Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-28

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condition to accelerate rather Than rctaTd
the progress OF the IRE.
The flames are making their way with
gains certainly toward the corner OF Broad
and state streets, 1t will, IN all probability,
strike state street near the corner OF hllhy
street, 1t being only threc doors Instant, Az
nine o'clock an effort Is making 10 arrest Its
progress by blowing up the brick building
which Is third from state street front, put
three explosions failed to make the desired
Impression. Nearly every building back OF
State street front, between Congress and
broad, have already been ruined, white Kegs
OF powder, with match In readiness Tor iight-
ing, are placed IN Il large NUMBER oil ouhd-
ings in the vicinity OF Broad street, ready 10
rend them TO pieces.
p The Merchants Exchange, including the
Pcst.Oflice, has gone. The mails, however,
have been saved, and the st'ofhc Will
open in Faneuil Hall tomorrow.
At eight O'clock the fire Is sweeping mp
Deyonshlre, Congress, ana Water streets,
and the Merchants Exchange on state street
Is threatened,
Eleven o'clock-it 10 believed That the hre
Is now so far under control that 1t Will not
cross State street.
BY half past eleven O'Clock the progress OF
the fire toward the water, in the direction OF
hIiby and Central streets, seemed TO be ell
f~ectually stopped, and streams OF water were
used in eXtinguishlng the flames among the
ruins, which present the appearance of utter
devastation.
BY the most strenuous exertions the tre>
men succeeded IN subdulng the names ABOUT
] the p0gt-Diftpp- so bV noon nothing was dis
ccrnible IN the interior In the way OF a blaze,
and strong hopes are entertained that the
building will be saved, though Varlous DC"
partments in the inside will he thoroughly
drenched with water. ,
The confagration was got under control az
about one O'Clock, having, in the space OF
fifteen hours, destroyed hundreds OF the cost
LEST and most substantial warehouses IN lhe
country, and temporarily paralyzed three
of the leading mercantile interests, the shoe
and leather, wool and dry goods trades. 1t
is said that there Is not one wholesale shoe
and leather establishment lett IN boston.
The wool trade has suffered IN an equal de-
gree, ana the dry goods ana lobblng houses
lett are few ana iar hetween' Inc Nlnth
regiment, with attachments from other reg
iments, amounting TO l,@U men, are on duty
for the protection OF property ana the pres
erVatloh OF order.
a meeting OF prominent cltlZens was heid
0 II the { I HAL fh1A nttpInnGn ltrHS1lEn over
hy MayoT Gestnn M Which Lencnurngirc
s ~ u,ora ,n1de and npergn,ic arfio6n
urged in order 70 alleviate the snfe,,rgs of
ne needy az we'll "a fnr The rehpIding of
I'M hurnf district nnmerou. Relief Cnm-
mlttee YVES appointeI. OF ~hlc'. william
bnii dai1v session. A BIrean If Relief was
also or'raniynS ri which eSsgayor Norrross
;s ne rTrea srrsr
- ne new POST and sub.Trpasurv
huildipg was far a lonp time eyDosed TO the
Gerre g9u,rs ord smnE2o Int Rae scarcely
scarrod Tbis roossiye fre'nroof structure
so~sd tho Rnston V,,.,,i 5g ghtsi GriIding al.
rer,Iv nnnosi+n and he,,,nd GREATLY in pre-
,,cnffng h. dyr from ran atich;n3g stats street,
Tbc Ma Snrth Cbrrch o,sn escaned
th1ng,, several lines Of, ~ nm for lost, The
rmstiT a,d haqntiTnl T,gysr,ilt 6niidinr and
C sGr = A. : Pratt,. iawrIrv cstnbIiehfnrnf on
the o]pposlte corner Of MIX street, we're