Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-11-11


shoe and hide and leather trades. The lnss here
must exceed the great one sustained Inv tho
dry goods iobbcrS.
THE PLUNDERING BY THIEVES
became general. and firms who had rer,,,.,,i
their stock to places of supposed scrnrity ot f
doors were victims of these predatory rascaIs
Arrests by the police become 50 numerous that
il was found impossible TO accommodate all the
prisoners, and they were therefore discharged
from custody after making restitution OF the
stolen goods
THE CONDITION At FIVE O'clock.
All the residences on the Fort Hill section. so
called, including Gridlev, High and Broad
streets, have been DESTROYED, rendering hun
dredS of families homeless and destitute.
At five O'Clock this morning the fire had
been stopped IN q sourherly direction on Wash
ington street. not having reached teyond sam
mcr street. The buildings on The sontbcrly side
of the latter street remained standing and west
OF them untouched by the flames with the ex-
ceptiOu of the three nearest Chauncv street.
These were burned out, though the walls re-
maiucd standing, and there was no further
danger in this direction
Elhe building of the American watch com.
pany, on the northeastern corner of Washing
ton and Summer streets, had been COmpetelv
Quilted, but the walls remained North OF This
ON Washington street, same side, all were de-
Stroyed rs far as the Transcript building thong h
portions of the walls Of some of tl,e huildinrs
streets are filled with bricks, mortar and bupe
stones to the depth of several feet A norton
of the front of the Trinity church is standing
alone to mark the location Of the late beautiful
cdifce
Before O'Clock the fire found its way across
Winter street and caught upon the window cas-
ings and the roof finish Of Samson's block, in
which were the Boston car spring cOmpauy'S
office and the Hide and Leather bank, and be.
fore an hour was passed the whole building was
cnWTappCd.
AT quarter of six the building on the opposite
corner Of Congress street, where were the Shaw
NUT bank and W. f. Lawrence & Co.'S store.
caught, and IN ten minutes all hone of saving
1t was gone. NOrthward toward the post office
and State street swept the flames, and ali hopes
OF stopping them by water were shut off Tor
ever.
Passing down nearer the water. at G o'clock
the walls of the stone block where was S New
ellis Store fell with crash which scntthe SHARKS
dust aud fame far hcavcnward, and lust before
this the fire took directly opposite on the north
erly corner of Federal and Milk streets, and be-
gan its career toward kiiby and Broad streets.
These were the northcastcrly limits at O'Clock.
but as the outer line flames change with every
moment, there is no telling where the fire might
be in Il half hour.
State, Deyonshire, Congress and Kilby streets.
and Congress square, were, us far ms mercban,
disc was concerned on wheels and afoot for
everybody was moving everything portable
large party of men were engaged in trarinr
down Signs in the vicinity of Min. Broad and
kilby streets, and around Liberty s1uare
The buildings totally DESTROYED on Dryonsbire
| street between Milk and Wafer streets we're the
| Home insurance company, Eastern express com.
pauy, and National Bank of the Commonwealth
On Milk street. the next BUILDINGS 10 burn ou
the south side are those occupied bv r. G CaId
well Co, Gilman Bros, VIM B. Williams. s
T.. Pierce \ Sons, Union glass company, and
Harrington Dana. The parties burned out on
Milk street, IN addition to those previously men
TONED were; II. NJ. Clark Co.. S. b. Warren.
Grant, Warren \ Co., ID, Ii. Sparhawk, +. S,
Novel;, Hyde Hutchinson & Co., Hill Clark g.
Co., Amos p. Taplcy, A. & A Lawrence q 90,
On Congress street, between Milk and Water,
were the EXter machine works. Dillingham; e.
| Co., J. p. Marshall & Bro. Themes & Talbot
Martes & Shaw, Spaulding & Co Rogers. Bush
| 4 Co., A. W. Locke & Co., Great Western dis
| patch freight express, l.. b. Wilder, T. w, Rim
| ley On Water street was the Hide and Leather
bank, Mercantile agency, Boston car spring com.
| puny, Boston Post building, Hone Mutnal in
| surancc company, Boston bottle works, Edward
NJ. Smith, New England trust company, Vim.
| cent Lalorme. The following parties on Wate,
| street have been burnt out, or must 20 speedily
lleman 5. DOanc, Joshua NJ. Cushing, John b
| Calender, Small & Appleton and the keroSen,
lamp store, corner of Kilby. The Westerr
| Union telegraph company fearing the destTuc
ton Of their premises have removed their in
| strumcnts to the Providence depot
ENGINES FROM DISTANCE.
Steam engines are arriving from all direc
tons. Inc steamer Kcarsarge, from Ports
mouth, N. H., has just arrived and rome /,
work. They report that the light of the fir,
could be seen from Portsmouth,
A steamer from Portland is coming on the
| Pullman train.
| The Boston Traveller have sent their moyea bic
| property TO CharcStOwn.
ANOTHER BANK.
The Mount Vernon national, at 1856 Wasntnr-
| ton street, is destroyed.
CURRIER & TRoTT's JEwELRY STORE.
An unsuccessful attempt to blow up this an
cent building, corner of Milk and Washington
| streets, about six O'Clock this morning, was nm
| successful, the explosion spending its force
through the windows, scarcely iarring the solid
| walls. The windows in the neighborhood were
all shattered by the conclusion, nothing more.
Superintendent forriSial did noble work in
sending out all the city teams at an early hour
and keeping them at work all through the night
and early morning, removing goods to the city
stable yards, 1t is estimated that at least one
million dollars worth were saved by the prompt
aud ethclent acton taken by Mr. ForriStal.
Several OF the attempts to blow up buildings
met with the Ill success that attended the ex-
| perlments on the corner of Milk aud Washing
| ton streets, windows only being shattered.
THINGS LOOKING BETTER.
visit TO the north end of the fire at seven
| O'Clock, showed that 1t was not progressing
with anything like the previous raDidity hay