The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-11-22
THE FIRE FIEND.
Terrible Conflagration in
Boston.
One Hundred Acres I'm the Heart
ofthe City Destroyed.
Loss Upward OF Ono Hundred Million
Dollars.
Thrilling Details Of the Conaa-
grafton.

Thrilling Details OF the Conaa-
grafton.
The calamity that befell the city o
Chicago thirteen months ago has been
repeated in Boston with almost fearful
exactness. The following dispatche,
tell the terrible story of ruin and de
vastation:
Boston, Nov. "a fire broke out thus even
ing in one Of the large dry goods warehouse,
on Summer street. 1t spread on Summe,
street, sweeping in its course several large
buildings occupied by dry goods. leather and
other wholesale and commission merchants
Thence it spread eastward and southwark
consuming all before 1t. The efforts Of the
splendid fire department appeared to be use.
less, for the confagration kept on its remor.e.
less way, as it did in Chicago, reaching Broad
| street, quarter Of mile from where it com.
menced. 1t was soon raging among the
wooden buildings which extend for . mile on
the edge OF the harbor toward South Boston,
including coal-yards. wood-yards, ,grain-stores
blacksmith-shops, and such tinder-like mat .
swept on to Kilby street. the magnificent gran
ite buildings on Federal, Franklin and Water
streets seeming to offer no impediment to the
flames.
The great granite dry goods house Of Beebe
Co., and other equally heavy Wholesale
merchants, have succumbed to the flames.
Nearly all the agencies and store-houses of
the various cotton mills and print works of
Lowell and Lawrence have boen burned, with
immense stocks Of goods, alone worth mill
ions of dollars.
In Kilby street the buildings wore OF old
fashioned, heavy granite construction, mostly
occupied by hardware dealers, whose losses
are simply immense.
The different railroads sent special locomo-
tves to Cambridge, Charlestown and other
suburban towns for engines, aud the fire de-
partments Of those towns have been doing
hsrculean work.
The whole population Of the city turned
out, aud the scene was one Of the grandest
that can be conceived.
The streets are crowded with vehicles, car
rying away from the track Of tho FIRE demon
the effects Of the unfortunates who are every
be invaded.
The fro is sweeping everything before it,
stone and iron appearing to offer no impedi-
ment to its onward progress. and 1t threat
ems TO involve the whole city in ono common
ruin.
$40 Q. m.-Lurid columns Of hamo and
smoke, detonations caused by blowing up OF
buildings, and the crushing and falling OF
walls makes the scene grand and terrific.
The whole Of Pearl street is in runs. Tho
heat is 90 intense that the fremen cannot fight
fearful effect. Building after building II be-
ing blown up, with the only apparent effect Of
increasing the terrible volume Of fame.
The flames were under the control Of the
fremen at p. m. on Sunday. and no further
spread Of the fire is anticipated. The follow
ing dispatch received from Boston on Monday
morning, gives brief account Of the calamity
from the beginning:
The most destructive fire ever known in the
city of Boston broke out last night and ragged
twenty hours, having destroyed large por-
ton Of the business part Of the city. The
flames broke out about half-past seven o'clock
last night in the rear end OF . large five-story
granite building, Nos. 81. 80, and 9l Summer
street, on the corner Of Kingston street. This
roof, overlapping all the other buildings in
the Immediate vicinity. The flames soon be-
gan to spred through the story beneath this
roof, and before an engine or hose carriage
was on the ground great volumes Of flames
suddenly burst out from the rear lower stories
Of the building, and in less than twenty min
utes the whole facade, extending 100 feet
dlOuR hlukbtOu btIccit was OuC bucot VI hic,
as was also the Summer street front the heat
being 30 intense as to force the firemen away
from the immediate viclniny. BY this time
strong wind had been created and the flames
at once began to meet over Summer and Kings
ton streets. The firemen worked desperately.
but despite the exertions Of every branch OF
the department the fire soon communicated
with buildings on the opposite corner Of Kings
ton and Summer streets, as we'll IS to the
Uro hINcl IN the nf 2uunmAr and Otis
streets, and within half an hour the flames
were bursting from the roofs ali along the
broad sides Of these immense structures.
The wind has now increased to almost .
gale, and the flames swept from block TO
block, and corner to corner, driving the fire-
men before them and rendering their efforts
useless. The fire made its way steadily up
both sides of Summer street, and 1t about III
o'clock flames burst from the top Of building
on Arch street. dozen doors from Summer.
Almost before the fire had been discovered in
this new quarter the flames had spread
down through the building, and soon extended
to each side. At this time the whole roof Of
Everett Block was 4 sheet Of fame. Tho fire
soon leaped across the narrow Arch street,
and moved rapidly up toward Washington
street. The flames continued to spread dur
ing thu night and the forenoon, despite the
fact that o number Of buildings were blown
up; but at about noon the flames were got
under the control of the Fire Department.
It is too early to make any close estimate Of
the loss, but it cannot fall short Of Sl00, ,000,-
600, and may 60 fifty millions above that
figure. The tract burned includes Winthrop
Square, the very center Of tho great whole
sale trade Of the city. and including some Of
the most costly mercantile buildings ever
erected in this country. The burnt district
is bounded by Summer, Federal, Broad, Con-
tral, Water, Washington, and Bedford streets.
Its area is one hundred acres.