The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-14

'''S itSbtG i.t!S LgGu nl10nfllcGnt.
here was Winthrop Square, with Bcebc's
splendid building, and other structures Of
the same clasa. There was Franklin street
Win It's famous architecture. There were
numerous imposin. blocks along Washing
ton street. OF late years the dry goods lob.
pihg-ioUscS have been gradually moving to-
ward Chelsea, and many Of them consequent
~ escaped this disaster. But the heavy COM
mission houses, which sell entirely by the
package, all remained, aud ali have gone
down, with perhaps one or two exceptions.
Pearl street was the chief leather mart OF
New England, and that, too. is swept. The
most o! The wholesale clothing establish
mcnsS were here, and those that have gone
employed no fewer than 10000 girls. The
great wool houses were all in The burnt dis
irct. and held enormous quantities. of wool.
10 less than million pounds, for trade had
been duh.
The Same thing may be said of the dry
goods houses, which siill held large quauti-
Ties OF nnSod winter goods, and had lust
taken iii al extensive summer stock also.
Wool, dry goods, and leather are the staples
Of Boston trade How complete is the de-
slruttion, you may imagine from the state
m"nt made 10 me on good authority this
afternoon that there rcmaiDs not one whole
sale wool house, hot ore wholesale establish
l0cnt IN shoes. or leather. or hides, or hard
ware, or paper: not uGe typc-!onndry, aud
| only one wholesale rcuciyl'y warehouse
Printing" h3Csrs and periodicals lave gone
~ The score.
pkuc:. u she s'coplc.
The courage O! tic people is magnificent.
When passed through The burning streets
at : O'Clock; il.is iIo.n.u.s found men who
had lost everything "guI,ing their way
through the luyid S!nVkc, looking for Tie
ruins OF their stores, 10 put up pacards
@mouG the still buINiug G5JIiS announcing
their removal to Other quarters. BY day
break the whole accessible part OF the district
WAS dotted with c:;eciupCriE1d Sims. Mn.
cutl4r, Williams & Parker, who occupied one
II the finest Of the ruined stores, where they
employed 1900 hai.ds, BEGAN business this
morning in the Mason i iIamlin building.
The great dry goods house Of Sargent Bro
t!crs caught lire II $50 Saturday night. In
iiiif Gn hour statesmen were on the way to
New York 10 lay III IL fresh stock Of goods,
and tie firm resume operations Immediately.
Their less was between 500 600 and 81 ,000-
0n0.
These are fur specimens Of the spirit
which anin!ale> the whole community. The
Hartford and Erie Company began to re-
..l.;d their dc!ot to-day, bit changed their
mi1dH ai;h dc'crlnin' q 10 NH"p" more ei;tio-
rate and costly plan. The merchants are
nurrying a,ou! 10 secure new premises. The
ci;r Is beginning 10 clear the Streets. Though
the stones are almost 700 not 10 DC hahuleo'
>e!hc OF me ol'S,','c'eo 'nolo''2Hl"ies are
already lit for travel
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ties are Ei"N'it '"':S''i"i S pans rl '''c liz.
ri"'t'hch' ~ inc IL" b"S'tH' anu E'ta'
Iu'HIi"h> u h!'-iiooi '"''s'i u'l''n' "'''N'i
must now "SSuni" $uch importance III every
cry OF NE WoI'o. lie Ioiiiii'oi' .oui'''I AK
Ut!'icrH'lhS upon improvements III tl!s imp
81 ;he hutil"H quarter. mere arc /" Nc ~
more h"!IG" E'liH", h'u h:o"". S"H'e"i
S,:t'l> ana open squares: ana me u" iElH ~
!" l1"I"i! are "'"f H''i'i"E ''' 'hc 'o .,1
d'!l"a |" u" IKE" i'll "f"ti /" lh":ih 10 '"i''''
Sti'H goo" i."!!'"' III H"'Hi N'ss' 2",'' e""!-
a-r H!a,f "i'';>tyf, SUCH ih''Fh' Su'i '!.'e'
l'iINc,"A4 Su"! Snitti S"l'$c, Gii'l"i t' PRAISE"
TOO Ni-l!iF. y cay NEuSc lIl"lclE1it~ are
made ot this sun VIII sopli tof@'t Il cN'aN'
tr"phc like al ~>o.puo.eoo hrr.
/ h" loss lias been estimated al ali amounts
from SSu.pOo,00 to sS2Jn,WO,Noo. Inc best
iudges agrcc TODAY upon the smaller Of these
figures. But very few vaults have been
reached. and no one can GUESS how much
NAV be recovered from the ruins. I saw
four or Eve safes opened on Washington and
Summer streets. and III every instance the
books end papers were rolGucd To a cindcr.
The Sul.rfca<ury, in the post-0Iirc build
iny. ron'aircd $4,000. 900: MI saved. Tie
money was c>c0ricl through state street to-
| ,',v i,r Two rani,y.Nir> Of marines and Il conf
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