, 1872-11-13
The BOSTON FIRE.


the late proprietor expects to repen, or when
he means to return, but nobody ca get at these
signs without . pass for the runs are most
carefully guarded.
The telegraph OF the Western Unon Company
contained at 10 o'clock lnst, night, :bove 1,5oo
commercial messages, and press natter WAS
positively refused ~ the 1me ne raeeea the
NOISE to have seen the battalion of telegraph
operators crowded there, collected from,u parts |
Of the Eastern country, and the multltlQes be-
low seeking to enter the fire district, where the
telegraph Office stands, to beg q ressage |
though Fifty-fye wires reached New York, |
and ali their united capacity is as strained Us
can be. The extraordinary speed attaind on
the Sabbath day over the railroads. usuall!cIear
at that time, is also to be noted. Fire egines
we're run through from New York to Bo5te "a
ak hours, over 234 miles OF road, and rom
Worcester to Boston in about one mile q hin
ute.
Special Despatch 10 The Chicago 7riouns.
Boston, Nov. 12.-This is the second dy |
after the fire, and everything looks to the future
the Wholesale portion Of the town has been to
throw the lines Of the promenade
and communication further vest and
the great promenade is no longer
crowded like the Strand, or Cheapsde, Of Lon
don. AL day to-day, United States powder from
the forts in the harbor has been used to blow up
the perpendicular parts OF the ruins, and gangsof
fre11en have been pulling down walls with books
AMI battering-rams. Hence the ruins have lost
zher picturesquenesB,. and the stores are in the
great part opened through the waste, while most
Of the engines are withdrawn, there
being little fro left to put out, except
amongst the coal piles along the wharves,
and ID the sunken cellars. The fire authorities
observe to-day that brick. and even wood, when
thoroughly wet, turn the flame better than the
granite buildings, which cast off the water from
their glistening surfaces, and swell and even
There is severe criticism all over the city upon
the subject OF high structures and Mansard
roofs. 1t is certain that the height Of the
buildings here permitted the FIRE to burn with
But the height Of Boston business houses
and the e1pensi7cness Of ground. Il
is q question between the appearance and firm
ness of the Mansard roof. They have been
built in Boston as in Chicago, with tinder wood,
pine lumber, and a thin shell OF slate or shingle;
but the Mansard roof of the new Post Office,
constructed of light iron skeleton, stands erect
as ever.
The Post to-day breaches sermon on the
superficial make OF the Mansard roofs, but
the Advertiser calls for new topography less
unique and serpentine, but with wider streets,
according to the spirit Of Afr. Gray, a local
authority, who snys, "'Iis your lines Of streets.
the streets need widening, take the land"
In the burnt district OF Boston, unlike that OF
Chicago, every street preserves its proveable
boundaries, and all the records are preserved.
stranger readily notices here the ease with which
the Boston public spirit surrenders the local
control OF the city, while it stihy sticks ont for
little old affections and shrines. The labyrinthine
character Of the town is little declaimed against,
take the place OF police or militia. As T walked
through the burnt district, last night,
Who S0!est ~ss an ts0esaSia eeaitor e0Pea!en 1oste
paper He looked at the passes By the Chief OF
The Police, and refused them. Nothing, he said,
would do but a military pass, and he added, II
wouldn't pass you if you was Grant" Boston is
now virtually under martial law, By consent of
its own authorities. But good many Of the
Boldiers are drunk.
There is no want in this city to speak about.
Two families only had applied up to last night
for shelter, and it seems probable that the great
reserve capital Of the city and the
ns Thrift besides e1d foresight sa 1i ss
OF the regular charities, will meet all demands.
The loss of gas in part OF the town makes some
gloom, and this is said to be thecas for the first
time since 1925. Gas is now. entering
the general receiver, and is expected to make
the town cheerful tonight.
The town is full Of colegiate-looking military,
which learns to ride around the Governor on
Harvard's Commencement Day; and the circle
uf half mile or less between the Revere and
the fremont Hotels ia beBet with the came dense
promenade Of smokers and cyprians, while
the drums and the parades come and so. Horses
a1e now plentiful. The part Of the town where
the fire occurred is mainly down-hill, in q
sort Of bummers' parquet or pit, and thence by
night the traveller on the higher terrace eau
see the rich and illusioning glare OF
the light from the ruins rise up to put in dumb
relief more pictures OF fire columns and ruined
walls than we're to be met with in Chicago.
Looking in upon the crater OF the late Sabbath
day volcano, one can see that very
extraordinary fire has laid low much
Of an extensive city; but it no more damaged
the daily regime Of the town than if q purse
pocket had been cut from man, and he, con-
founded at his loss, had stopped to take drink
and see himself described within the
newspapers. The tenderloin hasbeen amputated
out Of Boston, but all the best Of the steak is
moneyed epicure.
Fifty thousand dollars will clear the loss on
Mn1lett's new Post Office. The most inefficient
establishments around Boston appear t:
Sunday trains at any price, and the crowds ot
anxious people III the towns outlying Boston
were denied access to their property by the
prudery Of these corporations. A large SUN
was offered in New York by the newspaper and
insurance companies for q train to Boston, but
denied.
The theatres prepared to show last night, but the
dim gas and self-respect caused postponement
until tonight.
That incendiaries have endeayorrd here as in
be disputed Arrests were made yesterday
Of several people caught II the act Of
firing stables and factories, and in one case
girls. Some OF tho soldiers, too, quartered in
the Old South Church. that most cherished in,
stitution in Boston, struck its venerable bel
this morning, and paterfamilias howls at thu
mi1chlef and HrereTence.
Boston, Nov. 12.-The streets are now per
feetly quiet. Two hundred and fifty mounted
Bo1dierv patrol the streets, and no one, unle8I
under official authority from the Commandant
is permitted to pass the lines Of the infantry.
One man, who attempted to enter . store OF
Winter street, and who refused to leave afte
been repeatedly ordered away, attempted to run
and WAS ehot by one OF the guards and quite sc
verely wounded.
The arrangements for squelching the fire ar
now nearly perfect, unless some yilainy or SOM
change in the weather occurs to cause anothe
outbreak in some unexpected quarter.
It is probable there will be no more eerlou
damage to life or property. At points wher
persons are known to hare been buried th