Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-06-23
NIGHT
The St. Johns Fire
THE NUMBER OF KILLED AND
MISSING!
Relief Hurrying from All Directions .
Another Blaze Appears, bus II II
Promptly ExtiMSuishedI
Relief Hurrying from All Directions !

CHICAGO, June %.
The work of raising money and the
necessaries OF life for the st. Johns
people is proceeding rapidly. The
Mayor has called a mass meeting for
Monday 10 consider the question.
subscriptions are coming rapidly in.
On Change, the Stock Yard magnates
held a meeting this afternoon. The
Masons aud Odd Fellows are also tax.
ing effective measures to aid their fel-
lows in the stricken city, and individ.
uals are busyiDg themselves in solicit
ing charity for the same purpose. A
telegram in answer TO an inquiry by
Mayor Heath, came this morning, say
ing the inhabitants need everything,
but principally money and clothing.
A special from st. Johns says: A
mass meeting was held yesterday at
which aid offers were received from
Montreal, Boston, Bangor, Portland,
Cape Breton and many other cities, as
we'll as towns in the interior Of the prov
ince. Chief Of Police Savage, of Bos.
ton, has rendered assistance to the
police of that city and sympathy was
kept coming from all quarters. This
mornings train arrived from Halifax,
having on board troops for guarding
the goods now in the streets. At a
meeting of the citizens Of HAlifax Sl0,-
600 were subscribed.
EAsTPoRT, Me June %.
Large quantities of cooked provis-
ions have been collected here to be
sent to st. Johns. G.. L. Hersey, Presi-
dent of the International line, sent the
steamer Portland to take on board a
| large quantity of flour and meat, with
:,c .rion ~ nn,lnu oil Tho no0bo
on the steamer in preparing food for
Johns to-day.
BosToN, June %.
A st. Johns special says: Nearly
200 people were accommodated in the
| skating rink last night and arrange
ments are being made To provide
means Of shelter at that place. A
mass meeting Of Odd Fellows will be
| held tonight to provide what means
| they can to alleviate the distress. The
number of the dead has been In.
creased to eight. One woman was
burned to death on her doorstep.
About 2:20 o'clock this morning,
the dreaded alarm was again given of
| another fire which started in u brick
building at York Point slip. In ten
minutes the flames had worked
through the roof. The occupants
prepared to leave, but the fire depart
| ment worked SO efficiently that all
! danger was past in a half hour. There
! has been a fall Of rain since last night,
| which had the effect Of checking the
! flames to q great extent among the
! smouldering ruins. A car with $1,000
| worth Of cooked provisions was re-
| ceiyed here this forenoon from Bangor,
in charge OF Mayor Hamlin.
ST. JOHNS. June %.
At q quarter to three o'clock this
forenoon, the fire which vas supposed
to be entirely extinguished, blazed out
again, with the wind quite the reverse
| from what it was Wednesday. 1t
| blows direct from the south and may
| yet take the remnant of the town.
I Thirty bodies thus far have been re.
covered, and as many more persons
are missing, but it is impossible yet to
tell accurately the loss Of life.
The Ssligman.HiItOn Sensation ny.
ing Out-why Tweed Is Not Re
leased.
NEW YORK, June %.
The Seligman-H Hilton sensation is
rapidly sdying out of public attention.
This morning the papers ignore it edi-
torially. except the Sun. which bitter
~ satirizes Hilton's position. It says,
however, that Hilton holds the fort.
he . surprised that such = fuss