Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-13

completely burned. II Is estimated that
the total loss to the city In buildings
alone is easily $40, 600. GOO and all per-
sonal losses will probably reach $40.
00O,00 Whether there Is much loss OF
life cannot yet be ascsrtaiued.
rEIvATIoN AND WANT.
There is great privation felt among the
poor classes 90 nearly every restaurant
and grocery in the city was consumed b.
the fire. The burned district oomprises
some Ga acres. It presents the aspect of
huge oven Of burning Goals and threat.
ems even further destruction. The FRO
men, reinforced by Tacoma and Snoho
mich, are on the alert. The streets all
through the night were crowded With
people wandering about penniless and
homeless. The militia aud extra police
are to be seen on every corner guarding
the property against thieves aud yRndais
One hundred arrests have already been
made. Ali of the daily newspapers will
publish tomorrow. Words fail to de.
scribe the awful picture OF the fire and
dosolation.
CRUSHED UNDER TIE WALLS.
1t Is like the Chicago tlre and liks Chi
cago will be rebuilt. Everybody seems
in good spirits, AZ it is hard to realize
the dreadfulness Of this sudden calamity,
When Toklas and Singerman's baildiug
fell about 80 people were near AMI many
Of them wero crushed. Similar accidents
befeli most OF the large buildings.
Asto the loss the Coast Reuittr newspaper,
from the Official figures furnished by tho
local and foreign Insurance. companies,
|, places tho property loss al 81 ,O0o ,Opo. This
II covered bya total Insurance f So $50. 0u0.
OF this amount 81 .9li, 000 is held by con-
panies represented Ia San Ffancisco. Six
OregoniHa companies carry risks repre-
senling round total OF $3.50 OJD. Fifteen
small outside companies carry risks estt-
mated at about Sl5J00O.
All that could be done when the build
tnRs succumbed and the water supply gaye
out completely was TO try aud save lltB and
properly. People tlsd 10 tue hlils 10 tae
east, aud horses, tiecked with foam, dashed
up TO the highlands, with promls euous
loads OF property attached, In every hvaila-
ole vehicle.
The DIRE made awful progress when 1t
crossed Ypsior avenue, down TO the water
front quarter, aud excluded 10 Fourth
| street. fhe buildings were mostly one or
two stories and frame. The korn block just
opposite the Occidental; the Newlln buiid-
Ing hardly completed, on Commercial
street: tho Squire block, corner 1t aeoond
huu MAN stree &, $1,000 out pr0nlnent hs
| flne new brick buildings. The flames
rushed up with terrible madness, giving
people barely time to escape. To gty1 a list
OF everything burned would be to repro
| duce most OF the Seattle business directory.
MANY LIVES FEARED TO he LOST.
Many persons must have lost their lives,
but none can tell who they are. Tue lody.
ing house quarter and the slums OF the
city were swept out OF existence. The
Pacific Clothing House and the New York
Clothing House were among the large con-
Germs that were completely destroyed. A
committee had been hard at work up TO the
time OF the dire soliciting subscriptions for
the Johnstown sufferers. About s. 900 was
thought to have been raised. The mgSniil.
cent Boston block, In which was the post
office, Is saved.
The Canadian Pacific works are gone and
! nearly everything from the head OF Elliott
| bay TO Union street. The Yesler avenue,
Jackson street and Front street cable tines
and the electric motor line are useless.
Their tracks are badly demoralized aud
many Of their cars burned. The electric
| light plant Ia burned, ALI the oil ware
houses are gone. The survivors OF thls fire.
another Chicago Ore, Will suffer terribly
for want OF the necessarles OF life. Those
whose homes and places OF business are
spared are generous In their offers OF help
to the less fortunate. It has been an awful
day and will be- a woiul night.