The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-11-10
LOSS ESTIMATED AT MILLIONS.
DISTINCTIVE FIRE IN NEW
YORK.
AN AGED COUPLE KILLED
THROUGH A MISTAKE.

| '"f "e u VI IN iE 30.
BosToS, Nov. 0.--very extensive con.
aagration is now raging ct tho corner Of
Summer and Kingston streets, extending
east and west on Kingston street and
north and south on Summer street. En-
gines are hauled by hand.
LATER.
There is no abatement to confsgraton,
1t is the most extensive fire tina. has visited
Boston for twenty years, being it the solid
dry goods portion OF the city. 1t has eX-
tended entire length of Winthrop square,
which embraces A. T. Stewards, j. NJ
Beebes, Anderson, Heath & Co.'S, and
Houghton, Perkins Il Co.'S stores. No c..
innate Of the loss can be given, but report
ers say 1t will 20 into millions. The
subur ban re department. has been called
upon. The fire 10 now =, its height The
buildings are principally Of granite. A
northwest wind is prevailing. The press
here call 1t second Chicago.
THE FIRE STILL RACING.
| BosToS, Nov. 9, IL p.m.-The fire is
now within two blocks of the Western
Union telegraph Office. Operators are
taking up their instruments and preparing
to vacs,e. Lnc men and material have
been ordered to Boston from adjoining
towns, SO that il connection with New
York is lost, which now seems very
likely, it will probably lie soon restored,
certainly At an early hour in the morning,
II not tonight. The FIRE has now travelled
half mile through the heart Of the bust.
ness portion of the city, and is spreading
with frigh,ful rapidi,y.
ELEvES-THIRTY Pm.
The fire is now progressing towards
Broad street, having swept both sides Of
Summer street to High street and pur-
chase street. Goods are being removed
from stores in every direction in the vicin-
ity OF the fire. Engines have been ,ele-
grsphed Tor from Providence, Worcester
and other places.
MIDNIGHT.
The fire is moving up franklin street.
snd has nearly rescued Howley strest.
Cathedral building, corner OF Devenshire
and Franklin streets, 10 on fire, with no
hopes of saving il. The flames are also
spreading on Federal and Congress streets.
Every kind Of vehicle is impressed NOV.
ing goods. The Gre has reached the
Broad street whsrves, South Congress
street, and vessels are on Are. Hartford
and Erie railroad depot 10 burned.
TwELvE.rHIBTY AN
1t 10 feared the entire area from Sum.
ner street on the south, to Washington
street on the west, to Milk street on the
north, to the water on the east, will be
laid waste. Pearl street has 80 far 60.
capped. Heat is intense.
ONE O'CLOCK A. N.
The flames have reached Washington
street, north Of Franklin. The Transcript
building is on fire, also all the splendid
granite warehouses on Franklin square,
Winthrop square and vicinity are burned.
Fears are now entertained that the flames
will sweep everything to State street, If
not further north.
NEW YORK, Nov. "a fire on Tween.
ty-eighth street extending to Twenty.
seventh street this morning burned Cars
stair building factory, Brossington's plan
ing mill, Mays packing box factory,
Martins machine shop, Welch's planning
mill, a large tenement house, a grocery,
and dwelling house. Loss $4,000.
STEAMER KATIE TOTAL LOSS.
MEMPHIS, Nov. 9.-Dnpatches received
at late hour last night, state that the
steamer Katie sunk at Helena, yesterday
morning. She had broken in two and
would prove total loss. She originally
cost nearly s?0c, to0 and was partly owned
BY Capt. Conner, her commander, and WAS
insured for 100000 in the Cincinnati and
Wheeling offices.
rHIRTY-EIoHT MEN KILLED IN A MINE.
PARIS, Nov. Sat the village of Mon.
ceaux, while the miners were at work in
the mine, an explosion of fire damp took
place, causing the death Of thirty eight
men.
KILLED THROUGH \ MISTAKE.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Nov. 9.-Last
night Avery Plummer and wife, of Ellis.
bury, Jefferson county, n. Y, were pas
sengers on tho western bound night ex-
press train, over the Vandslia line, and
should have left the train at this point,
and taken the morning train for Evans
willie, whittier they were bound, bat they
failed TO obey the directions Of the con-
ductor, Snd he found them on tho train
after it had started west from here. He
then srranged for them to stop at Mar.
shall, the first stopping place, and come
back on the next train this way. Before
reaching Marshall, the conductor missed
the aged couple from tho cars and search
failed to find them. Men hunted for them
throughout the night, and ~ daylight,
found their dead bodies under Clear creek
trustle. They had evidently mistaken the
slowing of the train customary at this
point, for the stopping place, had stepped
of and fallen on the jagged rocks nifty
Ave feet below the track, meeting instant
death.