The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-11-14
The City Of Boston In Flames!
The Business Streets Swept Away.
Miles of Granite Consumed.
Blowing up Houses to Stop the Fire.
Several FiremGn Killed.
The Fire Sill Raging at / A. NJ,
And Still CDrp,diuV CorornIv
And Still Spreading SarageIy.

RosToN, Mass, Nov. "a very cx-
teusiyo coufngration is now raging at the
corner Of Sumner and Kingston streets.
10 P. H..
There is no abatement in the cOnllgra-
ton. 1t is the most extensive fire that
has visited Boston for twenty years, aud
is in the solid drygoods portion of the city.
1t has extended the entire length Of
Winthrop Square, which embraces A. 4.
Stawarts, j, NJ. Anderson, Heath & Co.,
and l~loughton, Perkins & Co.'s stores.-
No estimate Of the loss can be given, but
reporters say it will 60 into Millions
The suburban fire department has been
called upon. The buildings are princi-
Pally of granite. A northwestern wind
is prevailing. The press here call it a
second Chicago.
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The fire is now within two blocks of
the Western Union Telegraph Olice.-
The operators are taking up their instru-
ments, preparing to vacatc. \ line of
men and material have been ordered to
Boston from adjoining towns, 80 that if
communication with New York is lost,
which now seems very likely, it will prob
ably be soon restored, certainly at an early
hour in the morning if not tonight. The
fire has travelled half a mile through the
heprt of the city, aud is spreading with
trightful rapidly.
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The fire is progressing towards Broad
,%trcet. having swept both siacs of Summer
street to High street and Purchase street.
Goods are being removed from stores in
every direction in the vicinity of the fire
Fire engines have been telegraphed for
from Providence, Worcester and other
places.
ALARM IN NEW YORK.
New York, Nov. 9.-IntelIircnre of
the destructive confagration in Boston be-
coming known ut several hotels and places
of public resort here tonight created in.
tense interest. The FIRE is considered by
residents Of Boston now here as likely to
spread extensively, as it las reached lo-
c]alities where the buildings are mostly
wooden. Thebui!diugS of streets already
rcnortcd attacked Ly ibo d]oyonr;na aIoJy
mt,t ,coro moirlr o,y,.,.n.t,L
and composed the linc.t portion of the
city. The loss must reach an enormous
figaro.
MIDNiGHT-THE CATHEDRAL CAUGHT
TIL SHIPPING FAKES FIRE.
i moy;rg nm r. anti,n , ire
ro,rEod @n,ortIv ~ Uan,lo" a"" NJ rus
ro,LaJ,. L';IyJ '4""''J street l"e
and Frorki;n stroats i.o, g.. .:I
None. Of ~sovirr i Tba g,m ""' Nv
srrc,3inc nm Toolor.IanI G'"N ~ ',s'
/ Livory Lad IF roL;,1, ~, '''''S'
inc rGod, TLofro has ,o,,I aJ ~. ~ go',
.tT,ot vb,rros san,h 81 Taa "''"''
and tbe yas,nls ,ro on rr, a., n ,'.I',''
W., ,,;I.'.I I,.. NO. '"' L"'''o'"
1880 A.. II.
BOSTON, Nov. lU.-Ybe fire still races
1t is feared the entire area from SIMMER
street On the south to WASHINGTON str.ot
on the west, aud Milk street on the rorlL
to the water. east. will he laid waste paul
street has so fa. esepped. The ha,t J..
Intense,
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The flames have reached WASHINGTON
street north of Franklin. The Trauscrjoi
building is IN fire. All the snlondid
granite warehouses on Franklin Souore
Winthrop Square and vicinity are burned ,
Fears are now entertained that the flames
sweep everything to State street, if not
further
100 A. M.-TmE PILOT OFFICE GONE
The report that the transcript office
was ON fire is Incorrect, but the buiIdincs
on the east side of Washington street are
in imminent drnger. The Boston pIoj
Office and building on Franklin street are
destroyed. The wind continues northwest
and fresh.
r~rsprp srrrn
Wopcrerrn In - O Th, ;.,
train rrom Ro.ton to H. w sP,V'n,
fire dorortmont ~ tbo brrna t'',oo,I'
the RIM of 4ll miles in Az m;nntoS'
las A. NJ.
Among the prominent buildings ,I-
ready destroyed are the Cathedral block
the Daniel Webster block. the BosIor
Pilot building, and the rear of the Bostoy
Ira nScript building. Orders have been
given to blow up both corners Mt the iuuc.
ton Of DovOnshire and Milk streets The
| fire il sprcadmp towards Soutb Rostoo