Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-06-23
st. Johns, New Brunswick,
in Ruins.
TEN OR TWELVE MILLIONS OF
PROPERTY DESTROYED.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.

slip, ON Portland street, St. Johns,
and before the flames were stayed
thousands of houses were laid in
ruins, millions of property destroyed,
many lives lost, and thousands of
women and chi dren lett homeless
and crying for something to eat.
Nothing could have come more sud-
denly than the fire which destroyed
5, many valuable lives, wasted pro-
perty by millions, arrested many and
varied forms of industry and spread
not only desolation, but terror and
CONSERVATION around. Public build
ings, palaces Of commerce, temples
of religion, banks, palatial residences,
newspaper and telegraph offices.
school houses and almost every thing
nf which the citizens of St. John felt
proud were all in few hours laid
in ruins. The loss on hotels, churches,
school houses, etc, was made thou
sand times more painful, by the
lamentablr destruction of life accom-
panying it. The engines arrived and
did their best to stop the flames, but
all eff ,rts were in vain and nothing
could be done. Aid came from Port
land in the shape Of the town engine
and tirrmen, but the timber boxes ON
fire. aided by the wind, proved II
combination too much tor the gallant
w"rkers, and almost in despair they
SAW the fl ,mes advance upon them,
not slowly, but with rapidity thar
appalled, the stoutest hearts.
A great quantity Of goods saved
fell into the hands of thieves, who
were busy. The Ballast wharf was
,vered most of the night with
thousands OF people anxious to escape
by water, and So were the railway
track bet seen Ballast wharf and
Courtcnay bay.
The following Newspaper Offices
with their stock we're entirely swept
away: The Freeman, Evening Globe,
Daily Telegraph, Drily News, the
Waterman and Reli gious Intelligcn-
err. The Globe, Telegraph, News,
Intclligenccr and Waterman had job
offices attached. Messrs Schubb &
c.. lost their job offi'e, building, etc.
Mr.. Knodel lost his 'b Office.
Following are among the list of
public buildings burned: The post
off e, Bunk of New Brunswick. citv
building, custom house, Maritime
Bank building, in which were the
Bank of Montreal and Nova Scotia,
Bunk Of Nova Scotia's new Building.
Academy of Music, in which was
Knights of Pythias hall; Victoria
hotel, Odd Fellows hall, No. 1 en-
ginc house, Orange Hall, King-street
Temperance hall, King-street East
Dramatic lyceum, Victoria school
house, Temple of Honor hall, the
Barns hotel, loyal hotel, St. John
hotel, the Brunswick house, Bay
View hotel, International hotel,
Virgins orphan asylum and the
deaf and dumb institution.
The churches burned are Trinity,
st. Andrews's church, Germain-street
Methodist church, Ger'nnin-street
Baptist church, Germ,in-street Chris
tam church, Duke st. james church,
Leinster church, st Baptist Centen-
airy church, st. Phillip, Carmanthen-
street Mission church, St. DAvid's
church, the Reformed Presbyterian
church and Sheffield Mission
house.
The following persons are reported
to have lost their lives: Benja-
min Williams, German street: Har-
old Gilhert, near the Victoria hotel I;
James Menicle, of James Adams s.
Co.'S establishment; Garrett Cutter,
of James s. Co.'S establishment; the
mother of ex-Mayor Reed and his
two aunts, two men whose names are
unknown, and Hugh McGovern of
Strait shore. The body of an I'M
known man was found on Prince
William street this morning. Many
persons are reported missing. There
are many persons hurt. Accidents
were frequent, particularly among the
brave tiremen.
No clear estimate of the value of
the property destroyed or insurance
Can he gwen. Certainly $4,000, 900
or $l2,000,000 are gone, and iusur-
ance men think their risks NAV run
up to $5,000,00O. The entire bust
ness portion Of the city is destroyed
not leading establishment has
escaped. All the principal dry goods
stores, the leading groceries, all the
ship brokers and commissi n mer-
chants, all the Wholesale liquor, -four,
provisions, coal. salt, lumber, tea and
West India goods stores are utterly
wiped out. Forty odd blocks, or
nearly 200 acres, south of King street
have not six buildings remaining.
The valuables of the Bank of Mont
real and Bank of Nova Scotia were
removed to the vaults and safes of
the Bank of New Brunswick. 1t is
not known how the latter stood the
test. Every square and alley is filled
with furniture, and thousands of
people are without food or shelter.
The International Company's steamer
Ne York sheltered aud fed thou