Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-11-13
The Fire I'm Boston.

10 this country, ragged In Boston all Satur.
day night aud Sunday. and is no, yet eI,
tinguished. though its limits have protab-
" been fixed. IL Was located in the hnesi
blocks in Boston or in America. and raw.
aged il completely. 10 help to FIX lis de-
tails, our readers may recall the quarter
of the city lying on the east side of Wash,
ingtOn street between State and Summer
streets. aaring out little broader on the
east to the wharves. Ii was quite nearly
the shape Of faa hali.opt ned. with the
old posi-offce on State street for its pivo-
tai point (nOrth). Broad street for the east.
cru stick aud Washington street for the
western, aud Summer street aud part OF
Broad for the fringe (sOuth) of the fan.
Beginning at Broad aud counting toward
Washington, we End between the two and
running in the same general direction,
(from Summer convvrging on State street)
Oliver, Pearl, Congress, Federal, Devon
shire combining into itself at Winthrop
square. Arch aud Otis srreeis) and Haw-
ley, which does not run clear through to
State, but stops at Milk. Running cross
wise the fan aud counting from the outer
edge or Summer street, we find franklin,
Milk and Water streets, then State.
The fire originated on the outer edge Of
the fan toward the south west corner, at
the corner of summer aud Kingston street.
Kingston is the street that runs of from
Beach, by the side of the United States
hotel, and after passing Summer is called
Otis. The building Isl SO, 81 Summer)
was fine granite block of five stories, sur
with high mansard roof, over
topping all other buildings in that immedi-
ate vicinity. Directly us the flames began
to spread though the story beneath this
roof, aud before an engine or hose car
riage was on the ground, great volumes Of
smoke suddenly burst out from the rear
ower stories of the building, and in less
han 20 minutes the whole facade, extend
Dg fully 100 feet along Kingston street,
was one sheet of flame, as was also ut the
,ame time the Summer street front, the
heat being 20 intense as to force the fire.
men away from the immediate vicinity.
This block was occupied on the first and
upper floors by Tibbcits, Baldwin d Davis,
Try goodsjobbcrs. A. X. Young Il Co.
the third and fourth stories as
for skirts aud corsets giving
employment to about 300 men. The sec.
md floor was occupied by Damon, Temple
y w., furnishing gUUus. Notwltnstahu.
ng the granite building, it was in almost
IN incredibly short space oftime complete
Y levcled to the ground.
In less than half an hour the fire had
capped across Kingston stress and across
summer street to the corner blocks. The
'ind had now risen to gale, and was
irving the fire from roof to roof aud street.
he fremen making not the slightest i'm.
ression with their tiny streams of water
n the intense heat. In an Instant, az
seemed, the blocks above and below on
hummer street and across it were in flames,
ut little progress was made southwark
Il Kingston. The structures OPP osite and
longside were all four or FIVE stories high.
nj OF imposing architecture and granite
ronts. Nearly opposite. on the corner Of
it's and summer streets, was the immense
.verett block, occupying the site of the
ID Everett mansion. This, and all the
Their blocks on the north side Of the street
on caught upon the roofs and filed with
ames. The fire now rushed along the
'ofs up Summer street toward Washing
N, on the south side, as far as G. +. How
4 Co.'S magnificent building, and on
lie north up to the square, old granite
'wer of Trinity church, envelcping that
ructure. Great fears were felt that it
ould 60 southvard into Central court,
1velop the great building of Jordan. t
larsh and Co.. and thus gain Washington
rect, but such was no: its course.
Meantime the heat from tho immense /
verett building carried the fire north. ]
ard through Arch aud Otis streets TO ]
Ilnthrop square the most imposing Gen. d
4 OF trade in this country. where are ]
Gated the great business houses of A T. :
ewart' James Bcebe, etc. BY II O'Clock q
ese superb blocks and lofty mansards n
ere al IN fiames. sending up showers of d
arks and great fakes of fervent cinders. a
rom this center the fre'spread to all the 6
joining streets. The fire penetrated n
'wn Summer to Bedford. crossing thence il
'wn to Hartford and Erie station and "
hart, then northerly, sweeping along t
ound Broad AMI Pearl streets nearly TO b
ate. On State, no fronts are burned. a
II the rears Of some Of the. blocks have /
ffered severely Ernm Summnr nnrih il