Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-07-17
The Flames Extinguished and
Looting Stopped.
AMERICAN MARINES ASSIST IN
PATROliNG THE STREETS.
Confidence Generally Reviving.
A Note Presented to the Porte Inviting
Turkish Intervention.
IoSpoS. July Is.

LONDON. july 10.
dispatch received from Admiral Sey
mour, dated Alexandra, ii 2. NJ, says that
the fire was not spreading, and that nearly
all looting had been stopped. He has been
authorized to organize police force as soon
as possible, and has already occupied the
gates of the city and two of the forts. 1t is
now possible TO walk the streets without an
escort. The cafes and shops are reopen
ing and confidence is generally reviving.
Thirteen hundred Christian refugees were
saved in the Coptic Church during the mas
sacre The fires in the town were undoubt-
edy directly instigated by the principal sup
porters of Arab Pasha, if not by himself.
After the footing commenced, the soldiers at
tackled the original plunderers and robbed
them of their prey. Arab Pasha during the
engagement was at Fort Napoleon, which
neither fired or received shot. After the
firing had ceased he rode through the town
companied by Mahmoud Lauri and other
ministers. Subsequently party of soldiers
deliberately set fire to the French consulate.
Another party proceeded in the same sys-
tematic manner to set fire to the other side of
the great square. The whole district is so
ruined that even the street openings are in
distingushable. The bombarding of Tues
day almost exterminated the Egyptian corps
OF artillerymen, which was the best branch
of the army.
force of Germans was landed today and,
with the cooperation of a party of Ameri-
cans will establish consulate The Ameri
can marines occupy the great square, with
their headquarters in the St. Marks build
ings. The marinesof the Minotaur have landed.
Capt. Fisher of the Intiexible is in com
mand of the forces landed. All the gatling
and field guns have been ordered ashore.
rha no. first tn Ia nd
to help the British restore order. Tn Ger
mans followed. Both parties landed without
any political instructions from their respec-
tive governments. All the foreign vessels in
the harbor, except those of Austria and
Greece, landed men.
famine is apprehended also an cpl
demic, because of the numbers of unburied
dead.
Arab Pasha appropriated f25 900 from
the custom house before leaving. Accord
ing to the accounts of persons who remained
in the city, bands of murderers during and
after the bombardment forced their way
into almost every house. 1t appears that
large stores of petroleum were sent to Alex
andria the week before the bombardment
specially to set fire to the town. The in
cendiaries state that they received instruc-
tons to set fire to the houses.
The Daily News correspondent telegraphs
from Alexandria at L. NJ. that an engage
ment was imminent between the English and
troops of Arab Pasha. have visited all
the hospitals and cannot speak to highly of
the devotion displayed by the sisters of
charity While some inmates of the hospi-
tails, including both sisters of charity and
patients were being escorted by German ma
rines to the beach they were challenged by
the English sentries. As they were unable
to give the pass word the English fired, and
the Germans returned the fire, but happily
no one was hurt. English sailors today
flogged ten Arabs guilty of arson, rape and
piIlage, five men publicly shot-four for
murder and one as spy. Hundreds of per-
sons are houseless and starving.
Reuters telegram company has the follow
fng dispatch from Alexandria, 8 p. NJ Arab
Pasha is still at Kafr Dwar. His force co.,
sists of four regiments of infantry, 1900 ir
regular troops, and one regiment of cavalry
with 500 horses, 36 Krupp guns and ~ nit
railleurse. Arab Pasha sent an officer to
Alexandria to embargo the rolling stock of
the Cairo Railway and 5000 tons of coal
The officer was made prisoner. The British
have cut the Cairo Railway near lake Mar
catis.