Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-06-27

on German street, and the front of Trinity
Church began to take fire very
rapidly. The Academy Of Music was also
destroyed. The stores in the building
were occupied, and the knights of pythias
had hall in front, upstairs.
When the fire had reached Market
Square, and had obtained stronghold on
the many fine buildings thereon situated,
seyelal explosions were heard coming
from one of the hardware stores They
caused a general scattering Of people
about, and the report reached as far up as
the Court House. The fire entered King
street on the western side from Germain
to Canterbury streets, extending near
thereby on Chester street to st. John Ho-
tel, burning Trinity School in its course,
went up the south side of Laing's Square,
levelcd to the ground the LyceuM, destroy
ing the marble works of s. r. Osgood
and Messrs. Milligan, proceeded to
Robertsons stables, across to st. NAL
ach's Hall, up Linster street, and then
back to King street east down nearly to
Pitts. From there all the buildings
south OF King street have been burned.
In the other part of the city the confla.
grafton was stopped about North street,
having extended as far up Union street as
Messrs. j & T. Robinsons.
The Bank Of British North America was
saved. The police Office and station house
opposite were burned.
The shipping floated down the harbor
to places of safety at an early stage of the
| fire. No losses of shipping by fire except
the schooners in Market slip.
During the early part of the day the
Western Union Telegraph Company's Of
! flee was burnt, and its valuable batteries
and apparatus destroyed.
A great quantity of goods saved fell in
TO hands of thieves, who eagerly availed
themselves of any opportunity that afford
ed to carry off what they could lay their
hands on The Ballast Wharf was COW
cred most of the night with thousands of
people, anxious to escape by water So
were the railway track and grounds
around the track, between Ballast Wharf
and Courtney Bay. The following news
paper offices were completely swept away
Freeman, Euntng Globe, Daily Telegraph,
Dnt,y Aeacs, Wataman, and Religious IN
telli1encor. The Giobe Telegraph, Neos,
| Iateiigeacer and Waterman had job-oiliceS
| attached
The following are among the list of pub
lie buildings burnt: The Postoilce, Bank
Of New Brunswick, City Building, Custom
House, Maritime Bank Building lin which
are this bank, that of Montreal and Novs
Scotia office of School Trustees, etc. !,
Bank of Nova Scotia, Academy of Music
Victoria Hall, Odd Fellows Hall, No.
engine house, Orange Hall, King. Street
Temperance Hall. King Street East Ora
matte Lyceum, Victoria School House
Temple of Honor Hall, Barnes Hotel
Royal Hotel, IT. John Hotel Accordif
Hotel, Brunswick House, Bayview Hotel
International Hotel, Virgins Orphan
Asylum, and the Deaf and Dumb lnstitu
tion.
The churches burned are Trinity, st
Andrews, German Street Methodist, Ger
main Street Baptist, Germain Street Chris
tian, Duke Street st. James, Leinste
Street Baptist, Centenary, st. Phillip
Carmarthen Mission, Methodist Pitt
Street Mission, st. David's Reformed
Presbyterian, Sheffield Street Mission
House
Several persons are reported to hav,
lost their lives in the fire, and many 9th
crs are still missing.
Accidents were quite common, in par
tic1lar among the brave tiremen.
ne enllle business portion oil the city
is destroyed. Not a leading establishment
has escaped. All the principal dry good
stores, the leading grocers, all shiI
brokers, commission merchants; all til,
wholesale liquors, flour, provisions, coal
salt lumber, tea, and West India good
are utterly wiped out. Forty odd blocks
or nearly 200 acres south of king stree
have not six buildings remaining. TIL,
valuabes of the Bank of Montreal anl
Bank of Nova Scotia were removed to tn,
vaults and safes ef the Bank of New
Brunswick. 1t is not known how the lat
ter stood the test There are no rcgu!a
postal headquarters in the city proper
Every street, square and alley is file,
with furniture, and thousands of peop
are without either food or shelter
The International Company's steame
New York sheltered and fed 900 person
last night, and vessels in the stream hav
large numbers OF people on board. Thou
sands had to get away from the lower par
of the city by boats,