The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-11-20

; Liberty Square, both sides being Of
? Gre. The rear Of the Post0fiee Of
! LindaII street is burning. II having
: become necessary 70 blow up th'
. buildings on the corner Of Congres,
street and Congress Square, ii wa:
. mined and exploded shortly before 9
! The large granite front building a
. the northwest corner Of Lincoln ard
Kilby streets, occupied by Vincent L
: Hutehins, insurance brokers, j.
Wiley, Edmunds and several others,
was also blown up at nine O'Clock,
though the effect Of the blast was ap-
parentlv Of no material advantage.
The inside was shattered, bur the
walls and much ofthe woodwork we're
left standing, the latter in a eoadi-
ton 70 accelerate Father than retard
/ the progress Of the FIRE. The flames
are making their way with gains Ger
tainIy toward the corner Of Broad
and State streets. II VIII in all prob
ability strike State street near the cor
Ber Of kilby street, It being only
three doors distant. At nine O'Clock
an effort IS being made 70 arrest is
progress by blowing up the brick
building which is the third from the
State street front, and three explO-
sions failed to make the desired i'm
( preston Nearly every bank build
ing of the State street front between
( Congress and Broad has already
been ruined, while kegs Of powder.
with matches in readiness to lighting.
are placed under a large number OF
buildings in the vicinity Of Broad
street, ready 70 rend them - pieces.
Quite q distance Of the kilby street
front, next 70 State street, where the
FIRE Is the hottest. i Of very heavy
granite, with but little ornamental
work to catch the flames: but next
to it / a very high granite building
belonging to the Shoe and Leather
Exchange, and * only separated from
the raging fire BY il On Mix street
the ire has passed below the corner
of Oliver, on both sides, and Is very
hot, and only single small block Of
buildings between il and Broad
Right in the vicinity are many large
stores, filed with oil, paints or lg-
uOrs, and if these are caught there
seems 10 be no possible way 20 stop
the progress of the flames before they
reach the water in this direction, but
there Is yet a small chance 10 save
State street BY fearlessness and
promptness. In the square formed
by Doane, State, klby and Broad
streets, at nine O'Clock there was or
" one building on FIRE, and that had
Just commenced, al the corner Of Kill
by and DoaRe streets.
In other quarters the fire seems 70 .
have somewhat subsided, or at least
reached its extreme limit If the
flames are not stopped BY some super
human effort in kiiby street. the fol-
lowing banks VIII have TO succumb to
the FIRE fend: The Atlantic Nation
al, Atlas National, Eagle National
and the Shoe and Leather National.
There are also large numbers Of IN
suranee companies IN the same street
threatened with the same disaster.
The Merchants Exchange, including
the POstofiee, has gone. The mails,
however, have been saved The .
Postofice viii open in Faneuil Hall
tomorrow at eight O'Clock. The FIRE
Is sweeping up Devonshire street, I
Congress and Water streets, and the .
Merchants Exchange On State street (
Is threatened.
Eleven o'clock-It is believed that
the FIRE is now 50 far under control I
that it VIII not cross State street
The eonhagration was got under
control at about one O'Clock, having
in the space of fifteen hours DESTROYED I
hundreds Of the costliest and most I
substantial warehouses in the cOun- 4
Try, and temporarily paralyzed three 4
of the leading mercantile interests
the shoe and leather. wool and dry
goods trades. 1t is said that there Is
not one wholesale shoe and leather 1
establishment left to Boston. The I
wool trade has suffered in an equal
degree, and the drygooGs jobbing /
houses left are few and far between I
The Ninth regiment, with detach-
ments from other regiments. amount I
ing to twelve hundred men, are OF
duty for the protection of property /
and the preservation Of order
A meeting Of prominent citizens
was held in CITY Hall this afternoon. /
presided over by Mayor Castor, at
which encouraging speeches were
made and energetic action urged. in
order to alleviate the sufferings of the
needy as well as for rebuilding the
burnt district. A numerous relief
was appointed Of whieh'
Vim. Grav is chairman. The commit
mittee viii hold daily sessions. \
bureau Of relief was also organized,
OF which ex-Mayor Norcross is treas
u-er.
The new Postofiee and Sub Treas
ury building was for s long time ex-
posed to the fierce flames and smoke,
but was scarcely seOrehed- This
massive fre-proof structure saved the
Boston Morning Post building direct
ly opposite and helped greatly in pre-
venting the FIRE from reaching State
steeet- The old South Church also
escaped, though several times given
up for lost. The costly and beautiful
Transcript building. and Currier &
Trate's jewelry establishment, on the
upper corner of Mix street, were
burned. The Eastern Express Office
was saved, though reproted at one
time as burned Two steam fire en-
gines came from Portland. with four
hundred of her leading citizens, head
ed by Mayor Kingsbury. and proffer-
ed every aid in their power.
1890 P. M-The FIRE was got ua-
der control little after midday, and
has not extended since. The follow
ing are the general boundaries Of the
conflagration The whole length and
both sides Of Summer street. across
Federal and nearly down 10 brakes
wharf. and thence in nearly a direct 4
line to Fort Hill, along Hamilton and /
Battery march to Kilby street, a far
as Lindell and Central streets. and
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