Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-07-06
DISASTROUS CONFEDERATION IN BOSTON
AND VICINITY,
100 Buildings, and Vessels Destroyed.


ou' "oou' Two clock' near tIle re'pie Jerry
sweeping irresistiby from street to street, de-
stroying in its course wharves, vessels, manu-.
factories, stores and dwellings, The Journal
says 1.-The fire is thought 10 have originated
in Rodney's rigging lott, in large wooden
building on AspinwalPs wharf, and that it was
set by fire cracker 1t swept with almost
lightning speed through the buildings on the
wharf, and soon reduced them to ashes
Thence it proceeded eastward up New street.
sweeping in rapid succession Holmes & Sne.
ling's Dock, Richardson's wharves, on which
were several large brick buildings used as
store houses two packing houses, three stor.
age buildings, and four dwelling houses. 1t
next caught small stable adjoining the large
brick buildings of the East Boston Iron Foun.
dry, and they also were soon enveoped in the
devouring element. This brought it to the
end of New street, and up to the foot of NAV.
erick street. 1t swept all the houses on the
other side of New street TO Maverick street
then up Maverick street, DESTROYING block of
eight or ten brick buildings. and n large wood
en- building occupied as an armory by the
Union Guards, and Mr. Waters as a plumbing
shop, on the one side. and on the other sween.
ing John Cltton's lumber ward and his office
In his yard was very large stock of valuable
lumber which burnt like so much straw and
was soon in ashes. Then came the sulendid
Sectional Dock and Railway of the East Bos.
ton Dry Dock Company. and a very LARGE
wooden building on their wharf orcupied for
rigging 10 Is and other PURPOSES connected
with the repairing of sLins rbese were soon
in ashes The companv's engine II ,use being
Of brick was not burned, and lbey therefore
saved their engine, boilers. &c. There was
small brig on the railway " hich was burned
AT the head of the wharf were four buildings
occupied as dwellings. with liouor slons re-
frrshment saloons, &C.. and :wo or three black.
smiths shops, all of which were burned
On Cross street, running from New to Bor.
der, nearly every house was burned. On fine
west side OF Border it burned about half a doz.
Ell houses north of Maverick. ON Border. the
east side, it burned about ak or eipht honses
and on Maverick street about the same nnm.
Der, running through to Liverpool street and
there DESTROYING six or einht houses more.
There several houses were pulled down. and
the flames were STAYED in that direction. Erin
alley, containing some dozen or more houses.
was burned out clean The whole area burn.
ed over is about ten and a o,tarter acres-as fol-
lows: solid land. seven acres niers and
wlarves of wood. three and quarter acres.
The pile wharyes burned are entirely rpined
and will have to be entirely rebuilf. There
wa; a strong breeze blowing at the time from
west-northEest, which scattered the cinders
and flashes of fire in all directions and set ON
fire the roofs of buildings i'm different narts of
the island-some of them far distant from thn
scene of the CONFEDERATION. The Meridian
street church and the Presbyterian cbrrrh
were both on fire at one time. Durinq tho
FIRE the wind cL,rrod 10 ,,o., ,o,,,L,a,o III
had i; M, hoon f ,l,;o $40 ~ III ~ CIV
the fire. Womb ba,o stnnnod >, O'''' ""''e
The nrincinai losses anJ insurance nc for
ne asretta;nod ava as filn,a ri W. w. L.
nj Swamnsrott on IVh;IJon,s ,,l,.,nfi,s. eSon0
mo insnranre. Sao,neI As,nn,aii'S ,~Iorf
loss s50oO ~ sin oon ,,a.t;aIi ;,,',' To- f' .
Rodney riaaer I"sS so sN11 "as
r q E;ckersnn,s Yyhort III, Iar'ra a,',a,,,,
of nronortv ~, storoona To-, e7s 600 Lii
mon varions narties Tho Sat ,snrl,S Of FRS Ra
ter e. Dnrnos ,vora h,r,od io.s eiS 900 "
snranco S70o0 TLo uorl,s' - All sihont d GU,
e. Co wore bnrpod las HoirIa 500 noo ian in
spro,oa ak Oon 'rl,I, c'iI a., r., 81,
Iron Comnou,,s ron ,r',ni ,t;'',,',I ~
sax no0. insnyonon so son'' 80 . 'oso
thrown ont of nmnInywoUt ~ GI;fton,S
wharf viii lnn,har ,,,r,h 500 ooo IA LII
mrs ,,orth e7noo 49, 49,. $1,000 80 IL : o"'u
ance of wI,;cI, G,r e5ooo ~ .itn,, -,
a fo,y ia, .i"i 49,. :" ~ "a ido
nearly dastr,,,od M I''iI " uo0A ~
~ ~; IL, 80, ~ WIN
fro viii faarfI ,';2;,,, M ~
,vL;,I, on,,Id 49,. 49, - 'i Z, ~ oco
was amost ,yho,, lost I,s,,nod t,' 81 600
ipta g., 70 =. eSs'i w ~io,ooo'
rho sh;, ia 20 $3.50 rs Ill 1GuiS7 up W
stonned Enrnina ot ,ha rI,lo sn,,aro " We" ,"o
old timber dock COMPANY. bounded by Maver.
lex, Liverpool and Border streets, which was
covered with small and cheap dwelling houses
AT least 800 families were rendered houseess.
The houses destroyed upon the burnt area in
cluded all on Maverick TO Border street, and
all OH New to Maverick, with several on Liv.
erpool street The brick building occupied by
the Union Guards as an armory, was destroy.
ed. Seventy-fve dwelling houses, principally
on Sumner street, were destroyed. The fol.
lowing is list Of the vessels burnt Bark
Mystery, Boston brig Orella, brig Henry
Mathewson, brig e. Field, SCH DundeorO
sch. f. A. Hawkins. sch. Dasbawav. SCH NJ
A Mcneil phiadalnb;o oil ,,,,lI,, dostroyoJ
81 " IIi an TOTALLY uestroyeu'
DARK EuWatu Hill lost main ana mlZZen masts.
A large number of vessels were towed into the
stream and saved While the fire in East
Ros,o - my '"o ny ~ i"1'
I .m' was aging announcer swept through
Albany street, burning twenty buildings. 1t
commenced in a carpenters shop on Albany
street No 121. and was probabiv accustomed
nv hoys 6r;m,r ,na ,,J HGo"9 Tm';a
uy boys Hflhg crackers Ill the vicinity. inns
shop was ehurely consumed, ana was owned
by Francis Standish The loss was total
There was a yerv large stock Of lnmber in tbe
- - - " ~ ~
yaiu anu SUPP lHciuullie olack Wainul Wooui
all the doors and finishing work tor the Law
renee house on Commonwealth aypnua on the
Racl, Rav Tboro ,yoo sc,To 5o 600 ~ en- on0
rtr - ~ 'i'e '0'00O VI 00'o00
leeI OF lumOer destroyed.
The fire extended throuyh to Hudson strnnt
-. 'V"@' W AAu"'o" 0t,Iet
communicating hrst Win u mouse occupied ny
Robert Nixon, whose loss was very large
He is a photooranh colorist architect and
drouoL,sr,nn III Ia = L. o,,,,,,,,, f l
.''''''' anu IA" =" iai se "iliouh' vi '"t
uable pictures and drawings In his house, all
of which were consumed. Mrs. Nixon escap-
cd with hpr infant and ,cas ohIiged to lava