The Portland daily press., 1877-06-23

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drew's, Methodist aud Baptist on GERMAN
street; Christian, Oh Duke street; St, James, on
Leinster street; Ceutennarg. st. Phillips
Mission church, Metho list Mission church, St
David's church, Reformed Presbyterian
church, Sheffield street; Mission house.
The Advertiser of last night contains some
gers who came from the scene in the steamer
New York, yesterday:
The fire caught in a load of hay on York
Point Slip. On the the front it followed
Water Street.-The new street at the head of the
wharves-down to the steamboat wharves at
Reeds Point. These wharves, belonging to
the International Steamship Co., the Digby &
Annapolis Co., and the, Anchor Line, were
mraculously preserved BY sudden freak Of
the wind, at about p. NJ, at which time the
fire had swept as far as from the Eastern rail-
road station in this city to Fish Point. The
International Company lost 800 tons of coal,
valued at $4,000, on which there was a slight
insurance, but this was located in another part
of the city. The rest of their property was
saved.
After turning from the steamboat wharves,
the fire swept IN a diagonal line across the city
to the Barracks. Thus while the original lue
of fire was steadily advancing towards that
point in straight line, there was this fianking
line approaching in another direction
Mr.. Hersey estimates the loss at fully three
quarters of the city, and that the most valua-
ble Every house south OF King street is burn
ed. Every provision store, warehouse, three
banks, the postoffice, fourteen churches, the
custom house, telegraph Office, every wharf IN
the city, and all the newspaper offices are de-
stroyed. Several small vessels were burned, the
rest we're towed out and saved
When. Capt. Winchester of the New York,
saw the crowds of people on the wharf, al
though there was great danger, he steamed in
and took aboard 1000 of them with their effects
and then put out agaiD. The second engineer,
who was in the town of Portland at the time,
tried to reach the steamer by land, and again
by water, but failed. By land the flames pre-
vented, and no boat could be hired for love nor
money,all were so busy in removing their prop.
erty.
Hundreds of people were so frightened they
would not try to save thing, but were driven
along ahead of the fire. Others were paralyze
by fear and had to be carried, as was the case
of one old man over 80 years of age. whom his
son bore away on his shoulders, as Eneas did
old Anchises In some cases men and women,
eager to save their property, were caught in
their rooms by the rapid progress of the flames
and were seen by the spectators to hang from
the upper story windows by their hands until
they we're compelled to drop ipto the cauldron
OF flames beneath or were swept away in a
whirlwind of FIRE. The mother and two sisters
of ex-Mayor Thomas Reed, who had been
working to save their property, were caught in
the street and burned alive. Their bones were
found where they were last seen, land where the
frantic attempts of citizens to rescue them had
proved in vain.
Manchester and one other dry goods store
were saved, two groceries, the Waverly House,
Park hotel, and the elegant new market house
built last year. The inmates of the Victoria
hotel had to fly for their lives, losing their eff
fects. Nine. Rentz's female minstrels, who had
just lett Bangor, where a fire caught in the
franklin House while they were there, were
in st. John during the fire. A little biz of
King street was saved.