Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-15

he MuNit NOfh Sttillr To DE aINNe sub
Irea my and Custom House. down Broad
street. IL Is creeping this way, north east.
and has swept 10 Fedora street Ii Is said
il must burn the northern part of the city;
unless il reaches some broad square All
the engines that can be used To advantage
are being worked Last that could be
heard from State street Office was at 1925.
a. H. Branch offices are being established
In every available part OF the suburbs
BOsr0N. Nov, l0-l2-30. "a. m.-Fire still
raging Half the city burned. Blowing
up whole blocks 20 stay It's progre--.
SECOND DISPATCH
BosToS. Nor. lei O'Clock p. m.-fire
still, raging Loss 80 far estimated ~ Sl00.-
0Gl Oid.
THIRD DISPATCH
Bo,roN. NOV. lo-2. p. m.-Firs still
raging. bat thought to be under control
FOURTH DESPATCH
2r. Fire did not cross State street.
The Western Union Telegraph Office is not
among the rains.
SUNDAY NIGHTS DISPATCHES.
BosroN. Nov. IO.-The Western Union
Telegraph Company fearing the destruction
of their premises removed their instruments
20 the Providence depot. steam engines ar
rived from al directions. The steamer
kearsaree from Portsmouth. \ H.. arrived
and went % work The men Who came
with her report that the Ign; Ut the hre
coulI bee seen from Portsmouth 4 steamer
from Portland came on the Pullman tram
The Boston Traveller sent Its movable
property 90 Char.e-towu. The Mt Vernon
National Bank 40 SO Washington street Is
D.
& Ir0tJ : iewelry store, corner of Mix and
Washington streets. this morning, was un-
successful the explosion spending It's force
through the windows scarcely Iarring the
solid walls the Windows Iu the
nelghDorho1i were al shattered hy
the c0neucussi0n. nothing more >uperiuten-
dent tIrristall did noteworthy acr Iu
getting ont the city teams 40 an early hour
and keeping them 90 work all through the
night and early morning removing goods o.
the city stable wards ID D. estimated that
90 least II .OGO. OO0 worth were saved by the
prompt and ehcieut action hy Mr. f1rristall
Several Of the attempts % blow up buildings
met with the Ill success that attended the
experiment ON the corner of Mix and Wash
inEiuu streets. windows unlF being shat
terrell a y--It - the north end of tire tre
mo . clock showed that u was not pro-re-~-
ing with ANYTHING like the prey .9us rapid
IT'S. having advanced not more Than nus
drcd ieet into Congress street. between Va
Ger and State street. during the precelin.
h0ur and half The heat had n0n- OF
that fierce terrible intensity which had
been deFourIug building So rapidly.
The same siatC % Eiiair- Wa i0una % exist
OH MILK street The buildings on the south
8rn side 0i the street. below Pearl street.
which had caught a. early as half past nye
% clock were burning slowly IN comparison
with the way th3ir near neighh0rs went and
their walls were ali innci An immense
number of streams Of water were poured
ou the tire from every possible point. an en-
gine from some other city or town being
sesu az eyory corner, and these seemed 20 be
having good effect ir was rumGFed about
SIX 90 clock thrt the Old South Church had
been mined IN readiness u blow up. but 90
enquiry it was found those in charge had
resolved 20 risk the matter OF that corner
and look 90 the protection Of the heavy
walls ID the Transcript Office opposite The
proprietor- Of the Transcript did not re-
move any of their material u was packed
however. and lowered into tine cellar and
some oi u may be saved from destruction.
The Post building viii b. nearly destroyed
the walls may remain standing
IL was announced that the progress of the
hre vas entirely stopped in d ~1utheasterly
direction and there was 30 more danger OF
spreading nurthVard on Broad and Purchase
streets All efforts al estimating the
losses and Insurance. are futile n this time
Having given the march of the fire and
winds most readers will readily recall the
name- of the great majority Of
the bushes firms on the promi- f.
nent streets through which IL passed. /
The tire progressed toward, state I
street At quarter before nine O'Clock It /.
had reached IN nearly straight line from /
Congress street. through Tindall. 70 kilhy /
street and Liberty square both sides being I
on fre. The rear Of the post Office ON Tin /
dali street being burning. 1t became nece--
sary 10 blow mp the building, corner Of /
Congress street and Congress Square. Il I
was mined and exploded shortly before nine |
The large granite front buiidingat henorth- I
west corner of Lincoln and kelby streets. 1
occupied By Incent & HufchinEs. insur-
ance brokers, J. Wiley Edmunds and sever
81 Others. ras also blown upat nine o. clock.
though the effect of the blast was apparent
Is Of no material advantage. The inside
was shattered. but the walls and much Of
the wood work were left standing. the latter
in condition 10 accelerate rather than re-
tart the progress Of the fire. The flames
made their way with grim certainty to-
wards the corner Of Broad and State streets.
At nine o clock several attempts were made
10 blow up the BRICK building which is third
from the State street front, bat their
explosions failed TO make the desired i'm
preston. Nearly every building back Of
the State street front. between Congress
and Broad, were bruned, while kegs Of
powder, with the match in readiness for
lighting, were placed under a large number
# the buildings IN the vicinity of Broad St.
ready 10 send them 10 pieces. On Mix
street the fire passed below the corner Of
Oliver on both sides and ives very hot, and
lnly ! single small block Of buildings be-
tween IL and Broad street. Right in the
gieinity were many large stores filled with
lil. paints or hqugrs, and there seemed b.
be no possible way 20 reach the water in
his direction. bat there was vet a small
chance to save State street by fearlessness
md promptness In the square formed by
Doane. State. Kilby and Broad streets. at
clock, there was only one building on fire
md that had Just commenced, at the cor
# Kilby and Doane streets. In other
quarters the fire seems to have
lomewha, Subsided 81 that hour The
Merchants Exchange, including the I
Post Office has gone The mails, however.
I
Tanueil Hall tomorrow. At eight o'clock
he fire was sweeping up Davonshlre, COu-
yress and Water streets, and the Merchants
Exchange on State street was threatened
At eleven o'clock, IL was believed that the
ire was 50 far under control, that it could
lOt cross State street.
BosTON. Nov. l0-2p. m.-The fire Is now
believed TO be under control. The Old
south Church was not burned. The Trans
,ript office is destroyed, and the Office Of the
Boston Post is badly damaged. BY half
last IL O'Clock the progress Of the fire to-
wards the water in the direction of kilby
md Central streets. seemed 10 be eifectually
topped, and the streams Of water were
lsed in exfinguishing the flames among the
uins, which present an appearance Of pttGT
leTastati0n. The principal losers at this
point are II. Samuel, cigar maker: j. =.
Dublin, agent for Burkhard's lager
,eer Reed & Bowen commission
merchants. and the Commercial Printing
House, all situated in n four story brick
,lock on the south corner of Central and
Nilby streets. On the opposite corner is
mother four story brick building, which is
completely demolished in the inside Ii
vas occupied by the following parties p
!. HaEleY, saloon; Abram Tay & Co, COM
mission merchants j r. & K Niles.
rinters; T. r. Hall, solicitor of patents ;
|. c. Dane, J. Z. Baker, Wayland, and
lint & Hall. The building was numbered
o kilby street. There are several adjoining
docks the windows of which are badly shat
cred by the explosion In some of !