Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-11

q tIonal Revere Bank, No "A Franklin
: street. At two o'clock this morning
z the chances were that the Continental
; National Bank, No. 81 Channcy street.
? and the Emigrant Savings Bank, No.
{ II Franklin street, would also succumb
9 to the flames. Atthis hour a hasty visit
: in the neighborhood Of the southern
: boundary Of the fire, revealed the fact
that the flames had not extended as far
up as Kingston, Columbia and Lincoln
: streets, in a sOutherly direction, but had
burned along the ends of these streets,
making progress over Broad street to
Water and Front All through the
South Gave district, where the wooden
buildings are numberless, there were in
action numerous steamers, to
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE FIRE
sideways and keep it out Of a thickly
( populated district. The United States
Hotel was the nearest public building in
, the line Of the fire spreading sideways,
and many Of the guests and occupants
! were active in moving their trunks and
other small baggage to places more Sc
cure.
A visit to Summer street showed the
fire to have advanced on South as far
west as Hoyey's dry goods store, the up
per portion of which building was then
on fire. The wind had moderated some,
but the fire seemed to be fast eating its
way
TOWARD WASHINGTON STREET,
in which event the establishments of
. Stearns q Co, Martin, Walker d Co.,
VIM. r. Storms d Co., Thomas Cump
q Co, and a large number of firms
doing business in the upper portion Of
the building, would be swept away. The
fire appears to be making to the rear of
these buildings, and if not checked the
extensive place of jordan, Marshal &
/ Co., in Central Court and extending to
| Washington street, stands in imminent
danger of destruction. After repeated
solicitations ON the part of business mens
/ owners of real estate, and others, Chief
! Engineer Damerel, just before two
O'Clock, gave orders to rope off the |
streets leading into Mix street, pre-
| paratory to
BLOWING Up THE BUILDINGS
on the south side Of that street. A body /
of nIted States marines from the navy |
yard marched up Washington street, /
about three o'clock, and rendered their /
services on police duty which was /
promptly accepted. Shortly after two |
o'clock
A MEETING OF TIE CITIZENS
was held in the Mayors parlor in City /
Hall. His Honor Mayor Castor being
present and, Chief Engineer DamraI oc-
cupying informal presidency, on motion I
OF General William s. Burt a detail of
citizens was authorized to take charge |
of all streets leading directly to the fire
and have exclusive control OF them. /
with the assistance of the police, with 7
authority TO take any action they might |
see fit IN the emergency The detail |
consisted Of General Burt, Alderman
jerks, Colonel Shaphard and other well /
known citizens, and each one has con-
troll Of intersecting streets with full lib
erty to use powder in the stOppage of the
devouring element, in case they should
consider 1t expedient, and with the con-
sent Of the Chief Engineer of Fire De-
partment Number 42. It was also au-
thOrized that in case Of necessity the
MILITARY SHOULD BE CALLED OUT.
At the above meeting, his Honor,
Mayor Castor, expressed his perfect
willingness to call out the militia to re-
lieve the policemen, and be even decided
to issue an order at one o'clock this
morning, but as none of the militia
officers present knew how their men
could be notified before to-day Sunday,
the matter was held in allowance, and il
is more than probable they will have to
60 on duty this forenoon.
. a.m.-The report of buildings being
blown up, indicating that gunpowder
was being used to stop the fire, was
heard at i've minutes past three, and was
the most welcome sound of the night,
fOT il betOkened fearless, honest, radi-
cal
EFFORT TO SAVE BOSTON
from Chicago's fate. Two discharges
were made in a block on Devonshire
street, and these threw the buildings par
tally dOwr, but without apparent ben
eft, for the flames jumped over it almost /
The building was close to the I
fire, and unless blocks more distant are
speedily prostrated the effect will of
course be simply nothing. The trains
were laid on Federal street about two
o'clock, and the street Immediately
cleared for action. From three to five
o'clock this morning the destruction of
the buildings in the path Of the confia-
or stion by explosion Of gunpOwder was
began in good earnest,
THE SHOCKS SHAKING THE CITY
to its foundations. It is to be hoped the
city may be saved by this means; moth I
ing else will. The firemen, though ex-
hausted by their arduOus labOTs, are still
working with a will, out it is plain to be s
seen that water alone offers no weapon {
powerful enough to fight the tire-fieRd &
At five minutes past four o'clock this i
morning a most terrific explosion took :
place, which undoubtedly did good ser 8
vice. At half-past four o'clock some {
on Devonshire street were
BLOWN TO ATOMS.
A determined effort is being made to {
prevent any further progress Of the !
flames in the North ward. The Tran I
script building caught fire just before !
four o'clock, the flames bursting into the
rear, and spreading with such Tapidity .
that all hope Of saving it was at once 4,
dispelled. At four O'Clock this morning !
the fire extended from Washington
street on the west TO the wharves on the
east, and from Milk street on the north
TO the Hartford and Erie bridge on the
south, the area of burnt district being !
roughly estimated at two hundred acres.
The estimate of a well-known real !
estate broker is that the loss on buildings
win average twelve dollars per foot for !
.his area, and therefore we have a grand =
total loss of buildings alone of
UPWARD OF ONE HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS. L
So fierce is the march of the flames c
and so irresistible that the merchants on Z
Olive street, when they first,,were aware
IF danger, essayed to move their goods, 4
Jut could not on account of the heat, L
and therefore they We're burned where 2
hey were, at an early hGurin the eve Il
aing.- The State printing Office was de- .
itrOyed at five O'clock. At this hour I
he progress of the fire southwark bas o
)een checked, and also in a great meas Q
ire toward the southeast, the extreme
INIT in that direction being the Hart n
ord and Erie railroad depot, extending, n
however, out on the road and burning n
he bridge. Then it runs along Broad d
street to India, taking all the interme- b
Hate wharves, and destroying few YES D
iels. The fire has work d around the new /,
)ostollice building, and reaches north o
srly to the side OF Water street. The e
arge building on the corner Of Congress a
md Water streets is in flames and will n
nave to go. Engines Nos. I and 4, of 81
Providence, have reached the scene Of a
he fire, and there are numerous hand Fl
ngines present from towns in this State d
lynn has sent two steamers and a hose n
arriage. No one branch of business a
uffers so extremely as the boot and shoe a
md hide and leather trades. The loss n
lere must exceed the greater one sus- b
aimed by the dry goods jobbers in the p
arly hours Of the morning. q
PLUNDERING BY THIEVES G.
ecame general, and firms who had re- a
nOved their stock to places Of supposed 8
ecurity out Of doors, were victims. q
'hese predatory rascals arrested by the o
olice became so numerous that it was v
1und impossible to accommodate all the u
and they were therefore dis "