, 1873-01-07

lont willing hand. AL tho fire forco row
available turned thoir streams full upon this
spot aR u bccnmo apparent That If the il,n wa.
not stayed hero tore could bo 10 lnita placo1
Providentfally, ht this point tho wind, which
had boon blowing galo from tho southeast,
snbslded mid yoorod to tho westward, ~, nt
hnme time accompanied by rain: That
! hsarta, for 1t thon bocatno arparent that Port
land WAS havo,-taved froia any further calamity
1l'Ht Mt THO present Time Nowthat the tlnnEor Of
any hPreau Of tho iiHmes was over: pooplo began
Of tho disaHtcr. For moro tl,an three long,
our city, and nt timoa threatened 10 dontroy ii
entirely. = The fro VIVA now under full control,
for rost.
Assistance M no llhvoanidt cano from all quar-
tors III roaponao to The despntc!loB sont carly in
tho morning. Whom tho kilograms woro roceiv-
ell at Vancousor, Captain Tur1l,ull, Of tho Vau-
couyer Immediately pinccl Ills bont nj tho dis
poanl of tho Fire Department. Vanco,tyor ILL
giuo Company NJ. /, Will apparatus md hose
camo over arriving loro at 1:30 y. H.. and ron
or Il. N. Oooko arrived with tho Orange City
Fire Department, conniatiug of Columbian
Hook and Ladder Company No. /, Cataract
1Ioao Company No. /, and Fountain
a}so .IGso Company Jon Ne 1heso a1siyaa IL.
frerl courage and hone mid lol tl,orn to further
deeds of yalor, At o'clock tho train from, tho
Bouth on tito Oregon l. California Railroad hove
III night, with three platform cars ntldod to tho
regular complement Of coacl,os, Whom tito rail-
road forry-boat arrived on this aide. this frosh
reinforcement was found to copBist Of Conjtal
No. l, Tiger No. 2, aud Alart Hook and Ladder
No. !, OF Halon, and Crescent No. !, of Albany.
An MI thoso bravo and gallant followa-who lad
loft tller own homoB to como to our MD whom tho
cry Tor holp ra,,g o1it-hurrod up tho Btreeta e'.
route to tho place whore tho Bosom Of
nano Ind just passed. thoy woro groctod
with oheorH from both nlalo and fcmalo, and by
at once to Chiof Engineer Williams, they were
" nssiat III oxtingtlshing tho flames. Tho
oleEon Steam Navigation ComIany'a steamer
0neonta. at IN early hour OF tho day, rendered.
,oso of Vn,,cI,,,s whorf "n ati ,cIc5 i've |,So
theBe gilo continued 10 throw water Oh llo burl-
ing maes until 1t wau discovered that tue vosHol
WIS III dangor Of destruction, when aho wau
hnnIed m OF.
THO further progrcBs Of tho fro, II it had gone
boyond tho American Exchange, had beon pro-
s,usd aga.1nss !1a " aehesal G1sny, y. = H., com
4un'1nls'b t4s Aepht-llgiit' ao ouecLtu su5o anu
r0reH to 20 liked around tho pi1lng Of tho Oregon
stcamgnip NaviGntion Comlnny'H wharf, that, IN
case the above hotel took fro, the Co1npany'n
ticipatcd route Of the fire. ~
sOrdors lad been Issued, when it became nm
parout that tic tlro was boyo,,>. control to layo
tho l;mmet aud Washington G,artl ard lie ag-
tillery 70 on duty to prevent vandalism. Through
tho watchful care Of tho aoldior-boya and extra
policemen appointed. much valuable uropcrty
Wna tfoubtlena saycd from flcatrIotion H
o'clock H. IN. = comnnnv Of rernlara n,rtved d NJ
tho ecoro, but tler poryicos wero not rouuiroi.
fila hnrnt 5]iatrnt voa cnor1as1 nnt;l 1o,u! rtor
dark. >''4'''' Nus s'N'e'' &A'''' '''6 "A'ot
"Wl,on the f,ronacn boean to tire. a roid vas
made among tho Chinese nonu]ation md ti'oy
wcro nrcsrn1i ;nto snrrico AZ firat tj,nv ,mh.ini
h,,t HndnT ,rl,ot raa ..,ntoi rr;tL ,'"r,. 80,
oseontions thsv nanmc tho br,ca et md w9rod Ioh
viii n viii 'A1' 0''''o' "''s| "oA'A'"
Tie He,It,1 ofrcs tho fo1,ou;nr stetcmcnt of
loaacs mud ins1,raneo: e '*"'e'''oA'' -
: osso ~ ~, a,aa,r ~,.o o,o
Iossss On On iinaa ~ Sao
~ ''''''''' ''''''''''''''' -.~w -.o.ooo
Total, s33o.o10
"Againet this wo have nm insnranco If e1
5I0 on stock and S3l, $40 on buildings,
in all s125,00O. Tlis would leayo q loss of about
s4lo,o70,