The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-05
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PoRrLAsD, OREGON, August IA moa,
destructive fire broke OUT Of & O'clock tf1is
morning In this city. o. -
The fire commenced near the Metronol;fnr
Hotel. Nearly all The city bounded by Yam.
MIL street on the north, Second street ON the
wesl, Columbia street on the south, and the
river on the east, is in flames. IS
TTenty.three blocks are total ruin, The
ire originated Ia the furniture store 0f Hur.
grew u sehindley, In which no FIRE or light
were used, and was undoubtedly the work OF
an incendiary.
The st. Charles Hotel, the largest building
in the city, Is the only building saved on
Front street. Only one house stands on
First street In space Of eight blocks. The
east side Of Second street Is gone for nine
squares. A second fire was set in q house on
the corner of Third and Taylor streets. but
was extingnished and the incendiary caught.
The Salem Fire Department arrived by trim.
which made the run Of fifty-one miles In the
extraor binary time of sixty-nine minutes.
including stoppages. The loss by the fire
extends into the millions.
The fire commenced at 400 A. NJ, and
spead over the entire block before steam
engine was applied, and the Metropolitan
Hotel burned to the ground. Soon after the
fre broke out the wind raised and caused it
to spread i'll all directions, so that when the
Salem fire department arrived seven blocks
had been consumed. They stopped the fur
ther progress of the fire northward, but
when every available assistance had arrived
there We're only seven engines to subdue
"a fire half mile in length and quarter
of q mile wide. AS fast as it was suppressed
in one direction it broke out in another,
while new fires, supposed to be the work
of incendiaries, were continually being dis
covered. The fire only ceased for want of
material. Among the losses are two engine.
houses, two sash factories, four mills, three
boundaries, FIVE hotels, one hundred stores,
and two hundred and fifty dwellings. One
hundred and fifty homeless families are now
encamped in the public parks. The loss is
estimated at 81 800, 900. on which there was
an insurance OF 100000. Foreign compa-
MES lose heavily, among which are the I'M
perial, of London, $4,000; London, Liver
pool, and Globe, $40, 900. Everything is in
confusion, and the police and National
Guard are on duty in the burnt district.
Ed. Backenste, City Treasurer, was dam
gerously hurt. T..
The following are the principal losses /:
Hurgrew &. Schindley, $4,000 MetropoIi-
tan Hotel, $40 000;-G. T.. A. Vaughan. $780,
900; Smith Brothers, $40, 900: Dr.. Free
hard, $4,000; Champion Boat Factory, SI1,-
900; Russ House, 5000; Welch & Morgan,
E. Campbell, and J. B. Springer, s., 600 each !;
E. Lowensten & Co., $4,000 NJ. Sellers,
G.. S. Silvas, Lone's Hotel, and Hackney &
StilIme, $4,000; Walkers Mill and REESE &
Rose, $4,000 each: w. Moffatt, S25, 900; Jas.
Sykes's St. Charles Hotel, McQuin and Hall,
W. B. Lake, Powers & Burchard, and DIR.
Davenport, $4,000 each. About twenty
others $4,000 each. There are other losses
not yet ascertained. The gross amount of
insuranceis not over 100000. Two women
were arrested this afternoon for setting fire
to house on Third street. Several churches
have been converted into dwelling houses.
The danger Of the total destruction of
Portland Is past. Two companies of regu-
lars from Fort Vancouver have been detailed
to guard property. Besides losses already
reported, about 100000 was lost in re-
moving goods. Many persons considered
rich Yesterday are now poor. The fire was
first discovered by the captain of river
steamer, who sounded the alarm. The ma
terial was dry. and burnt like finder. Many
articles were burned during removal. Du-
ring the burning Of Walkers factory the
proprietors offered $1,000 for stream OF
water from an engine for ten minutes. The
buildings along the river front were pulled
down. 4 second fire was started six blocks
from the original confagration by an incen:
diary. who was caught by the police and
taken to Jail. Samuel Loenstein, of the firm
of Emil Loenstein & Co.. was killed. A
fireman named Smith fell from ladder and
was severely injured.