Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 22, 1877, Page 1

* Balt Lake Ciey. San Franclsco, or_other Far-Weat The Ehicage Daily Teibune, VOLUME XXXII. HOTEL CARS. The Triwmph of Art. To be alwaya in advance with everything that tends o the safety and comfort of ita patrune (s the policy of the Chicago & Northwestern Rallway. t last achievement In thia line In the Iacing on #ta route between Chicago and Omaha a line of the world-renowned T'uliman Ifotel cars. These sre not the too.well-known rond-side cating-houss placed on wheels, aud called s dining.car, that is attached to & frain for a few miles and is then *tvetofl i but they are the elegant modern Pall- man Hotel carn, that ron through with the balance of tnetrain, and in them you get Juzurious draw- ing-room elecping borthe, and at the same time securs your meals without leaving your cat, The kltchens of theas cars are o arranged fhat Mo odors from the cooking viands can possibly reach the occupants of the berths. No person, no matter how particular he or she may be, can have any cause {0 make objections on this score. These celebrated cars are run_over the Chicago & Northwestern Rallway oniy_belween Chicago flfl Council Binffs. _All_passengers for Council Diufls, _Sioux City, Yankton, Omaha, Denver, ST. JOHN'S FATE. The New Brunswick Metrop- olis Almost Annihi- lated by Fire. A Rate of Destruction Only Equaled by Chicago’s Experience, Forty Blocks Burned Over ===200 Acres in Ruins, ! Thirty Lives Known to Have Been Lost, While Many Are Missing, polnte, who desira to travel over the shortest sud best road, and who wish 1o have tue full valne of thieir moncy, ahould try thess new palatisl cars, West-bound_they Jenve Chicago from the Wells Street Dopot of the Chicago & Northwestern Rail- Yayat10:0s. m., and reach Omaha st 0:30 the e < next day. East-bound they leave Council Blufls dally 8t 6:30 p. m., and reach Chicago next day at e At e St et 8:40 p._m. An American Steamer Feed- ing a Thousand Per- sons a Day. People Secking Befuge on Board TEmoYALS: the Ships in the Harbor. REMOVAL. (B Wiswall & Co RETAIL BOOTS & NHOES, Have remaved from No. 76 STATE-ST. to Faod and Clothing En Route in Large Quantities to the Sufferers. Every Ono Working Nobly to Buccor . the Homeless Thonsunds, The Loss Now Estimated at Over Twelve Milllons. Which There Is Not Moro {\ixu. lsm (ome.!ll(o 1*{%;1. Le‘l_lcr nlcm, On than e In and elegan ore formerly oc- . cuslcdrlfp Shay, l‘igom:h & Co. <4 5,000,000 Insuranos ur stock Is 1 e nrto and complete in all varieties of Firsi-Class Boots and Shoes, and prices very low, In our new sforo we shall offor at GREAT BARGAINS the stock of J, I, & P. Brynes, bankrupt manufaciurers. ANTISTIO TAILORING, Fitward Hy & (o dre sclling CHOICI Imported Woolens made in the most * thor- ough, artistic manner,” for gentlc- men, at the LOWEST Pilices possi- lo conslistent with a strictly FIRST- CLASS ARTICLE, that is iwuar- ranted in cvcry particulur, Prices Lower than jor the past twelve or Hifteen years, Weding Toilet a Specialty! Wabash-av,, cor. Monroe-st, Contribalicn by the Roard of Trade People-Tho Relief and Ald Sociely-..The Masons, UTTER DESTRUCTION. THE SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED CALAMITY. pectul Dispateh 1o The Tribune. St. Jouwn, N. B., June 2l.—Yesterday was tho most calamitous day over known lu tho an- nals of 8t. Johm. Nothing could have burst " 1moro suddenty on tho unexpecting citizens than the fire which destroyed so many valuable lives, wasted property by millfons, lald au arresting Land on inany and varied forms of industry, and spread not only desolation, but terror and consternaton, all around. Public bulldings, palaces of commerce, temples of roliglon, bauks, palatial resldonces, nowspaper and tele- graph oflices, school-houscs, almost everything of which tho citizeus of 8t. John felt proud, were all {n a fow hours LAID IN RUINS. The loss of our hotels, churches, school- house, banks, otc., was made a thousand times more paloful by tho lamentable destruction of 1ife accompanylog it. Tho fire was discovered Inn building owned by Me. Falrweatlier on the south side of York's Polnt Slip, next to McLaughlin's bofler shop. To the latter bullding tho flamea Lad spread before the firemen hod reached the scene, The engiues arrived and did thelr