, 1873-07-27
THE FIRE ERA.
Additional Details Of the Bal
timoro Disaster.
Destructive Conflagratioas in Norfolk,
Va, and Portland, Me,
Fires in Other Places,

Fires in Other Places,
New YonK, July 20.-A baltimore special says;
Tho flro In sovoral portions Of the burned dis
trtot swept rapidly through tho roofs and loft
tho lower portions Of whole rows scarcely damag.
cd. This seomod to DO causod by tho largo num-
ber Of shtnGlo roofs, which arc 80 exceedingly
dry aa to burn lko grass In this way tho ire
actually crossed over strootR In which the engines
continued to work, and loft portion Of the fro
brigade working In tho centro OF the burning
block: Tho wator was 30 nearly exhausted be-
fore tho fro waB undcr control a. to mako 1t no.
cessary to dam up tho guttora, and % supply
como hre-onginoB.
Tho casualties woro OF no Importance, oxoopt
tho case Of siBtor Rnaldi, nun In tho Convent
Of 81. Alphonsus Church, WHO diod from fright.
partmont, was hurt by being driven against by
2 wagon, but hia injuries arc not sorious. Two
dromen wore injured by tho explosion Of
stean'or, but tLoy will probably recover:
RA1T1MonE. July 2e'Grhis mornings Syn eati~
and statcs that ]udgee place tho damage as low
rs between syo0, 900 and $4oo, 900. Tho Gazette
ostimates tho loss ut from eb00,00 to $500, 900,
and tho American aays tha looa will cloaoly ap-
prokimato s1,000,O00.
Tho Homo Insurance Company Of Baltimore
Gays $4,000 will cover it's 1ossos Associated
Eiromcn'a Of Baltimore, eb,0oo; Hauovor Of
New York, $4,000. Tho insurance on the First
English z Lutheran Church, 81, 900, was wholly
92o, 600 by the f1re Tho valuable library attach
cd to tho parsonage was saved. Tho insurance
In tho burnt dinsrict ia estimated ut $500 900,
and tho entire loss is not estimated to o1cood
81, ,000, 900 by my ono, and Bomo insurance mon
still put the loss - not to exoeed 100000.
Marshal Grey, Of tho Police Department, during
tho height Of the excitement, VAS urged to blow
up q building to atop tho progreas Of Tho flames.
ures ,sore unnecessary. Aid vas tcndorod from from
Philadelphia and Harrisburgh aud Alexandria,
Va, and othor points, which was promptly &C.
knowledged by the authorities, With the request
that 1t bo held in readiness In eaao 1t should DO
needed. An aid train from Washington, with
throo flat cars, having OIL board two steamers
and two hoso reels and one passenger car filed
with fircmou, made the run here Id forty min
utos, averaging milo minute- These two
and three hook and ladder companios of tits
city, wore all that wero ongagod in staying tho
conHagratton.
The Roy. DR.. Barkley, tho present pastor Of
tho Lutheran Church waB in Philadelphia when
tho fire occurred, having All engagement to
preach at Easton tomorrow. Learning Of tho
hre he took the evening train for Baltimore, ar-
riying IN tho city at 10 q. m. At Wilmington and
other points on tho road, llo hoard tho most OK
attended, by great loss Of lifo. As aoon ~ lie
rcachod tho city he made his way to tho church
and parsonage, whoro his family resided. On
reaching tho noighborhood ho found tho church
IN rans and parsonage burned: Tho Htreot was
no information, whother his family Ind
been lost, or, if saved, whittier they had gone.
Overcome by excitement and apprehension, the
reverend gentleman foil iuBenaiblo on tho street,
~ afterward some Of his friends, learning his
condition, took him to AIr. Mller's, where his
family dad boon carried in Bafety previously.
DR.. Barkloy insenBible during the night,
but this morning, though completely prostrafod,
4 committee, appointed by tho Common
Council, ia in session, relieving all caEcB Ut
aistreAa and afforling lnenns to carry thom over
to Monday.
Joseph Thomas i Son, in whose planning mill
tho fro originated, state their loss will not OK
coed $50, QUO !; insurance, $4,000. Tho firm will
immediately resume business,
Tho German Fire Insurance Company reports
,ts losses by fire yesterday at ESQ, ,U06 and thinks
tho entire lons by fire will approximate 81 900 600
The Baltimore Company estimates itH !osaea at
$4,000, and tho Hovard's at $4,000. Tho Fire.
mons aad Equitable, EsI of Baltimore each had
AUGUSTA, O., July 2o.-Ex-Gov. Charles J.
Jenkins will publish card in tho Chronicle and
Sentinel tomorrow, reminding tho rouplo Of
Georgia and the South Of tho rolief o1toldod to
tue South after the war by the ladies Of tho
AAA 1aH60tlHklNll III 1JAtl[HOFO, HQu CALI
Ing upon thom to assst in alloyiating tie dis-
Dosros, July 26.-A dispatch from Portland,
Me-, says A fire, this morning, destroyed tho
motive, Two tenders, and three cars OF tho Port
land Company's Works, mud other small build
ings belonging to tlle Grand Trunk Railway. Tho
loss ia estimated at $500, 1000; insured for $780,
600. There ia m insurance On the wholo works
Of S97, 900, Of Which but littlo ovor, per cent
total amount tho Traders, Of Chicago,
has s5,0oo and tho Brewers, Of milwaukee,, Wis,
and tho Amazon, of Cincinnati, s2,5oo zach.
ished work in tho buildinge, Of Which thoro ia
now no account. Freight trains standing on tho
tracks aud in main buildings were sayed.
PORTLAND, No., July 20.-Tho President Of
the Portland Company states tho loss BY fire ia
cation, and Of bottor material. The dividend
juat declared will also 30 promptly paid,
NonFoLR. Va. July 2G.-About o'clock this
ing on tho west edo Of Market Square, occupied
BY Hofhei1nor d Co., boot and shoe Dealers
Owing to tho bursting Of wator-main the day
before, aud the limited resonroes Of the Firo
oxt"udod on tho, noTthern sido as far
as Archer & Co.'s drugstore, on lb1ain
ingA. Tho total loss is estimated at $l60, 900,
which is purity covered by insurance.
The principal losers arc Hofhcimor / Co. and
J. T.. Griffin, boots and shoes; ". r. Hutchius
and Taylor, Martin t. Co., crockory, and Archer
j. Co., druggists. Tho latter were damaged by
water: Fire-roeket signals, which were sent up,
brought oyor {ta three rec engines from
tho fire.
noouEsrEn, N. Y, July 20-Tho Clyde Glass
Works were partially burned on Thuraday night.
u1o }0nu In bhhA7 A7~t.