New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-11-11

| Ahhley, nnens; Ewing Wise O. RULER llneDsi HOS
| well, leather Potter e. Co., clothing. On Arch-st
the fire broke ont in the fancygoods store OF
Hawley, Folsom & Martin This was fully d dozen
doors below where the fire on Summer-st wac then
raging, and in ten minutes the whole building was
In flames Upon each side of Arch-st, up and down,
the fire spread, consuming the stores of Thomas
Kelley & Co.. ID. NJ Hogdon, March Bros, Pierce
! g. Co., and Miner Beal g. Hackett, which
were all speedily reduced 10 ruins. The fire
now crossed Aroh-st., which is narrow one,
and rushed toward Westinghouse. taking in its
course the stores of George II. Lane & Co; Brett g.
Co.. wholesale clothing, E. F. Messenger d Co.,
dry goods Edgerton d. Gilman, dining rooms
ChafTee q Whitney, sewing silk; Lee, Tweedy d
Co.. dry goods; Lewis Brown g. Co. KIDD gloves ;
Moreau & Co.. commission merchants; Leavy,
Foster d Bowman, agents Canton Silk Mills !;
Kettle e. Jones; Royce, Tucker & Co.; Porter Bros,
and Nichols a. Co.
At o'clock on Sunday morning, the buildings so
far as could be ascertained, burned at the end OF
summerst. near it's junction with BedfOrd-st., are
Heyer Bros. importers of fancy goods; Gilbert
Lovejoy & Co., woolens; John Bother d. Co,
gloves.
Winthrop-square was the very heart Of the great
wholesale trade OF Boston 1t consisted altogether
of very elegant and costly buildings. Here were
the great firms Of James NJ Beebe d Co., Stewart d
Co.. Anderson Heath q Co.. and some ~ or %
others, which at o'clock on Sunday morning were
nothing but mass of ruins. There were good
many private houses in Kingston-st. which were de-
strOyed In Lincoln, Essex, South. and Federalsts
were many small dwellings, occupied by small
families, and which destroyed, leaving hundreds
of families destitute The large block the east
ern corner of Summer and Iincoln-sts. soon de
stroyed. In this building were S. c. Judson & Co.
and A Pratt &, ~ no cid 0f al-Sf.
down TO the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad
depot, including the depot. were burned
At o'clock on Sunday morning the buildings on
Russia wharf, used as rag stores, were burned one
vessel was burned at Robbins wharf with great
quantities of lumber, and the Hartford and Erie
Railroad wharf. The west side Of PuTchase-st.,
from Summer to Hgh-st., was burned, as also the
east side of the same street. Here the sidewalks
were blocked up by the worldly goods of the many
poor people who had saved but little Of their prop
erty, ever which they were standing
guard. Here, too, many persons were run
ming frantically about, vainly endeavoring
to find the means of conveying their
effects TO place Of safety In Broadst. the large
firms had cut their teams, and many OF them earned
away heavy loads. In some cases oxen were used
as well as hand-carts and wheelbarrovs All these
resources however, were inadequate to meet the
stores were broken Open aud valuable books and
papers were taken away by the owners. Safes
in many cases were taken out and carted
of. The crowd in general made way for persons
engaged in removing property, and cheerfully rem
dered what assistance was possible. When build
ings were threatened, the owners in most cases
seemed undetermined what course 20 pursue. In
Westinghouse, men with ledgers and other account
books rushed into the stores asking for leave to de-
posit the only records of immense business trans
actions for safekeepng. In every direction carriages
were flying with books and papers which the owners
we've anxious to convey as far from dangers rs pos
sible. In the yard of the English High School
were stacked boxes and packages of merchandise.
At the lower part of Essex-st. was crowd OF men,
women and children, bearing trunks, furniture and
clothing, while large number of wagons passed up
the street with loads of household goods the prop
erty of those who had been burned out in Kingston
and the adjoining streets When the flames OPP
preached Westinghouse there was general de-
mand for all sorts Of vehicles to carry property
TO a place Of safety. Many loads were piled
into horse-cars which pulled out Of danger by
a score OF two of men. Ii may show the rapidity
with which the flames advanced to state, that ere
the fire had been in progress two hours the propre-
tors of The TGasipt Journal Post, and Globe had be-
gun TO make preparation for the removal OF mate
rial. Everything portable was sent down to tho
lower floor ready to be carried away in a moment.
On Milk-st from Washington 20 Devonshire-st., al
most all the prominent firms have been burned out,
OF disOdged by explosions.
The following are the banks destroyed National
Bank of North America, National Revere Bank, Con-
tinental Bank. EmiPant Savings Bank. The fire
has ravaged the following streets Milk, Pearl Dew
onshre Federal Arch. Franklin, High, MOrtOn-place,
T. &, ~. Mt to- II
mate the loss Many men Teputed TO be rich must
be reduced to poverty. Boston will rely and not in
vain, upon helping hand from her sister cities.
The terrible feature of this disaster is the
enormous amount Of valuable property which has
been destroyed In this respect the fire today has
never been equaled and not even by the similar
catastrophe at Chicago 1t began in the very center
of the wholesale business section Of the city, aud
hundreds of the finest business edces in the coun-
try have been destroyed In the general ruin banks
and mercantile and manufacturing houses have
fallen The ground which they occupied is not less
than two hundred acres in area Thousands Of clerks
working girls, and woIkingmen are thrown ont of
employment; and the individual suffering is already
very great There arc those who estimate the loss
at S3O0OOoOO0, without making any account of
individual losses but their ideas believed to be
greatly exaggerated. The area covered and blasted
by the fre embraces the entire district bounded by
Westinghouse. On the west and the wharyes on the
east and from ststest the north to the Hartford
and Erie Depot the south, including such well
known and prominent streets as Summer, Franklin,
Milk, Federal, Congress, Pearl, Water, Broad High,
Kingston, Kilby, Devonshre, and many Others. The
banks thus far destroyed are the Bank of North
America the Revere the Continental, the Mt Vernon
National, and the EmigTant Savings Bank. The
only newspaper Office destroyed is that of The Daily
Transcript, although the offices OF The IrGrelIe and