The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-07-27
FE1RFUL FIBE IN BosroN.
Eleven Acres Of Houres Burncd-Tbc wors,
Fire since 1S8O-Oid Landmarks wiped
0ut-One Life Lost.

ont-One Life Lost.
On Tuesday night Il trench lous fire occurred
Gi, EP,i BSio5 us ore 5cfgn in TIE saving and
street, near the cornet q Decatur 0e Border
street, IN dose proximity 10 the mill and almost ad-
lSping IL was snail wooden building, two stories
in height, which was Qccupicl by heuncy, Calder 80
Co, aud MurdOcs, Cic.sQg y Co. CARPENTERS aud
furniture manuiccturtrs. The, Ere very quickly
sucnuoUs eNertiVus were PIT forth and considerable
OF the machinery AMI st1Ck Naa saved. 1t was soon
In acordiLon to render approach impossible, aud
soon lgid fiat.
The strong wind IL IN took tie flames, and swept
t1cm along ~ notlc !tcrly direction and running
HiOng Oh some small lu.buiinCs which interviewed,
The. u,,! rhted on the roof 81 . large voodc a
huldiug occupied by George ". Bro ~ Co, ma
th,ui,'r, and then 20 ne clrriige shops Of William
JtClrist and = Hathaway. Inc nre had now
reached Liverpool street, envclOping everything
within The square formed by Decatur, Dor lor and
Liverpool -,rc's AMI Ccntral SQUARE. All the above
named buHdinss Nere entirely destroyed, and
@. cred large part Of the ground burned over.
Al tie corner Oi Meridian and London streets
stood the Od School Presbyterian Church, OF which
society the Rev. Il. T.. Acketman Is pastor, near the
Junction. 1ne wooden edince ran back ior some
distance, and rosh soutli~est wind swept por-
tons of the buruiug ff5rfs RON the buildings on
L'verpooi street Large cnders felt upon tie root
in showers.
The excessive haat ut the rear OF the building had
broken The glass aud "a the members Ot the so
cioty began to consider the danger 10 which their
tabernacle STOOL, chOrts were made to remove some
room weru brouIht out and piled on the street
also removed from the main audience room. and
the books and papers. or as many OF them as
could be founi conveniently near were re-
moved to places winch were supposed to be Sc
cure. the rear windows were broken by the heat
Inc rear section was soon mass OF lame, but not
until twenty-five minutes nast fOrr O'Clock did thr
tower commence 10 burn. TIE clock IN the bciry
continued to Indicate the time Of DAY until half past
iJur o'c'oeS, when streams OF smoke cumnsuccd TO
issue rom Ute crcNiCc-, and the minute hand sWayCt
to aud no. The smoke gradually Increased in vol
tmc "a ihc ne eH'cndc upward IA hc interior Of the
tower and hnall burst forth in a dense mass. sud
denly ne dial was encitced by sheet Of llama, winch
rapidly mounted upward, aud made the interior OF the
s'eeric cracking and roaring mass OF Gre. Mea II
whic the nrc IN the body OF the church had rusho
madly on. An immense crowd had collected In the
Immediate vicinity and large force of police was
dctsiitl TO keep them back while the dlnrt rous
condition OF the tower and stecPc ncccsstatcd the
roiing up " OF Meridian and London streets. The
sciccs aud portion OF The cushions were then
burning badly and stream of water was directed
upon them The building was wholly consumed,
not a timber being left standing without mars Of
ire The church was built ten OF twelve years ago,
aud cost originally $4,000 Since then ii has been
improved, aud a snort time since q new or.an was
put IN. The building was insured for 5000, the
organ tor 81 800 aud other property for s1ODO ~ Of
whiea was IN the ionkers and Westchestor onices
Of New York.
There was small wooden building on London
street, Immediately adjacent to the Prcsbyteri an
church, Which was literally dclugcd with water in
efforts to save IL The safety OF Tins building
important as, IL 1t were allowed TO burn, emit
row OF brick buildings, partially new, and located
between II and Decatur street, would be destroyed
Despite TIER etfOIte u would buru. however,
not until tie church edAce had become a ruined
mass could water appear ~ keep the IRE In subjcc-
ticn. A favorable opportunity being offered the
nook and ladder they pulled tito pieces IN order
to render more secure the adjoining BUILDINGS. The
building was Owued, and the logger part OF Is
was occupied by }. H1rinett plgmoer. The other
occupants Of the house were Mr. wilkins and NJ.
