The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-14
THAN EXPECTED
Loss in the New Westminster
Fire Three Millions.
MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY
Relief Is Pouring in Il the Stricken City.
The Work of Rebuilding Is Al
ready B~egun-Rising From
the Ashes.

Vancouver, L. c.. Sept. bit is now
estimated that the property loss of the
New Westminster fire is greater than
a committee have gone over the burnt
district n they estimate the loss at
81, 400. 900. The insurance aggregates
$l,5O0,OO0. Following are the heaviest
losers:
Sinclair Canning company, with
stock. $50, 200; insurance. $50, 900. West
ern Fish company, with stock, $50, 900;
insurance, $50. 900. Wing Woo, Chinese
supplies. $4,000; insurance, $50, 900.
Douglas Elliott. SIS, 900: insurance,
$4,000. Pushby block, $4,000: insur-
ance SIS. 600. Armstrong block. 500, 900;
insurance, 10000; Todd block, $40, 900;
insurance, SIS, 900. Cunningham block,
$50. 900: insurance. $40. 900: wintermute
Furniture factory, S35. 900; no insur-
ance. Mccall block, 1885,, 900; insurance.
SIS. 900. Colonia hotel. $50, 900: insur-
ance, 500. 900: Gishon hotel. 1926. 900: in
surance, $4,000. Curtis block. $50. 900:
insurance. SOS, 600. Masonic and odd
Fellows temples. each $4,000: insur-
ance, ? 5000. Alex Evans, residence.
s35. 600; insurance, SIS, GOO. Cour house.
100000; no insurance. Baptist church,
$40. 000: insurance. $50. 900. Cunning
ham, residence, $50. 900: insurance. S15.-
600. Telephone company, $25, 600; no in
surance
The work of tearing down the ruins.
clearing away the debris and preparing
to replace the lost buildings goes indus
triously on at all hours. and there is
every indication that the royal city
will soon be on its way to recovery
, from the awful blow which IL was dealt
last Sunday.
The city council held a caucus meet
ing in n drill shop TO open. read n
answer the hundreds OF kilograms re-
ceived expressing sympathy with the
citizens in their distress. from all parts
! Of the empire. even from the lord
mayor of London. Every n of these
kindly messages contain offerings of
practical assistance and have gone n
long way to cheer up n
the sufferers. who have had abundant
proof that the pulse of human sympa-
thy Is not dead.
Jack Shepard, who was arrested on
the charge of incendiaryism, has been
released on his own r~ecognizance. j.
II. Stein, who was held as a witness,
has also been released on a similar con
dition. This action shows that the
police have but little faith in the in
cendiary story.
Chief of Police Carly believes he can
prove tina Shepard was nine miles away
at the time the fire broke out and could
have had nothing to do With II.
Many valuable contributions 10 The
relief fund have already reported al
New Westminster and assurances OF sttil
more have been received. At present
II is hard to get a complete list of the
amount subscribed up TO date. but the
principal donations are as follows: Ca
madam Pacific Railway company, $4,000;
Toronto board Of control, s. 1000; James
Dunsmuir. NJ. p, $1,000; Winnipeg city
council. $500; Hamilton city council
$500: Victoria board of trade, $500; Seat
tie Post I"nteniRencer, 800; Okanagor
Flour Mills. $50: Nanimo City, $500; Sen
ator Templeman, 800; Tuckett g. Sons
Hamilton, 800: Eaton q Co. Toronto
800; city Of Montreal. $1,000: st. Johns
". r., 81, 900: Turner, Beeton & c, $3.50
Lord Aberdeen, $3.50. 1t IL estimated
that over $40, 900 worth OF goods have
already reached New Westminster foI
relief purposes.
Tonight Premier Semlin received th'
following telegram from Hon. X. Har'
court. treasurer Of Ontario: THE prov
inCe of Ontario deeply sympathizes witt
the citizens OF New Westminster. A
it's contribution 10 the relief funds, yo,
may draw on me for 81, The VIC
toria city council sent a s~ympathizinl
message and 1900 to nves in food. \
private fund has been started in DaN
son and already 81, 100 has been collected
The people OF New Westminster arr
deeply grateful for all these kin token
from the different Dominion cities.