Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-11-14

went the majority of the large city
dealers. 1t had been hoped that
the fire could be stopped short ol
Franklin street, but the stores there
were as vulnerable as any of the
others. The Freeman's National
Bank went at 10 O'Clock. and an
hour later the National Bank OF
North America was in as bad 9
condition. The only place where
the limits of the fire were reached is
on Summer street. where the fire
began. 1t swept in a northeasterly
direction from there and / cannot
tell where it will stop. The loss, Of
course, is beyond computation
There must be an insurance heavy
enough to bring under sever
al Insurance Companies in this city
Engines have been sent for to
Reading, Lawrence, Lowell, Salem
and Lynn. All in the immediate
vicinity are already here.
The Pilot office has just gone and
old South Church is in imminent
danger. Part of the Western Tn
ion wires are already down, and eve
ry now and then another gives out
BosroN, Nov. 10-9 A. M.-Build-
ings are being blown up on Lindall
and Congress streets. The post
Office on that street will probably &c
with most of that street. Marines
from the Navy Yard are on duty in
the streets.
The fire has reached dimensions
that simply defy description, and
the people of Boston find themselves
in danger of their lives-the loss OF
houses and other property being now
scarcely thought of. Every street
in the neighborhood of the fire is
thronged by people, all endeavoring
to save a few valuables, as they turn
towards fremont and Court streets,
where the fire is supposed to be un-
able to reach. But there is no tell
ing where this awful torrent of heat
and flames will stop, as the wind has
already risen to gale and it seems
to have no positive direction or cur
rent, as the flames increase in in
tensity and power. The atmosphere
lends additional force to the wind,
which rises, as it were, in our midst,
and goes rolling over the track OF
fire, hurting dense showers of fiery
sparks into the air, only to send
them over that portion of the city
still untouched. The rumbling noise
of the torrent OF flame is now and
then relieved by the detonation of
masses of gunpowder, which have
been placed in untouched edifices in
the apparent track of the fire, and
the awful scene is rendered more
fearful and appalling by the appear
ance of fragments of these demol
ished houses, as they fly upward in
to the air. The note of preparation
for the worst has been sounded eve
rywhere, consequently the aggregate
loss will be greatly lessened by the
prompt removal of all portable
goods. The greatest difficulty, how
ever, is experienced by the merch-
ants in procuring the necessary
means of transportation, as the
horses are nearly all i'll with the dis
ease that has SO afflicted the larger
cities of the Union. Fabulous pri
ces are being paid for such services
and yet the demand is far greater
than the supply. How will it end:
everyone is askin g,though I hard
ly dare to put the question to my
self. 1t seems to me that if it can
not be conquered now there is no
reason to think that it will until it
reaches the water, in which case it
will sweep through the dock square,
taking in Fanuel Hall and Quincy
Market, thence continuing its way
toward the shipping at Commercial
and Lewis wharfs, and so on up the
harbor. / am sorry to say that Bos-
ton is no better than other cities for
in the midst of the terror and con,
fusion that exist in our streets,
thieves are busy at work, and fire.
quent arrests are being made. In
deed, it is difficult to tell friends
from foes, and many owners are
compelled to see their valuables car
ried off by unknown desperadoes
without venturing to demonstrate or
stop the lawless proceeding. The
police do all they can to protect
property, but the multitudes prevent
their doing much, and so they con-
tent themselves with making arrests
whenever possible. Nearly two
hundred men and boys have already
been locked up, and also several
women.i All of these prisoners are
of the lowest class, and come from
the purliens of the city. .. .-...
The firemen from Newberyport,
Lowell, Waburn, Chelsea, Cambridge,
Charlestwon, New Bedford and 9TH
er places promptly responded-to the
call for aid made by our city ar
thorities, and dispatches are con-
stantly coming in announcing their
by special trains that
have been started over the various
lines by the rail road companies, ,but
before they can arrive the greater
part of the business section of the
city will be destroyed, together
with immense stores of valuable
goods. There is a rumor, which l
have no means of verifying at pres
ent that the fire is extending south
ward. There are reports that the
Worcester and Old Colony depots
are in danger. If this is the case
the fire must have taken q backward
course of nearly half a mile, along
Lincoln, South and Federal streets.
1t is a section entirely filled with
tenement house, mostly with wood,
which seems to me to be strong
reason for believing the statement
70 be true. The flames cannot go
lar in this direction, however as
hey will soon come to the water
dividing Boston from South Boston.
The two rail road depots spoken of
ire new ones and the loss in that
quarter will be a very heavy one.
1t is rumored that several lives
laye been lost in the flames, though
If course, they can be no certainty
If the fact. 1t is very probable.
however, as so rapid progress of
he flames could scarcely have oc-
,urred without some of the thou
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