Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-11-20

I the people LnaL the inOOu went uONn II
e so after a while the sun rose red anC
e sullen out upon the bay, as if fearing
] to look upon the havoc the night haC
= made. The fire was burning danger
, ously in places, but for the mos
part in a low, lurid way in the ruiz
e it could not increase. It was a sac
, sight to the eye of day. Twelve hun
! dred militiamen held guard over the
! district through the day. Thousands
, visited in mOOdiness the scene of theiI
losses, whether as capitalist or labOrer,
as the hirer or the hired. When
night came down once more over this
Sabbath of sorrow to Boston, a walk
. through the cooling ruins was a
! carnival of misery to the spirit. For
getting the grand buildings that twen-
ty-fOur hours before reared themselves
where now was the abomination of
desOlatiOn, the scene outlined so fan
tastically and vaguely, was one of
peculiar impressiveness. Here and
there over the wide area among the
tumbled chaos, where order and SYM
eteTy once reigned, portions of walls,
whitened by the intense heat, stood
like indistinet ghosts in their shrouds;
curling upwards, small blue flames
shaped like knife blades were round
their feet. It was a sad sight. Night
came down to find the wind again
rising, and about one O'Clock in the
morning an explosion was heard.
THE SECOND SERIES THREATENED.
The alarm was sounded, Changing
over the city once more, and soon
/ darkness followed, except in the five
! places where the fire again broke out
The gas had exploded in store in the
burned district, at the corner of Sum-
/ mer street and Washington, bringing
| to the front a danger already feared
/ The front of the store was blown into
the street and damaged the windows
| on the opposite side of Washington
street. There were many citizens
on the street and regular stampede
was the result, which threatened more
serious consequences than the explO
sion itself. DetOnatiOns followed in
| quick succession and it was with diff
| ticuity the crowd, which, finding
itself more frightened than hurt,
could be Kept from actually endan-
gerlng itself. On Summer street and
Central court it was found that build
ings were in the grasp of the fire
which were believed until that mo-
ment free from danger. Phe Park
House was close in the rear of the
second cOnflagrstion, and the great
retail store of Jordan, Marsh & Co.,
not twenty yards from the flames.
Here the firemen directed the water
from a dozen steamers. If the fire
had pas sed this point the tall granite
buildings on the opposite side of
Washington street would be envel-
oped, and the end, as before stated,
no one could fOretell. The eamped-
out thousands of Chicago rose before
the minds eye and nerYed the arms
of thousands to assist in the work
The TACT, toe, that the buildings re-
ferred to were stored with highly
cOmbuStible matter made it matter
of almost life and death to win. The
deniZens of Avon street were instant
ly ordered to turn off the gas and va
cate their buildings, from the fear of
additional explosions. This produced /
a scene of horrible confusion. Half
clad women rushed into the streets, |
carrying their clothes and their small !
valuables in their arms. A great !
many of the families thus Ousted were |
generously received at the Adams |
House. At this juncture kilograms |
were dispatched to various points to
send on again the engines, which, in /
the belief that BOstOn's calamity had /
gotten over its worst, had been al
lowed to return home in the evening. |
This call, despite the fatigue of the |
firemen, was instantly answered with |
the needed help.
THE FLAMES BEGAN To LAP
over the Park House, and it was ac-
on the exposed side deluged
with water, as well as the store OF
Jordan, Marsh & Co. After the first
explosion it was found that Mrs.
Martha Hudson had jumped from the
first floor window of her house in
street, injuring herself fear
fully by bruises and burns about the
legs. In another house on the same
street the firemen were just in time
i'm putting up their ladders to rescue
q mother who was about jumping in
TO the street. The thieves again seized
their opportunity to rob by rushing
into houses. The presence of the
military, and an angry and ugly feel
ing with regard to lynching among
he citizens, restrained great many
rom their dastardly avOcatiOn. The
5as in the city had been turned of,
md the darkness which followed sent
great many of the curiosity led null !
itude to their homes. At two O'Clock | I
he building which originally caught ,
ire fell to the ground. The flames I
we're happily, by the means abOv, /
described, prevented from spreading
o the large buildings behind Four {
,ther houses, however, were added to s
he terrible catalogue of losses, and at {
east a million dollars to the property | I
destroyed, the total of which prOba-
,ly fOOts up $3.50, ,0O0, 900 and includes :
80 dispossessed firms in twenty-eight q
treets. BY five O'elOe K this adden- /
um TO the catastrophe was su5dued [
n so far as drawing its teeth for fur I
her mischief, and the dawn of to- S
ay brought feeling of relief to the L
orely tried city of Boston. Accord f
ngly this mOring L started on i
URvEY OF THE RUINED DISTRICT. 9
n Washington street crowds eircu-
,ted freely and wOnderingly over the a
ubbish before the burnt buildings il
GNGlaA AAAAAo AeAN AAOkAOCo II
Osted ON the location of their old O
lands, directing where they were to s.
e found for future operation. Passing I
Id South Church L saw the militia 2
osted at the door of the church. 8
hey will stop there tonight with
all cartridge in their pouches, be D
ause the New York thieves are D
nOwn to have come on in large num- o
ers, as they did to the Chicago fire. o
. is curious to note that this is the P
rst time since the Revolutionary il
Var that troops have been quartered il
l the Old South church, and the Sec n
nj in its history. Passing the stall CT
art policeman who kept back the W
'owd at the top of franklin street N
entered the burned district. Here
D the right stood the Pilot building, IL
wned by Patrick DOnahue, who be- &C
an life a poor unlettered Irish boy, OF
nd who by untiring industry and pl
became a millionaire, N
Tning one of the finest structures in
le city. He did not make a cent of
IS money by selling rum to his eoun NJ
ymen, as many have done. His loss in
nnOt he thoroughly estimated. He to
,ars- his misfortune like thousands D,
other heavy losers, with equanim- in
Y, and will rebuild the publishing n
ore which was naturally enough ar
s pride. He was at press dinner D.
, Saturday at the Revere House =