best to stop the fomcs, but all efforts wero in valn, Nothing could be done. The flames then spread to varlous bufldiogs on Have's Wharf, which wero also quickly consumed, and the fire broke out witha roar into Bmith strect, carrylug every- thing before it. From there tho flames spread into Drury lano and MII street, following that Into Dock street, takiug Loth sides. - Ero this, Lowever, the rear of the London House aud adjacent bulldings HAD DERN ATTACKED, When it was seen that the first flre would inov- itably sweep atong Dock or MIl strects, ald cawme from Portland In the shaps of the town engine and firemen, The tiuder-boxes on fire, alded by tho wind, proved s combluation too much for thy gallant workers, and, almost in despalr, they saw the lames advance upon them, not slowly, but with a rapidity that appalled the stoutest hearts, % ‘The Carleton eugine came in on the ferry- boatand leut its ald, Ono engine bad bocn atationed at tho corncrof MUland Unfonatrects, whilo men with branches were down on Unfon street opposite Drury lave, The bulldings were KFINANOIAL, ANKCNG HOUSE of CAZARGS SILVERAN Chamber of Comumerce, Chicago, Hesmoney tolosnon lieal Eatate, Produc o a1 Vhian, City and Cuunty Orders, aud Me; [ l_':_lllx{n Fxciiungs o s Sontrics oo ORTGAGE LOANS. 2,000, $2,800, and Tarwer pums. Flne Iy Moy I.lluiflnna’ Fari to] ouse Ttoom 1, No. 40 Dosrbora‘st, GUARANTEED SPECULATION, $400 Invested Ly untn 00 days Straddies have made £2.000. " F100 1at0 baid S 1T in 30 dages e Gus sasee st e 1f Pro- er, 0 day Siraddiva; Money refunded it wnade, - Nesorence given, G GARLING'S CANADIAN ALE Pints, §1.50, Quarts, $2.75. Aud 150 In Hhds, Brls., snd Uslf Brls, SOLE AGENTS, F.W.HAYNE&CO. Tmporters of Wines, Drandles, Ulns, &e., 112 Randolph.st. e MUSICAL, A MASS OF PLAMES at tho end of Sulth street and Drury lane, and while the workers were valuly endeavoring to have the fire end there, a momentary gale took the flames across Unlon strect to the opposite houscs, and thon they receded, but thelr touch Lad beeu fatal, and in less than five inlnutes the bulldiugs were doomed to destructlon. Both sldes of tho street wero soon I the grasp of the devourlug clement, aud men wers abliged to drop thelr brauch-pipes and run up tho street, after which they dragged tho huse alter them, Another lot of men wero working at the foot of Union street, and by placing boards fu frout of thelr faces mannged to battlo with tho flames untll thelr clothing becamo singed. Proceedlug along Smith street in o southerly directlon, the fire soon reached Nelson strect, aud then Robertson’s placo; then extended to Robertson’s Wharf, and then up North Whast. As it galned Nelson street on tha south, it met the flames comlug up that street, and the com- bination wade A TERRIFIO WEAT that could uot be borne. Allled with the strong wind from the northwest, it did not take long for tho entire whart to bo In & blaze, Halfa dozen wood-boats wero at the head of Market Slip, snd at the end of the wharves sbout the Leadersand others engaged in the forma e A e DL B A T clualvely to fuformation concerning Daad ILdiiratiog tho Toest il caun e eLekent, 0. St ahd GIOM Buprorcdatyine o sy Bork o “Hrod o At - LYON & HEALY, - Btato and Monroe-sts., Chicago, “FOR RENT. DBSMBLETFEES IN THE TRIBUNE BUTLIING TO REINT. Applyto WM. C, DOW, Boom 8 Tribune Building, | ssme number of schooners. A Dvicmn. Beforo the Bro had assumed formidable shape on North Wharf the men on the vessels bugun to pour palls of water on tho decks. The water was low just then, aud sometuing llke this was necessary to extlngulsh tho sparks that were coutinually showering down upon them. . Thuse ot the head of the slp wero fn @ quarter of an bourou firc in 80 many places that it was in- possible for each outbreak to recelve sttention before tho vesscls bad been well on fire. The flamcs passed sbove thelr wasts, that soon of- fered » stepplng-stone 1o the shops on South ESTIMATES Glven tor ADVERTISING NEWSPAPER Iu the Country, g‘u:’lflw e sxve n‘u..”' ng Cmg'nu. Cor. Dearborn & W == 5 GIRATES AND NMANT o N e e Pt s SOOI Plaln, Gold and Nickel triwwed, aad SLATE MANTELS, PRUBASCO & KUMNRY $Ul W IATL»' CHICAGO, FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1877—TEN PAGES. THE DOOM Moulth of St.Joln Biver, S50 Iy, Beitain Wharf, Not one of