The Portland daily press., 1877-06-22
ST..JOHN FIRE
Three-Quarters Of the
City Gone.
$4,000 PEOPLE HOME
LESS!
ALI the Banks, Hotels and
Stores Destroyed.
Thirty Dead Bodies
Recovered.
And As MANY MORE ARE
MISSING.
Loss Estimated $780,
100000.
WITH INSURANCE OF ONLY
$5,OOO.O0O.
WITH INSURANCE OF ONLY
$5,OOO.O0O.
(FIRST DESPATCH.)

OF. JOHN June 2l-Eully half the City and
nearly every place of business, and all the pro-
visions have been burned. Fifteen thousand
people are homeless and destitute, lacking
bread. The scene in the city today is most
pitifuL Food is needed to save lives
SECOND DEsPATcH.)
PORTLAND, N. B., June 81, IL a. m-There
is not single flour or grocery store left stand
ing in ST. John. Every building south Of
King street, except four houses, is in ashes
Dock street, Market Square and the wharves
are ruined. Fully one-half of the dwellings
are burned and almost every place of business.
(THIRD DEsPATCH.)
EAsTPoRT. June 2I.-Three-quarter of St.
John is destroyed, 10 churches, all the leading
hotels-Victora, Barnes, Royal, st. John,
Acadia, Brunswick, Bay View and and Inter.
tional; six newspaper offices, new post office,
banks of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and
Maritime, city buildings, custom house, Acade.
my of Music, Dramatic Lyceum, Odd Fellow
and Temperance Halls, all the wharves on
Front street are gone. Several persons were
killed and many wounded. The vessels at
market slip were destroyed. Fifteen thousand
people are said to be homeless. The teri itory
burned extends from Kings street down to
Lower Cove below Reeds Point and fro m
water to water. Not a whole building is left
Loss estimated at about ten millions; partially
insured.
(FoURTH DESPATCH)
BANGOR June 81 The confagration at St.
John having destroyed telegraph communica.
ton with this city no word was received till to-
nighton arrival of the train from that city. The
fire was first discovered in building owned by
Mr.. Fairweather on the south of York Point
slip. From here it spread rapidly despite the
efforts of the fremen to Smith street. thence to
Drury Lane, Mill street, following into Dock
street, taking both sides. Finally the news
came that house had caught from cinders on
Main street. This the people were not prepar-
ed for and it swept on razing house after house.
From Smith street the fire also went to Nelson
street, thence to Robinson's wharf, thence to
South wharf. On Nelson street the fire COM
ing the other way met it and the intense heat
drove all away. Before the fire assumed for
midable proportions men on North wharf wet
down the vessels, bat the flames caught among
them and could not be stayed. Soon Trinity
church was on fire and terror seized the people
as it was learned that the fire was spreading
north, south east and west to German, Char.
lotte, Duke and Horsfield streets. The Vic.
toria Hotel and st, Andrews church soon took
fire. which, with Odd Fellows Hall were soon
destroyed.
From South wharf the flames entered Ward
street, extending to Peters wharf, thence to
Market Square making a jump to Prince
street, thence to Princess and King street. The
Academy of Music with all the scenery and
the Knights of Pythias Hall in the building
were destroyed.
The following public buildings were burned:
Postoffce, Bank of New Brunswick, City
Building, custom house, Maritime Bank,
building in which are that bank, that of Mon
treal and Nova Scotia, school trustees office,
Bank of Nova Scotia building, Academy of
Music, Victoria Hotel, Odd Fellows Hall, No.
1 engine house, Orange Hall, Temperance
Hall, Dramatic Lyceum, Victoria school house.
Temple of Honor hall, Barnes Hotel, Royal
Hotel, st. John Hotel, Acadia House, Bruns-
wick House, Bay View House. International
Hotel, Virgins Orphan Asylum.
The following churches are burned: St, An
drew's, Methodist and Baptist, on German
street; Christian, st, James on Lsinster street;
Baptist, the Centenary, Saint Phillips on
Carmathen street; Methodist on Pitt street;
St. David's Reformed Presbyterian on Shelf
field street and Mission house.
The following is a despatch received from E.
r. Burpee, Esq, from the Carleton side of the
river, dated p. m. today:
Fire now under control. Every house
south of King street is burned Every provis-
ion store, warehouse, three banks, postoffice.
fourteen churches, custom house, telegraph
office and every wharf in the city is cleaned
'ut, and all the newspaper offices. Several
small vessels were burned, the rest were towed
out and saved Fifteen thousand people are
homeless. No household effects of any account
we're saved. About five hundred acres were
burned over Estimated loss $20,OOO,OOO; in.
'urance about $5,0OO,OOO. Thirty bodies re-
covered, as many more missing.