The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-25

around the base and out IN the street Layers OF the
stone stand out like clapboards half nailed on, and
some OF the blocks are marked like lacework on q
marble statue The Royal Hotel is very fiat and. IL
TO show the superiority Of nature man. the shade
tree that stood at the of the house there
st, bent, bIackened, MANNED. but still tree. Lower
Cove looks dresry than The rest OF the
desert
WELCOME KEsroK
rho Ore here went 10 the waters edge and in looking
~ It's dark tracks one imagine the terrible
slaughter and drowning Of human beings there would
have but for the Ballast wharf which afforded
retreat for refugees Gangs of iaborers
working in The streets, which, by the way are sin-
gularly FREQ from obstruction and many owners OF
lots arc enclosing their land digging for buried
treasures clearing away preparatory to building
anew. Mr.. Lewis Blacksmith has house in frame
corner Britain and Charlotte streets and
few others receiving lumber
REBUILDING COMMENCED.
The arst building erected within the limits OF tho
fire put up BY Mr.. John Il. Turnbull In the roar
Of the ruins Of his residence Main street. II is about
ten feet square. Turnbull lost everything. well
which was discovered the premises year or two
ago has been opened and furnished with impromptu
pump. pio OF lumber Is hand, and the building
Of small cottage for tho reception oil the family Will
u
ldence soon possible One barrack building
which was saved Is crowded with people, and canvas
tents and hastily constructed camps dot the ballast
wharf, the bsrrack green and the back shore.
ANOTHER VICTIM.
Near the corner OF Wentworth and Sheffield streets
old man, sitting amid q heap OF household
goods, a OF warm ashes and rubbish, with q
bright.eyed yellow girl standing guard over hun.
lis was Simpson. He had kept licensed tav-
ern He was stone blind Mrs. Simpson, the girl
said had saved the few household ELECTS which were
thcrc--a lounge, q small drugget carpet and few
other things-by carrying them to tho watcr's cdce
The carpet propped up over tho lounge, and the
latter the only bod on the premises The old man
asked II there tents to be distributed express
ing an an xious desire to get one.
PLUCK WINS
The Marine Hospital, In l:s lonely shabbiness aud
completeness attracts the attention Of every one,
II is an oasis OF wood In this desert OF ashes II
saved by stubborn resistance which the gentleman
In charge, aided by the inmates. made TO the fire.
They made up their minds that the structure, situated
II IN garden, ought TO BIO saved, and they saved
it, But If 1t had not been for hogshead of water
the premises all their efforts would in vain
as the water ceased to run In the pipes during tho
progress OF the contest. The Wentworth street
fence where the heat greatest saved
by fresh coat OF paint, and the saving
OF tho fence rendered the of the building
possible. The hospital was on FIRE many times, but
dash OF water exs,nguished tho incpient flame. The
barn burned down and piles Of goods which had been
taken there for safety, including a piano,
burned on the grounds The building, tho meanest
public cdifcs in the city, nero wreck of decaying
wood has been on the cards for tearing down for
years.
TIE ORPHANS LOSS
The Virgins Orphan Asylum stands across the
street IRON the hospital; that s the stone walls and
stand there II not SO much isolated as the
hospital but IT thousand per cent better fitted
to Withstand fire. With little watching It might surely
have been preserved, but It appears there was only
to do anything. Alter withstanding the heat
Tor some timc fire caught IN an unmatched window,
slowly ate It's way into the woodwork, got into tho
lue which builders persist in making behind the aths,
and then the building was oevoured. Tho heat from
without was not sufficient to discolor tho stone or
break the glass; and the window frames had been OF
iron or protected by nreproof shutters. or II half
dozen men with water had been on guard, the noble
aud beautiful monument OF charity would have been
saved to perpetuate the oil its founder and shell
ter destitute orphans TIE site Of the gas works is
marked by tall chimney, standing In lonely oitness
amid tho wreck Of the works. The ruins OF the
Victoria School House sad spectacle The place
In which 500 children were receiving education,
beautiful temple OF learning, with all the most approved
aids and appliances for imparting instruction and
awakening thought, all swept away in moment The
trees in Queen square arc backened and stripped oil
their foliage but do not look % though they were
dead Tho remains Of the churches-Od Trinity, Ger
main street Methodist and Baptist St James, lenster
street Baptist Centenary Reformed Presbyterian, ST.
Davd's Carmarthen street Methodist and Duke street
IN
granite vault Of the Water Commissioners, City Hail.
was opened yesterday and the papers which u con
tanned were found TO be in perfect condition.
PRACTICAL CHARITY
Baldwin Place "Homo Tor the Little Wanderers or
Boston, have sent ME- R. B. Graham, their visiting
agent TO ST. John with Instructions TO receive one
hundred children mado destitute by tho recent con-
nagration and TO take them to the home Boston,
provide iutously for their wants and for hem
until such times their parents or guardians desire
their return ST. John. North British and Mercan.
tile Insurance Company has already settled all tho
claims against 1t account OF the ST. Stephen lrc.
Alfred PulK been fatally injured ny tho fsling In
of an embankment at Oak Bay, Charlotte county.
AMUSEMENT.
The sculling contest announced to take place the
Kcnncbeccass on July "a between Wallace Ross and
Warren Smith, is declared of, the Halifax men agree
ing ,r necessary, 10 pay forfeit Wallace leaves tor
Boston on Monday to row at the Fourth Of July
regatta. Brayiey rs to row there ALSO
HELP FROM NEW YORK.
mass meeting will be held at Cooper Institute
Tuesday Juno &C. 1877, at eight O'Clock r. NJ, 10 take
measures to relieve the distress occasioned by the
disaster at ST. John The meeting will be presided
| over by Mayor Ely Mr. William Dowd, President of
the Bank OF North America, has kindly consented Ia
act rs ircasurer Mr.. Lawrence ID. Herman, Clerk Of
the Beard oil Education, Will act secretary. Peter
| Cooper William Orion, Cyrus W. Fold, Samuel j.
Tilden William y. Dodge, Mr.. Archibald, British
Consul; Charles A. Dana, William T. Cushing and other
| prominent gentlemen will be present