Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-28
THE GREAT FIRE IN BOSTON.
Loss st0G,000.00O
Boa7os, November 10 g N.

street, directly on the corner of Kingston
street. The building was surinounted with
q high Marsatd roof, o~vertoppiD1 al other
buildings in that Immediate vicinity. Direct
is the flames began to spread through the
story beneath this roof, aud, before an eli.
gine or hose carriage was on the ground,
great volumes OF flames suddenly burst out
rom the rear lower stories of the building,
and in less than twenty minutes the whole
broad facade, extending fully one hundred
feet along Kingston street, was in 4 sheet of
flames, as was also at the same time the
Sumner street front, the heat being SO in
tense as to force the tiremen away from that
immediate vicinity. By this time q strong
wind had sprung up, and the flames bGganto
sweep over Summer and Kingston streets,
and despite all eXertions of the iiremen IN
every branch of the department, the fire was
communicated to buildings on the opposite
corner Of Kingston and Summer streets, as
well as TO the great block on the corner OF
Summer and Otis streets, ard III less than
half an hour thereafter flames were bursting
Out Of the roofs, and all mp and down the
broad sides of the immense structures. BY
this time the wl.d had increased to nearly a
gale, and the flames, having entire mastery
OF everything, swept from story to story,
from roof to ROOT, from block 10 block, and
from corner TO corner, driving the tiremen
from every vantage ground they could
secure, and rendering all their exertions use
iess anu lulnG. wherever tho uaines re"Sn,
combustihlc character.
The large block on the corner Of Summer
and Kingston streets. in which the fire first
started, was occupied on the first and upper
nooLS ~ tcooi's, anvil Tvs "?
S"oSs JouTCIS. 2; ?, ! ouns ~ ~, oC0u
pleu tn9 thlrH ma l"Yrln sVorleS as d .'a,G-
factory LOT shlLtn at4 'o'FgIS' ,EN'ns ~,
floor was occupied hv Damon. Temple X Co,
!u!hisnhns SG9as, rl1' Not"t 'nsVan ar
tuts Ereot ouild'hE "aS IN ullATst Hn ihcIGu,
!rAH si',V sl'asc u tnne .gnnPioIJ'1 80"
70 tho StouHu, no "eS| ugtio" N"a ''ov ~,
SlcsSeu IHt oe.oIe 'He %AG M M
"ntgn u.oec lloHl ~ n"" - ~" so 80
peiulngs FouuU "tou!' Jus w. ~
spreau almost tist"nlty ~ Cl5No ~
l'fat, 10 inc sulo'uinS nIoch On HtHliu1I
street, then across N|lii"eI e'teSL ~ ny
"pposlte DioCh' anu Inch W hih5s'oH
street. ,..
IN the urst-hatheo oiFectloh ths puj0inlhs
building was occupied ny te'uhu {" W uee-
iock, gents, furnishing Soods' anu Sa"EeI'
Mansfield q % lmPoTItts OF uIS Eoons,
Inc next, haser, bartlett ~ Co. Hooieh
goods y; Is. NofVh ~ 19H' t%pe aug luIs'
NeXt, faIey, AtaSutn Z" ~, ulH SoouS ~
perS' ana thootE G NtpleEi %ho,esaiG elo'"
my: me latItF him q" ne" Vnt pe'lulner
Inc structure oPposile tne poiae % st"i,,
lng was OF granite, 1our stories aug a nan
high, occupied largely by Meyhln, Muilln ~
Ems, dealers III tII,lnHngsi "no HsIu 'hS en-
tire lower floor. Harding Bros. q Co, u, l..
Ide, Carter Il Co, occupied the upper floor.
From this building across the square dag
onally Was a stone block, OCCUPIED by smith,
Rich " Corton, and Geo. Nj nlazler, dealers
1S"rHoae, ~. ~ NJ an So p s4raots
o on w 49,, = RIoct o n'f innnsing granite
stoou E,'t..r ~ u" a." p,nrat r. II
r1tG(5S"n " 70 ri tc ~ IN 20 ond "a
Summer street, and was occupied by D.,
Lyons u CO.. Neil Brothers, and Dreyfus,
Philips " Shliman, T.. u. hlns ~ 90, ana
Mari Brothers, dealers in clothing, furnish
ing goods, fancy goods, trimmings. etc Inc
upper floors were used mostly as offices, ana
occupied by various parties.
Now the fire began to creep steadily up
both sides OF summer street, craving along
from rooi 10 rool' otposl'e Lne hTeLsos
block the buliaihg'' as lhey were ehSHIieu
IN rapia suceesslon' "Gre as loilo"s' AoIiIA
ever rom, oGcnP'eH y! a. p,,tInn
hoor eloIh Hnu u, c.oonIi ~ :, ssi
Ahir Soouh' auu EuSt"o Gn"P'"' ",u Va,
.nercnane' "a ssanlSs oioVh, osSuprJu ~
taorse' tla,aihonu u W; hooiets az Sn"'eS
SIies' neat " iiuinof' "hoLesuse ciot.tuT y,
Nous N So.i NAYS, zap n iuts, VI
hrotief' hat anu cap malulaStHieaS Ny,
man ~ ArkIay' imported Eoous "i.u lngHs
h"ins' nlHe iIntt' A'nnLs -" "GN'
goods; hoth"ti, Luther int'cI " ~,
cIothlhg; MITCHELL nfeeh "a SteNehS' clo'n'
ing.
AT this time, about ten O'Clock, the flames
burst from the top OF buildings on Arch
street, a dozen doors removed from salnthe,
street, ana Amos pelote Ine eAieIeucI "a
hathes IN thls qadI.eI N"s hhoMu nltGS n"g