Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-08-03
Destructive Fire in oregon.

there is no insurance.
destructive Fire In Oregon.
San FRANCISCO, August "A mos
destructive fire at Portland, Oregon
broke put this morning. Twelve block
are now IN flames, and the fire spread
ing. The fire departments of Vancou
ver, Oregon City and Salem are on tn,
way. The water supply is falling. Th,
fire commenced in the rear of the Me
| tropolitan hotel. Nearly all the city
bounded by Yamhim street, North Sec.
ond street, West Columbia street and
South river on the east is in flames. Al
noon the fire was got under control,
! IWenty-three blocks are a total ruin
Ihe fire originated in the furniture store
OF Hurgren & SCHNEIDER where no fire
| nor light was used. 1t was doubtless in
cendiarism. The st. Charles hotel, the
largest building in the city, and two
stores, were the only buildings saved on
Front street. The st. Charles hotel was
damaged ten thousand dollars. Walk
ers sash and door factory was DESTROYED: ::
loss eighty thousand dollars. The Oregon
IRON works were on fire five times. On
ly one house stands on First street in a
space of eight blocks. The east side
OF Second street is gone for nine SQUARES.
One tireman's leg was broken and sever
al injured. A second fire started in q
house on the corner OF Third and Tav
lor but was extinguished and the incen-
diary caught. The Salem department
made the extraordinary run of fifty-one
miles in sixty-nine minutes. The
steamer bringing the Vancouver depart-
ment made eighteen miles in seventy
hve minutes. The loss exceeds mil
lions.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
The Portland fire commenced at
twenty minutes past four O'Clock, and i'm
twenty minutes spread through the
block. Before steam could be applied. |
the Metropolitan hotel was burned to
the ground. The wind rising, the fire |
spread IN all directions. When the Sa-
em fire-department arrived, seven /
blocks had been consumed. They |
stopped the further northward progress
)f the fire. When all available assist
Ince had arrived, there were only seven
Engines to subdue the fire, which was
lalf mile in length, and quarter of a
nile wide. As fast as it was suppressed
II one direction, it broke out in
mother. The fire ceased for want
II material. Among the losses are two
ngine-houses, two sash factories, three
four mills, five hotels, one
lundred stores, and two hundred and
fty dwellings. One hundred and fifty
antilles are homeless and eneamped in
he public park. The total loss is
at one million five hun
red thousand dollars, and the insur-
nee at two hundred thousand. For
ign companies lost heavily; Imperial,
lghty thousand; London and Liver
ool forty thousand. Everything is in
OnfusiOn. The police and national
yards are on duty in the burnt district. !
here were two alarms this evening"
'sses slight.
The second fire started six blocks from I
lie original confagration. sThe incen-
iary was caught by the police and taken
jail. Samuel Lowenstein, of the firm 1
Lowensten d Co., furniture dealers, a
as killed. Johnson, a fireman, fell !
ON a ladder and was badly hurt, but
i'll recover. Ed Backensto, CITY treas I
,er, is dangerously hurt. Losses-Hur-
'en d SCHNEIDER, $50, 600; Metropolitan I
otel, $50, 600; G. A. Vaughn, Sf00, 900;
r. Freeland, $1,000; Champion boot
ctory, Sll 900; Russ house, SIS, q
'elch d Morgan, E. Campbell, and J,
Springer, $1,000 each; Emil Lowen-
elm & Co., $50, 900; NJ. Sellers, G. s. 1
lvas, Loves hotel, Hackey l. HiIlme,
{, 1000 each; Walkers mill and Reiss 9
ale, S2O, 600 each; w. Moffatt, S25, 600:
I'M Sykes: st. Charles hotel, McGwinn -
Hall, w. b. Lake, Powers & Bureh- A
d, and DIR. Davenport, $4,000 each.
ross insurance, 100000.
A stable was fired this afternoon.
)ss, $4,000. Of
Two men were arrested this evening II
setting fire to house ON Third street, al
le house was not destroyed. II
The churches have all been converted &c
to dwelling-houses, and the common G,
1ncil are issuing food-tiekets to the ca
stitute. Many calls to aid the suffer- ihH'
have been received from other cities. m
danger at Portland is IN IN
st. Two companies of regulars, de-
led from fort Vancouver, guard the SO
'perty. Besides the losses reported No
put half million was lost in the Six
moving of the goods. Many persons nc
10 were considered rich are now poor. ~
e fire was first discovered by a cap no
II of the river steamer. The alarm hi
8 sounded, but the material was dry hi,
l burned like tinder. Articles We're no
ned in their removal. During the tie
ming of Walkers factory the pro- cb cb
atOr offered thousand dollars for q ba
'am of water ten minutes. The build do
. along the Iiver-nUm. were pulled mn III
vn and the goods carried across
river. g