New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-31
New'Q 'Qurk Dailp Gribm,rs
DESTRUCTIVE cOVFL AGRA-IOy ~
BOSTON
from 7A. Boston Es..ias y,u,aa,. b.1v 81

About thee o clock yesterday afternoon an alsrm
was caused by fire breaking "u' 10 Jeffersoo Block,
Nos 3s TO 326 North street. inclusive owaei by Cor.
neius Dob,ty and 6ccnpiei by him and Others oa the
lower floor grocery and clothing store asd 10 he
upp.r stories by .anh-- and AZ boarding bolses
fbe f caught frnm ONE M. Iploined c,nse during
the abretce Of Mr.. Doherty 10 the rear pst of NJ
326, and the flames spr. adOg with unusual rspidiy
almost iDmecia'-ly c'mm1oicated with q block oi
thee story wooden houses in ths rear, sso q b,
Mr. Do berty, sno occupied by sb rat fifty Ish f,mi-
aIey form. ry know Tn Po. sIes), and WAS "a
4 RI IT. length. The block vas nssrly destroyed aai
the create cOns.. rnstion prevsed among the nuus.
ous t.raIds
The aames notwithstanding the exertoOs Of the Fire
Depadu. IT. communicated si'h the oh brick box
corner of North and Clark sfreet- Owned by John W.
,Jsmes esu spd chiefly occupied for the past twenty.
one wears az ssilor boarding house. This bulldog
dfuoysd, together with good share of i's con-
tents Al apartment on the groanl floor was occu-
,ied by Mr. Pmental, barber, who lost port -, Of
biz ,tork.
The f. pe1t caught the livery stable owned and oc-
cppied by Mr. Joau Seaver on Clark street, ~ho sic
ceed,d in saving his boses, Carriages, harness, :,
though the stable spe di reduced 10 ashes. Me-.
Seayrr a,o lost two small tenemens, one Of wh ch
was occupied by Lemue Wood who lost about IS
in furu,tuIe and had il sursnce. Mr.. S.avers loss
i, about e. 0OO which he has 81, 900 insurance at
the Boston Mutual Office.
A Mrs Smith owed and occupied small house ad-
10 p1g No. Clark sire t, which vas Destroyed bat
,iv,- AND has small insurance. on ger furnIt ure,
which chiefly de 'Joyed
The brfdipg Il, IT. sou;hery OF Jefferson block and
south of Everett alley, "ccDped "a boarding hoase,
by SULLIVAN, was badly damaged In the upper
Two or three tenenents 10 the rear Of Clark street.
osp.d by the Barber heirs " w-ie Destroyed, aud
nes, the whole s1ea described ab1ve ID now in entire
The brick block opposite Jefferson Block. osped by
Nattan Mathews, e,q., and principally occupied for
sorsge Yves badly crc1ed, aud several of the vim
dossw, br, kel but the ex.rions OF the fire nsn
saved ibe buioirg from msseFis narn. tenem7nt
in this block extending from No. 3O7 North street
through 10 No 2e6 CoDmeIcial street, occupied by
John Taylor g. SoIs, was several tines on nre hut
escaped much daUi,ge. The ae'srs Tsy pr rfuly
and ne.ly furnished he 6femen Sith refreshments.
The woodeu bulOiI the north easterly corner of
Moth and Clark streets, Pned By Wm RlbusOn.
e.o caught ire ~. times bat was savet thtte
damage -
suo stock at about $50, ,0O0 on which he ha. se 900
in-u once on J.ferfon block at the Ne~,Engl.Id
Mutual Marine office. SO 600 on the wooden buildings
in the re 1T The State Mutual Office, aid 81, 500
his stock a, the office.
ACCIDENTS, INCIDENTS, &C.
The most painful duty we have 20 perfIrm in con-
neCron with giving the p1r'lcnars Of this fire, is
cordpg the ors of lie and accdents to hnb', which,
20 far a. we able 70 s'cer'ain, are as follows:
Mr. Cherles A. WaneD, a member Of +, auk,n
Ho k ADO Ladder Company NJ. 3, while az BIZ poh in
Iye,e.t alley. wa. struck ny i4lhng chimney anf
p po,trsieo ubder mass of bricks and ru 1bish. He
was taken out in an nss' sible state few m,mens
aft, the occprrebce, and imme diatey conveyed 20
the spntbecary Of Dr. Warren Ludwig Co ner ~
Nori6 sid Fleet streets, whr,e every attention was
psio him by DR.. l., assisted by Dr. Bu;k, bit tlelr
efTU,s TO restore bin consciousness were unav III
II q and he * yired in f-w minutes after reschiog
th, sore His or, ther GtWge, als) member nj tue
ssme company, who, n vii be remembered @,- re
ytr-y injured et fire in Roxbury fe" Feek+ since,
bot nraatn nj IA
los, end inst sdI ten-e,s to the floor. He was
soon resoreo to but the scene was at-
f,cirg in the e1'rsme.
