Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-11-16

II under control, and the destruction
of property has ceased. The loss of
buildings burned will not fall short of
two hundred million dollars, and will
| probably exceed that figure by $50
nO0. COO. The burn. district is bounded
hy Sumner, Federal, Broad, Central,
Washington and Bradford streets. We
are expecting trains every moment
from Portland (Me.) and Springfield,
with more assistance, though they cam
not safely run up to the city.
New York. 3 p. Nat o'clock the
! fire was considered under control.
The losses Of property are very great,
but have no data upon which to base
opinion Us to amount. l have seen
several estimates of $3.50 ,0OO, 900. Few
people have been made homeless, COM
pared with the Chicago fire, and al
though large numbers have lost all,
think none will be without shelter or
food for many hours.
(Signed) VIM. ORION,
President Western Union Telegraph
Company.
SAX FR>sc1sco, Nov. 1O.-The alb,
sorbing topic i'll the city today is the
Boston fire. Crowds surround the
newspaper offices, eager to receive
every item of intelligence, and the ex-
tras published from time to time have
found 1apid sales. The only local in
surance company affected directly by
the disaster is the Fircman's Fund.
The President estimates their losses at
500 900, which will be promptly paid.
| Eprot .1T,,,,r h,,. l.
are largely involved, but the precise
extent of loss cannot yet be ascertained.
CHICAGO, Nov. S.--Glnnt's majority
in the city is S,776. Oglesby, (Rep.,)
for Governor, has only 4, 100 and Black,
(Liberal,) for Lieutenant Governor,
has 300 ma ority i'll the city, the Gers
man vote having been cast nearly solid
for him. There was more voting for
him than even for Koerner, Liberal
candidate for Governor, who is u Ger
man.
.BosroN, Nov. 1O.--At q quarter be-
fore o'clock the fire had reached in
nearly Il straight line from Congress
street through Lindall to Kilby and
Liberty streets, both sides being on
fire. The Merchants Exchange and
Post-otficc are gone the mail, however,
was saved. Tie Post office will open
in the Faneuil Hall tomorrow by half
pas, eleven o'clock. The progress Of
the fire is toward the water, in the
direction of Kilby and Central streets.
and seemed to be eilcctually stopped.
and streams of water are used in ex-
tinguishing flames among ruins which
present the appearance of utter de-
vastation.
The conllagration was got under con-
troll about one O'Clock, having in the
space of fifteen hours destroyed hum
dreds of the costlicst and most sui
stantial warehouses in the country,
and temporarily paralyzcd tEe business
of leading mercantile interests, esre-
cially the shoe and leather business and
dry goods trade. 1t is said there is
not one wholesale shoe and leather
establishment let in the city. The
wool trade has suffered in an equal de-
gree, and dry goods and jobhing- houses
left are few and far bc.wlcn. Tie
Ninthregimcnt, with tletachmcnts from
other regiments, amounting to 1,2lO
men, arc on duty for the pyoto c, ion of
property and preservation of order. (.
BosToN, Nov. lO.-Tke fire was got
we'll under control II little after midday
and has not extended since. The fol-
lowing are the general boundaries of
the fire: The whole length of Sumner
street was burned, across Federal and
nearly down to brakes wharf, and
thence in nearly direct line to Fort
Hill, alcng Hamilton and Battery March
to kilbT street. as far as Central street,
and from Milk to Sumner, taking
| Washington street. Within these
boundaries is an area of nearly seventy
acres, on which every building is con-
sumed.
Chicago rrottered, by telegraph,
SYM athy and aid. A tire-cngine, lp
special train, from New York arrived
this noon. Loss estimated ut between
$50, OOO, 900 and SOC, OO0, eco and insur-
ance at from $40 600 GOO to $12 ,OOO eco.
A good many have been injured and
several killed. Two steam-enrines
came from Portland with 400 of her
leading citizens, headed by Mayor
kingsbury, to profler every aid in their
power.
New York, Nov. 1C.-The news of
the Boston fire has caused even greater
excitement here than that accustomed
by the Chicago fire. BY noon, when
the supposed loss was already greater
than that OF Chicago, the city presented
more the aspect of business day than
the Sabbath. In commercial circles n
marked CONSERVATION prevailed, rs it
was universally felt that the business
interests of the city would suffer very
materially. Wall-street men were in
tensely excited, and congregated Dur
ing the day and evening at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. The general impress
sion was that tomorrow will witness a
panic in the stock market. Settle
ments were made today on the Pacific