The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-21

No choice.
The convention by a vote of II to 20 re-
fused to adjourn.
| The next vote resulted in Jacobs receiving
Al, Conkling 33, Wheeler 2l, Rogers II, Cor
nell II, Bradley /, Foiger 2, Lapham IL, Tre-
maine 4, Harris l. No choice.
Next vote, Platt IS, Depew 45, Cornell 8,
Herman 4S, Folger 80, Crowley 4, Lapbam 2.
QUEBEC, June 9.-One of those destruc-
tive fires TO which Quebec is so subject broke
! out at | r. m, in the midst of ST. Johns sub
burbs midway between st. Rocks and Upper
town. The fire originated in small wooden
house on Oliver street, and immediately
spread to the adjoining buildings. The fire
! brigade became demoralized and lost all con
troll Of themselves, and the fire continues at
2 O'Clock this morning. st. Johns church,
the Roman Catholic church, the largest in the
| city, worth 100000, is burning and six hun
dred houses are destroyed, some brick anda
stone, but the majority poor and small and OF
wood. The loss so far must be over S15O, 600. 1
Certainv 1,0UO families are homeless. The
fire is still spreading, but no loss of life is re-
ported. Several persons are reported III ssing.
The houseless are camped in lie fields
surrounding the city, Thieves made off with
most of the proprity saved from the flames
| Halt of the people in town block The streets
and the tlremen are impeded. Panic prevails
everywhere. burning sparks and shingles are
falling all over the city aud its total sweeping
out of existence is by 10 means improbable.
A number of the local insurance companies
seem paral wed by'this disaster The princi-
pal streets destroyed are Richmond, Lateou
vile, Oliver, Richelieu and Dagu'llon run
ming east and west parallel with The river, al
so st, Jphn' Marie, Deligy. St. Cla,r aud
Sutherland streets running north and south.
| In many Instances The parties burned out
owned their residences.
The fire brigade is mserably inadequate to
the wants OF The city and the water supply is
ridiculously small for such all emergency.
LATER.
QUEBEC, June 9.-Oue of the most disas-
trous fires in he history of this unfortunate
city, began last night. At 6 p. NJ. the first
alarm came from Slaliv,r and St. Clair streets.
At 10: 80 the second alarm called out the
whole fire brigade. Half the city appeared on
the streets by II 30, called out by the bril-
liant flames, and the avenues leading to the
lire were so blocked with people that passage
was impossible The confusion increased,
half the people beng panic stricken, and the
rest wildly ami lncompetently tried to render
assistance. Parents partially clothed hurried
along with children in their arms and leading
others, while cows and horses from the burn
ing stables rushed half mad through the
crowd. The fire originated in stable, when
the flames spread to the surrounding wooden
buildings, and the whole neiohborhOOd
was soon mass of flames for some
hundreds Of feet, the aanes from the other
side of the street overlapping in the middle
and completely closing them. In almost less
space of time than il takes to tell 1t, the
!, finest and largest church in the city Was
doomed. Next after the church came the
Friars' school opposite, and still the fire
swept on. Trusting, as if contdert that so
. majestic an Cditice could never fall prey to
any Of the elements, the neiGhhols around
had carried their household goods to the
, front of the church, and there piled them at
the very door of the sanctuary. All was lost.
The church was worth a least SlUO.OU0, and
insured for $4,000 At the foot OF Jupiter
street, below he BertlIlOt market, the flames
had crossed from lower st. John street, and
from this they rapidly flew west along that
fine avenue, keeping pace with the other d.
vision Of the conllagration. Opp site, at
Jupiter, it spread sUuthWar TO Berthlot mar
ket place, destroying Gabriel street and st.
Patrick street as far olit as there were build
ings to be destroyed. L0weitirld alone
stayed the progress of the fire. AT Scott
street The fire ran upward toward til" Grand
Alice at a terrible rate Of speed. there being
, 40 water, men, hose, Eor other appliances TO
, Say it.
Four wooden houses were found ,.l iilt, by
,
with water absent aud ulattalah.e iUr some
; twenty mil utes, it was impossible for them
to obtain the mastery. The hvdrants threw
good streams when the WateE came i'll, hut
too late to | Z of much service. When the
fire spread. as above described, the men Of
; the brigade lost all control over any portion
Of it. They necessarily divided into so many
parties and were so weakened ti!a. The flames
spread onward with almost ginning rapid
Ehn fan tf IA al
knew 10 bUultIs but at the city on skirts, ana
none who failed to see them would be III
c.ined 30 credit the rale At which they swept
all before them. The great point Of DaIull-
lon, West street and GeneVirvH street have
been destroyed. When The flames appeared
i'll ST. Johns street. further out, al | clock.
the bells ut' 81. Johns chapel, in rapid and
| alarming tones, :oid Of the danger Of that
property, and called assistance. TIE whole
efforts of The fire brigade We're Immediately
bent on saving the sacred ediiice, but to no
avai'. No;hiug was saved but the sacred vrS-
sells and some Of the most valuable plate and
furniture of the sanctuary. The fire had en-
tire control Of the noble structure.
The only 2 p caused by the recent conlla-
! grafton here stepped the total destruction Of
the whole street. 1t is impossible to describe
the spread of The flames on every side, and
will perhaps be more satisfactory to give all
idea Of the boundaries of the burnt district.
The only thing that the tiremen succeeded in
doing was to curb the fire east of Gpnevieve
street, and here in fact, the wind was blowing
= from the east and northeast. From the latter
+ street Up nearly to John street the westerly
side of Genevievc street has been swept
away. To the north the bre extended as far
as Richmond street. the western limits being
a little beyond the street car stables at Mount
Pleasant, near the city boundary. The limit
south, near Scott and at Gabriel have been
already mentioned. Briefly summed up, the
streets consumed are running east and west,
Richmond in part, thence Palace south, Oil
yer, Richelieu, Dacquilon and st. Johns, one
wald in Montcalm street, st. Gabriel, No