The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-11-17

MANY xIvEs AND EIGHTY MuIIoM, DOLLARS
OF PROPERTY Lost.


civilized world ut tho receipt Of tao intellir
gence that great fire was raging in Boston,
Mass. and threatened the entire destruction of
that city. The excitement continued till Mon
day. peraipg,. when the announcement was
made that the FIRE had been gotten under con-.
plete control on Sunday, ct O'Clock, atter
raging for eighteen hours, and that it's ravages
bad been confined almost exclusively to tho
business portion of the city, the Losses falling
principally on the rich, who were well able to
bear than. d. ..s..,..... ...-..-.... -s..1
sss From the New York Woyld we gather the fol
lowing details of this terrible disaster, which,
Ii its magnitude, stsuds second only to that
which overwhelmed Chicago . year ago:, s..
The, fire originated in the rear end of largo
Edve-story granite building situated on tho cor,
her lof Summer and Kingston streets, and num-
bered 81, 80 and 81 on Summer street. This
building was surmounted with q high Mansard
roof, overlapping all the other buildings in the
immediate vicinity. As soon as the hArDes be-
gan to spread through the story Immediately
beneath the roof and before an engine or bose
| carriage had reached the ground, great vsl-
umes Of flame suddenly burst out from tho rear
! of the lower stories, and in less than twenty
minutes the whole facade on Kingston street,
fame, aud quickly the same thing was true Of
| the Summer street front. Tho heat was then
| so intense that it forced away the 6remep, who
had by this time arrived at the scene. A strong
| swept by it over Summer and Kingston streets,
and despite the brave exertiuDs Of the fremen
| of the whole department the fire was couimu-
nicated to the buildings on the opposite corner
| of the two streets, and the great block on the
corner Of Summer and Otis streets In less
| than half an honr afterwards these immense
buildings were all developed in flames that
reached far above their high roofs. ... q.
! Ry this tine the wind had increased To
| nearly q gale and the flames, having entire
mastery of everything, swept from story to
and from corner to corner, driving the firemen
| from every vantage ground they could secure,
, and rendering oil their exertons useless and
futile. Wherever the flames reached they
character. The large block on the corner of
Summer and Kingston streets, in which the
fire fret started. was occupied on the first and
4 upper floors by Tebhits, Baldwin & Davis, dry
the third aud fourth stories as q mandatory
for skirts aud corsets, giving employment to
about two hundred men. The second floor was
occupied by Damon, Temple & Co. furnishing
ing was in almost an incredible short space OF
time completely leveled to the ground, its de-
, struction had not progressed far before tbs
flames and sparks which arose from it had
lodged upon all the buildings round about
, Thus the FIRE spread almost instantly in thret
, directipns-first, to the adjoining block OF
Summer street, then across Summer street II
\ the opposite block, and then across kingstol
. street. Abont eleven o'clock the scene in Lin
a coin Essex, South, Federal, and other street
in that Immediate neighborhood, was one o
. the saddest sights of the night. Hundreds O
/. laden with every variety Of household good
behind them the roaring flames, tapping q
. their houses before they could get half or
d quarter of their goods into the strest. :.
l. The report of buildings blown up. indicatin
!, that gunpowder was being used to stop til
= Ore, was heard at Eve minutes past thre
# o'clock, and was the most welcome sound {
- radical effort to save Boston from Chicago
70 fate. Three discharges were made in bloc
on -Devonshire street, and these threw tn
n building partially down. but without appare.
~ alnaost Instantly. Tho building was close
3 1.-The fire, and it WAS ut once seen that unle
10 blocks more distant were speedily PROSTATE
m the effect would OF course be simply nothln
TX early as TIVE o'clock, the streets being the
immediately cleared for action, but it VAS n
nc until a quarter to four that the destruction
=. buildings in the path of the confagraton
" the explosion of the gunpowder was begun
- good earnest. The shocks caused the old CT
\, TO tremble to its foundations. Ths resultii
= alarm among the population wonld have be
O. inaense only the cause of tho explosion o.
IT. commotion was generally known OF at on
op OWNED. As it was many were stiii great
- frightened, and imagined that other horr.
~
w was then Struggling against, aud till now 81
o. cnmbing to. The many fleeing from the fl
h,yz ignorant and cognizsnt of, the cause OF the
Wy perisn ced shocks all alike, FASTENED away ,
ke fastsr after this. The citys safety clearly
te- 7 petds then mainly upon the success of th.
oh EXPLOSIONS. Nothing else could answer.
o frsmen, though still working with hearty q
es' strong Wills, are exhausted by their ardus
iabors. Water, 1t is plain to realize, offers
- weapons sufficiently powerful and effective
he the stay and defeat of the fiery fend. Yet
~. chs discredit of human nature, objections &
q circumstances to the use of powder trains
= made and urged. Certainly property owns
an guided by selfshness, did not want tt
rec properties blown mp in order to stay the 7
Oh, gress of the flames, though perfectly will
ma | 10 have the properties of their neighhoTs.
oof even s'of all their wives relatives" sacrihc
nit and reasons long and numerous are therei
ing offered why certain buildings should be spa
md and others blown up instead. Those in
tha thority, however, to their praise be it d
-, heed not their selfish talk, aud bravely {
'"S tinne the work of salvation for Boston thro
cen gunpowder.
'itn few minutes after four o'clock q most
t in rife expulsion took place.
sur' 80 fierce the march of the hames
rye, SO irresistible, that the merchants, when I
uni. first were made aware of the danger trie'
tsly remove their goods, but were unable to do
tnft hal ant