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BOSTON'S FIRE.
Churches, Residences, nOiiices,
Vessels, Hotels, Wharfs and
l1 Millions of Goods in
. Common Ruin.
Thousands Of People Turned
from Home to Face a :
Pitiless Gale. gs
The Granite Monuments
of Enterprise Turned
to Lime and Ashes.
The Pride of New England
Blasted in a Night. :
the 0RANDEsT CONFEDERATION or
Vfse THE AGE. )
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lg&9f Dsg
Two Hundred and Forty AcresOf the
City Seven Times Hotter :
Than a Furnace.


City Seven Times Hotter g
Than a Furnace.
LOSS, s5LIyRs AND 100000, 600
BosroS, November 10, 2:i5 a.m.-At
this hour the fire is still raging furiously
The wind is rising and blowing the flames
fercely. The fire has broken. through
into Washington street at the establish
ment of Parker, Mccullough 4 Co., the
largest clothing house in the world, and
is now cutting the immense building
The FIRE has swept Franklin street Oh
both sides to the building on the corner
of Washington, and is now half way
down Devonshire and Federal streets.
Hundreds Of men. women and boys can
be seen loaded with shoes, clothing, car
pets, etc thrown in the streets from the
burning buildings. The flames now ex
tend from Washington and Milk streets
down TO Broad. For mile and half
the water front is burnt clear, and over
quarter of mile of shipping, lumber
yards, sheds, warehouses and all other
infammable substances.
The Hartford and Erie railroad depot
burned to the ground an hour ago.
There is considerable petroleum on
and near Broad street. fllIiR
S2OO,OOO,OOO is the best estimate yet
made Of the loss. The fire consumed
all but few Of the buildings occupied
BY the principalldry goods and fancy
goods.
The Museum, granite building,
which covered Winthrop and Ohio
SQUARE, and all the streets In that vicin-
ity, is a scene Of fearful ruin. The
whole population seems TO be on the
streets Terrible stories Of loss Of life
are in circulation, but nothing definite
can now be learned.
Immense quantities Of goods stored
in the new postotlicc is now being moved
to greater distance FROM the flames.
Estate street is flied high Oh tie side
walk with valuable goods The old
South church and the buildings in the
vicinity are still safe. tH M IL
Engines are continually arriving from
other towns aud cities, and great efforts
are being made to stay the flames, which
are still spreading. sc4HMag .
4:4O am.-There is no abatement as
yet Of the conAagration, except where
buildings have been blown up. Thou
sands Of persons are houseless The
open ground at Fort Hill Improvement
is crowded with goods and homeless per
sons. The United States Marine and
Fort Warren garrisons are now on duty
on Boston Common, guarding goods.
The fire has crossed Washington street,
the Marlborough Hotel is in flames, and
the Parker House is threatened The
Western Union Telegraph Company are
all ready for removal. r~er vrr
SIS G.M.-The condagration still
continues with fearful effects. Build
ing after building has been blown up, 4
with only the effect of increasing theter-
rible volume of flames The newspaper
Offices have made all preparations for
the removal of books, papers, etc, with
no hope of saving any Of the material
The Transcript office is already in flames
The Journal, Post, Globe and Traveller
win soon follow. All the auxiliary /
forces Of the FIRE department are being
placed on State street to protect it IL
possible.
l2.l5 PM.-The reports are contra
dictory, but it is said that the FIRE is now
under control The postofice is in
danger, as the buildings adjoining it are
on fire. The telegraph Office is now in
the Providence depot. After twenty
hours Of intense excisemeat the ire has
been got under control. AT one o'clock
preparations we're made to mine the
Merchants Exchange, occupied by the
sub Treasury, but happily his was not
necessary. Tine FIRE at thispoipt, Post
office avenue, was stopped en- Congress
Square at the City ExOhsugesnd Monks
building. The printing Offices Of the
Post, Traveller, Journal and Globe are
not burned. No serious injury was sus-
tanned by the Boston Post, though below
it, ON both sides Of Water street, is all in
ruins The new post-oifice is somewhat
damaged; the scaHolding in the interior
Of the building was consumed. The en-
tire section on the east side Of Washing
ton street, from Summer to Milk street,
was destroyed with the exception Of The
block on the corner Of Sumner and
Washington Streets this is seriously |
damaged. On sunmer street. Trinity
Church is in ruins.
The FIRE stopped on the battery ct
March street. after consuming the
block on the south side, and the pro
eress Of the flames was only stopped
here by the blowing up Of a number Of
buildings.
The streets and avenues leading 70 the
scene are in hands Of the military, who
are preventing the further advance Of
thousands Of people. The Gre presents i