Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-11-15

FROM tue Boston Advertiser:
Killed-Lewis c. Thompson of Worcester,
struck 10y a falling wall.
Louis Porter Abbott of Charlestown, in Weeks
4 Potter'S store.
Frank Omstead Of steamer No.:l of Cam
bridge, fatally injured.
VIM. Fairy and Daniel Coehrane OF steamer
No. f.
Buried under Weeks & Potter's store, five IN
known persons.
Thomas Maloney of Worcester, ankle frac-
tured,
Col. Freeman, head and legs injured by his
VIM. T. Woodward, horseman OF No. Is, run
over by steamer Is, and ribs and shoulder frac-
tured.
G. W Gardner OF hose s. burned
Francis Grocker, burned about face aud arms.
Charles Paine and Thos. Waldron of Charles
town, injured by falling walls.
John Richardson, one Of the New Haven fire
men, was injured during the fire on Central
court.
Peter Deigham, rigger, foot badly injured.
Joseph Bumham and George Smith, the for
mer OF Dorchester and the latter of NeponSet,
both came in on Saturday evening 10 see the fire
and have not been heard from
Walter +. IwOmbiy of Sheridan hose, No. ,,
Of Maiden, has been missing since three O'Clock
Sunday morning. He was last seen on State
street, gong toward Pearl street. He was %
years OF age
John Dillon, machinist, is years of age liv-
ing at 122 Broadway, has been missing since
three O'Clock Sunday.
Albert c. Abbott, an exempt fireman of
CharlestOwn, lies in a very critical condition at
the Massachusetts general hospital from injuries
received while at work on the site Of the old post
office Sunday afternoon. His brother, Louis
Porter Abbott, is missing and is supposed to be
buried in the ruins of Bradford & AnthOny's
store on Washington street. He leaves three
children in the care of his aged and widowed
mother at II Perkins street. ChareStOwn
Albert was to have been married TO young
lady of CharleStown, Thanksgiving day, all ar
rangementS having been completed She has
been in constant attendance on him since Sun
day evening. The mother had a presentment
on Sunday that something was to happen to one
OF the boys and her fears were iearlully realized
Brain fever has attacked her and she now lies
IN critical condition at her home with little
hope OF her recovery. Mr.. Abbott was in the
army. lie enlisted in the Warren PhalanX, Co.
Is, Both Mass. regiment, and served with great
bravery during the war, and was wounded
twice. His occupation was that of a machinst
he worked at the machine shop Of the Boston
and Maine railroad company, and leaves wife
and two or three children. His age was about
IS years.
TELEGRAPmC COMMUNICATIONS
The Western Union telegraph company have
kept employed one hundred line builders night
and day since thesire, under the direction OF the
general aud district superintendent, in repairing
old and building new lines. Permission was
granted by the city authorities to place poles
and wires through the burnt district to the AL
bany depot, and the men have worked night and
| day IN carrying through this object Previous
to the opening of this route through the burnt
district, the general office at SO State street. was
throngei with an excited multitude waiting
| Their turn to pass in dispatches to the company,
| Whlle every wire running south and west was
| destroyed, The company, however, were eua-
| Died to transmit many Of the dispatches for the
| south and west by indirect routes through Port
| land, Montreal, White River junction, etc. also
| by keeping an express between the main office
| aud the various depots. The demand upon the
| telegraph company of insurance companies and
| citizens who have suffered from the fire, could
| not, however, be met until the establishment of
| the route through the burnt district which as
| it now exists will ensure omptcommunication
1 IN the present crisis, and which is of the utmost
| importance to the mercantile and insurance in
| teresiS Of the city. The company are now doing
the enormous business crowded upon them with
| promptnesS, they having called large force OF
operators from New York and elsewhere to as
| sist during the emergency.
| now TWO BUILDINGS WERE SAVED.
| The Boston Post attributes the preservation Of
its building to its copper roof, 1t says the noble
| efforts OF the tiremen at this most important
| position were rendered successful only by the
| massive brick wall forming the eastern side of
! the Post building, by the thick copper cutters
| stout coping and the double and triple sheath
| ing OF copper that protects the manSard roof
| In spite of the explosion near at hand, of the
| falling Of the granite block adjoining, and of
| the many ylcssitudeS of that terrible Sunday
| morning, the Post building stands without a
| crack III its sturdy masonry, as firm as ever
And while the walls defed the splitting heat
| the manSard roof, coppercd and protected so as
| to be as nearly fire proof as any structure not
| made exclusively of stone and iron, yielded to
| the fire only ut one point, where flames like
| those OF blast furnace ate away large corner
| to be finally subducd inside.
