Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-11-13

/ which fairly struck terrier to stout nearSs'
All the vessels at the contiguous WharVe5
on whose decks the sparks now began TO IAN
| in showers were pushed out OF the reach VI
| the eonflgration. About mlqh.Sh' 'no
flames which continued to gather energy
as thew rushed on, had envelOped the build
ipgs on both sides of High street, down to
the corner of Congress street. the astound-
ing rapidity with which the new brick ana
granite blocks in that vicinity wee gutteu
| Nv the fire convinced all who saw them that
Pearl street, as well as Congress street was
doomed to quick destruction. It was truly
terrible to witness such substantial and cost
| ly blocks, as the granite buildings occupied
| nv William B. Sp0oner and company on Con-
gress street. succumb to the flames. The
| fire seemed TO attack these structures with
equal readiness at every point, and they
appeared to fade away before 1t. 1nere
was something tigerish in the rush OF the
flames through and over the great shoe ana
leather stores, and when it reached the wool
stores, their force was accelerated seven
| fold.
At one O'Clock, q solid mass OF flame
Quarter of a mile in width was moving up
toward State street, and parallel Win 1t. IL
was plain that the LIST stand against the
lnortbward course OF the flames must De
made along State street. From one 90 two
O'CLOCK the fire was at its height. w hlle IL
had progressed 50 rapidly IN the direction OIL
State street on the other, il had continued It's
course up Summer street, taking 10 the
Mercantile building, and then grand oiu
| trinity Church, while also burning with
Hess energy the buildings on the other side
| Of the street Then It began to be feared
that the long line of steamers in Washing
ton street even could not stem the tide OF
fire and # they could not then fremont
street and all Che buildings between School
street and Winter street were doomed, and
heaven only could know where and when the
devastation would stop
As the hour OF midnight approached anu
the great light which now asst It's mig y
glare over the whole city aud Tor cores OF
miles OF the country around grew constant
lv brighter, u gre It AMI excited company oI
men. whose Interest IN the event VI the
night WIS the sharp, matter-ot-idct consid-
Grafton of prop erty, came from every dlrec-
ton in thronss, and q ter them came large
force of draws and One-hoTee teams to DO
their bidding. There was no room IN the
narrow streets for IOiterers aow Inc IRE
| was already setting Its teeth upon the rear
walls Of the stores on the east side ot W ash
ington street, and on both sides c0Jrs were
burst open and hundreds Ot stalwart arms
bent to the work o; relieving these es-
Establishments Of their most valuable CON
tents.
Rough looking express wagons were driven
away Ir4m the bookstores tull Oi the
choicest works Of standard literature In
sumptuous bindings, thrown IN Aeiter
skelter Older teams carried away the con-
tents Of carpet stores and the various retail
establishments. Messrs. Weeks and Potter
we're notably active in clearing out their es-
Enlistment. This being continued Tor two
hours, while the fire was raging most terri
bly,, caused the principal streets 50 Brilliant
~ illuminated, = have tn appearances OF
life and hustle usually presented az midday.
The fire kept on and began % break
through the rear walls OF the stores between
Franklin street and the DID South By
three O'Clock both the buildings on the cor
ner on Frankhn street were envel0ped 10
flames, aud ali the Efforts OF the hremen were
Dent toward saving the Marlborough uJtel
which several times caught FIR Ii came
through W u a rush mo the clothing Cstab-
llshment of Jacobs i Deine aad the magnl-
ficent store OF Macutlar. Williams X Parker
At this time 1t appetvej bT a. means Ger
tain tla5 the firc,nen WplIi BE a1te u shield
the upper side OF Washington street, ami the
lpeJple w-0 inlaot Montgomery place,
Province street aud court and Vicinity pre-
pared for an early ana h1Srv departure
Many of them JooS out their goods AMI place1
them in TIE Ola Granny bI~yIn- grOuni
Of the fed %, ire, hundreds vt people who IN.
habit the dwelling houses tbar are cit below
Pearl street "a the F-rJ Hi, territory We're
forced TO convey L cir goods and caattels @
the open space 10 that vicinity. which at
dav-break was almost completely covered
with vagraat furniture. At an early hour
IN the morning a company OF marines ar
rived from CbariesJoNn and cook up their
position ON " ashiugt-n stree. where thew
as On he .a-.. va {
engines continued 70 arrive FROM uei-hb3r-
lnL towns cHnstaur.y, lai a. toy appeared
1 IN Washington street they were heartily
chely-d by tie spectators
A. day break, the fire Vas completely en-
cIrcied 10y line @. e gIne-, all OF which
we're aard at woEk to prevent tie spreading
OF jle Gro i was, tlahk Heaven. "a gal
LAM aud winning fight no - as.liu -tsu street
Hhe buildings continued from three 20 SIX
A Il. TO burn through ana iaH ga frequent
" endaugering tHe lives &c the brave men
10 were tending the engines but a few
ieet distant. But the Ere never fairly got a
to1thold On tn upper side, aad 80 confidence
became again party q, stor, u. ana there was
less danger II panic By daylight, too.
the fire " uiy ia hand from tIr corner OF
Summer and Washington sire Z t,va alans
its southern line and only continued to rage
with undated fury on tie 3taee street side,
and down Milk street toward Broad. Ii
was Tor long time question whether the
new new Transcript buuIiu.5 su Washington
street, near the corner OF Milk. would be
destroy ed. dozen times it seemed on fire.
au1 Yet the flames kept off and did not de-
your Il. But he fire continued 10 rage on
HawIey street. aud bGrucd 40 against the
rear 0j the TRANSCRIPT Office buildtug iercely.
The fremen could not save II Far greater
was the interest which hinge on the tate OF
; the Cd South Church, which thousands be-
leved TO be DO lmed, and 1t thll once got
iaIrly on fire 1t seemed posslb Die, aud indeed
probable, that the fire mi ght march on HMM
terrnpted across Washington street to Court
street. The extinction OC the flames in the
buildings on the other side of Mix street
prevented this terrible expansion of the dis
laSter. The new post Office building formed
an effective barrier To the fl INES below that
point, and shielded the magnificent new
RialtO building ON he simmons estate On
Dev0nshlre street. But through tie ii nder
boxes on Congress street adjacent 10 the
new post Office and down Mix street and
around to Water street, the flames seemed to
move unIm peded Thus the destruction on
Congress street and kubv street was far
greater than on Devoushire street where the
fine building of the Boston Posi- was saved IN
spite Of the burning of the half completed
block on the Simmons estate below it.
Along the northerly side of Water street,
below the Post building, ar0 und through
Liberty square and down among Tie oil aud
crOckery stores in Milk street the fire was
still spreading rapidly when the full light
OF day oyercame and dispelled the red glare
OF ire which had enshrouded the city dur
ing the llvelong night At hali-past eleven
all that was lett of the Winthrop block.
the bare walls, fell in with crash which
shook the ground and buildings within a