Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-06-10

country. The forts en- the Lee, Camden.
Carlisle and Houlbowlins have been drained
of men, and the guard-ship Revenge. lying
in Queenstown harbor stripped OF her ma
rines, and yet General Hamilton has not men
enough to supply the demands of the local
magistrate Just before daylight this morn
ing fifty dragons were dispatched from
Ba!lincoly. BY the way, the usual rumors
are flying that the Fenians intend to blow up
the Government powder works there. and
nearly 800 men, drawn from the first hattat-
ion Of the Twentieth Foot, the second
battalion of the Rife Brigade, and the Army
Service Corps, were dispatched by special
train to Skibbereen. Orders were also tele-
graphed for the Ore Hundred and Seventh
Foot, lying at Buttevant, and the second
battalion of the Twenty.fifth Foot, at Fer
mer, to seBd so men each to Schulz
and Ballydehoa. 1t was reported that
both the railways running west from
Cork and Bandon, and Cork and Maoroon
had been tsmpered with. and pilot engine
was sent IN advance of the special. -Four
miles from Skibbereen It was found that a
number of old rails had been placed across
the roadbed, and that the culverts had been
torn up; but the train was stopped in time
to avoid the run off. Mr.. Warburth, the
resident magistrate at SkibbereeD, accom-
panied by the Messrs. Swanton, one of
whom, it will be remembered, was fired at
on the Ballydehoa road three weeks ago, and
other magistrates, met tho troops, who were
reinforced by the arrival of body of con-
stabularly under Inspector Frazer. The
streets ofsthe town were filed with peasants,
and the soldiers and police were hooted At
and stoned as they marched TO the market
square. Meantime news arrived OF riot at
Ballydehoa last night, in which body of
marines was compelled to retreat under
the protection of o priest, and soon
the Bally5ehoa rioters, with an enormous
mob from Schulz, Dumaaway, Buttevant,
Bantry and the districts round about marched
on Skibbereen. The priests, however, ad-
dressed the people, urging them to disperse.
During the forenoon peasants hecked into
town from every side, and at II A. NJ. there
we're 4, 900 or 5000 present. Special trains
later in the day brought more troops from
Fermoy and Cork, and large drafts on the
constabulary from the outlying barracks.
The priests, numbering fifty. stood between
the military and the mob. AT 2 P. NJ. an at
tack was made on the branch Of the Munster
Bank, stones being flung thi iough the win
dows. This was dore apparently out Of pure
mischief, as no attempt was made to batter
down the doors or to enter the building. The
branches Of the Provincial Bank and Bank of
Ireland were not attacked Troops were at
once ordered to disperse the mob, and they
charged clean through them, not, however,
using their boyonets. A few soldiers were
injured by stones, and some Of the rioters
were clubbed with the butts Of the rifles, but
no lives were lost. The Munster Bank was
probably attacked because the land agents in
the western part cf the county deal largely
with it. The bank opens temporary branches
on fair aud market Days at the villages IN the
western district, and its local managers, whc,
like the managers Of other banks in Ireland.
are mostly Scotchmen, have the reputation
among the peasantry of being "gonbeen
men"-i e /, usurers. Late in the afternoon
desultory skirmishing between the military
and the mob began. The main body of the
soldiers and police is quartered for the night
in the Town Hall, but strong patrols
are on the streets. and there receive
an occasional volley of stones. The
shebeen houses and hotels were closed at
sunset by order of the magistrates. AT the
scrimmage at Ballydehoa last night the ma
rines were roughly handled. Some of the
men lost their bayonets, and only fought
their way through by using the butts of their
guns vigorously. Tonight Skibbereen is 8
small camp, but it ia thought the worst is
over. The priests are exhortinG the people
to 60 to their homes. and many have left. but
their places are taken by new crowds. Bal
lydehoa has bad reputation. Twenty years
ago the battle Of the Spuds," in which
many lives were lost, was fought there. Dur
ing the famine the peasantry there were COM
PEELED to eat their asses, and the people do
not like that page of their history to be cast
up to them. "The Battle of the Spuds,p
since renewed in thousand faction fights,
broke out on market day in 1860, the Ban
try men having taubted the natives with the
old story and ragged for two days in the po-
tato fields behind the hill overlooking the
towr.
Cork, June 9th-9:30 P. MA furious riot
is now in progress. Magistrate Stokes has
been severely injured. and three policemen
badly wounded. The mounted police charged
the mob, and several persons were injured.
Conaagrati0n at Quebec.
QUIBEc, June 9th.-One of the most dis
astrous fires in the history Of this unfortunate
city began last night. The alarm came from
st. Oliver and st. Clair streets at 1850. n
second alarm soon after called out the whole
fire brigade. Half the city appeared on the
streets by 1l:20, called cut by the brilliant
flames, and the avenues leading to the fire
were SO blocked with people that passage was
impossible. The confusion rapidly increased.
Half the people were panjc.stricken and the
rest wild and incoherently tried to rehder
assistance. Parents partially clothed hurried
along with children in arms and leading
others, and COWS and horses from burning
stables rushed half-maddened through the
crowd. The fire originated in stable,
whence the flames spread to the surrounding
wooden buildings, and the whole neighbor-
hood was soon a mass of hsmes For
some hundred feet the flames from the
other side Of the streets overlappsd
in the middle, completely closing them
In almost a less space of time than it takes
to tell it the finest and largest church in the
h.
came the Friars' school, opposite, and still
the fire swept or. Trusting as if confident
that so majestic an edi6ce could never fall
a prev to any of the elements, neighboTs sr-
rived and carried their household goods to the
front of the church, and there piled thsm at
the very door of the sanctuary. All was ir-
rstrievably lost. The church was worth at
least 100000. with an insurance Of only
$40 600. At the foot of Jupiter street. below
the Berthlot market, tho flames had crossed
from the low side of st. Joha street, and
from this point they rapidly flew west along
that fine avenue, keeping pace with the other
division of the confiagration opposite. From
Jupiter it spread southwark to the Berthlot
market place, destroying Gabriel and 81.
Patrick streets, as far out as there were
buildings to be destroyed The lower Geld
alone stayed the progress OF the FIRE. At
Scott street the fire ran upwards towards
-
being no water, men, hose or other appli
apcss to stay il.
The firemen allege that four wooden houses
were found on FIRE by them when they ar
rived upon the scene, and with water absent
and unattainable for some twenty minutes
it was impossible for them to obtain the
mastery. The hydrants threw good streams
when the water came into the ward, but too
late to be Of much service. When the FIRE
spread as above described the men Of the
brigade lost all control over any portion OF
it. Their necessary subdivision into so many
parties was weakness. The flames swept
onward with almost lightning rspidity. The
fury of the devouring element knew no
bounds but the city outskirts, aud none who
failed to see them would be inclined to credit
the rate at which they swept all before them.
great part of Daquiilon and West Genevievs
streets had been destroyed when the flames
appeared in st. John street. At O'Clock
the changing bell Of ST. Johns Church in
rapid and alarming tones told of danger to
that property, and summoned assistance.
The whole efforts Of the fire brigade were i'm
mediately bent on saving the sacred edifce,
but to no avail. Nothing was saved hut the
sacred vessels and some of the most valuable
plate and furniture of the sanctuary. The
fire had entire poss essicn of thenob'e structure
Only the gap caused by recent conhagra-
tion here stopped the total destruction of the