St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-27

ferent tracks to protect passengers frou.
the weather. 1t was under these s H,
burning car was run. ''"e
The freight depot of the Pittsbr,a
Cincinnati and st. Louis Railroad us'
a large shed, fronting on Grant stre"e
and extending from Washington street
to Seventh avenue. The comnan,,.
general offices were in fOur-story brioI'
building fronting on Seventh avenna
These were totally destroyed, as wa,
also the depot of the Adams ExnroaSs
Company, located on Grant SRA
Books and valuable papers had Loo.
removed from the Union depot. tbe oE
fees, as well as from the other bniII
ings, before the fire reached them. TIo
fire department of the city continnnJ
on duty from the time of the first aleu-
but were not allowed to throw anv w. u
ter Oh or make any effort TO save FL,
property of the railroad comnamr
They consequently directed their en-
to saving private property on the north
side of liberty street. In this they we,n
mainly successful, although six dwell
ings and sash factory located near tLa
round houses were destroyed early !"
the day.
THE BUILDINGS DESTROYED.
The railroad buildings DESTROYED vor,
as follows: Two round houses, one
machine shop, superintendent otFco
car repair shop, blacksmith shop ani
three or four oil houses, the Union tram.
fer depot and offices, the Pullman w.,
Company's foundry and offices, dis
patcher's Office, powder house. Union
Depot Hotel, the Pan Handle RailrooJ
engine house, offices and freight denot
and the freight depot of the Adams Fy,
press Company.
About five o'clock the fire from tbe
Union depot communicated to the i'm
mense grain elevator at the corner of
Grant and Washington streets. This
was built of huge timbers and coverad
with slate. 1t contained large ouan-
tity of grain.
The destruction of these BUILDINGS
seemed to satisfy the rioters. as tbey
began to disperse while they were buu-
ing. Most of those who deserted tba
crowd loaded themselves down with
plumber and wendell their way home
ward.
GENERAL PEARsON'S LIFE THREATENED
Throughout the entire day various
gangs of rioters were searching for Gen.
Pearson and the general officers of tIe
Pennsylvania Railroad, the latter beipc
obnoxious to them on account of bripg-
ing Philadelphia troops here. General
Pearson is charged with having given
the order TO fire last evening, which re-
suited in the killing and wOundiug of
so many persons. Whether he is re-
spOnsible or not, lie certainly would
have been killed had he been found. 1t
is said that lie and the railroad officers
left the city early this morning.
A VIGILANCE COMMITTEE ORGANIZED.
At an adjourned meeting of the citI-
zens this afternoon a Vigilance Com
mittee was organized TO prevent further
destruction of property. 1t was rapid
ly recruited, and all the members were
first provided with base ball bats, but
these were afterward exchanged for
guns. They were designated by white
ribbons on their arms. As soon as a
force could be organized they marched
to Seventh avenue, where hundreds of
SpcCtdlOlS, WHO udu Deeu waiting IOl
some one to lead, joined them in pre-
venting further incendiarism.
THE Loss OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ROAD.
The loss here within the past a
hours can only be estimated. Along
the Pennsylvania Railroad, from Union
depot to East Liberty, the numerous
tracks were filed with loaded cars.
There were burned from Millvile,
Thirty third street, to Thirteenth street
A distance of twenty blocks. tbs est
mated that two thousand cars. loaded
with oil and all kinds of merchandise,
were totally destroyed. These, with
the locomotive buildings and other
property destroyed, will swell the Penn
sylvania Rrilroad Company's losses to
variOusly estimated at three
million to four million dollars.
Through trains on the Pennsylvania
Railroad have arrived and departed as
usual to-day, the West Pennsylvania
road being used from Allegheny City
to the Blairsville intersection on the
main line. Thus far no property of
be company outside of Pittsburg has
been disturbed.