Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-21


ger station of the corporation on Broad
street, at the foot OF Summer street,
was destroyed.
A visit to
SUMNER STREET
showed the fire to have advanced on
the South Side as far west az Hovev's
dry goods store, the upper portion of
which building was then on fire. The
wind had moderated some, but the fire
seemed to be fast taking its way toward
Washington street, in which was the
Establishments of Stearns and Co.
Walker and Co, Wm. r. Storms and
Co., THERE, Crump and Co., and .
large number of firms doing business
in the upper portions of buildings,
wauld be SWEET away. The fire appears
to be making to the rear of these build
ings, it not checked. The extensive
place of Jordon, Mash and 90, in Cen.
tral Court, and extending to Washing
ton street, stands in imminent dancer
of destruction
After repeated solicitations on the
part of business men, owners of real
estate and others, Chief Engineer
A0.A3 JASS O0AO1e 4 v cAsNk, gave
orders to rope off the streets leading
into Milk street, preparatory to blow
ing up buildings on the south side of
that street.
A body of United States marines
from the navy yard marched up WASH
lngton street about O'Clock and ten
dered their services on police duty.
which were Immediately accepted.
BLOWING UP BUILDINGS
The report of buildings blown up, in
dicat;ng that gunpowder was being
used to stop the fire, was heard ut five
minutes past three o'clock, and was q
most welcome sound, for it betokened
q fearless, honest, radical effort to save
Boston from Chicago's fate. Three
discharges were made in block on
Devonshire street, and these threw the
buildings partially down, but without
apparent benefit, for the flames jumped
over tho gap almost instantly. The
building was close to the fire, and un-
less blocks more distant are speedily
prostrated the effect will of course be
simply nothing.
The trains were laid in Federal street
about 2 O'Clock, and the street 1mme-
diately cleared for action. At 3:45
on Sunday morning the destruction of
buildings in the path of the conlagra.
tion, by the explosion of gunpowder,
was begun in good earnest, the shocks
shaking the city to its foundation. It
is to be hoped the city may be saved
by this means. Nothing else will.
TuIEvTNC
At an early hour Sunday morning
plundering by thieves became general.
and firms who had removed their stocks
to places of supposed security out of
doors were victims of these predatory
rascals. Arrests by the police became
so numerous that it was found impossi-
BILE to accommodate all 'the prisoners,
and they were therefore discharged
from custody after making restitution of
the stolen property.
On Washington street the buildings
of the American Watch Company, on
the northeasterly corner of Washing
ton and Summer streets, was COM
pletely gutted, but the walls remained.
North of this, on Washington street,
the same side, all were DESTROYED Is
far as the Transcript building, though
portions Of the walls of some of the
buildings were left. Both Washington
and Summer streets are filed with
bricks, mortar, and huge stones to the
depth of several feet. A portion of the
front of Trinity Church is standing
alone to mark the location of the late
beautiful edifce.
WHAT WAS BURNED.
Contrary to previous reports, all
dwellings. on Kingston-st. are safe. The
same is fortunately the case on Lincoln
street. All the residences of Fort Hill
section, 80 called, including Gridley,
High and Broad streets, have been des-
troyed, rendering hundreds of families
homeless and destitute. On Washing
ton street the fire was checked at five
o'clock this morning, in a southerly di-
rection. It had not reached beyond
Summer street. The buildings on the
south side of the latter street remained
standing, and those west of them un-
touched by the flames, with the excep-
tion of three nearest Chauncey street.
These were burned out, though the
walls remained standing, and there waa
no further danger in this direction.
Before 5 o'clock the fire found it,
way across Water street, and caught
upon the window castings and the roof
finish of the Summons block, in which
was the Boston Car Spring Company'a
Office and the Hide and Leather Bank,
and before an hour had passed the
whole building was enwrapped. At q
quarter to six the building on the op-
posite corner of Congress street, where
was the Shawmut Bank and W. E. Law
renee and Co.'s store, caught,
and in ten minutes all hope ol
saving it was gone. Northward toward
the postofice and State street swept
the flames, and all hopes of stopping
them by water WAS shut forever. At 6
O'Clock the stone block, where was s.
Nowell's store fell with a crash, which
sent sparks, dust and flames far beav-
onward. just before the fire took di
rectly opposite, on the northerly corner
of Federal and Milk streets, and began
its career towards Kilby md Broad
streets. These were the northeasterly
limits at 6 o'clock, but as the outer
line of flames change with every mo-.
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might be in half an hour.
State, Devonshire, Congress aud Kill.
by streets, and Congress Square, were
as far as merchandise was conveyed, on
wheels and afcot, for everybody was
moving whatever was portable. A large
party of men we're engaged in tearing
down signs in the vicinity of Milk,
Broad and Kilby streets, and around
Liberty Square. The buildings totally
destroyed on Devonshire street, be-
tween Milk and Water streets, were
the Home Insurance Company, Eastern
Express Company. and the Nation
nj Bank Of the Commonwealth.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, fearing the destruction of theil
premises, removed their instruments to
the Providence depot.
An attempt to blow up Carrier. anG
Vroot's jewelry store, corner of Mill
and Washington sts., Sunday morning
was unsuccessful, the explosion spend
ing it's entire strength through the WIN
dows, scarcely Earring the solid walls
The windows of the neighboring house
were shattered by the conclusion
nothing more.