Smyrna times., 1872-11-13
BOSTON IN FLAMES!
oss EIGHTY TO NINETY MILLIONS:


terrible catastrophe has overtaken the city of Boston.
bsb almost equals that which swept over Chicago
las, year solid business portion of the lying
state and east OF Washington street
stree, and to the front has been destroyed
The FIRE broke about hatpast O'Clock Saturday
nrt in the OF Summer Streets
and there hardly breath OF wind stirring
vas sounded-about halpast o'clock followed a second
third Apd fourth In rapid succession
hardly the ground when the Gre broke out from the fourth
story fOurstor granite corner of Sum
uer Kingston streets, occupied by Tebbets Baldwin
Davis Wholesale dry goods dealers. 1t had caught in the
engine aud the flames spread with lightning rapidy to
elevator and first climbing underneath
wOod wu Of the roof Engines fairly work any
ether had caught.
The budnxs in the vicinity all granite four stories
htrh surrounded with roof none OF them
being years detached spnters few r,pidy
fe air warmed by the terrible heat
licking the mansard roof the
the directed npon quarters Fire
vac constantly in the air and building after another
caught the roof and flames skipped one window sill
another so that in less than thirty minutes
baahed it became evident that the city one
direction at the Of the 6ames which leap
ig gayv from rOoi to roof aud building another
The second building to suceumb directly opposite
IN whch the hre first broke by Mann
Nain Ems. Harding Brothers x Co. Bowen, Moore Co.
George Lhe Carter Co. and COsnt Brothers, all wholesale
dealers dry and fancy goods This corner OF Otis
place.
Tn. heat Internal The streets ran rivers of
Exploding and falling the making them
hremen were driven from station another, and
many engines kept noby at work while hydrants
used by hand hose The engineer only hold his
PLACE while stream Of kept playing upon him
Blocks Of granite weighing tons split by powder. and
hul- wide aud panks flying through the
airAs il they feathers
demen erected barrcades and worked behind Them
they burned almost erected. An hour had
hardly elapsed before evident Beebes block the
sn business structure in the city built of granite, fve
l.. e.wffh
minutes the flames coming outin fiery bows from
every window, and the stairway leading A. T.
rooms perfect column of flames. This building we'd
bat fuel for the flames Pieces whsng
lodging the window ss the magna.
cent DevOnshre Beebes block Stood solid
vail Of granite several inmates after the inside fell but the
heat warped IT, and two million dollars heap
bricks and mortar hurricane ragged and owing the
Intense heat and perfect seet Of Goals drove everything
before 1t.
Every building heated fin furnace and caught like
finder POurstory granite blocks seemed like shavngs and
dsAieninE explosions we're constantly heard
added the babel Of confusion Tenement houses at the
end OF Federal street fast being licked
James and woRen crazed and fainng rushing
O carving children erocksry, clocks bedding
hands One ran screaming through High street with
fanne in her hands while tugxng heavy ches
which would have been heavy weight strong Nov
aud then few pieces Of goods might be saved volunteer
vhO in and Eve minutes during which they
work in bringing out hundred pieces OF cloth. One
Marshal COtter out twenty-five thousand dollars
Kid and had them placed sidewalk in damage
condition. He offered haekman hundred dollars
the goods place Of safety In less
Zee Or his life. and the flames again cheated the
The Federal street. and the wool houses wei
going like oil factories. They cOnd have ace
dangerous time erammed from cellar garet
EOOds Hundreds OF thousands of dollars han
might have been delivered customers had it not bee
for the horse disease In alone there
thousand dollars worth wool which awaitir
delivery Minor Bea Haekett, had their packed
having only their stock three before
FIRE suveoped all March Brothers Pierce bad ust pl
their winter goods in the cellar their
stairs TO be made The houses Wit
snd Federal majority the large
dealers 1t had been hoped that the ere could
Franklin but the there vulnerable
ether. Frsemans National Bank O'Clock,
the National Bank North America was in
bad condition.
The flames continued through the night the wind BY Il
time having sen which by morning had nearly
aA.. aud o'clock Sunday morning the progress of
unchecked until the hsrbOr reached and
shipping abaze. Finding in checking
the work Of blowing buildings with Kunpowder began
Sunday morning and vigorously continued.
The eonfagratOn got under control o'clock
having 6teen hours destroyed hundreds the costlest
most substantial warehouses in the country and temporar
aTng OF the leading ntile interests-he
leather wool and dry goods trades II said there
wholesale shoe and leather establishment left
The wool trade has suffered In equal degree and the
goods and obbug houses left few and far between
Ninth Regiment. with detachment from other regimen
amounting to twelve hundred duty, pretec
property and preserving order.
About O'Clock on Monday morning second ere broke
from explosion in the burned distrie but IL
gotten under control.
The less i. shttu but it falls far short Of the original
Eursses 1t is declared that they will
from ssOOOOOOO which there ins1rAn
amounting to from sO0OooO0 to sl2,OO0,o0O