Dunbar, who succeeded ia removing a good deal Of
thcir household property. The hre now extended
dOan Meridian street, On the LETT toward Central
square, CONSUMING row OF I've tenement houses,
tins made al entire block between Liverpool and
Meiid,n. These had been deserted some lime be-
fore, owing to the excessive heat from the other
side, and the flames rapidly extended upward ami
Downward toward Genital square aud the junction
Of London and Meridian streets. shortly lfter four
o'clock the wind lifted large pieces Of burning wood
high into the air, Nbie tue hremon were flooding
The exterior.
The fire next caught the Central Square Baptist
Church. The wooden s,eeplc VAS soon glowing
mass OF hre and alter being reduced TO a ako
e,oh, y ~ WlSSnsh tne nia.n Onsk tower 70 The
story below. MeanwIhe efforts were made TO
save some OF the property in the church, and
several members OF the society oxertod them
selves III that direction. Deacon Croker, treas
urer oi the socis,y was Iepor.ed 10 have
been lenlei IN by DC, owl ibis was 6Norward
proved eanTd, a. the deacon was seen eonyer.in.
WI, tpe p.-tjl, the Rev. ID. II. Cheney, d. D., the
property saved Including new piano from the sun.
day school room, portion VI the sunday school.
library, the carpet nom the pastors room, and a
number Of settcOs and cushions. The huI Hug was
entirely burned, only ihe brick walls being len
standing and Vie entire area inside was at one time
solid sheet OF FIRE. A new orsan worth Sl,3D was
among tho destroyed. The building was valued az
IRON tsn,0Oo To $4,000 and Nas insured ior about
s2l0O
whio the entire Fire Department was in attend.
ancc upon M great conilns raton at East Boston,
90 alarm was ruug At ABOUT 81 ocloch, aud shorty
thereafter dense volumes Of smoke were 1cen issl-
IN nom tAe attic wiudO~s of TIE large hso story
grunle front Jnding, 10 aud ll2 Wzsn ytOu street
owned by Harvard College. The ground floor aud
basement OF tas building Is occupied BY the large
publishing firm OF Messrs, Lite, Brown 4 Co.
Mcssrs. SAaw. Llycrmorc X Co., dealers In French
to1st aud fancy goods, occupy the secondhand third
heoTs. and Mr, A. 81. Luut, steam job printer, tie
fourth and attic hoorH
Al last several . machines" with their already
exhausted men, arrived nom East Boston. Streams
OF water ut once introduced froa, tee front and
rear Of tire building, aud IN short time the flames
tosan - SuusiIe, Al. uhsse operations were
watched by the excited throng with great interest
minutes tile Ere Was virtually Al an end la tho
meantime the Insurance Brigade. under the com
mlnG Of ClhLiu Greene, were hard az work.
II u OF course impossible TO give anything like m
accurate estimate OF the loss by this ire. lac dam
age done 20 the building caunot be less than $1,000
though the FIRE confined TO the two upper stories
The printing establishment Of Mr. Iunt was entire
~ destroyed. Messrs. Shaw, Llyermore X CO, had
ON hand stock of goods valued At SIS UOO, lar.
portion Of which was dostroy~T - wal,r Toe
ouglily protected by the canvas Of the lnsuranc,
Brigade that their loss WIN be- but slight. All tn,
parties are either fully or Partially insured.
Mr.. i!iialp II NJ, member % Hook and Lafdc
COMPANY 80. |. Eel through an open seutue fro.
the attic to the basement, and when taken from tn
building was unconscious. Mr.. Lewis was M o dy
ing condition when removed, and It the opinion
Of the doc that he could live but few minutes
lie Is married man, about - years " age. but Ia
children. lie died ut the hospital late last even
The totI loss by the Ore is over half n,,lio,
dollars,