city hurriodly
EMITTED THE STORES
for tho length Of about twelve blocks north aud
south, aud four blocks east and wost. Such
losses we have never seen before. The contents
OF stores wero tumblol into tho Btreets, whore
they wero tra1hp1od under foot by men
soea goo slonns sA' boes and i'' ssess sss
crockcry, furniture. md every Imaginable
article, ruined and destroyed. The streets were
piled with goods that could not bo sayod, so
rapid was the sproad. Tho course Of tho confa-
tilroo blocks back from tho rivor now lay hcap
of smouldoring ruins. When tI,rce OF four
blocks woro burning fercely aud tho fro spread-
ing. rapidly, what could our enginea do toward
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but very little. It now became evident that tho
city was in tho utmost danger OF total destr1c-
tion, mud q cry for help spread rapidly over tho
wfros to Oregon City, Salon, and Albany. Tho
operator at Oregon City was not in. By 9,
train stopped into tho oftlco to telegraph to Au-
rora for breakfast No sooner had tho couneo-
tion been made than llr. plummcr of this city,
called that station and asked tho MD Of tho
SALEM TInE DEPARTMENT..
In I. few moments Mr. Falling, Of tho railroad
Office. teographod to hold the train until tho Do
partmont could get their engine placed upon n
tat chr that happened to bo ut the station. Tho
utoa tho cntire Department. was On hand After
tho telegram Was roal to tlom, they snatchod
Capital Engine No. from her house and hurried
to tho waiting train. As soon aH she Ind becn
placed on board, the train startod from Tie depot
bcon mado upon tho Pacific coast before. The
distance between tho two points Ia iifty-three
miles, which wns made In ono hour and oiglt
minutes. Noby did the gallant boys from Salem
labor u the bnttlo and great VAS tho boneat of
THE VANCOUVER uoYa
were also sent for, and responded Immediately
to tho call, also, doing beautiful and telling
work. Long and earnestly DID thoy battle
aidod tho victims Of this terrible visitation, and
for thom tho people Of our city will evor main
tain grateful remembrance, hoping never
to bo called upon to roturn tho Kindness in the
same way.
Az the sash and door factory of MeBsra. Walker
& Co. ignitcd, tho propr1etorB offered
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
for stream Of water ton nlinutos but 1t was I'M
possible to furnish It, as other buildings Ind to bo
toying with tho massive buildings that woro
completely at their mercy. The stoan1er r. N.
Cooke tendered hor SERVICES to tho Chief, and
was engaged i'll pulling down tho wharyes and
wood-boats wore loaded with furniture and
towcd out into the atream. Business, Of all
kinds III suspended, and stores arc closed,
It ia the general belief that it is tho work Of
an incoudiary. as tho Htoro of Hurgren l. Shind-
lor WIS robbed Inst night, and thore had boon
no FIRE upon tho PROMISES While tho fire was
spreading its proportions up and down tho city,
anothol. fro broke cut in 4 block OF buildings
1loar at hand, which WIS consumed. A short
time after another ono broke out III tho centre
Of another blucls, but
THE HE1L1su F1ESp
who was dotcoted in the net OF firing It was cap
tured by Joseph Wiley, aud dragged to jail,
where he should remain, il guilty, until tho
tho facts Of tho matter, he would havo boon torn
limb from limb aud thrown Into tho kissing
falnea tho terrible result Of lia own black Aoast
cd cri1no. Several aceidonta hayo happened, but
in tho hurry and o1citon,cnt the injured per-
sons woro carried away With but little. notice,
mud IL Wnnh La fnlIy tn innu;ra Of RpIetatnra mr.