The extensive lewelry and1 silver ware house
| of Crosby Morse & Foss, on the corner of Wash
| ingtOn street and Central court, in which was
| stored a large amount of valuables and plates
| belonging to private citizens besides their own
| extensive Stock was surrounded by the fire but
escaped destruction. Their building is peculiar
IN construction and believed to be fire proof.
On me north side it has Il solid wall without
windows, but what is still more important aud
the circumstances to which the prQnriet1rs at.
tribute then Immunity, it has fire-proof roof of
| brick and iron. The ceilings also are of similar
fire proof construction. If this building had
been destroyed it would hardly have been posi-
pie TO save the building Of Jordan ( Marsh,
close by,
HEAVIEST LOSSES IN REAL ESTATE.
AN examination of the books of the assessors
SHOWS the heaviest losses of real estate to be the
following, the figures given being the last as
sessed valuation upon the various estates The
N''lo Nnldlt oNtt%tlS 70 Gl 9llDAOt OIL upwards OF
o5OO,OOD; the loss of II. H. Hunnewell for self
and as trustee will reach over $3.50 900; that of
the Messrs. FaXOn brothers in the vicinity of
S25O,OOO; and the Simmons estate in the vicin-
ny OF S3OO,OOO. The valuation of the splendid
uiooG on Feari street, numbered from 90 to 95,
owned by b. Brooks, was $685. 900, but it cannot
oe replaced Tor any such money. Harvard col
egc is loser to the amount of S150,O00, and
Sl0O,OOO will not make the loss Of Mr. WIN. Il.
Spooner good, The loss to Mr.. Patrick nona-
hoe on real estate will reach nearly, if not
quite, 100000, aud that is but beginning
OF hs loss; MIR. VIM. F. Yields loss in
buildings will reach upwards Of S15O,0OO,
Mr.. James NJ. Beebe's S175 900, I,apici
Denny's heirs, $4,000, Isaac Hichs heirs,
,OOOj I. y Lawrence's heirs, S120 900; Mary
and Ann WiggleSworth, $4,000; Edward Wig.
ellsworth, Sl75 900; Lemau KlouS, S1S5,00 +, |
Phillips, S225,O0O; Nathan Matthews, SOS, 900;
Christine Nilsson, estate on Otis street. S51 900:
Jacob Sleeper, oS5,000 luther Parks heirs,
S6S,O00j Charles o. Rogers heirs, $4,000; Ste
phen Dow, $4,000; Axel Dearborn, $4,000;
William Gray, 100000; Liberty square ware
house corporation, e950O0; Levi l.. Tower,
SBO,QOO Gardner Brewer, $4,000; 'lorrcy eg-
tate, 100000; L. Nj. Standish, $50 600; Edward
Crults heirs, $4,000; James II. Real, $40 900;
Wright Whitman ra0OOJ; Chas. Merriam's
heirs, si9OOOi VIM Sohicr and l.. Saltonstall,
trustees, $4,000.
SAFE OPENINGS.
The yigilapt Watohlalness Of squad of the
h0ston Dragons over a particular locality on
High street, since the devastation by the great
are, found its explanation in the sensation there
produced yesterday, at the opening of one Oft
steam safes. The safe belonged to the firm of
Wescott.& Son, leather merchants, and was said
to contain a very large sum (S150,0O0 in
money. The safe had been subjected TO
most intense heat for sixty-two hours, and |
great solicitude was felt as to the recovery of
their money, All the contents of the safe were
found to be unharmed, TO the great satisfaction
and eXultation Of its owners
The safes of Messrs f. Russell & Co., of the
Mercantile agency, were opened yesterday morn. |
ing and the entire contents were found to be |
safe, Lindsay & Gibbs recovered all their books |
also, some (which, however, were badly burned. |
Their papers were found to be charred 10 a |
crisp Peter g. Jones 4 Co., paper dealers. |
opened their safe to find most Of their books |
destroyed.
VIM, Eaton 4 Co.. Ames & Son, Albert A. |
Pope Co., and Healey, Famham & Co. have |
lost everything which they entrusted to their |
safes The contents Of the safe of Dale Bros in |
franklin street were found in good state OF |
preservation. The Revere copper company |
opened their safe, the contents OF which were |
well preserved. Train & Co., formerly at ia |
Milk street. after allowing their safe to cool, !
opened it and discovered nothing but aahes, TO I
which books papers and currency were alike |
REDUCED. The contents of the safe of the Sax
onyllle mills were taken out uniniured,