these west of Ward strect | It also spread along tho western part of Mill was capable of withstanding the intenso heat and sparks. All belug of wood, they weut down asit . VELLED DY A UURKICANE, tho schooners fu front having been hauled to a place ot safety, Many of the occupants of stores were off. helplng thelr unfortunate brother merchants, and some arrived just in timo to aavo thelr books. Others were just enabled to witneas tho destruction of thelr stock, Bomo of tho embers lodged {u the stecple of Trinity Curch, Germain strect, and, with noth. Ing to save It,—for tho fire was s0 high as to he almost beyond reach,—the tlames were left to pursuc thelr own way, As nows spread that some wooden houses in Horsefield strect, as well as others ‘on Duke street, near tho Vietorla Hotel, were on fire, thousands were alarmed, as (¢ was soon scen that this firs was SI'EADING SOUTIL AND 2AST to Germaln, Charlotte, Duke, sud Ilorseficld atrcets, Not an engluo was to be had, and everythlug was golng down beforo the uures leating fire. A buildingon Charlotte strect lad bhardly biccome a prey to the flames when others ot the other sidv followed. In half s hour all the Germain-strect sido of the square wus in aslics, The Victorla Hotel and 8t. Andrew's Church wers in great danger, and the hotel guests, as well as employes, began to makoe preparatlons for secking new quarters. Very littlo thne was. given them to collect thelr valuables, andina majority of ‘cases tha lumates bad to laave WITIL SCANTY WARDNODES, About tho suwe time Bt. Andrew's Church took firc and was specdily consumed, Adjolnlug the church was a two-story brick bullding uscd as & tallor shopin thelower story, and the Beacon, Ploueer, aud Sfloam Lodges of 0dd-Fellows, as well us Melecito's Encampment of that Order, had the upper floors. Some of tlho members managed to get {uto the buliding, and saved most of the regallas sud parapherna. Ua prior to that bullding belng destroyed. ‘The bulldinge at the southern corner of Dock and Unlon strects and ou the oppasite corner caught almost simultancously. To say that tho fire raged Hercely here would' but too falnte ly describe the tersible manuer fn which it kept on, unliceding streams of water directed upon it, The engine was obliged to shift fts position from this quarter, the heat befug wost territle, There was dapgor, o, of the hose belng buroed, asnd, of all things, the prescrvation of that wss most essentisl. The evgino was taken down Dock street, but the fire kept up its rapld pursult, atreet, crossiug over to the opposite side, and iguiting Rankin & Sons' biscult manufactory, Then, following onward towards North street from Bouth wharf, the flames entered futo Ward street aud extended to Peters’ wharf In a remarkably ashort space of time, carrylng everythivg bofore them, Then they proceedad to Water street, and from thence soon made thelr way to the south- ern part of tho Market 8quarc, making a Jump up to Prince Willlam strect. At this stage a wooden houso on Canterbury strect took fire and tho Church street bulldings WERE 800N IMPERILED. Then tho flames advanced to Princess aml King streets, and on Germaln street, in front ot Telulty Church, begsn to take fire very rapldly, The Academy of Music was also de- stroyed. The stores in the bullding werc oceupled, and the Knighta 'of Pythias had a hall in the front up-stairs. ‘a Rreat many of the actors lost portlons of thelr wardrobes and all the scenery was buryt. ANOTIER ACCOUNT. TIR FEARVUL LRION, Pontranm, Me., Juno Sl.—A dlspateh from Bt. John, at 0 v'clock this moralng, saye: * The fire commenced at the York Polut slip and swept southward through rasidences to King street, where it spread and burncd all the public bulldingy, hotels, and the Luglncss portion of the place, cluding the wharves, Great dread of starvatlon i fuit, as not & grocery or pro- vislon store Is Jeft. Fiftcen thousand persons arc homeless, All tho busiucss portion of the town and fully ono-half tho restiences are goue. The Mayor has called a public neeting for tho seliol of the suffvrers, Thoy need all tho cooked provisions and bread that they can get.” CUMMUNICATION CUY OF¥. Boaton, June 21.