" srreL', death wst caused by Conclusion Of the
brsin there b. ing evidet maks vt fracure on the
for,h. ad We han that his brother has tkea :harse
Of The body ted will convey il today 70 the resihence
of Lia mare, IA H. Soner- worth, ~ for in'erdlsnt
MIS- Mary Colps in her fright, le,ped from third
STOW .indow and ras inst AM y killed.
The booies Of AZ others were recovered trom the
ronr spo tax. 10 the Fret Staioo House. Idr.e VI
the timber have b.. idept fed the bodies ot Ellen
KaIep, As years Of age Mary kaen, aged II years,
aid Cat, aiine Karn, Is y.ers of age-mo'her aod
two daug gbtts. The Others were 30 badly drhgured
AID ella by buns oat a. the preseut tine vi "n'-
M The ' have not been its btbed
A oman paibec Margaret Donovan was last seen
ot an upper gipdps with three children cloging 70
ter suo il is supposed thst they ell pernhed IN The
dDes.
James Wright, wife snc child are reported Us mss-
ing, and are slso supposed to have persisted.
Hpeh Traverse, son-n.l lew vf krs. ColDs, while en-
deayming to save Of Der eff.cta, me. Eita tau,
bv uLich one of bis J. gr and two three Of h- RIBS
were broken. lie was conveyed to his home N Pfince
street.
Mrs. Margaret Sweeney leaped from the roof 0f JET
feIson Block facUIg on. OF ttr LEGS and one o' ner
elbows Dr. Aver ate nded her, and sfer Temporarily
~ to her nece.sits, bad he conveyed -
the Massachusetts, General Ho-pitl, where she died
Two or three fremen, who we're stricken down by
the heat and over exeition, were promptly attended
by DR.. Aver. 49,
Newell IsIdirg, IT,, member Of "BarnicOat' No.
H. wss struck by falling bricks 10 Everett alley,
and sustained flight fracture OF the shoulder blade
be sid. receiving bruls on his orck tie ~ss
conyeyed to bis hoe and his physician is Of the opn
ot that he will be about agan ia the Of tnIee
or four weeks. ,
Pb lip Hsckett member OF No. II, -ss slightly
bIuis by tell ny bricks.
j. w. k-gan, el,oa member o. NO. II, hsd one Oh
Liz ,e-t soIn. wat iamm.d III u timIlaf cause.
Number Of cI,iz. ps IS ell ~ macy hfetnen, d1
tb.i. utmost to pIe.,ive life aud limb aud ooe To-
stance which 70 our kt0wlef4e se' ns aerervlrs
of sueciyI men,ilr. We r Ter TO MI. rbom1s a. 81
val, hook keeper i'r John Iat%f q eon', ~np 20
lr OF nfs 10 discover tn fire, a. well as the Ter
ror ia which the women and ciidreI IN J-ferDn
| Block were placed. Mr.. Suly-u Oos'ryed hre y ~
| ,n- in ib. act # ,spIg frVui 4 "'udo", wen h7
csled TO her 20 hold on, ara uot Guemp tJa up Say
ing tba q lsd. eT wuul1 sO,b he tner-, a., olt sho
lec, him DO; apd took b, f4ol leap. Mr. sullivan
coItil urd his effCrs climbing up uD 'he hWopS
r. r ,ucc, coed in Iesculng woman atd t"o cph'eu
| Who wei. III in Dn,nt peril
At3I O'clock half an bcur after the tire alarm vas
fri given tie alarm was sounded TOR the Sic ,n hre
epsii 70 b. TIN he eIe, but vas pot UNA set
5Dclock that he sUived and was sal ,on' on oh'on
~herf Iiis Celay Hrr s-surro was ]oIry o"h5 -
tb. van. % b0.-es none oepg pJyioed oy tne Cou'
uiuee op ibe Fire ID. partmeu, % draT " MAJ
10 s putwiibs,anoirg the eng'n-er' h@Ve urged t2e
t,ssty Of bavipg hnr-er cODst al; re sd in