Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-11-15
The Boston Fire.
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Continued from First Page.
Is yet small chance to save State street by
fearlessness and promptness. In the square
formed by Doane, State, Kilby, and Broad
building on fire, and that had just com.
1nenced, at the corner of Kilby and Doane
streets. In other quarters the fire seems to
have somewhat subsidized, or at least reached
its extreme limit. IF the flames are not stop
ped by superhuman effort, in Kilby street,
the following banks will have to succumb;
Atlantic National, Atlas National, Eagle Ma
tional, and the Shoe and Leather National.
There are also large numbers of insurance
companies in the same street threatened
with the same disaster. ..~v,-s.
The Merchants Exchange, including the
Post Office, has gone. The mails, however,
have been saved, and the Post Office will
open in Faneuil Hall tomorrow.
At eight O'Clock the fire is sweeping up
Devonshire, Congress, and Water streets
and the Merchants Exchange on State street
is threatened &8#t
Eleven o'clock-It is believed that the fire
is now SO far under control that it will not
cross State street. + ii 5.t M S ff
by half past eleven o'clock the progress oil
the fire toward the water, in the direction
of Kilby and Central streets, seemed to be eff
fectually stopped, and streams of water
were usedin extinguishing the flames among
the ruins, which present the appearance Of
utter devastation,
By the most strenuous exertions the fire
men succeeded in subduing the flames about
the Post-Ofice, so by noon nothing was dis
cernible in the interior in the way of blaze
and strong hopes are entertained that the
building will be saved, though various de-
partments in the inside will be thoroughly
drenched with water 8bs5sN - $685.
The conflagration was got under control at
about one O'clock having, in the space OF
fifteen hours, destroyed hundreds of the cost
lest and most substantial warehouses in
the country, and temporarily paralyzed three
of the leading mercantile interests, the shoe
and leather, wool and dry goods trades 1t
is said that there is not one wholesale shoe
and leather establishment left in Boston.
The wool trade has suffered in an equal de-
gree,g and the dry goods and jobbing houses
left are few and far between. The Ninth
regiment, with detachments from other reg
iments, amounting to ] 200 men, are on duty
for the protection of property and the pres
eryation of order. ~ .-e.<f t( jolL
a meeting of prominent citizens was held
in the City Hall this afternoon, presided oyer
by Mayor CASTOR, at which encouraging
speeches were made and energetic action
urgedi in order to alleviate the sufferings of the
needy, as well as for the rebuilding of the
burnt district; A numerous Relief Commit
tee was appointed, of which William Gray is
Chairman, e The Committee will hold daily
sessions. ,rA Bureau of Relief was also or
ganized, of which ex-MayOr Norcross is the
Treasurer z. f-.t.l
The new Post. Office and Sub Treasury
building was for q long time exposed to the
fierce flames and smoke but was scarcely
SCARED. This massive fire -prOof structure
saved the Boston Morning Post building
directly opposite and helped greatly in pre-
venting the fire from reaching State street.
The Old South Church also escaped,
though several times given up for lost. The
costly and beautiful Transcript building and
CGrrer d Pratt's jewelry establishment, on
the opposite corner of Milk, street, were
burned.a The Eastern Express Office was
saved, though reported at one time as burn
5gT.t 9 niAsEooND' FIRE. ~..@-.E1
- BosToN, November II, 430 a. m.
The fire broke out with renewed vigor at
about midnight, in almost the same spot
where it first originated. 1t was caused by
the explosion OF gas in the buildings occupied
by VIM. r. Storrs 81 Co., in Summer street.
Thefront walls of the building were blown
into the street and set fire to the store,
which extended back into Central Court. r
Owing to- frequent gas explosions, the
firemen were for some minutes deferred
from going into close proximity to the burn
ing building, but, despite the danger, the
fremen soon had streams playing upon the
burning building.
From Storr's establishment the flames
spread rapidly, and communicated to the
extensive building on the corner of Summer
and Washington streets, occupied on the
ground floor by Messrs. Shrieve, Crump &
Low, jewellers and dealers in elegant gas
fixtures. The upper stories were occupied
by the Wheeler e Wilson sewing machine
warerooms, Lowell & Brett, eli gil GERS, and
by two or three custom tailors. Efforts to
stay the progress of the flames were I'M
awaiting, and IN less than half an hour the
magnificent block on the corner of Wash
ton and Summer streets was doomed.
The flames leaped from the windows and
curled themselves about the cornices. Soon
the vast pile was in, shroud of fame. The
special train from Manchester, N. H., which
arrived in the city at five o'clock, brought
two steam engines from the Amoskeag
Works, and hose carriage, with men
enough to run all three. One steamer is
self-propeller, and worked very handily. The
men were fresh and went to work xviii, With
iuncture that tue Steain6rsWere. on hand, for
the water force at the hydrants was very
small, hardly enough to force a stream to
the secOnd-story windows.
Among the arrivals was an engine COM
pany of seventy-ive men from BiddefOrd,
Me. The range OF three-story brick build
ings lately occupied by Jordanfs 81 Marsh, but
within few days taken possession of by
Crosby & Morse, who were to throw the
whole into grand store in connection with
their Washington street establishment, took
fire, and were very soon in flames. Down
Summer street the flames crept along stead
lily, and at two o'clock only one building re-
manned between, the fire and G. F. Hovey q
CO. building Back of their premises is
situated the Parker Hotel, which now seems
doomed, not only to its own destruction,
but threatens to be the means of communi-
eating the fire to Jordan Il Marsh's retail
building and all the Avon street property.
Had the proper authority shut off the gas
frouIthe whole burnt district early on Sun
day morning1the present dreadful situation
would have been ayerted.7 All the property
along the line of Washington street which
has now been destroyed, or is in imminent
danger, would have been saved had not the
explosion given the flames fresh encourage
ment. 20. 3EEt 8E3 % tH-. sE"'s.r e. +. -a.
UNDER CONTROL. a sE-
5a. m.-The fire is now believed to be I'M
der good control, and unless very strong
wind should spring up, no more fresh fires
are apprehended.
sNzaa LATER. a. So
A New York dispatch dated at II 40 a. m,
November II, says the fire was we'll under
control, and had not gone beyond the limits
reported in the morning.
4~r~e - ~rr ~ BosToN November H.
Thesnewrfre was cot fully under control
about four o'clock this morning. Jordan &
Marsh's store was saved, though at one time
it was declared hopeless case. Shreve,
Crump q Lowe were burned out.
The last fire was causedb by an explosion of
gas about midnight, and the report was
heard all over the city. Several other ex-
plosions of gas, apparently in the sewers,
occurred soon after the fire broke out shat
tering the glass in Shreve, Crump 4 loves
store, and upheaving the surface of the
earth 50 as to crack the pavement deeply.
Despite these terrific outbtlrsts the firemen
maintained their position in Summer street,
doing good service. Only twenty-five Bos-