Show A TERRIBLE FIRE FIREI I TheTownfof yancouvclJJ 0 nrl1edI I I ii 1 Q Tfi JI > OIE YF TUE tPARTICULARS = = = J n Sclth 111 it ear ch loO kIehneler i LcelrI = lbe Coal Jtace 1Ie YirheteYyfc r A Terrible fire OKILIMJ Ogn June 15 Oxonians V IULI JS UapecIa1t11 day Sun d4y ii tIe had been avery steady wind fro j 11 e iii rthwest and brashclearing fires uu the Canadian Pacific Railway i I lou l4ttq fanned to such au extent as to fill i the ttrniinai town of Vancouver with Miiuke Nobody had however > I any iJta of danger Shorti7 after 1 i pin reverd persons began to consider the eftul1 on 13 threatening one but the I lt smoRe j nSt a so ueuse YUa ey nut lUlpO b r hi direct their steps to the exact loati < ju of its source Soon 3 stable njir the Colonial Hotel was seen on fire The alarm was given but ooabeplu wnre the people that they paid no atinnuon to it for some time The mud II i > thin time had increased to a gale and fiiiined the flames to a mass of raging tire Oue of the first buildings build-ings io go was McCartneys drugstore followed bj the ut ice of the Vancouver Actcv Time flamed shot across Abbott Sle t IJ astonishing rapidity and si u < st uelore the people could realize it the whole of the western portion of the city was in a blaze The excitement was now intense Wafer Street was filled with a dense smoke and flying cinders and the people were hurrying with what elRcta they could gather in their baste to a place of safety the general direction of flight being to the east though many ran to the elevated ele-vated ground owned by the Canada Pacific Railroad Company Others again made for False Creek Those who endeavored to save their good were so wrapped up in their object as to appear beetileas ot he danger they ran and it was found especially necessary to compel com-pel many women to relinquish their efforts to eave their effects In some ClUes there was only just time to place them on improvised rafts which w re pushed from the shore beyond be-yond the roach of the flames which literally ittiiiied to till the air In 1nrnel ittoLt leas l time than it takes to describe it the fire had reached Carroll Street Some merchants in this vicinity and in Ferguson Block engaged teams to Convey their goods to a place of safety but so rapid was the conflagration conflagra-tion that before tbe horses were ready the teamster themselves were obliged to fly fo their lives All hope of saving sav-ing any considerable amount of property prop-erty was now abandoned and each contented con-tented himself with hastily putting together to-gether what he could carry in his hands without seriously impeding his speed and hurried from the spot but even after leaving the houses the dancer was not over for every road had become an avenue of fire fallen Umbers and onmps on each side of the road glowing glow-ing with fire proving as seriocs a menace to the fugitives as the burning houses of the doomed city During the confusion that prevailed when rowdies and roughs saw that eve ry one was leaving they fet h ewhfhI 1fi fe b ente ed the saloons which had been left entirely unprotected and commenced drinking ifa y a one wasseen staggering stag-gering along the streets with a keg of beer on his shoulders or packing as many bottles of h I > nor as h could appropriate ap-propriate Our informant was c edibfy told that nun were seen sitting completely com-pletely icmraed in by fire and apparently appar-ently oblivious of their surroundings drinking liquor they were of course then already partially intoxicated A larK number of fugitives collected at Hastings Mill Companys wharf but a lar e majority collected at False Creek bridge Nothing was to be seen fro either of thee points but a lurid rolling bank of smoke hanging over the as Jes of the city from which the stragglers could be seen occasionally fleeing The steamer Jitnsmnr was at the wharf to receive the people and with several other steamers conveyed a large number num-ber over to Moodyvillc The dropping of the flames was sudden as their rise and bv 0 pm some adventurous spirits bad already made their way along the roads of the destroyed city and before dark tne work of search i for the bodies I of those overtaken by the fiery clement I had begun la a short time the incinerated remains of fever fev-er al persons had been discovered Up to the time of our informants departure de-parture from the scene which was 10 am Monday nine bodies some of which were oeyond recognition had been found The remains were laid in an outhouse near False Cr ek bridge There is some uncertainty about tbe exact ex-act number already found as in some cases a handful of charred bones were the only indication of a human life being lost One of the searchers in formed our informant that he thought the number could truthfully be estimated at twelve The general sentiment senti-ment of the people appears to be one of hopefulness and determination at once t begin the reconstruction of the city Some have already got building material on the ground The sympathy pf the people of New Westminster was practically prac-tically exhibited by the arrival at ttie site of the fire on Sunday night of three wagon loads of provisions |