Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-11
The Capital OF Newfoundland Almost
Entirely WIp'd
out.
LOSS ESTIMATED At eight MIL
LION ooLLAHs,
= large rart Of tho Guy Laid In
AahsH.

broke out la II. Johns, thu capital Of
Ncwfouui lund, that deaIoycd a great
Part Ut tho city, the damage done
amounting TO one million nud aovefai
hvel loot. Yesterday afternoon IRE
broke out In 81 Johns tina threatened
10 far EXCEED In the extent OF money
damage and los Of life that Of the
other disastrous cDniiagrnu1n. About
four O'Clock house on isoug's Hill
was discovered 10 be on iigs. Whom
tho tlrpmeu arrived the luthwrst wind
that was prevailing had caused thc iire
70 spread to au adjoining building.
Dcsp ,fute cflutts were made tO stop the
pFogIcs. OF the IRE, bui coon most OF
the houses on Longs hlll were burn
ing. Largo burning brands were
caught up by the winds anl carried to
rows of other structure, which were
soon burning furiously. IL was seen
that the fire department was helpless,
aud the people living in the psth Of
the IRE began 10 romovu ihcir portable
household effects aud valuahlVs. II II
feared that some Of thvse people Lost
their lives.
While tho dwelling houses were
burning unhindcred, Il was found that
the new Methodist coll, GO was On nrc.
| Efforts were mndu to save this build
ing, but they were fmiurs. The coli
lvsr was the .ducti0nal headquarters
Of the Methodisu ia " HwfDundland,
and It's less viii be severely felt 10y that
| denomination.
BY this time tho wind WAS blowing
| a gale aud ihp fire spreading with ter.
/ riGlu rapidtty. Building situated
some distance from The burning struct-
ure caught lire from the burning I'm.
| bets and were destroyed without n
hand icing rnised q attempt 10 save
them. The ilrymenaug pcJule We're
COMPLETELY rAItAINlED,
and the lire did tho work Of dsstrue.
ton without stay.
IL was now growing dark, and the
sight was mrgn.ncsuly beautiful,
though appalling one. building after
/ building 8aught FIRE, ana the whOlr
| city was ~ light as Day, The fOar oi
the lam,s wns terrible, and the heat
~ lnteust that II was impo esiblc 10 get
Enywhefg acsr the Burning buildings.
Then high and heavy walls would
fall, aud immunso mafses OF burning
omberg soar upNg ards 20 be- caught by
the gale aud carried elsewhere TO adj
other buildings ~ the ConliaggatiUu.
j Men, women and children FEn about
IN terror, aud thieves took advantage
Of tue confusion und entered houses
that had been deserted by the occu-
rants aud stclr Whatever they could
lay their hands on aud carry OIL.
Masonic Temple, orange Hall tie
Roman Catholic Cathedral and the
bibhopis Palace, 81. Particle Hall
English Cathedral, hthcueuni, the
Kirk, Coumrtcihl Bank, Union Bank,
the Atlantic Hotel aud LinbCrc'a
brewery oil Tell prey 10 the flames.
Tho English Cathedral was a mugr ~.
cent structure aud was considered %
be tho finest piece OF Gothic Architec.
turr on ths ntiucut. IL was inclin.
ylc,c, though IL was built GGy years
ago.
Nrlrly All VI these buildings weru ia
the centre Of the city, ana before long
were inassas VI smoking ruins. lad.
dillon to this, the Court House, Police
HendquRfters and Government Saw.
ings Bank were destroyed, Aa Wtr,
also the Presbyterian Church aud tn,
Telegraph cnice.
FLAMES WERE NOw RAGING
with incroarins vigor In the direction
of the water front, AMI In short TINT
were eating up the warehouses along
the whafves. Tho shipping lying NJ
the wharvc- had been warned OF IL,
danger, aud the crews OF various vessel,
hastily cast oil lines and took theii
crafts outside OF the harbor. The fin,
burned out the telegraph 0ilice, and fol
"A time all communication with St
Johns was cut OF, This morning.
however, the Telegraph officials estnb.
lahed ten pOrary Office IN what they
, considered q safe part Of the city aud
and iuTthur details were received
These later dispat stated that III,
/ fire had ragOd all uignt and threatened
10 destroy The whole city. II Is known
, positively that one man aud ak chill,
dren peTishud, but II ~ thought whsr
, the terrible excitement now prevailing
nubsiies II will be- found that The loss
| Is much greater. As many as 500
, buildings were burned up 10 this morn
ing. Many were dwelling houses aut
/. their occupants had been compelled Il
seek refuge IN the fields. The military
authorities furnished rs many tents III
. possible ana the evil authorities ar,
| doing everything in their power /,
, alleviate tho distress. Many unfoTtu
mates have lost everything they hat
In the world and Imperative calls vii
DO made upon charity In their behalf.
This morning tho fire communicable
10 the seal oil factories and stores, ant
the whole south sido OF the city wa
burning. a large FIRE was comm,
down Fresh Water valley, and th,
, whole population Of st. Johns were IL
the agony OF despair, seeing befor,
them the complete determination o
the city. Fire la,er IN the afternoon
, broke out ia Monkstown. In which M,
situated the residences of the wealthy
inhabitants Of the town. The loss nj
t. noon ia fully .6,00l,00O, and 1t II es
timated that ld, 900 persons are home
, less. Soon after noon the wires agniI
failed, the iire probably having reGche,
the now office.
A committee Of Halifax citizens 10
! day purchased $1,000 worth OF pr1vi
sions and lumber which weru sent 4
81. Johns tonight. The military au,
, naval authorities also sent a lot Of tent
, and canvas, anu q public meeting Is L
he held Monday % establish genera