The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-11-14
The BOSTON FIRE.
The Stricken City in a Hurri-
cane of Wind and
M Ere F
The Losses about One Hundred
MN Million Dollars. y

the terrible fire in Boston. -
The fire first broke out of the rear end OF a.
large five story granite building Nos 81, "a and
sISummsr street, directly on the corneS II I'm
Ston street, This building was surmounkeS VII,
q high nansard roof, overlapping all other sbuj,s
ings IN that immediate vicinity. Diieetly as@ ~
flames began to spread through thelstory be,s..s
this root, and before the engine or hose cs~p,.s.
was on the ground, great volumes Of fam srd-
denly burst out fr m the rear lower storie. og,ha
buildi g. and i'll leEs than twenty min% 10 n.
wheld broad facade, extending fully avs bnndrad
Feet along Kingston street was one shSet 81 aaroa
as was also the same time The ) zmmar steer
front, the heat being so intense IL 10 force tho
Hremen away from that immedly ia vieinitv nv
this time q strong wind had spsung mp, and the
names began 10 sweep over Simmer and Kingston
streets, and despite all the sxertions Of the are.
men in every branch of tho denartn,ert tbo So
was communicated to the hni,d;no. o,, A.. 80
site corner of Kingston ana GUNNER streets 80
we'll as to the great block on the eAgs a. os srr
and Otis streets, and in less ,har b.lFsr bopr
thereafter hames were hnrs,inr ont 90 ,oots ana
all up ano GOWN oroae Sides OF the immense struc-
lures BY this time the wind b,d in.ra.,.a :.
nsatiy gaze ana me nsms' having entire mas
terry OF everything, swept from story to storv
from roof to roof, from blosk to block and from
corner to corner, driving the Ar.man from avorv
vantage ground they could secure and renderin =
thsir exeFtionH useless and futile.
Il THE FIRE SPREAD.
DetacneP plinters Jew readily, as the air was
neatec ny lie terrible heat, and soon the flames
pegan HeStng ransard roofs on the opposite side
lar aooVefhe reach OF streams directed upon them
2roto alkquarters. The IRE was constantly In air
ana or building after another caught on the roof.
and tse flames skipped lightly along from one
Tinfow-sl 10 another, 40 that in less than thirty
mirates every cheek was blanchsd as It became
EVIDENT that the whole city Ia one direction was
&the mercy Of the flames, which were lesping
gaily from roof 10 roof aud from one building to
another The second building to succomb vss
directly opposite to that In which the IRE frat
broke out and was occupied by Main, Mullen &
Elms. Harding Bros. & Co., Bowen. Moors d Co.,
George Lide. Carter q Co., and Conant Bros, all
Wholesale dealers in dry and fancy goods. This
was 1t corner of Otis place.
THE SCENE.
THE heat now became Internal, the streets run
rivers OF water, and every moment was heard
sound Of granite blocks exploding, and whole
frames fell into the streets, making them impass-
bic The fremen we're driven from o ne station to
another, and many an engine va, kept nobly at
work, while the hydrsnt was wet q wa by hand
hose, and the engineer could only hold his place
while atream OF water was kept playing upon
him. Blocks of granite. weighing tons, were
split as il by powder, and hurled across wide
4 ,,jcn
81 they were feathers.
BEERE's BLOCK DESTROYED.
The hrenen erected barbados and orked be
mind them, but they were burned almost as soon
as erected. An hour had hardly elapsed before II
was evident that Beebes block, the Anest business
structure in the city built OF granite five stories
in height, with the cursed mansard roof over all
must 60. Within tn rty minutes the flames were
Coming ont in fiery pillows from every window,
and mp the stairway leading to a. T. Stewards
rooms was a perfec column Of flames This !
building served but a. fuel for the flames Whole
pieces OF dry-goods went whlstiing across the
square. lodging on the window sills of the mag.
nihcent stores on Devonshire street.
Bee6e's ock stood a solid wall of granite.
Several minutes after the inside fell, but heat
warped it, and $4,000 OOs soon lay heap OF
stone, brick and Mortar
A HURRICANE OF WIND.
hurricane now ragged, and owing to the intense
neat and perfect sleet OF Goals, drove everywhere
before 1t. Every building was now heated as If in
furnace, and caught like tindeT. Four-story
grant" blocks seemed like shavings, and deafen-
ing explosions were constantly heard
TENEMENT HOUSES BURNING.
fprro Cd
confusion. The tenement houses at tbs upper end
ofthe street were being fast licked up by the
hames, and women, crazed and faInting, were
Tnshing to and fro, carrying children, crockery,
clocks, and bedding in their hands. one ran
screaming through High street, with a stove fun
mel In her hands, while another was Juggling a
heavv chest which would,have been a weight for
4 strong man. Now and then a few pieces os
goods might be saved by volunteers, who ran In
and spent Eve minutes, during which they couldI
work Ia bringing out Perhaps hundred pieces o
cloth. One man, Marshal Cotter, got out ROE. 600
worth of kid gloves, and had them placed ON thu
sidewalk in damaged condition. He offered
hacknau $500 in vain to take the goods to place 4
OF safety In less ihan an hour he had to flee for
his life, and the flames were not again cheated Of
their prey. The Are was now in Federal street.
and the wool houses were gong like oil fac,o
ries. They could never have been attacked at n
more dangerous time, crammed from cellar 70
garnet. Hundreds OF thousands of dollars worth
were on hand that might have been delivered 70
castomers had { not been for the horse disease
LIST LOSSES
In one store alone there were $4,000 worth If
wool stored, which was awaiting delivery. Minor
Seai Hackets, had their etore packed full, having
Only put in the last Of their winter stock three
aours before the fire cnvelOped It all.
March Brothers g. Pierce had just put their win.