—A Bangur (Me.) dlspatch says that there 18 no commundeation with 8¢, Johndirect as yet. Tho couductor of tho ex- press traln reports that threcvjuarters of the ¢ty Is burned, and Lut oue bullding is left standing south of Kiog strect. A train will leave Bangor to-ulght with f.mkul mcats for sufferers. ONIUIN OF THE PISL. Qeneral Information places the origin of the Bre at the lower part of the dlty in tho lunber wharves. ‘The fire, it wouldseem spread toward the upper part of the city, ragingthrough Malo, Parker, and Klog streets, in which were many of tha largest dry-goods houses, bauks, commis- slon bouses, and hotels. It is certaln that the Victoria Hotel, tho largest hotct fa tha prov- ince, bas been consumed, DRY-GOODS HOUSW. =h NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF CITY CIT - “ o, gNtevdy BARJ 5 ,, 8.0.Cathedrat s O and almost all of theso succumbed to the flames. The foXawlng are a few of the priucipal firms: James Adius & Co., John Armstrong & Co., Moses C. Barborz, Barbour Bros., the Dank of New Brunswick, Farall &Smlth, and McKenzle Bros. The fire, jud ging from the above deseription, must have swept ‘sway nearly tho whole bual- ness scction of the clty. York Yoint was large- 1y occupled for mechanical purposes, and was filled with wooden butldings, many of them very oldand of the most combustible nature. Dock street runs from York Polnt to Market square, and was built of brick, . COURSEOF TUE PLAMES, Reaching the Market squarc ou the northern side, the firo swept .away eome of the fiucat stores {u the city, Among them was the Lon- don House, the oldest dry-zoods ostablishment in tho city, two or three other large dry-goods houscs, a large hardware and cutlery store, aud a large drugstore. The fire lcre must bave crossed Prince Willlam street to the corner of Kiog, and burned up the latter street toward Kiug square. ' King street {s very wide, and on both sldes of 1t wero fltio stores, including somo of thu best clothing bouses, dry-guods stores, dressmaking establisiments, ete., fn the clty, PRINCE WILLIAM $TREET runs trom Market squarc to Reed's ‘Polnt, and the iro scems to havo zone fu that direction. It was entirely occupied as 2 busiuess street, and waa the location of tho heaviest trades fu the ¢ity, Dry-goods stores, grocery stores, book stores, hurdware stores, and, In fact, ’lmost every vluss of busiucss, was lere represcuted. Many ot the buildings were very fiuo uncs, lav- log been bullt within a comparatively short tiwe, as this street has beew the locality which niost of the serious fires which have vis- fted tho city In yeurs past bave devustated, Oun 1t were several banks, ‘the Custom-louse, new Post-Otlics (an elegaut stonc building completed within thu past two or three yean), jnsurauce offices, ete., cte. Mauy of the old bulldings lu this viclalty were of solid grunite and very substaotial, ‘fue fre wust have worked from b polut to ouc. of the sirects parallel to King street, . . BWEEPING ALL DEYOKE IT, to Germalu atreet. Between Prince William and QGermain strects wers quite s number of uarrow strects snd courts, crowded with wooden bulld- fugs, many of thew very old und occupled al- tnost wholly for busiucss purposcs. In this Bquare were soveral newspaper-ottices, Reachlng Germatn strect, on the sido toward Privce Willlam, tho dre strikes u good class of dwelltog-houses sad & good nuwber of ymall Bt. Jobn was noted for its dry-oods bouses, | stores. Here aleo was tha best boted L tho dtve the Vietorln, sald to have been consumed. It was a very fiue hotel, tho beat, pernaps, east of of Boston. Ou Germaln street s TUE OLDEST XPISCOFAL CUURCI in the city and the old Grammar-School bafld- ug, both of which are probably burned. The dispatches do not say how far®down Ger- maln street the firo weut, J2 it reached Quoen's Square, It consuined the finest residences in the clity. 