The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1877-07-01
LATE TELEGRAMS.

ternoon at hulf-past two o'clock fir,
broke out i'll Mcl.aughlin's barber shop
Portland. \ strong northwcstcrly wine
was blowing, ana in nn incredible shor
space OF time the flames burst out, car
rying with them hundreds of houses
stores and lumber yards. The fir,
spread rapidly towards the busincs,
| portion Of st. Johns, cleaning i'll il.
career the entire street Of buildings.
Dock street. Market Square, til,
whole Of Prince William ard Atwaicl
streets, the south side AMI part Of thl
north side of King street, Eing's
square, GrrmGin, Canterbury, Princess
Duke, Munster, Charlotte, Crg0nc. the
whole Of Lower Cove district, Sydney
and CGrwathen streets, portion oI
Wentworth aud Pitts sircct5--in feet,
the entire city south OF King street, in.
Guiding wharvcs and shipping were de-
alroyed. Among the public buildings
destroyed are the new postoii.cc, valued
at 5000, ,O0n, the Custom lIouie. Vicio.
iia Hotel, Academy of Musi:, Dramatic
Lyccum, the ROYAL Hotel, Banl; vi
New brunswick. Mnrutiinc bank, ngcu,
cics Of the Dnnks Of Montreal and Nova
Scotia, the SaTi!i@s Bank, Victoria
school housc, Grammar school, Trinity
church, ST. Andrews church.. Ccnte.
nary church, Gvr;nan Methodist church,
City Hall, Water Commissioners Office,
the banking houses cf Sincu Jones l.
Co., George Phelps and Mcclellan &
Co., the Western Union Telegraph Of.
flee, the OHiecs Of tie Telegraph, Eews,
Globe. Freeman and WUtcl:aan; al Tie
insurance and law Offices in The X :.
chcl hni!ii"g. Every Wholesale nmj
nearly n! the retail koujos were lie.
a;roycI. Tie only bank saved waa tho
Bank oi British North America. The
Western Union Telegraph oaico saved
its Instruments nnl huUhs.
Several scaoomcra AMI .LgEcr vessels
were burned; I..itS laden with goods
nnd household wares we've readily
cnu@.t - iAo !!i"rs nai consumed.
The !!eyce Wiui Grove the :iu,ncs 10 the
south and cast, "nd destroyed every
thing they reached TO the waters edge.
i've lHc" :.!l i.b in!lnts ARE Row
kH""a - l&Tc last their lives. and
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The destruction 81 p.or!H'0ns Of Gll
h''id6 seem I" Ev!nt to famine. Relief
NIL como Srr'"iiy "r many viii perish
i!"lA W"hl. lew saved even Their
cIo'A'"'
The fire il s.ilI raging, rnl 40 kupcs
are entertained Ii uAt.u,.ii,h:u. il uu-
til il lirs cXArusicd itself for wuu, Of
mntvrihi :" l:crp ii alive. Thc wind has
G"up down. lat IL" fire still buns
ha.rS!y. Ia Eti w1TSS ace destroyed
ana ;hH rein"iutgr Of the city is in dari-
ne'5' The area bHirtd IL ncn:iy 80
acres
.''* FEA"cf9co. Inn" 2l.--Thc ID cm-
o':"tis state Genital Committee met at
I'll" ralarc Hotel last niSLt, the moat
important pat Of thc business being 10
hhr'h"ni]o Ia" split in the party III this
city' y resolution was adopted to nd
j"hrn to meet July 9th. Meantime The
rN'c"'i'o committee were Instructed to
ih'i'' coh'ef'h'c with !hr rival county
''in"iN"p'' with Wow Of oN"ciira
some arrangement OF existing diilcrcu.
coH. In case no GAti5fGcIory settlement
@hnll bn mrriTcd n!, The State Central
Committee viii iri.c such ncliom in tho
ltrinistk na tho welfare OF tho paIty
demands. Spmn members wished to
ignore III" late primary entirely anil
call another to Il, held under tho For.
Ter pH"ni% law, hrt on looking into
the matter 1t "nj found that il WIZ not
"h'y zoo costly an operation bat there
W""'di "' time, nnd the above course
""' "n"i''d "h"nl'non'ly.
WAsni""roN. Juno 2oth.-TLo ro.
n"wod insertions of Amc,icau designs
on Mexican territory nrc sensational,
bngclcss. nml gli;nulatcd hy ndyruiur,r,