Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-11-15
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ent benefit, for the flames jumped over the
gap almost instantly. The building was
close to the fire, and unless the blocks more
distant are speedily prostrated, the effect
will, of course, be simply nothing. The
trains were laid in Federal street, about two
o'clock, and the street Immediately cleared
for action. At S:45 o'clock this morning,
the destruction of the buildings in the path
of the conhagration, by the explosion OF
gunpowder, was begun in good earnest, the
shocks shaking the city to its foundation.
At 405 O'Clock . most terrific explosion
took place, which undoubtedly did good
service. stl 81. ale1o pI 7- T Nf
1 At4:S0 O'Clock the buildings on Devon
shire street were blown to atoms. A deter
mined effort is being made to prevent the
further progress of the flames northward-
! The Transcript building caught IRE just be-
| fore four o'clock, the flames bursting into
the rear, and spreading with such rapidity
that all hope of saving it was at once dis
/ PEELED. - d. F ... 7'-s. 1C.as l..H 10
1 At four O'Clock this morning the fire ex-
! tended from Washington street on the west
to the wharves on the east, and from Milk
street on the north to the Hartford " Erie
/ Railroad bridge on the south, the area OF
burnt district being roughly estimated at
/ 200 acres.
SO fierce was the march Of the flames, and
| so irresistible, that the merchants on Oliver
street, when they first were made aware of the
could not, on account of the heat, and there
! fore they were burned where they were. At
I an early hour in the evening, the State
Printing Office was destroyed. .ai $50 f.
| No one branch of business suffers so ex-
| tremely as the boot and shoe and hide and
| leather trades. The loss here must exceed
| greatly the one sustained by the dry goods
! jobbers. " ''' .et
| In the early hours of the morning plunder-
ing became general, and firms who had re@
moved their stocks to places of supposed Sc
curity out of doors, were the victims of these
| predatory rascaS. Arrests by police became
| so numerous that it was found impossible to
4 accommodate all the prisoners, and they
/ were therefore discharged from custody, az
| ter making restitution of the stolen property.
! Contrary to previous reports, all the dwell
! ings on Kingston street are safe. The same
is fortunately the case on Lincoln street.
| All residences OF the Fort Hill Section, So
| called, including Gridley, High and Broad
| streets, have been destroyed, rendering hun
dreds of families homeless and destitute. a
| On Washington street the fire was checked
| by five O'Clock this morning. In southerly
| direction it had not reached beyond Summer
street. The buildings on the southerly side
of the latter street remain standing, and
west of them, untouched with the flames,
| with the exception of the three nearest
Chauncey street. These were burned out,
though the walls remained standing, and
there was no further danger in this direc-
tion. .'.E - ...
On Washington street, the building of the
American Watch Company, on the north
easterly corner of Washington and Summer
streets, has been completely Quilted, but the
walls remained. North of this, on Washing
ton street, on the same side, all were de-
stroyed as far as the Transcript building,
though portions of the walls of some of the
buildings were left. Both Washington and
Summer streets are filled with bricks, NOR
tar. and huge stones, to the depth of several
feet. .r r s.. .....t ... . ..
A portion of the front of Trinity Church is
standing alone, to mark the location Of the
late beautiful edifice. .5 -.,-tf .,... .
Before five O'Clock, the fire found it's way
across Water street, and caught upon the
window-c -casngs and roof finish of simmons
Block, in which was the Boston Car Spring
,Company's Office and the Hide and Leather
Bank, and before an hour was passed, the
whole building was enwrapped. At quar-
ter to six the building on the opposite cor
ner of Congress street, where was the Shaw
NUT Bank and W. e. Lawrence 81 Co.'s store,
caught, and in ten minutes all hope of saw
ing it was gone. Northward, toward the
Post Office and State street, swept the
flames, and all hopes of stopping them by
water were shut off forever. At six o'clock
the walls Of the stone block where was s.
Norwell's store, fell with a crash which sent
sparks, dust and flames far heavenward-
the northerly corner of Federal and Milk
streets, and began it's career toward Kilby
and Broad streets, these were the northeast
erly limits at six o'clock, but as the outer
line of the flames change with every
moment, there is no telling where the
fire might be in half an hour.
, State, Devonshire, Congress, and KillS
streets, and Congress square, were, as far a
merchandise were concernci, on wheels
and as far as furniture was concerned,
on foot, for everybody was moving whatever
was portable. A large party of men were
engaged in tearing down signs in the vicinity
of Milk, Broad, and Kilby streets, and around
Liberty square. g9!lb ~ .-
The buildings totally destroyed on Devon
shire street, between Milk and Water streets,
were the Home Insurance Company, Eastern
Express Company, and the National Bank OF
the Common wealth. On Milk street, south
side, the buildings now in the path of the
flames and certain to burn are those occupied
by T. G. Caldwell q Co., Gilman Bros,
William B. Williams, s. e. Pierce 81 Sons,
Union Glass Company, and Harrington d
Dana. ''| ' "'+ Ut '' 9''
The Western Union Telegraph Company,
fearing the destruction of their premises, re-
moved their instruments to the Providence
Depot. t. G..a Et.#4.4 l.." Tta s.F g..
81. LATER DISPATCHES. .. .... ...,..
The flames are progressing with undated
fury and certainty toward State street. At
d QudTbcr U6IOT6 niue uhQ Tehcueu IN near
ly a straight line from Congress street
through Lindall to Kilhy street and Liberty
Square, both sides being on fire. & .
The rear of the Post-Offfce on Lindall
street is burning.
1t having become necessary to blow up the
building corner of Congress street and Con-
gress square, it was mined and exploded
shortly before nine. '@sTl A.s ".l- ".
The large granite front building at the
northwest corner of Lincoln and Kilby
streets, occupied by Vincent & Hutchins, in-
surance brokers, j. Wiley Edmunds, and sew
eral others, was also blown up at nine O'Clock,
though the effect of the blastiwas Of no ma
terial advantage. The inside was shattered,
but the walls and much of the wood work
was left standing, the latter In condition
to accelerate rather than retard the progress
of the fire.
The flames are making their wav with ,
gains certainly toward the corner of Broad
and State streets. 1t will, in all probability,
strike State street near the corner of Kilby
street, 1t being only three doors distant. At
nine O'Clock an effort is making to arrest its
progress BY blowing up the brick building
which is third from State street front, but
three explosions failed to make the desired
Impression. Nearly every building back OF
State street front, between Congress and q
Broad, have already been ruined, while kegs
of powder, with match in readiness for lights
ing, are placed in q large number OF build
ings in the vicinity of Broad street, ready to
rend them to pieces. o. s1;t.lW e51Ia $50
Quite distance of the Kilby street front,
next to State street, where the fire is hottest,
is of heavy granite, withg but little orna-
mental work to catch the flames; but next
to tits a very high granite Guiding belong
ing to the Shoe and Leather Exchange, and
is only separated from the raging fire. by it.
On Milk Street the fire has passed below
the corner of Oliver, on both sides, and is
very hot, and only single small block of
buildings between it and Broad street. Right