New Orleans Republican., 1873-08-10
PORTLAND.
ire on the Wharve.-stenmer. Burned.

klrc on inc NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Burned.
PORTLAND. Me-, Angus, "a large nre
is raging on GaltZ's wharf. The steamer
Di.igo i.as been burned 70 the waters edge.
The Boston boats and the steamer Chase
are II great danger. The sheds OF the New
York steamers are all burned.
Later. 2:l5 7. M.-The steamer Montreal
IS burned.
:?:3o P. M.-The FIRE is spreading rapidly.
All Gaitz and the Atlantic wharf are
burned. The wind is from the west and
,he TIRE may keep off the shore. The steam.
ers now burning in the stream are ,he D!.
yiTo. Mon real and Chase.
10 I. M.-The fire has spread and
burned the elevator on Galtz's wharf, with
several thousand bushels of grain. Most
of the freight in the freight sheds or rhe
Gal.z wharf. which are on Iire. has been
taken out.
Five hundred tons Of Goa, On me Gait.
wharf is also burning.
Upon the breaking out of the fire .he
steamer Falmouth hauled clear, and get.
ting up steam. stood safely down the har.
Dor. The steamer Montreal. IN trying 70
do the same. drfted alongside the DirIgo.
which was adrift owing TO her fastenings
having burned. and was soon wrapped il
flames. she is now anchored off Bay Light.
burning. The steamers Chase and Forest
City got clear. The steamer Carlotta is
burning ON middle ground, where also lies
the wreck OF the Dirigo.
The stewardess OF the Montrea. is Re.
ported drowned by Jumping overheard.
Other reports say il is the stewardess of the
Dirgo. All the buildings on the Atlantic.
| wharf. which was the Boston boat wharf.
| are swept Oft. and the Grand Trunk depot.
| adjoining. IS in danger. and the :rel GA.
] train has Just moved out the goods. II is
hoped the depot will be saved. The ire
! department. are working to the best ad.
vantage. Engines have been te!egraDhed
| .Or from several points.
The fire orisliated in the New York
| freight shed closet of the DirigO,a and the boa:
was almost instantly in flames. II! hal: IN
! hour she would have been discharged. A
| large amount of freight in the storehouse
was destroyed. The Diiigo cost 500 9G0
| IL 1866. She was partially insured. The
| fire came across Atlantic dock into the
| Boston freight shed so suddenly that the
| men ON the lower part of the wharf had TO
| Jump overheard as well as those Oh board
| OF the steamer.
The dock was full of swimmers for few
| minutes. until picked up by the small boats.
| At this time there is a boat floating bottom
, up with man on it in the middle of tho
! harpOr. and several boats are putting on:
| to rescue him. Twenty-Five thousand dol.
lars insurance is reported on the steamer
| Montreal. which was valued at $loG,000.
| The elevator contained about 40. 600 bush.
| els OF corn and oats; it was built strongly
| OF wood sheathed with iron. and. with its
contents. was worth probably $l5o, 600.
The steamer CarlOtta was worth about
$4,000. Her iron hull can not burn.
| The s-orehouses on the Atlantic wharf con-
tained a large amount of sugar, fresh
| canned goods and merchandise, which was
discharged by the Falmouth this morning,
though considerable of her freight had
been taken away. There was also large
amount Of flour i'll barrels for her return
cargo to Halifax. The Montreal had just
was most out. A large portion of the coun-
try freight is destroyed. There was con-
| siderable among the stores, and the bag
gage in the sheds, which is all burned; also
portion of a cargo of coal just dischargin z
from bark. which was hauled clear, though h
| her tOremast got on fire.
The fire is checked and the buildings on
the two wharves are smouldering down. In
the haroor beyond the brakewater lie the
three steamers in flames. The Montreal is
burning its whole length The Dirigo lies
stern toward US. and is apparently burnin g
fore and aft. The CarlOtta is burning from
stern to midships.
s p. M.-The fire is completely under
control. The engines are playing upon the
heaps of ruins and burning plies Of
wharves. Away down the harbor, beyond
the breakwater, lie the wrecks OF the burn'
ing IRON steamer Carlotta, still burning
brightly. and the Montreal and Dirigo
burned to the waters edge. The fire did
not spread beyond two wharves. the Gal.l
AID Atlantic.
There are rumors OF several people hav.
ing been drowned, but only one body has
been tound-that of Nelly Mccarthy. a girl
OF twenty. who was cleaning up on board
| Drigo The stewardess of the Dirigo,
Mrs Elizabeth Miller, who has husband
in New York, and her little daughter Mary
Louise. aged twelve years. are missing. out
NAV have been rescued. Their friends are
anx.o1sly seeking for them.