Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-11-10
used mostly as offices, and occupied 10y various

used mostly as offices, and occupied by various
parties
Slowly the fire began to creep steadily up both
sides of Summer street, crawling along from
roof to roof opposite the Everett block. The
buildings, as they were engulfcd in rapid sue
cession, were:
Brick swell front occupied by \. Folsom &
Sons, floor cloths and oil cloths; George H.
Butler, hair goods; Eugene Chapiu's (com-
mission merchanD granite block; Morse, Ham
mond Co., hosiery and gloves; Beal & Homer,
wholesale clothing; 5. Klous & Co., hats, caps
aud furs; Suueker Brothers, hat and cap man.
ufacturers; Wyman 4 Orklay, imported goods
and linens; Ewing, Wise & Fuller, linens and
white goods; Rothwcll, Sutser, Potter & Co.,
clothing; Mitchell, Green & Stevens, clothing.
At this time about 10 o'clock, the flames burst
from the top of building in Arch street, a
dozen doors removed from Summer street, be-
fore the existence of the flames in this quarter
was known. They had spread down through
the building, and were bursting in a perfect
torrent from all the windows in front of the
fancy goods store of Hawley, Folsomc & Mar.
tin. The fire spread to each side, enveloping
the stores of Thomas Kelly Co., D. NJ. Hodg-
don, clothhiug, March Brothers. Pierce & Co.,
Miner Beals & Hackett all of which were
quickly blazing.
AT ten O'Clock, the whole roof of
Everett Block
Was sheet of fame, sending high into the air
column of fire, smoke and lurid sparks
Wholesale Stores.
Haying>--s gaiued perfect control Of the
Everett block, the Gre stretched its arms across
the narrow street, and moved rapidly up toward
Washington street, taking in the establishments
of Geo. Il. Low, Brett s Co., Wholesale clothing,
and Messenger {. Co., dry goods; Edgertou &
GiIman's dining rooms; Chafte & Whitney,
sewing silk; Lee, Tweed G Co., dry goods; Lewis
Brown & Co., kid gloves; Moraun & Co., COM
mission merchants; Seayey, Foster & Bowman,
agents of the Canton silk mills, Kettle & Jones,
commission merchants; Price, Hicks & Co.,
thread Trimmings; Porter Brothers, commission
merchants; Nicholas & Sons, imitation hair.
AT the Opposite END of Summer Street.
Near the junction of Bedford street, among the
buildings destroyed were the following Heyer
Bros, importers of fancy goods; Gilbert, Love.
joy & Co., wooens, (No. 92); John Cotter.
hosiery, gloves, &C., (No. 1927 Winthrop square.
The very centre of the great wholesale trade
of the city, embracing some of the
Most Costly Mercantile buildings
ever built in this country, and occupied by such
great firms as James NJ. Bebee & Co. and Stew.
ard & Co.
AT Robbins Wharf
A schooner was destroyed, as were the coal
sheds and large quantity of lumber on the
pier.
Tho Hartford and Erie Wharf
The wharf of the Hartford and Erie railroad
company was burned, and the passenger station
of the corporation on Broad street, at the foot
Of Summer street, was destroyed. The follow.
ing are
FLAMES Tapping up Eheir Houses
Before they could get half or a quarter of their
| goods into the street. The fire extended on
BOih Sides of Lincoln Street.
On Russia wharf all the buildings, mostly
used by rag, paper and Junk merchants, were
| destroyed.
There were no vessels lying at this wharf.
The Fire Probably under Control
A dispatch to Chief Engineer Coombs says
that one steamer and one hose carriage left for
Worcester at O'Clock.
There is a report that the Worcester fireman
killed is Albert L. Axtell, a young man twenty
one years old, a member of city hose No. /, but
nothing definite can be learned.