, 1890-06-28

and whole blocks Uf houses seen to fall,
killing some and woundine) many. The
occasional DIES SOeurS." The Post office
and Hotel Bedlat though spared at first
were soon in flames, and at 3 O'clock 100
of the best houses in town were burning
together. AT the other extremity of this
furnace which already covered 80 square
acres, the fight was as cour ,geousIv helng
carried on, The fire advancing against the
wind and whenever the frontage of the
houses which were all ct wood were burn
ed from their supports, they fell bodily
flaming across the street, communicating
the fire To the houses on the other side.
Ii also constituted "a grave danger to the
hremen etc. and greatly paralysed their
efforts. AT night time the fire had
consumed everything between the Rue
du tosse and the sea, and between the
SaVaune and the Riviere Madame. At
about ~ pm. the houses at the bottom of
the hue "a Commencement were attack ed.
threatening the PreSbytere and the gendar-
merle, which by most stIenuou efforts were
fortunately saved, as otherwise the whole
OF the town must have beeL consumed. 1t
was here that the progress Of the flames
were stay ed. The next morning the
sight was pltjtul, the Savanna encountered
with odds and ends in the midst of which
was camped II whole population suffering
from hunger, thirst, and even cold, for near
morning rain had fallen chilling to the bone
these unfortunate beings with no other
shelter than that afforded by the trees.
The = IS. "Energique' of the B0Ssiere Line.
was however at hand, having been des.
patched from st. Pierre by the agents with
20 tons of food.
The cause Of the fire is attributed by
SOM TO the using Of keroSine to light q
fra 1nl hV nfhnpS FO lnoU i,,Cp n o0oI 49,
unattended, and the wind which was high
blowing ont the burning charcoal. The
fire at the comm Jncement was several
times apparently mastered, but only to
break out farther along till it reached the
stores of NJ. Emile Saint Ange when
it became uumanagea6le, even then in
the opinion of many had prompt measures
been taken and the surrounding houses
blown up, the town would have been
saved. The loss is very considerable
amOuntin. to about LOO properties.
The value is estimated at from IL to
l2,OO0,0OO of francs and if the value
of the furniture sc be included to g.
bout $4,000, O0O. 1t is impossible to cor
rtctly state the number of victims, how
ever, T. bodies have been recovered, many
charrcd beyond recognition and others
t~earfully mtitilated. Is soldiers were re-"
ceiving attention at the Hospital ON
Monday morning, many of them seriously
and one it IS said m0rtallY wounded. The
numb / OF civilians Wounded is cOnsidera-
BILE. Surprising the town to commence at
the direction do I Interpieur and drawing
a line from there to the levee passing by
the gendarmerie, all that part to the west
of the line would represent the portion
destroyed estimated at about three quar-.
tiers as regards area. About seven Fights of
the inhabitants are homeless. Amongst
the public buildings destroyed may be
cited the Poor House, Cathedral, Customs
House, Town Hall, Convent of the SoeurS
de ST. Joseph, Bureau des Revues
7 Inpection lie genie, the slaughter house
and the CSine P0inte Simon partially.
st. Thomas, 26Lh.-SuOscription lists
have been started at many of the Islands
iii aid OF the sufferers by the recent fire al
Fort de France, Martinique. The Gov
nment OF Trinidad and Demerara have
promptly replied to the call for help which
is much needed by the thousands of home.
less people.
New York, June 26th.-The race for tho
Northumberland Plate, Houudsditch, 1st:
Royal Star, 2nd Lady Grace, 3rd
London news states that the Cabinet has
decided to drop the licensing clauses of the
local taxation bill, and postponed its Go.
cision regarding the disposal of the license
money.
Mr.. Macgdire, a Home-ruler, has been
elected for Donegal without opposition.