The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-06-22
The St. John Fire-Fifteen Thousand
People Homeless.

street, where 1t spread and burned all the
public buildings, hotels, and the business
portion of the place, including the wbarves.
The great dread is of starvation, as not one
grocery or provision store is left. Fifteen
thousand persons are homeless. All the
business portion of the town and fully one
half the residences are gone. The mayor
has called public meeting for the relief of
the sufferers. They need all the cooked
provisions and bread they can get.
LATER-FULL DETAILS OF THE CALAMITY
ST. JOHN, N. B., June 81.
Yesterday was the most calamatous day
ever known in the annals of st. John. No
thing could have burst more suddenly or
interpreting on the citizens than the fire
which destroyed 80 many valuable lives,
wasted property by millions, and spread
not only desolation but terror and conster-
nation all around. Public buildings, pals-
ces of commere, temples of religion, banks,
palatial residences, everything of which st.
John felt proud, we're oil in few hours
laid in ruins. The loss of our hotels,
churches, school-houses, banks, etc, was
made thousand times more painful by the
lamentable destruction of life accompany
ing it. The engines were obliged to shift
positions, and there was danger too Of the
hose being burned, but it seemed as if the
fire did not wish TO part company and kept
up rapid pursuit. Several explosions
were heard coming from one of the hard
ware stores. They caused general scat
tering of people. The shipping hoated
down the harbor to places of safety at an
early stage Of the fire. No losses Of ship
ping by fire, except the schooner in Mar
ket slip. At an early part of tine day the
Western Union telegraph company's office
was burnt, and its valuable batteries and
apparatus destroyed. A great quantity of
goods saved, fell into the hands of thieves,
who hung around like vultures, eager to
avail themselves of the opportunity that
was offered to carry of what they could lay
hands on. Ballast wharf was covered most
of the night with thousands of people
anxious to escape by water. So were the
railway and the grounds around the track.
LIST OF THE MISSING.
The following persons are jeported ieat
Benjamin Williams, Harold Gilbert,
VIM. McNiel, Garrett Coticr, ex-Mayor
Reeds mother and two aunts, Hugh Nc
Govern and three unknown men. Many
persons are reported missing but 1t is
hoped they will turn up alive. Accidents
were numerous and many firemen were in
jured. No clear estimate of property de-
stroyed or of insurance can be given.
Certainly ten or twelve millions are gone
and the insurance men think the risks may
run up to five millions. The entire busi-
ness portion of the city is destroyed, not a
leading establishment has escaped. All the
principal dry goods, grocery, ship brokers,
commission merchants, all Wholesale liq-
uors, flour provisions, coal, salt, lumber,
tea, West India goods, stores are utterly
wiped out. Forty odd blocks or nearly
two hundred acres south of King street
have not six buildings remaining. Valu-
ables of the bank Of Montreal and bank Of
Nova Scotia were removed to O vault and
the safes of the bank of New Brunswick.
1t is not known kow the llatter stood the
test. Every street, square and alley Is
filled with furniture and thousands Of peo-
pie are without either food or shelter. The
International compsny's steamer, New
York, sheltered and fed thousands of per-
sons last night, and vessels in the stream
have large numbers on board. Thousands
had to get away from the lower part of the
city by boats.
10000 HoUsKLEss.
ST.. JOHN, N. b., June 81.
Of the $40 acres in the city boundaries,
400 are burned down, and 10000 residents
are houseless. They have crowded In else
where, many under tents. The losses are
now estimated at $50, ,OO0, 900; the insurance
at $4,000, 900. The country people sent all
kinds of provisions. A baker to-day fed
people with pieces of bread and biscuits
while they lasted. The number of dead is
reported on the increase, but the facts are
not fully known. Mrs. Crane and the
young ladies of her school had to go to sea
in one of the International steamers to save
themselves. There were many heart-ren-
dering scenes. 1t will be long before st.
John RECEIVERS this dreadful blow.
BANGOR, June 81.
A st. John despatch says 80 bodies have
been recovered and as many more are mis-
sing.
RELIEF FOR THE SUFFERERS.
BANGOR, June 2l-12 m.
The conductor on the express train re-
ports that three-quarters of st. John is
burned, and but one building is left stand
ing south of King street. A train leaves
Bangor this afternoon with cooked meals,
etc., for tho sufferers. 1t is certain that
the Victoria hotel, the largest hotel in the
province, Is consumed. The mayor of
Portland has called public meeting TO ex-
press sympathy and extend relief to the
people of st. John.
AT meeting of citizens tonight, over
$4,000 was raised for St. John, and q
special train started for the distressed city
taking sixty barrels or crackers, 5000
pounds of cooked meat, bread, tea, coffee,
canned meats, and blankets in profusion,
and twelve collins for the dead. Over
$4,000 has been already raised in Portland.
Forwarded tonight to st. John l75 bar
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