Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-11-16

$40 A. M.-The fire did not reach the |
Hartford & Erie Railroad depot. The |
whole of Pearl street is in ruins. Several
buildings on Washington street, including
that of MacCulcn & Williams, are burned.
The heat is so intense that the fremen can
not fight the fire successfully. The North
| National and Revere Banks are burned.
4a. NIT is impossible at this time to
give an approximation of the losses, or even
a correct statement of the extent Of the de-
vastation. The fire is burning as fercely
rs ever and will probably CROSS Milk street,
towards State street.
4.15a. m.-Thc contiagration continues
with fearful effect. Building after building
is blown up, with only the apparent effect
of increasing the terrible volume Of flame.
The newspaper offices which nrc on the
line of the fire have all made preparations
for the removal of their books, papers, &C.,
with no hope Of saving any material.
The Transcript Office is already in flames,
and the old South Church, dear to all Bos-
tonians, is at last to fall victim to the fire.
The Journal Office will next have TO sue
cumb, and the Post, Globe and Irdreller,
will soon follow. All the auxiliary forces
of the fire department are being placed in
State street, to protect ifpossibe, tho Banks
and Insurance offices. The new Postotlice,
although incomplete will undoubtedly
be ruined. If the flames be not stopped at
State street, the whole North part of the
city must be consumed. The fire has not
yet touched the West part of Washington
street. Milk street is now on fire between
Pearl and Federal.
4.30, n. m.--All the valuablcs are being
: removed from the St.lte street banks and
Insurance offices The Western Union Tele-
graph company is moving its more valua-
bic apparatus. The goods placed in State
street for safety are being transferred to
, more distant quarters
4.50, a. m.-The employees are now leav-
,, ing the Western Union Telegraph office.
The men have been sent to the Providence
depot, in Boston, to try the wires and work
, to New York.
j 4:55, a. m.--The gas is now going out in
the telegraph office.
BOsToN, Nov. 10.-Anothcr account of
the fire says: There was hardly breath of
wind stirring when the alarm was sounded,
) about half-past O'Clock, followed by a
second, third and fourth in rapid success
sion, but the first engine was hardly on the
= ground when the fire broke out from the
= fourth story of a large fUur-story granite
. store, OH the corner of Summer and Kings
: ton streets, occupied by Tibbets, Baldwin
- ~ Davis, wholesale dry goods dealers. Ii
y had caught in the engine room, and the
h names spread with lightning rapidity uI
;, the large elevator and were first seen climb.
= ing underneath the woodwork of the roof
~ The engines were fairly at work when be-
II fore any other store had caught. The
II buildings in the vicinity were all of granite
u u four stories high, and each surmounted
. with Mansard roof, none of them being
!. over five years old. The detached splin
- ters flew readily rs the air was warmed by
g the terrible heat, and soon flames begar
- licking the Mansard roof, OH the opposite
:, side far above the reach of the streams di
C e rected upon it from all quarters. Fire wa!
:, "a constantly in the air. and one building af
, ter another caught on the roof, and til,
,o flames skipped lightly fron,ane window sill
a to another, so that in less than thirty min
:. utes every cheek was blanched as it became
~ ~ evident that the whole city in one direction
~ ~ was at the mercy CT the flames, which wer
~ leaping gaily from roof to roof, and from
-, :. one building to another.
~ The firemen erected barricades and work
10 ed behind them, but they were burned a
. soon as erected. An hour had hardl
" v elapsed before ii was evident that Beebe'
~ ~ block, tho finest business structure in til
; ~ city, built of granite, five stories in height
-, ~ with Mansard roof over ALL must go. With
y in thirty minutes, the flames were comm
- - out on frey pillows from every window
~ and up the stairway leading to A. Il. Stew
arts rooms was Il perfect column of flaMes
n. 0, q. M Buildings are being blown u
ut on Lindall and Congress streets. The posi-
g. Office on that street will probably 90, wit
he most of that street.
gs Marines from the navy yard are on dut
ne in the streets.
4, a. M.-They have reached dimension
'e- that simply defy descriptions, and the pee
IS pie of Boston find themselves in danger
y, their lives. The loss of houses and othe
. property is being now scarcely thought o
ng Every street in the neighborhood of the fiji
ed is thronged by people, all endeavoring I
b. save few valuables as they flee toward
nd fremont and Court streets, where the fiji
g. is thought to be unable to reach. Br
tn there is no telling where this awful torrer
I'D OF heat and fame will stop, rs the wind Ina
already risen to gale, and it seems
,s- have no positive direction or current. Th
tie flames increase in intensity and power, tn
ok very atmosphere lends additional force I
ed the wind, which rises rs il were in OF
in midst, and goes rolling over the track
IVY the fire, hurting dense showers of fire
re- sparks into the air, only 70 send them int
,r- that portion OF the city untouched. I'll
Dis rumbling noise Of torrent Of flame is no
is and then relieved by tae detonatior
", masses of gunpowder, which have bee
rts placed in untouched editices in the appal
re- ent track of the fire, and the awful scene
IA rendered more fearful and appalling by Il
appearance of the fragments of demolishe
,,o houses as they fly upwards into the air.
i,o ;m BOSTON, Nov. 10.-The conhagratio
Ill got under control at about p. M, havin
G, in fifteen hours destroyed hundreds of IL
~ costliest and most substantial warehous,
;es in the country, and temporarily paralyzir
fen three of the mercantile interests-shoe an
"i leather, wool, and dry goods trades. 1t
-, =, said that there is not one wholesale shC
on and leather establishment left in Bosto
~ The wool trade has suffered in an equal d
vo gree, and the dry goods jobbing houses lie
'e are few and far between.
,,h The Ninth regiment, with detachmen
'th from other regiments. amounting to l 1,2C
SSis SSis men are on duty, protecting property au
ai' preserving order.
Boston, Nov. 10, p. m.-The progre
en of the flames in the direction of the wat
,n- is checked, and the fire seems to be We
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