, 1872-11-12

here the loss has fallen upon the most subBtan-
region over towards the water, of which have
quarters in this blaekened i ' WASTE pye1
The great dry goods houses. wool houses,
leather houses we're all here. For years pasi
the pride Of Boston business men has been the
except for the terrible fault Of construction,
tue use Of bad material, and the prevailing
disorder of Aansard roofs, the result has been
magnificent There was Winthrop Square, with
Beebe's splendid building, and other structures
or Of tue same class There was Franklin street,
ington street. Of late years the dry
goods jobbing houses have been gradually NOV
ing towards Chelsea. aud many Of them, conse-
quently, escaped this disaster but the heavy
commission houses, which sell entirely by the
with, perhaps, one or two exceptions. Pearl
street was the chief leather mart Of New Eng
land, and that, too, is swept away. The most OF
the wholesale clothing establishments we're
here, and those that have gone employed no
fewer than 10000 girls: The great wool houses
Quantities of wool,-no less than 100000
pounds; for trade had been dull. The same
thing may be said of the dry goods
houses, which still held large guam
titles Of unsold winter goods and had
Just taken in an extra summer stock, also;
Wool, dry goods, and leather are the staples Of
our best trade. How complete ia the destruc-
tion you may imagine from the statement made
to me on good authority, this afternoon,
that there remains not one wholesale wool
house, not one wholesale establishment in shoes,
one type foundry, and only one wholesale crock
cry warehouse Printing houses and periodicals
have gone BY the score.
Only one daily paper was burnt out, and that
was the Transcript, which lost it's beautiful new
building, on Washington street. It has gone back
as usual. Still about twenty weekly papers have
suffered. The Pilot and it's establishment, one
Of the most complete of the kind in the United
States, comprising stereotyping and book
printing house, and occupying a eplen-
lie buildings besides those / mentioned, there
we're few, except St. Stephens Episcopal
Church, and the House of Refuge for Tie Poor.
connected with it, and Trinity Episcpal Church.
Perhaps there is no CITY in the world where q
fire Of the extent Of sixty acres could
gather from these statements that, while the
pecuniary loss has been enormous, the individual
distress has been comparatiyely lieht. We
have had none Of the heartrending scenes
that signalized the Chicago disaster. perhaDs
100 families in all have been turned into tie
them, and they will not starye, During the first
night there was, of course, terrible con
fusion. but not much disaster Verv
little property was removed from threatened
buildings. BECAUSE no conyeyance cnnid he
hired to take it. Most Of the T horses m
tbay we're @ @ fnr nd ths n.rrow - wei a+raaas sn4s
had been blocked anv mora vii, WAGONS onJ
drays, the disorder would have BE been friehtful.
As It was. the firemon we're crushed for room
height, the Streets were nearly @ ali i'm m
As few uiles Of foods nav
stn be efee On the m and small vauable
for instance. going Of With bis vita rnde, rnd
one arm. and the broken foot NJ
But, as rule, it nav be said that the he goods in
store we're too bulky to be- removed emo eyen % had
tie IRE not verv soon cut of conamnnication. .s
The loss. therefore. is in almost ali CASES. a.
total one. The circumstances f1iffar from
hose OF CHICAGO in other narticniaTs
the class which is best abie to bear it. The in
Boston underwriters we're alwavs % eaner to taka Ike
.isks on the Yery property which las been
30 suddenly destroyed. How many Of tie COM
mother despatch. but if tie worst ant;ci-
oations could be realized. tho loss ia not more
han the city can easily endure. ? Tie co coura ee
If the people is magnificent. When I passed
through the burning Streets. at Q o'clock tb;s
morning. I found men who lad 1oat evervtbinc
cropping their way through the SMOKE. looking
Tor the ruins of their stores to nut up placartis
among the still burning debris an
their removal to other nnartera.
By daybreak the Whole ACCESSIBLE mart ~ the
district was dotted with exfemnorized
,igns. McCulloeh. Williams 4 Parker.
yGo occupied one Of the finest of the mined
torres. where thew employed 4. .ODf) hands beTan
,usinesa this morninf, IN tha Mason 4 Hnmlin
,uilding. The Great dry eoods honsa of
;arcent Brotbeea A caurbt e9qe tire uuuse at ga
n Sunday nirht. In hnif an hour
i've salesmon were on the wav to New York tn Inv
n = fresh stuck n rooIa s1d +te fr1n res,,nas ~
,nerations immediafe1v Thair 1osa - xea aoI he.
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