Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-06-09
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN sALEM-GREAT
LOSS OF PROPERTY AND LIFE.

Salem was visited between one and two
O'Clock, Wednesday morning, with disas-
trous conhagration, which swept over a large
and valuable section of the city. 1t originated
in the stables connected with the Mansion
House, and both were destroyed. The hostler,
named Hatch, who slept in the stables, perish
ed in the flames. Sixteen valuable horses
were also burned to death. The stables of the
Essex House were also burned but the horses
were saved. The boarders, with whom the
Mansion House was nearly filled, lost their
clothing and most of their~ ether property.
The house was insured in Hartford and
Springfielaft $4,000. The goods in the three
,sstt0rcs of the house were not insured The
bookstore of Henry Whipple & Son was next
destroyed They were insured for $4,000 in
Salem and Boston. We gather the following
particulars from the Boston Journal
In the Mansion House yard were carriage
builders, trimmers', and painters, and black
smiths shops, which were occupied as follows
Joshua Loring carriage builder; James
Clark, blacksmith; George H. Pierson, do ;
E. G. Burbank, carriage painter; Whitney &
Tuttle, harness makers. The shops with their
contents were entirely destroyed.
The fire ran directly from Essex street,
where it originated, through the building given
above, to Church street, and then swept
through the line of houses on Church street to
the right, as far down as to st. Peter street.
1t was kept within the square, but the houses
on the opposite side of the street were badly
scorched. 1t ran down st. Peter street to-
wards Essex, and here, about two-thirds of the
way down from Church street to Essex street.
its progress was stayed. The store of B. H.
&Drr
destroyed.
The following stores were burned on st. Pc
ter street: Shoe store and mandatory, oc-
cupied by S. Henderson; provision store occu-
pied by +. Porter; Wentworth & Fifeld, stove
dealers, two stores, insured for $1,000; James
Trefren, sewing machines, in the upper part
OF the above; building on the same street,
occupied by w. A. Powers, marble worker
The store of James A. Farless & Co., hard
ware merchants, was badly damaged by fire,
and the stock was injured by water.
Mr.. johnson, well known as pedlar through
Essex county, had large stock of goods de-
stroyed. He was insured for $1,000. Corne-
Illus & Ammidon, tailors, had their goods re-
moved, with considerable damage. Mr. Da-
vid Perkins had his barn burned and his
house was saved with much difficulty Mr.
Purbeck's grocery store-the upper part occu-
pied as dwelling house-was burned. AL
most whole square in the populous part of
the city was devastated by the devouring ele-
ment, and in the morning backened, desc
late square showed how thoroughly the fire did
its work. The offices of the Salem Gazette
and Salem Register, together with Major Os-
borne's, Col. Perkins, and other stores, oppo-
site the Mansion House, were in great danger,
but were preserved through the active exer.
tons of the firemen, who worked nobly. En-
gines were present from Lynn, Marbehead,
Danvers and Beverly, and rendered efficient
service.
Many of the losers were insured to a con-
siderable amount, while Others lost their all.
Thirty buildings in all were destroyed.