Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-06-15
Destructive COnflaguratiOn in Boston
Several stores Burned.
LOSS ABOUT 100000.

Another destructive conhagration = the
second within the last six weeks-occurred
last Saturday night. Before the iremen,
who were promptly on the ground after the
general alarm was given, had got a single
stream to bear on the flames, the building,
which is four stories in height, was in blaze
OF flame from cellar to attic. As the blaze
went upward through the several lofts, the
light fabrics composing the stock on the
shelves caught fire, and, without checking,
the whole stock was speedily enveloped in
one mass of fire. A strong northeasterly
wind prevailed at the time, and the rain pour
ed in torrents.
From No. 60, the fire, within two hours
time had spread westwardly to the store of
Messrs. Baldwin, Baxter and Curry, dealers
In ~oolen goods, OF 81 Milk street, where
they were stayed in that direction. The
flames spread easterly and destroyed the roof
of the old brick building on the corner of
Milk and Federal streets, formerly known as
Corinthian Hail. AT these points the pro-
gress of the flames was stayed. The follow
ing is substantially correct account of the
owners and occupants of the stores, together
with the amounts of loss and insurance, so
far as ascertained.
Store No. 60, owned by the heirs of Robert
Treat Paine, and occupied by Elias B. Pane,
dry goods dealer, interior of the building, to-
gether with the stock entirely destroyed.
Charles w. Griiiths & Co., 81 Milk street,
building owned by the Williams heirs, who
were insured at the Massachusetts Mutual
office. The loss of the occupants is estimated
at $50 600; they are partially insured.
Messrs. Hutchings & March, commission
merchants, SO Milk street, Cup stairs,) stock
very badly damaged; insured for $4,000
Charles F. Hathaway s. Co., wholesale
dealers in furnishing goods, occupied No. 63
Milk street, and their stock was badly dam
aged, partly by fire, and partly by water
They are insured $4,000.
Messrs. Carpenter, Plimpton, & Co. occu-
pied chambers No. 81 Milk street, dealers in
straw goods, and their loss is estimated at
$4,000, on which they have insurance Tor
| $4,000.
Messrs. Stafford. Ames & Co.. dealers in
wooden goods, at SO Milk street, the building
being owned by Pliny Cutler, Esq, of Rox-
| bury, were sufferers to considerable extent
They were insured for $4,000.
Messrs. Baldwin, Baxter & Co., dealers in
wooden goods, occupied No, 81 Milk street,
but their loss by fire was not great.
The chambers at No. 90 Milk street, occu-
| pied by George Blackburn s Co., commits
| triAing, and by ]. Putnam Bradlee, Esq.
Treasurer of the Ballardvale Company
Blackburn & Co. are fully insured.
The fire stealthily made an entree into the
"Old Corinthian Hall Building" on the cor.
ner of Milk and Federal streets, where Messrs.
Williamson Smith, dry goods dealers, occu-
pied No. 70 Milk street, and whose loss is
roughly estimated at 500 900. on which they
| have SIS, 900 insurance.
Messrs. Morse & Coleman, dry goods deal
ers, occupied store No. rs Milk street, and
their stock was badly damaged by water.
| They were insured for $45 900.
Corinthian Hall is owned by the heirs of
John Cunningham. and the estimated damage
to the building is $4,000 or $4,000, which is
covered by insurance.
The total loss by this fire is estimated, by
| persons competent to judge. not to exceed
| $4,000 or $175, 900; while others, equally
competent, estimate it at 100000 to $780,
900. The smount of insurance on property
damaged, thus far ascertained, foots up to
nearly 1928, 900.
The fire was one of the grandest which has
occurred in this city for many years, and TIE
light was seen miles distant. Boston Journal.