The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-05-07
Prom the Portland Ad,ertl.sl
The Great Fire.

In Boston on Sunday morning. destroyed
property to the amount Of about $225, 0o0.-
1t occurred in Federal street, In the 6fth story
Of No. 1871 and l39. owned By John g., Tor-
rey. and occupied as paper folding room in
connection with large printing and binding
establishment, owned BY -Byram & Binley,
successors to Ssnborn. DaEin & Eilsworth.-
The arst Aoor was occupied BY the Douglas
Axe Company. 2, '''
The whole stock and machinery Of Byram
& Binley, consisting Of pssssss, books, paste
board. materials for binding, steam engine,
&c., were entirely destroyed. Their 'loss Is
about $4,000. and they have insurance for
$35,000. '...I..s so g1. .uy'
In the cellar Of the building. Messrs. San
born, Bazn & Ellsworth have about $4,000
worth Of stereotype plates stored in brick
and iron safe. This property is not insured,
and IL is probable that II is not injured. pot.
The Douglas Axe Company had a large
stock Of axes In rtore. and their loss Is about
$4,000. They are fully insured.
While the Are was raging fearfully In this
building, John w. futile and Francis F. Cut.
ting. hosemen of fremont Engine Company,
No. ~, were ordered to the roof Of the ad.
joining brick building. and they had no, been
there but few moments when large por-
ton Of the side wall Of the burning building
fell over upon them. crushing the roof of the
building and pressing down the several floors
clear TO the cellar. The unfortunate men
went down with the wreck and were doubt.
less instantly killed. A man named jeremiah
Rearion. Any -thrcc years Of age. who was in
the building at the time, was crushed beneath
the ruins. but he vas rescued alive and taken
to the Hospital. He sustained serious injury.
Several Of his ribs were broken. 1t was tho,
ne would survive Il. In the attic Of the same
building, at the time of the falling Of the
wall, was q widow, named Catharine Moran,
thirty EIGHT years Of age, who had gone
there to remove some OF her clothing and
other property. She was saved alive from the
general wreck, and was afterwards conveyed
to the Hospital. Singular to say, she had NO
bones broken. She was burned somewhat
and sustained some bruises, bat will soon re,
we'll. Others were slightly injured.
The FIRE extended to other buildings. One
owned by ID. l.. Webster, and occupied by
numerous Irish families, was nearly des-
troyed.
In another direction the fre communicated
to the granite warehouse Of Messrs. Grant,
Warren & Co., manufacturers and dealers In
paper. Their loss is about $4,000. Insured
for probably the whole amount. Other build
ings received triaing damage.
The bodies of Tuttle and Cutting were dug
from the ruins on Sunday morning., r"''is
was thirty-two years OF age and leaves a
widow. Cutting was twenty.eight years oil
age and leaves widow and one child. They
were both much esteemed by oil who knew
them. Cutting was to have been baptized at
the Harvard Ssreet Church, on Sunday by
Rev. ID. Z. Eddy.
The origin of the Are has not been ascer-
tanned. The occupants Of the building In
which II was discovered feel sure that II must
have been the work Of an incendiary. but the
police are Of opinion that no person had OBJ.
tanned entrance to the building, As 1t was fast.
ened securely on all sides.