Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-11
4 Night and Morning Of Terror
and GlOOm--The Bunker Hill
Monument Looks Calmly
Down on the Scene Of
DesOIatiOn.
Full Particulars Of the Fire, and
Correct List Of the Sufferers
and Amounts Of their
LOsses---A Thrill
ing Story.

L0Sses--A Thrill
ing Story.
BOSTON, November IO.-The fire
which commenced at half-past seven
last night continues its devastation, and
IS now working its way through the
large block between Devoushire and
I Congress streets, north of Water street.
The IRE hrst broke out Of the rear end OF
& large ive-stOry granite building, Nos.
81, So and 81 Sumner street, directly on
the corner Of Kingston street. This
building was surmOunted with a high
mansard roof overlapping all otLer
buildings in that immediate vicinity.
Directly, as the flames began to spread
through the story beneath this roof, and
before an engine or hose carriage was
on the ground,
GREAT VOLUMES or FLAME
suddenly burst out from the rear Of the
! lower stories Of the building, and in less
I than twenty minutes the whole broad
| facade, extending fully one hundred feet
along Kingston street, was one sheet of
/ flame, as was also at the same time the
| Summer street front. The heat was 50 in
tense as to force the firemen away from
that immediate vicinity. By this time
a strong west wind had sprung up. The
flames began to sweep over Summer
and Kingston streets, and, despite all
the eKeTtiOns of the fiTemen in every
branch Of the department, fire was COM
municated to the buildings on the Oppo-
site corner OF Kingston and Summer
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the corner Of Summer and Otis streets,
and in less than half an hour thereafter
the flames were bursting out Of the roofs,
and all up and down the broad sides Of
Of these Immense buildings. By this
time the wind had increased to
NEARLY A GALE,
and the flames having entire mastery of
everything, swept from story TO story,
from roof to roof, from block to block, |
and from corner TO corner, driving the |
firemen from every vantage-grOUnd they |
could secure, and rendering all their ex- |
ertions useless and futile. Whatever |
the flames reached of every combustible |
character was rapidly consumed.
The large block on the corner of |
Sumner and Kingston streets, in which |
the fire first started, was occupied on the /
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win & Davis, dry goods iobbers. A. x. /
Young&Co occupied the third and fourth /
stories as a mandatory for skirts and /
corsets, giving employment to about |
two hundred men. The second floor was /
occupied by Damon, Temple & Co., fur /
nishiDg goods, etc. Notwithstanding, |
this great building was, in almost an in /
credibly short space Of time,
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the destruction had not progressed |
far before the flames and sparks which .
arose from it had lodged upon all the /
buildings round about them. The fire 4
spread almost instantly IN three direc- /
tiOns-drst to the adjoining block on /
Summer street, thence across Summer I
street to the opposite block, and then /
across to Kingston street in the first /
named direction. The adjoining build /
ing was occupied by Leland 4 Whee- 1
lock, gents furnishing goods, and Saw
yer, Mansfield & Co, wholesale dry
goods. The next were occupied bv o. /
B. North & Son, hats, caps and furs; /
Farley, AirsdeD & Co., dry goods Job |
bers; Rhodes & Ripley wholesale cloth |
ing. The latter firm owned the build \
ing. The structure opposite the point /
Of starting was Of granite, four stO-
ries and half high, and was occupied |
largely by Mayhyn, Mullens q EIms, |
dealers IN trimmings, who used the
entire lower floor; Harding, Brothers |
4 Co., and G. L. Ide Carter 4 Co. occu-
pied the upper floor. From this build
ing across the square diagonally was
stone block, occupied by Smith, Rich &
CortOn and George N. Glaserer, dealers
in cOrsets, skirts and knit goods; on the
corner Of Otis and Summer streets stood
the Evarett block, an imposing granite
structure, owned by Evarett. It in
eluded 81, 81, 56, S., so, 81 and 81 Sum-
mer streets, ana occupied by ID. Lyons &
Co, Neil Brothers, and Dreyfuo, Phil
lips d Sherman, 9. G.. King & Co, and
Marr Brothers, dealers in clothing fur
nishing goods, fancy goods trimmings,
etc. The upper floors We're used
mostly as offices, and occupied by vari-
Gus parties. Now the fire began
70 creep steadily up both sides Of
Summer street, crawling along from
roof 70 roof Opposite the Everett block
buildings as they were engUlfed in rapid
were as follows: Brickwall
front, occupied by A. Folsom d Sons,
loOr cloth and oil cloths; Geo. H. But
Ter, hair goods, and Eugene Chaplin,
merchant. Granite block,
Morse, Hammond & Co., hosiery and
gloves; Stiles, BeaJ & Homer whole
sale clothing; s. KOons & Co., hats,
saps and furs; Struck Bros, hat and cap
Wymsn & Orlay, inn
ported goods and furs; Wing, Wise,
Fuller, Leland, White, Rothwall, Tul-
ler, Paller 4 CO., clothing; Mitchell, ,
Green, and Stevens, clothing.
SPREADING.
AT this time, about ten O'Clock, the I
lanes burst up from the top Of build {
ngs on Arch street, dozen doors from {
summer street. Almost before the exis- !
enee Of the flames in this quarter was {
known, they had spread down through ]
he buildings and were bursting in q per- 1
eet torrent from al the windows in I
rOnt Of the fancy goods store Of Haw- h
ey, Folsom q Martin. The fire spread :
% each side, enveloping the stores of {
Thomas Kelley d Co., d. NJ. Hodge
lens clothing house, Marsh Bros, Pierce {
I Co, and Minor, Beal & Hackett, all !
# which were quickly blazing. At ten \
rclOck the whole roof Of the Everett s
'loek was sheet Of flame, sending high
ntO the air
A COLUMN OF FLAME AND smoke, ]
.lu sparks having gained perfect con- =
rol Of the Everett block, the fire then !
tretched its arms across Narrow Arch
treet and moved rapidly up toward I
Washington, taking in the houses I
George II. Lane, Brothers & Co., {
lorhing; Messenger d Co, dry goods; d
ldgerton & GilmOre's dining-rooms; q
haffee & Whitney, sewing silk; Lee, q
weedy & Co., dry goods; Lewis Brown 4
Co, kid gloves; AIareau & CO., COM y
lissiOn merchants; Seary, Foster & q
.owman, agents Of Canton SILK Mills; g
.eale d Jones, commission merchants; %
rice, Tack & Co, thread and trim le
limgs; Partee Bros, commission mer- p
lants; Nicholas & Sons, imitation
air. At the opposite end Of Sumner al
rect near the junction Of Bedford ic