The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-21
MASSACHUSETTS,.
Boston and the Fire
Fiend.
Fears of Another Conf1a-
grafton.
The Whole City and Suburbs
Alarmed.
Particulars Of the Fire in
COrnhill Street.

BOSTON, Nov. 20-Shortly before seven
o'clock flames burst forth from the upper win
dows and roof of Rand & Avery's extensive
printing house, No. Cornhill street, near the
foot of Washington street. The flames shot up
furiously to great height and strong north
erly wind carried showers of burning cinders
over buildings on the earterly side Of Washing
ton and across to State street. In response to
the general alarm sounded, the fremen were
promptly on the spot and steamers at once OPP
ened play from State, Washington and
Cornhill streets and the points adjacent to the
fire and in thirty minutes the flames, which
threatened another great confiagration, were
subdued to the limits in which they first broke
out The fire departments Of Charlestown and
Chelsea were also called out. The general fire
alarm and grand Illumination of shooting
flames caused great commotion, and immense
crowds of excited people gathered from all
has been kept up since the great fire, were of
important service, forming Gordon across tIIo
streets, keeping back the crowd and giving the
firemen ample room for the most efficient ser
burned out. They had one of the largest and
best appointed book and job printing establish
ments in New England, employing some 200
hands.
The Fire Under Control.
The fire is now under control and will be
confined to Rand Il Avery's printing house.
Particulars Of Losses.
bers from l to II on Cornhill and from Is to 10
on Washington street. They employ some 800
hands, 80 of whom are girls. There was large
number of power presses of different kinds in
the building. and large amount of books aud
pamphlets partly finished which are total loss.
Rand & Avery estimate their loss at $3.50, 900;
insurance mostly in Boston offices. Abbotts
bindery was damaged about $4,000 or $4,000:
Adams & Bakers bindery $4,000; the Congre-
gational Publishing Society $4,000; Hovey
Hoyt book publisher, 500, 900; Congregational
newspaper $4,000 The building was damaged
$4,000 and owned by the Fifty Associates.
All the above were insured, mostly in Boston
Offices.
The fire caught in the press room of Rand &
Avery.
Among the periodicals destroyed was the
December number of Old and New, which was
nearly ready for delivery; one number of Lit
tells Living Age, which was entirely destroyed,
and between $4,000 and $4,000 copies of the
Well Spring, which is published semi monthly.
The publishers of these periodicals had large
quantity of paper stock in the establishment
which was lost, as did Messrs J. r. Osgood &
Co., Lee s. Sheppard, Sampson & Davenport,
Bill Publishing Co., of Norwich Conn, liver
son, Phinney, Blackman & Co., of New York,
whose loss is in school text books.
Lease Of the cold Seuth.o
The pew holders of the Old South Church, at
the meeting to-day, voted to lease the church
to government for a postoffice.
Serious Accident
Nathaniel Morton, President of the Slough
ton Branch railroad, had both his feet cut off
at Canton, last night, by falling upon the
track while hastily jumping from the train
while it was in motion. He is nearly 20, and
| not expected to survive.