The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-11-16

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werc powerless. Aces . mos. terrific OK
plos'on took place which undoubsedly di'
good service. ~ $50 Che baiD1ts0 81
Devonshire street were blown to atoms
The zrsase1pe building caught 6re Just be
fore I O'Clock, the flames bursting into III,
rear and Sprcedisg With such rapidity thu
al hope of saving 1t was at once dispelled.
< AREA o. THE PIRE. ~
Al O'Clock the fire extended from Wash
isgion street on the west, to the wharf "a
the cast, and MIX street. on tho north, Il
the Hartford e. Eric r. r. bridge on thu
sosth; the area Of the burnt district beine
roughly estimated at 800 acres. The esu
mate of well known real estate men Is thai
the loss on buildings will average @l2 pei
SQUARE foot for this area. and therefore We
have grand total Ions on buIldings alone Of
upwards of one hundred millions OF dollars
80 fierce was the marci, Of the flames and 50
Irresistible, that merchants on Oliver street
when first made aware of the danger essaycd
10 move their goods but could not reach
where they were.
DETAILS or the DESTRUCTION.
At an esrly hour the State Printing Office
was destroyed. BY five .. IN. the progress
of the fire southward was checked and also
IN . great measure toward the south-east,
the extreme limit in that direction being the
Hartford and Erie II. r. depot. extending
however out on the r0ad aud burning the
bridge. Thence along Broad d. to L.
dia wharf taking oil the intermediate wharvcs
and destroying few Vessels rs before stat
cd. All the residences on Kingston escaped
destruction, and the same 10 the case on
Lincoln It, All the residences in tho Fort
Hill section, 80 called, including Grizzly,
High and Broad Sts were destroyed render
ing hundred families homeless and dcst''
tute.
On Washington the fire was checked by 8
o'clock this morning. In the southerly d.
recsion it had not reached beyond Summer
At. The buildings ON the southerly side Of
the latter St. remained standing. and west
Of them WA untouched Ivy the flames will,
the exception Of the three nearest Cl'sncery
| 81. which were burnt out though tho vi ais
remained standing.
On Washington St. the building Of the
American Watch Co. was completely Quilted
but the walls remain standing. North of
this. on the same side IT Washington st. all
the buildings were destroyed - fer rs the
Transcript Office, though portions at tho
walls and some buildings were left.
Both Warrington and Summer sts.. arc
filed with debris 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 clificc.
BEFORE five O'Clock the fire crossed Water
It,, caught upon the window castings and
roof of the Simmous' Block IN which wss
the Boston Car Spring Co.'S Office, and the
Hide & Leather Bank. and before an hout
the whole building was erwrapped. At Z
qusrterto six the building opposite the corner
Of Congress St. where was the Shawmut
Bank and w. f. Lawrence. & Co.'S store
! caught and In ten minutes oil hope Of saw.
Ing it was gone.
About o O'Clock the fire struck tho corner
Of Federal and Milk Sts., and began ia
spread towards Kilby and Broad SITS.
State. Devonshirc, Congress. and Kilby
Sts.. and Congress Square were, a. fur as
merchandise vas concerned, on wheels and
on foot for everybody was moving whatever
was portable. Large parties were engaged
10 tearing down signs 10 the vicinity Of
Milk, Broad and Kilby St., and around
Liberty Square the buildings wore totally
destroyed.
On Devonshire st. between Mix and Wa.
ter Sts.. werc the Home insurance Co. Ess.
tern Express Co., and National Bank of the
Commonwealth.
Pn0GREss CHECKED.
A visit to the north end of the fire ut :
O'Clock showed it was not progressing with
anything like previous rapidity, having I'd.
vancsd not more than 100 feet into Congress
street, between Water and State streets.
during the preceding hour and half. The
heat he'd nose Of that 6ssce, terrible inteas>
ity which had been devounug the buildings
% rapidly. Tho same state of affairs was
tevpd to exist on Milk street, the buildings
on the southern side of that street below
Pearl street, which had caught - early as
81 O'Clock, were burning slowly In oompas.
ison 70 that which the majority Of their
near nsighoore were, and their walls were
oil intact. An immense number of streams
Of water were being turned on the fire from
every possible point, ~ engine from soma
other city or town being seen at every cor
ner, ssd thsse ssen 70 behaving good effect.
Il was rumorsd about 8 O'Clock that tho
old South Church had been mined 10 readi.
ness to blow up, but on inquiry it was found
that those IN charge had resolved to risk
matters o. that corner and look to the pro.
tex ton Of The heavy walls Of the Tsoaseripl
ohice Opposite. The 7rssserips did not re-
move asyef Ahs msssrAl, which WIS packed.
however, nm,d iowetsd into The cellar. Some
Of It may b saved from destruction, The
Rass building viii bc nearly destroyed al.
though The walls nay remain stsndisg.
All efforts q estimating the Losses and
iususanccs are futile 1t this time. Having
djysa the march Of the hre, most reader,
~sh readily esan the names ii the great
majority Of firms on prominent business
streets. &. l.2ts a@ iae .g1a5 sssf f". ..' m"l
THE 8rFECT IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Np n. u l0th.-A private die.
patch received here direct from Boston con.
firms the statement Of Tho prses dispatches
heretofore forwarded tlnt tie Ore had been
sabdued and fussAesr psagrsss, stayed. s.
far y Il present idvSed. the destruction
had beeo cosAued v the boundaries alresdy
named. The effects q ths Gre will b. very
severely feit haze = very many Chicagd
firms wsse directly ooanecsed With Boston
houses, and large saaosnts Of capital froan
that city have bssn invested IN re6aildlns