New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-21
A CITY IN FLAMES.
BURNING OF ST. JOHN, N. b.


ALL OF THE TowE SOUTH or KSG-sr. DESTROYED
wHARvEs AND SHIPPING BURNED WITH THE
BUMDINGS-rHE PosT-oFFTcE. CUSIOM-HoUsF.
ACADEMY or MUSIC, BANKS, CHURCHES SCHOOLS,
STORES. AND DWELLINGS IN AsIIEs-Loss FROM
$1OOO0,000 TO S15000,000
ST. joins, n. b.. June 20.-At 2:3O o'clock TINS
afternoon q fire broke ont in McLaughn'S boiler
shop at Portland. A strong norih-westerly wind
was blowing at the time. and the flames rapidly
spread. carrying with them hundreds of houses,
stores, and lumber-yards.
Tho fire spread rapidly toward the business por-
ton of ST. John, clearing in ITS career entire streets
of buildings. Dock-st., Market-square, the whole
of Prince William-st Water-st, the south and part
of the north side Of kngs-st., kings-squ1Ie. Ger
maia, Canterbury, Princess, Duke, Leinster, Char
lotte Orange, the whole of the Lower Cove DISTINCT
sydney and Carmarthen-Sts, portions of wentworth
ard Fitt-sts.-n fact the whole Of that portion OF
the city south OF Kng-st was destroyed, including
wharves and shipping.
Among the public buildings destroyed are the new
Pcst-O Office. valued at $200,0 the Custom-house,
Victoria Hotel, the Academy of Music, Dramatic
Lyccum, Royal Hotel, banks Of New-Bruns-
wick, Maritime Bank, agencies of banks of
Montreal and Nova Scotia Savings Bank,
Victoria SchoOl-hOuse grammar school, Iriil-
itv Church, st. Andrews Church Centenary
Church, German Street Methodist Church, City
Hall. Water Commissioners ONCE, banking houses
of Simeon Jones x Co., George Phelps and Mac
MILAN s. Co., the Western Union Telegraph office,
the newspaper Offices of The Daily Telegraph, Daily
Nor,. Globe, freeman, and Udtchmdn, newsroom,
Rtches building and law Offices.
Among the leading business houses destroyed are
those of Daniel 4 Boyd, Richard Thompson, John
W. Nicholson, James Domyilie ~ Co.. w. II. Ihorne
q Co.. Thomas K. Jones ~ Co., George +. smith,
Everett 4 Butler, j. 4 ". +. Harrison Hall Il Far
weather. Trumbull & Co., Magee Brothers, Stewart
& White, James Manson, J. x j. Hogan Il
Co.. Watts &, Tmner Eastern Express Office,
II. CIubb Il Co., Thomas Fmlong, HarrIng-
ton Brothers, George ;. Dclolest, George
Stewart, jr Logan & Lindsay, Thos. II. Hall, Lam
dry ~ Co, Wa. Thomson " Co., Andre, Cushing ~
Co.. GREY. Stewart 4 Co., Scarnmel Bros, L. ID.
Jewctt Il Co.. the police Office In fact, every
wholesale and nearly all the retail houses were de-
stroyed The only bank saved the Bank of
British North America. The Western Union lele-
graph office Only saved It's instruments and books.
Several schoouers and large vessels were burned
to the waters edge. Rats laden with goods and
household wares readily caught the iames and were
consumed. The wind drove the flames to the south
and east and destroyed everything they reached to
the water.
Five men an0 two infants are now known to have
lost their lives, and many are missing. The loss Is
estimated M from ten 10 fifteen millions of dollars.
and the insurance will probably not exceed six mil
lions Thousands Of people wander the streets home
/ less and in despair.
The destruction of provisions Of all kinds seems
to point to famine and relief must speedily or
many must perish from want. Few saved even
| their clothes.
The lire Is still raging and hope is entertained
of extiuguishug until il has exhausted the supply
Of inliammablc material. The wind has died away
bat the fire still RACES The gas works are destroyed
/ and the remaining portions of the city are III dark
ness. An area Of nearly 900 acres has been burned
| The fire has not extended north of king-st.. and
| probably will not enter that district.
JuAE 2l-ll5 A. M.-Ihe weather is calm. and
/ the lire Is not spreading.