3 Besides the loss on buildings, the loss on eoods must be enormous, as the burned dis- trict contatned nearly every wholesule bouse in nearly every class of business, and nearly every retall store fn thecity, Among tho cstates du- stroyed on Dock street were Small's eteambpat agency, Ferguson's estate, Hammoud's cstate, Turke® estate, and Robinson's and Stanwn & Johuson's estates. Tuo bullding were all brick and stone but one. ON NARKET 8QUALE were Thomas' hardwarc-store, Lowins' hard. warc-store, London House, Jordan's dry-goods establistinent, Thompson's jewelry establish- ment, Bwith’s drug-store, snd two or threo large clothlogwtores, Ou tho cast side of Princa Willlam street were McGee Bros', large dry-goods store; then - there " were four large store bulldings destroyed by the Jast fire, and but Just rehullty two or three large dry-goods stores, two - bookstores, the Eastern Express Company, lusursnce companics, and ' Jones® banking house, East of Prince Williaw strect and south of Princess, were the City-11a)l and Post-Office, o fivestory ersuite bullding, oflice of the datly sud weekly Zeleyroph, & large brick building which was belng remodeled for the Bank of Nova Bcotla, u large buildlug occupied ' prins ipally by Insuranco compantes, Baracs! Hotel, o large doubls bullding, aod soveral buifdings occupied alternately for residences aud Lusi- D . On - Prince Wil *strect, -south of Market Square, all fbo buildings for a bluwk wer of brick and oceupled as follows: Robert Marshall, fosurauco olee; & clothivg-store, Beard & Benniug, Juines A, Hogan, and Sieeves Bros. The turee latter are whwlesals and retall dealers fn dry goods, Jurdine & Co., wholesale grocers; { Hayward, bardware; Seveler & Sons, wholesats dry goods and groceries; George Philtips, bank- cre’ und {usuranco otlice; Chubb & Cu.’s book- store; the new Post-Otilce, & splendid building of freestous aud polished graoite; the old Bunk of New Bruuswlk, freestone buildiug, the oldest sud most substantlut fu the uty; the brikk bulldinge of the Mestist estate, and ] . JOHF . === “TR.McN.CouChitngo,” : . Rarbage, sng wero also used fu mending’ and [ [ g PRICE i L] various business structures dows tu Duke street, ON KING STHEET, ‘The Western Unlon Telegraph office, In Bar- low & Hall's bulldings, In which there are three other sturcs. This bullding was six storles high, of brick and stone; two high weoden bulldings, occupled us hardwarc and shoo stures; a high brick bullding occupied by Ever- ctt, hatter: Scars’ brick building, ovcupled by two clothing-stores; five brick and stene bulld- logs, occupied by Manchester, Robertson & Al- lisun, dry-goods dealers, and Morsls & Co.e fancy goods; Merritt's brick bullding, een pled as clothing store; Kay's brick building, occup wd by three atores, Jeweler, shoo-dealer, and clotli- der; tho Amerlcan Hotel; Anning's brick bulld. fug, occupled by McKenzle, dry-goods dealer, and by A. Chandler's drug store; Vernou's brick building, oceupled by a dry-goods store, book-store, and a jewelry-store, Nzw Youx, Juno 21.—Telecraphic communie cution with 8t. John, which was interrupted by the tire, has not been restorea, und details of tho disaxter cannot be promptly obtained, A promiunent underwriter told a roporter of tho Evening Post that he visited St. Jubn about 8 year ao, and when there ho took oceasion to examine fts Firo Department. The result of bis investigation was that ho haos sinco retfused fosurance palicies on 8t. Jobn property. The foree of the departmient appeared to be stroug - enough, but the firemen wero raroly seen by | him fu the velghborhood of thelr stations. The . companies wera provided with eugiues, trucks, and appliances mude in the United States, aud ! the system of alarms was also of this country; but the engine-houses weors Joft In charge of boys, and tho horses, when not needed at fircs, were employed by the City Governmnent to cart, waking roadways.. Generally half an bour clapagd before a company answered au alarm. BXPLOBIONS, . i When the firg had reachied Market Square, and had ghbtaincd a strong hold on many fine’ - - buildings thereon situated, soveral explosions were heard coming frui one of the hardware sturcs. They caused ‘s gencrsl scatfering of people about, aud the report reached a4 fur up a3 the Court-House, The fro entercd King street on the western slde trom (ermainand | Canterbury strects, cxtending ncar thereby on Cheater strect to St. Joln Hotel, burning tho Trlnity School 1n fta course, went up the south - sldo of King's Square, ° fvveled to the ground tho Lyceuw, destroylng the marble works of J, . Osgood and Messrs, Milliguu, proceeded to Robertsou's .stable, acroes to St. Malache's Hall, up Leiceater stseet, and theu back 1o King street cast, down pearly to Pitt. From there ali buildioge south of King strect have been burned. IN TUE OTUER PANTS OF TOR CITY et the conflagration was siopped shous Nowth |-