Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-11-12
ANOTHER ACCOUNT,

The following is full and correct ac-
count of the Boston fire, from the beginning:
BOSTON, MASS, Nov. 10-7 a. m.--The
fire which commenced at half-past last
night, continues its devastation and is now
working its way through the large blocks
between Devonshire and Congress streets,
north of Walker. The fire first broke out
in the rear of large fye-story granite
building, numbers 81, 80 and 81 Summer
Street, directly on the corner of Kingston
street. This building was surmounted
with high nansard roof, overlapping all
the buildings in that Immediate vicinity.
Directly as the flames began to spread
through the story beneath this roof, and
before an engine or hose carriage was on
the ground, great volumes Of flame sudden
" burst out from the rear and lower stories
of the building, and in less THANH twenty
minutes the whole broad faced building,
extending fully one hundred feet along
Kingston street, was one sheet of flame, as
was also at the same time the Summer
street front, heat being so warm as to force
the firemen away from that immediate vi
cinity. BY this time strong wind had
sprung up, and the flames began to sweep
over Summer and Kingston streets, and
despite all exertions of the fremen in
every branch of the department, the fire
was communicated to the building on
the opposite corner of Kingston
and Summer streets, as well as to great
block on the corner of Summer and Otis
streets, and in less than half an hour
thereafter the flames were bursting out of
the roofs and all up and down the broad
sides Of these immense structures. By this
time the wind had increased to nearly a
| gale, and the flames having entire mastery
of every thing, swept from story to story,
| from roof to roof, from block to block, and
from corner to corner, driving the fremen
from every vantage grodnd they could Sc
| cure, and rendering all their exertions use
less and futile. Wherever the flames had
reached they rapidly consumed every thing
of combustibIe character. The large
| block on the corner of Summer and King
ston streets in which The fire first started,
was occupied on the first and second floors
by Tibbett, Baldwin & Davis, as dry goods
jobbers. o. K. Young & Co. occupied the
third and fourth stories as q mandatory
of skirts and corsets, giving. employment to
about 200 men. The second floor was oc-
cupied by DOMAIN, Temple & Co.'S. furnish
ing goods, and notwithstanding this great
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short space of time completely levelled to
the ground, its destruction had not pro-
crossed far before the flames and sparks,
which arose from it, had lodged upon all
the buildings round about. From this the
fire spread almost instantly in directions:
first to adjoining block on Summer street,
then across Summer street to the oppo
site block, and then across Kingston street.
In first named direction the adjoining build
ing was occupied by Leland Wheelock
gents furnishing goods, and Sawyer, Mans
field & Co., importers of dry goods. The
next are Eagan, Bartlett & Co., wooden
goods, o. b. North 81 Son, hats, caps and
furs; next Farley, Orusden & Co.. dry good:
jobbers, aud Rhodes & Ripley, wholesale
closhing-the latter firm owned the build
ing. The structure opposite the point OF
starting was of granite, four stories high
occupied largely by Mayayn, Mullen 8
Elms, dealers in trimmings, who used The
entire lower floor. Harding, Rose q Go
4 occupied the upper floor. From this build