New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-11-13
THE BOSTON FIRE.
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Bank the Everett Bank and tho Emigrant Savings
Bank were removed in time. but the books Of the Hide
and Leather Bank we're burned The vault Of the Shaw
nut Bank was Intact The vaults and safes OF many bs
ness firms also stood the terrible trial. out many O'uers
have certainly given way and many are sun 80 hot that
10 Is considered dangerous 10 open them Deep uhder
the ruins In the heart OF the fire. are many more, which
cannot DO reached for several days. Still there Is no
abatement I'm the general feeling Of elasticity and even
OF good humor which has been remarkable through
out this whole disaster The largest losers are generally
Of large capital and long established credit who
will bear up under the blow without great difficulty
should the insurance companies pay no more than
Is or 30 per cent There meeting Of the shoe and
leather trade yesterday, at which resolution which
looked like appeal for aid was rejected with
some indignation, tho assembly declaring that
the shoe and leather dealers able to
"paddo their own canoes" Yet there VIII
OF be great call for money when the rebuilding
fairly begns The warehouses are likely To be at
least costly the old, and If money will make them
reproof you may depend upon 1t that Boston builders
will spare no extra expense to attain 80 desirable an end
Most OF the capital spent upon these buildings alter
the insurance companies have paid what they ean must
be borrowed. plan bias been preached Tor making tue
city the lender OF these vast Bonds are TO DO
Issued according to this scheme and loaned To the
builders under proper guarantees that the proeeeus
shall be honestly expended for the restoration oil the
ruined property the city securing itself by mortgage
upon the estafes This device meets with favor, and
will doubtless be brought before the proper authorities
Immediately
THE REAL SUFFERERS
TIRE real sufferers by tho fire the 1900 working
people who thrown out Of employment Inc clothing
establishments supported thousands OF sewinggirls,
whose pay was small aud whose poverty now must be
distressing. Relief associations sprang INTO existence
before the fire had been subdued Cilzens COm-
mittee established itself ut the charity building IN
Cbardon-st.. and opened a temporary home. Commit
tee Of Ladies' headed by Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis de-
votes itself especially to the wants Of women. Iet
thus far there been little to do. The temporary
refuge in Cnardon-s has only eight inmates The Com
mittees have had few applications for aid. The nrSt
effort will be to find work for the idle but very soon
there must come a demand for money, and the whole
country Is fastening to supply IT, Chicago has sent
100000 Jordan, Marsh Co. Lave given 10000; Nayor
& CO. OF Liverpool, 5000 Blake Brothers Co, $4,000;
the town OF Woburn 81 800 The prOpIieors OF places
OF offer the proceeds Of certain performances
and every hand pour In offers OF help from distant
cities which only wait TO know in what form help VIII
be most acceptable Tie answer Is money Nobody
go& nufgry yet. nobody is without shelter, but
hunger must come very soon when $4,000 people are
suddenly deprived Of the opportunity of earning their
living.
The number OF the id'e, while it has increased the
crowd of the Gordon has not increased the con
fusion moro orderly community in the midst of great
excitement the world has seen. Even the humid
reds of New York rufans. whose familiar uginess con-
fronts every street corner have not been able to
create a disturbance or to collect much booty. The
police are watchful and strict but they wonderfully
good nated. The militia have not the appearance OF
much discipline, being eccentric as TO costume
and anything rather than military in their
bearing: but they are certainly efficient They
firm
street closed, and with them is always at least one
policeman, to whom the soldiers refer everybody VINO
asks permission pass Tne owners and essees OF prop
ery inside the lines have trouble in going back and
forth. Reporters and correspondents are admitted
pretty freely. have gone over tho forbidden ground
repeatedly and have only two or three times been asked
for my pass During the first night quantities Of goods
were pered very few of the thieves cot away with
their plumber.
The stories Of ncendiarism are TO be taken with
some grams OF allowance. 1t is reported that
gang of men and halfgrown ladS wcre seized
Of setting fire to the Hancock
schOOlhOusc, Prince-st., and were taken
TO jail. A marine arrested man for attempting
to tire a building DevOnshre-st Both these occur
on Monday morning aud ON Monday even
ing 1t is said tn ere incendiary attempt in the
Highland district, and another on COnantst Possibly
these stories may rest upon mere suspicion like the
stories of loss of life by falling walls, and suocaon in
the burning buildings. lt was supposed on Monday
morning that about thirty bodies were buried the
ruins hut the only ground for the belief in most
cases that certain missing. cannot learn
OF more than four five well authenticated reports of
loss of life, including two hremen.
II should attempt repeat 1.-THE of the curious
incidents OF the tire which told about town, might
I'll page of THE TRIBUNE. The current of air created
by the flames great that fragments OF PAPER
carried l6 miles away Leaves of cleCkbOObs and
ledgers found at Quincy, Hanover, and East Ney
mouth. Cnders fell in Abingdon, Hanover, and Penn
broke. carrcd $50 note picked up at East Abing
ton The glare OF the conf grafton 10y night
Concord, y. H., and the light distinctly VisiOe
90 miles at sea, and also noticed of the Isle
Shoals. There are stories Of herOism which
deserve TO he told and over again. Two fire
men. whose have not been learned, rushed into
the fall Of one OF tho side walls. While they at
work the mont wall came down. aud they were never
again. We Ignorant, too, OF tue name Of the
brave fellow who cTawled into cellar COngrcss-st.
aud let off the steam from three OyeIheatel boilers
which threatened instant to explode IL so
hot that his comrades kept streams Of play
ing him while he performed this perilOus duty The
constantly ready for the tremen at the Union rooms,
and has served them at their posts when
they could not leave the engines. In the
chapel Of the HOis-St Church refreshments also
dispensed to the firemen all day Sunday. To some
people the catastrophe will perhaps acquire deeper
losers is Mme Christine HssOnROuzeaud She was the
owner Of two burned buildings IN Otis-st remember
tnat tho Chicago disaster IN the same wiped out
some of tho investments of Nine. Parepd Rosa.
j.. II. G. II.
THE BOSTON BANKS SAFE.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THEIR CONDITION,