The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-11
patch to Mr. Boutwell, allndes to tic Gcw
pcst-off.c on Dcyonsbire street.

havoc and after having destroyed hundreds
OF tie costliest buildings in the country and
temporarily plralyzing the shoe and leather,
wool and dry goods trades. Not one whole
SHE shoe and leather establishment is left.
The wool-houses have suffered in like man.
ner, and the dry goods iobbipg-houses are
few. and far between. ..... .ter5
Among the burned ore Bowen & Brown;
Sleeper, Fisk s Co.; Stephenson & Brothers
u. +. Ives 81 Co.; DespauX, Blake Dc Co.;
A. D. Williamson S Co.; aud Rice, Kendall
Z Co. (paper dealers). The material OF the
Transcript was put in the cellar, and some
of it may lie saved. The walls OF the Post
building will probably stand.
Tie Ninth regiment and attachments from
other regiments arc OF duty protecting pro-
perty.
PROGRESS OF THE coSFLAGRAT1oN.
BosT0N, November 10.-Thc following arr
the particulars OF. tue progress of tho tire:
At Il quarter before 8 O'clock the IRE had
reached, in nearly straight line, from Con
Sress street through LindalI to kIby
street and Liberty Square, both sides being
Oh fire. The rear OF the post-oiticc, OH Lin
dali street, is burning. 1T having become
necessary to blow up the building ut the
corner Of Congress street untt Congress
before 0 o'clock. Tie large grunitc.front
building ut the northwes. corner of Lindall
aud hllby streets, occupied by Vincent l.
Hutchiugs, insurance brokers, J. w. Ed
wards, and others, was also blown I'D
ut the same hour, though the effect
of the blast was apparently of no
material advantage. The inside WAS
shattered, but the walls and much of tie
woodwork was left standing, the latter i'll
condition to accelerate rather than Ietard the
progress of the fire. / he e !mes are making
their way with rapid certainty towards the
corner OF Broad and State streets. The fire
will in all probability strike State street hear
the corner of kilby, it being only three dools
distant at 9 O'clock. An effort is making to
arrest the flames by flowing up the brick
building which is tho third door from the
State-Street front, but three explosions tailed
TO make the desired impression.
Nearly every building back of the State
Street front, between Congress aud Broad
streets, has been already mined, while kegs of
powder, with the match III readiness for
lighting, are placed under large number Of
buildings in the vicinity of Broad street,
ready to rend them In piece>- Quite dis
tance of the kiby.Sueet front and State
street, where the fire Is hottest. is of heavy
granite, with but little or no ornamental
work to catch the flames; but next to it is
very high granite building belonging to
| the Shoe and Leather Exchange, and only
| separated from the raging fire by it.
On Milk street the ire has passed below
| the corner Of Oliver street on both sides and
is very hot, with only single small block
of buildings between it and Broad street.
| Right In the vicinity are many large stores
| filled with oil, paints, and liquors, and if
these are caught there seems to be no posi-.
ble stop TO the progress Of the flames before
they reach the water in this direction, hnl
there is yet small chance 10 saye state street
| 10y icnle.>ness and prumptnCss.
In tue square formed by Dolnc, State,
Kiiby, aud Broad street, ut D O'clock there
WAC only ono building en- fire, aud that las
! just commenced III the uoruUr Of hi!by and
| Doanc streets.
In other quarters the fire seems to have
somewhat Gbatel, or At leIat reached ITS ex-
treuc Iimt. Ii tIG fllmGs are 10: stYpncd
by some snpcrhunan effort Ia kilby street
| tue following bInhs viii nave 10 surcumb {:
Atiaut.c National, Atlas NaIioual, Eagle
National, and the Shoe ana Leather Nj
tiDnit. There aro also Il largo DumhoT OK
insurance conpauirs i'll ths same street
| jili Csueitu W ltj ltlS III A!-tssCI.
The Merchants Exchange, including The
pos:-Uiiice, has gone. The mails, however,
| lave been saved, and the p0>t.rllirc will be
opened i'll Fancull uAll Tomorrow u! S
O'Clock.
The fire Is sweeping Up Deyon:hirc, Con-
gresS, and Water streets.
At ii \. II. ii was believed the lire was
50 far under control that it would not cross
| State street.
| At hali-wst1l o'clock the progress Of the
| fire towards the water, III tho direction OF
| Ellby and Central streets, seemed 10 lie
| ctitctuaIIy stopped, and the streams of water
were used in cXtin.uiShing the flames among
| the ruins. which present III appearance 0i
| desolatiUn.
| The Commercial Printin.-HouSc is situated
in lour.story brick block on tho south corner
Of Central aud kilby streets. On the Oppo-
| site corner Is another tour-5lory brick build.
| Ing, which is completely demolished inside.
| Nv the most strenuous CXcrtiOns the Iii q
men succeeded In subduing the flames about
| the post-oticc, so that ny noon nothing Is
di.ceruible In the interior in the way Of u
blaze, and strong hopes are entertained that
| the building will DC saved, though various
| den,rtmentS in the inside will be thoroughly
drcnched with water.
Tsse Fire Believed TO be Checked.
8 P. M-The progress Of the flames in
| tho direction of tie water Is checked, and
the fire seems to be well under control
everywhere.
The new post-olTl3e Nni suh-Ticasury
building was for Il loug time exposed to lle
fierce flames, but was scarcely Scared. Ihis
massive tire-procf structure saved the Bos-
ton Post building, directly opposite, and
helped greatly in preventing tie fire from
reachtng Suite street. The Old South church
also escaped, though several times given up
for lost. The costly aud beautiful TTGnscrip!
building, and Courier, 70 TTott's jewelry
establishment, OH the opposite corner OF
| Milk street, were burned. The Eastern EX-
press office was saved.
Two steam fre-eDgineS came from Port
land with 400 leading citizens, Eeaded by
Mayor kingsbury. to proller every alu III
their power. go,
| The fire was got well under control little
utter midday and has not extended since
The following are the
GENERAL BOUNDARIES OF TIE CoEFLAGEAT1oN
The whole length of both sides of Summer
street, across Fedora! aud near down to
Dratt's wharf, anu thence in nearly direct
line to Fort Hill; along Hamilton street and
Battery March to kilby street, rs far lis Lin
dali and Central streets, and from Milk t.
Summer street, on Washington street
Within these boundaries Is III urea OF about
seventy acres.
Chicago, by telegraph, profers sympathy
and aid.
Flre-engines, by special train from Ne"
York, arrived this morning.
| The loss is now Estimated q: from $4,000.
coo 20 sD0, 900, and tho insurance O.
nom 81, OH. 900 10 Sl2, co., 900. 4 good
nans persons Wesu injured ana seVesS