, 1876-06-21

FIRES.
TIE ST. JO1ISs' FIRE,
|i.batth tn Ntlu lark tiertfih.
ST. AinANs, VI, June 1s.-Allday long, from
about . o'cluck In the morning, n terrific con.
Migration Inns ragged III the City Of st. Johns, sit
uascl ~ miles from st, Albans a,itl q miles
ffum Montreal, ut tic Junction of the Grnml
Tr,lnL anil Central Vermont Railroads.. The
population ts about 7,UU0, aud WAS Chased as
orc If tic mos. prosperous Of TUG provincial
citirs. Tlfs morning. nbont o'clock, nh a!art.
Of fire was sounded. The wind Nus blowing n
hurricane whcn tie fire wns discovered by some
people residing In the vicinity Of I3ousQuct' luln
tcr-1nlll which etoot Icar. the railroad lepnts.
III less tlnn fifteen 1ninntet and before the
fnEoss fr5 sons sasS so ss 5s I af
Into the Immense MILL and the wind increasing
IN y!olsnrc to living hurricane, fcd the lnatt-.
denct flames, which wrre spreading every mn.
et ks Tars lcktng ths eSycs 81 t's rooi
suining the large lumber wharf. In twenty
minutes the building ansl the Immense wharf,
with their co'nbustil'lc contcuts, werc crtlm-
bling, heated mass of ruins.
flying IN all DIRECTIONS, and falling III thclrdnwn-
war.[ course upon the dry roofs Of the houses
and stoscs forn distance Of ninrc than n mile
Tho it.le dwelling of Engineer F!a,'lcrs, ,wi!:l.
several rlaccs, and in less than twenty, H!1.-
utcs thereafter was burned to the gro,snll With
nearly ul fta contents, tho family harcly rscapnS
with their lives. Thc ta,ncs spread rtpi.]y from
lieu street. upot hth sides, was hi fIanes ut the
ea,nv motuy,1t, Uppu the streets wcre whole
families fleeing for their lives, nni other peoplu
who resided cut Of reach OF thG tleyoMrfnE Gle
mrpt we're insisting IL save what cUtl1 be rot
strects wcre f,lll nf women and children scantliy
dressed, running like lnaacs fur places OF safe
shelter, The pitiful cries vi these people filed
III tie arms of strot,g mcn we're seanty hs,n,lles
Of clothing, With which tfry had been nbic to
rusl, tnrtli from their burning h0incs. Mothers,
daughters, and Suns were striving to save ,lc!r
elects ~ well rs tic lives of thu children, which
were IN great danger.
ssven }Intrls. ittr churches, the Custom
House, Post Office, United States Consulate,
two ba,lks, ducks, rcssrls In the river, purtiun
~ n hr.t1vn oyer the Htctg]cu h(ycr, the st.
Jnhns weocl, mills {csnploylng sixty llan.is),
s,,nr rhInn warrToorls urf 30 stores mil
lyuscs, comprising The ctltfrc business purttun
of tic {uw1l, were In flames ut one ttllle and tu-
in ashes. Tlc Herald reporter, by \ eircuto1ls
routc. reached the extrcne cn,l Of the towl,,
whcTr at O'Clock the iatnrs we're cxttngulsl,cd
fur the wnnt of material to feed upon. The
sight was a horrtfying onc tho sn'o1e RULING III
| Upon t|,c vacant fields could be seen groups Of
! i,i'rt- i. -trohc,t ;ri homtlcss ncuple krc,,In,.
Strict watch over what little they had been i4t,lv
to save.
The loss Of life was Mt first supposed large,
lint It has been asvrstancd that OIL three ARE
missing una tWu kEuwu to be su severely burned
that they viii probably aic. Onc Is j raYlng
M1aniar. 4 Frcncl. woman, who was entleayor-
WIS unable to MAKE Irr esyapc and wus burned
IN ,lr"ths
4 visit ut o'clock this afternoon along tho
back streets atd Into the burned district st!owc,l
tic result 10 Jc the entire destruction of tic
ry H1ys @pS p@ ii i1 tt rIest tasts sttsss are ut II
store uf any description IL lift stalng In tho
| tuwu, aud the pcup!c who arc homeless Gs,rl1 bt
| At st. Johns there art situated iargc Guyer,l-
mcnt barracks, aaul the Governor General of the
Dominluu il,s authorized Mr.. Marvllal,I, nlel,,-
q rasamsn @ ' to ,pke ss'ats Gssss
III them. To-nIght over 3o0 fatnilIcs Will be
ser;ption ID st. johns sdsqaats to % ,.cst te In:
mtlIate wants q the u',lurtunates. Montreal
nisl. supplies Tor thr rrseut. Tho loss is esti.
mated 1t over $1,UoJNU. Must Of tile i,.s,lr.
| nncgs arc IN English companies, ALTHOUGH. tl.u
Etna ana Hartford companies are REPORTED
pa1l!es ut,1 tito amounts are Iii follows
lsnyal Canadian, Sti,uVo stadacolla, q Queler
Im,xe,s 81 q ~. Mosrs, n,h1 - 1tpy rsa,
saiItnl. i u,nI a',rH,1turai. sl',: I'LL ,hn,1t s'.v
enty merchants aru burned out, and ycars must
riat,se before ,l,c town Tan lupc to regain itt
position Vi yesterday.
Aid was tcle.rntcd for from st. 4allaua and
Montreal. The Fire Department uf lI,ts pac,
Jones by sller!af ira!1 in less tim in hour, utt
ath from Montreal arrived Ut sbout 1llu sall.
time. When the ttsFHtd representative srtt, VI