New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-16
yHR BOSTON FIRE.
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had grown up during the last ten years an
aggregation OF buildings which for beauty
Of architecture and adaptation for business
purposes was not surpassed by any city in
the world. Here was the centre of the
leading market of the country for American
dry goods. Here also, Il li$tle further to
She east, and also in the path Of the fire,
was the great booh and shoe market OF abe
world.
On che borders Of the ares were the
warehouses of many wholesale merchants
and dealers in iron. wool, clothing, and
other staple products. They are all swept
away, hardly one stone remaining upon an
other. This compact area of business struc-
Fures and stores of rare and costly goods,
represented an aggregate wealth which can
only be counted by tens of millions. Some
thing will be saved by the timely removal
of goods, and possibly something may yet
be rescued from the debris of the contlagra-
ton. But oven this will be offset by the
serious interruption of trade, and by the
loss OF regular employment it afforded to q
host of men and women depending on it.
Xhe recent rapid expansion of business in
that quarter, and the consequent removal
of Sort HILL displaced an immense colony
of tenement houses and other residences OF
the poorer sort. But there were left con-
siderable number-hOW many our diligent
reporters have taken pains TO ascertain
occupied by the families of the men en-
plOyed in the warehouses or along-shore.
who are now utterly homeless and helpless.
At any other time this alone would have
been regarded as great calamity, and
would have appealed 20 the sympathies of
all generous people. 1t should appeal to
them now, and the prompt measures taken
by the City Council az the meeting yeater-
day 10 relieve at once those who are left in
distress, should be responded to by their
more fortunate feEloW-citizens. Their mis-
fortune IS indeed great, and they have o
hard prospect for The winter before them.
Disastrous as the fire has been, whatever
way we look at it, let no one thick of it as
irreparable. Compared with the recent
great fires which have devastated the
country, this one, with the exception we
have referred 10, will cause little Immediate
personal suffering. The losers are not
turned houseless into the street, and there
is no deficiency in the necessaries and com
forts OF life. The loss falls heavily upon
trade and investments, but economy, good
judgment and courage may restore the loss
The land Is loft. and the future with its
infinite possibilities. The burned district
will be rebuilt with streets rectified, and
buildings better adapted to resist the
ravages of fire. The trade which has made
this city the resort Of buyers from the most
distant parts of the continent will fall into
llS DLu CIlduHGL5J hDn LlG StOu WliL OF Jlc
country will make UP the rest.
The Aarertise" says, in another article:
The fire to the business community is one
Of the most severe and disastrous that ever
occurred in this country. and, while but
few dWelling-houses were burned and but
comparatively small number of families left
hUuseless, the finest warehouses and stores
of the city, and the entire space occupied
by the Wholesale dry goods dealers, wool
merchants, boot and shoe and hide and
leather dealers, and clothing houses were
entirely destroyed. Not wool house is
standing i'll the city. The whole of Pearl
and High streets, which were devoted ex-
c!usively to the boot and shoe and hide and
leather trade, are d heap of ruins Every
wholesale clothing house, with single ex-
ception, is burned, and out three or four
dry goods commission houses are left stand
ing. The loss in buildings is immense, and
together with the large stocks Of imported
and domestic fabrics that were burned, can
not be estimated at less than $80,O00,0 600.
All the domestic wool 10 the city has been
burned, and the total number OF pounds of
foreign and domestic, aeece and pulled, de-
StrGyGd by the fire can not fall short of
100000 pounds, while the entire stock re-
naming in this market consists Of foreign
wool and is less than 5000 bales The de
structiOn Of boots, shoes and leather has
been quite as complete as that of wool al
though the stock OF boots and shoes in
warehouses is much lighter at this season
that it would have been but month later,
and the loss viii consequently be less to the
owners. Beside this, large quantities OF
boots, shoes and leather were saved, which
will materially tighten the loss to the suffer-
ers. The wholesale clothing houses, with
one or TWO exceptions, ware completely
burned, although considerable quantity
Of goods were saved and th8 stocks on
hand were not very large. With % very few
exceptions all the commission dry goods
houses are Durnsd d to the ground not even the
walls OF the buildings being left standing.
The destruction Of the iobbing houses has
been nearly complete, and the agent of the
largest mill in the country says that but
one out Of all his customers in this city has
a place lefs for his business. The fire did
not reach that section of the city occupied
by the provision produce, -four and grain
trade, nor were there any losses 10 the fish
OF salt dealers, and but slight damage to
the wholesale grOcers, None Of the hotels
with che exception Of she Hartford and
Erie, have not suffered, as the fire did not
extend in that direction There ie not like-
ly to be- any such serious interruption 20
business as @ view OF the burned district
would at first GuggeBt, and with character
lstic energy p large number Of the ner-
chants who have been burned out have se-
cured rooms end Offices, and will resume
business at $he usual houg on Monday
The Post save:
with the demolition Of brick ana granite
and the instantaneous destruction Of ware
houses fall of merchandise, there is yet re-
even to the greatest sufferers, an
energy that will WPest benefit from the
fiery trial.
Among the causes Of thankfulness dis
3overable even in the midst of such trouble
8 the comparative immunity from personal
suffering that has been experienced. The
ire was so closely confined to the business
portion of the CITY that, while eating mp the
millions Of property with every advantage
n its favor, it touched few dwellings and !
,urned few families into the streets. Such as
'amped with their goods under the sky will |
very generally be able to return TO houses |
,till standing. The terrific details of the |
Use and progress and final defeat of the |
tell their own story without |
comment. 1t is @ tale of the loss of the |
ruits of p lifetime of labor in an hour, of |
Ortunes swept away in moment but, for |
unateIy, of nothing like the widespread |
Misery that Chicago has experienced, OF Of |
uch comprehensive desolati0n. The CO. |
amity blanohed many cheeks among those |
o0king on at the resiatless sweep Of the |
lanes, but it has weakened no hearts or |
inflicted any dismay upon the enterprise
hat sees in acres of RUNE only the t02ndAo
len Of new effort and new SUCCESS /
The JoHrna} says
That large area, comprising. as Graveiors I
lave said, the noblest collection oP ware
louses in She world-warehouses packed