AMERICA.
The full accounts of the Chicago disaster report that 13,500 buildings were destroyed, and 92,000 persons burned out. 60 bodies were lying at the Morgue for identification. The .latest reports regarding the terrible fires in Wisconsin represent the loss of life at 100. The people rushed with their children to the rivers, and many of them were ovei'taken and roasted alive.
The greater portiou of the Arctic whaling fleet, to the number of 43 vessels, has been either crushed in the ice or abandoned. The crews, numbering 1200, were picked tip by other vessels, and conveyed to Honolulu, where their wants were supplied. A large quantity of oil has thus been lost.
The. insurance companies lost on the Chicago fire 80,000,000 dols., and on the Arctic fleet 2,500,000 dols.
Disturbances have taken place between the Europeans and Chinese at Los Angels, in Southern* California. Fifteen Chinamen were hanged for firing at Europeans. President Grant has appointed a special day of thanksgiving for the good harvest. Further investigations of the New York city accounts shows that the defalcations amount to 19,560,000 dols.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 202, 14 December 1871, Page 6
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182AMERICA. Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 202, 14 December 1871, Page 6
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