The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-11-14

rsGaes: AS the fire passed tho .o..-.-,
tSr .s : it's fearful liars and county jan,
nr;sny tne grated windows. the sor*. n. M
vi 800. ~ inmates became naarar am.
lhasn ~ ear. They set up q veil wI;ch .a nac
tha 80 Ics squares above the awful 49,. "a -
ens ceIIlDie nre. On top OF the ;a;i h,,;sa:e VI
n,;uo sourt house were corps of me.' ds4ale
IA es 70 save the buildings. and w;+h ~
wos VI 'ne prick walls succeeded. The ;.; 1
All +b = nre q doz,n times, but was saved 90
the Ge1 s.seet ears were hastily run ont Of
thev .sannsIon Clty Railway stables and
"efe~ to their fate.
THE ONLY PUBLIC BUILDING coNsrurn
ne Mas Inc Second District school bu;ld;no
~ Mas a frame structure and was recsnti1
~ ~ a. q cost OF $50, 600. The total ares
blocIs - u'str1ct is 0 acres, and 4Ob
s;h1a were swept clean OF everything nos.
+ IL something over 400 were burned and
: es1imated by the relief Committees that
ABOUT 1000 families were rendaraI hons,
.1ss, a great majority OF whom. esnec;a IIv
Cue = poorer ones, lost everything. IA the
n.e STARTED IN the poor district thew had
n1cIe or no time in which to move their
turniture, while the weather. victims moved
tnelr valuable pictures and effects. Several
"! Ehe nnest houses, however, were burned
witnout a singlearticle being saved. 40 con.
lueng were the occupants that the fire
would pass by them.
RELIEF MEASURES.
a meeting at the Cotton EXCHANGE this
afternoon was largely attended bv the
business men, who Immediately set ahont
prov ding relief for the homeless and snffer.
ing. A general relief committee of twenty
seven prominent citizens wa ~orpanized
With Colonel ". l.. Moody, president Of
Oot1on Excange, as chairman. A finance
COMMITTEES OF five, with Colonel W. D. Sim
car al chairman, was named by the origi-
a committee. Besides these committees
there are subcommittee for the various
sections o. the burned district. Contribu-
lions are pouring in from all parts of the
city: At q citizens meeting at the Cotton
Exch9nge $4,000 waa nnhscribed BY the
business men. Among the largest subscrib.
err, are Ball, Hutchins & Co., bankers.
$l,OOO; p. }. Willis & Co., wholesale dry
goods, $1,000; l.. 4 II. Blum. $500; Sam
son Heidenheimer. $500.
IN.
A. A. Fowle, General Manager oil the Bos-
ton Globe, telegraphs Mayor Fulton !:
What can the people OF Boston do for the
suffering and homeless people OF Galveston?
Please answer. We will contract for publ
cation and do our best"
ToIu . 1MlhauO company now playing
here gays a benefit at the Greenwan Opera
House tonight which Melted $500 for the
sufferers.
The City Council met in extra session this
evening, and voted a donation of $40, 900
for the sufferers, and appointed q commit
tee Of fiveAldermen to act with the citizens
committee in distributing funds. This makes
$751; 500 already denoted by the citizens of
Galveston, which, together with outside
donations, foots up a total OF $3S, 600 in
one day.
THE LOSSES.
Nearly every one has an estimate of
what the total loss Of the great fire foots
up. The best posted citizens estimate the
loss at 81. 100000, while many who claim
to have figured ON the matter put the esti,
mate as high az $2,5OO.0 600. The insur-
ance men have been hard at work all day
and tonight completing the list of their
policies. So much confusion and uncer-
tainty has prevailed that the task of locat-
ing policies was a difficult one.
The Grown and P1e0anR