The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-11-16

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Ros,ou. loth-7A n.-A 1rs broke out
las, evening il ~ M end Of y hFse
five story eras,ss bsiiding, No. g y d
summer strsse. oos.es Of Kingston: TIE
buildipe d surrounded by . high 1aaaard
roof, osersoppise ~ osher bsi'dins' 70 the
immediate vicinity. Directly he aames
hogan 70 spread through The sss'! oeaea.h
this roof and before IN snsinc o. bose ca.
ria-c w, on the ground great volumes OF
flames suddenly burst from the rear OF tne
lower stories. and IN less than " minutes
the whole broad facade extending 'o"y ono
hundred feet along Kingston s''eet Va. .
sheet Of flames. q wss simultaneously .''
Summer street front. the heat being ." III
,cnsc Is 10 force the 6remcn away:
THE FIRE SPREADING.
Rv This time a strong wind sprang up'
tho flames began 10 sweep over summer
and Kingston sts., and despite the exes'ions
NJ tho Nr.nen. communicated To the build.
inps on the opposite cornerof Kingston ana
Summer s,s. q we'll " 70 the great o'ocK
on the corner Of Summer ard Otis street,
and IN less than half IN hour the flames
Iurst out of the roofs and oil up and down
the broad sud Immense structures. BY u'R
Tim. ne Wind had increased nearly to q
Gale, and the flames, having entire mastery,
sven. irresis,ibIy onward, driving the fire.
men from every vsn'age ground and rem
Ierinc all their exertions futile.
The block In which the fire started va
OCCUPIED by Tibl,et,s. Baldwin and DAVIS,
lrv goods; A. X. Young & Co., skirt and
corset factory; and Damon, Temple 4 Co.,
furnishing goods. Notwithstanding this
great building was In an incredibly short
spscc Of time completely leveled. its de-
struction had not progressed tar before the
flames and spsrks from it had lodged upon
oil tho buildings round about there. The
fire spread almost instantly In three d'rcc'
,ions-first to the adjoining block, then to
Kipgston block, where were number OF fine
brick aud granite buildings. occupied by
wholesale dealers In various kinds OF light
merchandise. All were engulted in rsps"
succession. About 10 O'Clock the flames
burst from the top Of the buildings on
Arch street, . dozen doors from Summer
street. and slmost before the existence 1T
the flames in this quarter was known. they
had spread down through the building and
were bursting ins perfect torrent from oil
the windows IN The front Of the fancy goods
store Of Hswley, Folsom & Martin.
THE HEART or THE CITY GOING.
The buildings in either direction were
immense stone and granitc structures occa
pied mainly by large wholesale dealers in
dry goods, furnishing goods. millinery, etc.
The Everett block, IN imposing granite
block on the corner of Otis and Sumner
streets, was soon In flames, and now the
fire began to creep steadily up both sides Of
Summer 4strset, crawling from roof to roof
opposite the Everett, and involving the 3D.
joining buildings almost in . moment. BY
this time the eutirsroof Of the Everett block
was sheet of fame, sending high into the
cir . lurid column Of flame and burning
brands. The flames then stretched scroes
narrow Arch street and moved rapidly up
toward Washington street. sweeping away
. score Of wholesale houses situated on this
tboroughfare.
winthrop Square, the very centre of the
great wholcssle trade of the city, embracing
some Of the usse costly mercantile bol)d.
ipgs ever erected In this country. and ooca.
pied by such gssst nrms y JaA II. Dssbss
4 Co., Stewart & Co., Anderson, Heath b
Co.. and 40 or 20 Others, was before 10
O'Clock r. II. one mass Of ruipa On King.
sson streets Nos. II 10 u inclusive were
occupied by commission houses, and were
destroyed. The other buildiugs On this
street were dwellings, and escaped.
1Anls.E8s DBrvES OUT. stt
About II O'Clock, the scene In Lincoln,
Essex, South Fsdsnsl and other streets In
thst immediate neiehbosbood, wss one Of
The saddest Of tho night Hundreds OF men,
women and children were hurrying along,
laden With every variety Of household goods,
and behind them the roaring flames tapping
up their houses, before they could get half
or even quarter Of their goods, IN the street.
wHARvEs AND 1AILsoAD DsPoEs 1ClxED
The fire ez'enl sess adset tisso'a
street.
On Russia wharf oil the buildings mostly
used BY g.psper aud junk merchants were
destroyed There were no vessels lying 1t
this wharf. At Robbins' wharf schooner
was destroyed - were the coal sheds and .
large quantity of1umbss On the pser. TIE
wharf Ut the Hartford b Erie II. r. was
burned - also wss the passenger station.
This Company y u tie foot Of Samner st.
THE FIRE uExxED IN.
Ats O'Clock, p. M. . hassy visit In the
ncighborhood Of the southern boundary OF
the 6rsr(vSiled TIA lact thst ths Aassss tnd
not extended for up Kingston and Colum.
bio streets In southesnly direction, but had
burned along the ends Of those streets max.
Ing pQQRseea1g RsQad s(se4 to The water
front "a u thiosgh the sudth oove disssic.
where wooden buildings sre numberless.
There were In action numsrous steamers 10
prevent the apread of the arP sidsvays and
keep II our Of Ne thickly popslAsJa AiS-
tricta The United States Hotel was the
nearest public building ia. the line Of the
fss spreading sidswsys spd many occupants
were active In uzsving trunks asd oss,sr
sMall baggage u rlaees 1soss sscuse.a y'a5
A visit 70 Summer street showed the flsc
to have advanced On he south aide ~ ~
west - HoveyS dry goods saecs, ~ upper
porsson of which was then on firs. The
wind had uodesased some, but the 6rs
seemed eating IT. way nor,hwards to Wash.
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