The Van Buren press., 1872-11-19
TELEGRAPH NEWS.
lspecial Dispatch to the RepublicanI
BOSTON.
Her Great Calamity the Chief Topic i.
New York Flnaxeisl Circles,

riiilc In the neighborhood Of the fire, as
the people fled panic stricken with wha,
few valuables they could gather up. Th,
wind increased to 4 gale, rolling over the
fiery track, hurling in dense masse.
showers of sparks into the air. and scat
tering them abroad in the yet uninjured
districts. Immense preparations have
been made to arrest the progress of the
fire, by blowing up the buildings in its
course, and the consequence was soon
apparent in the diminished danger To
this cause is to be attributed the fact tha,
the loss, great as it is, did not reach much
more awful proportions.
| In the midst of terror and confusion,
bands Of thieves and rutllans Of all de-
scriptions roamed through the burning
streets attempting to make q harvest OF
tho sudden disaster. The police were
almost pOwerless to control the lawless
scoundrels, though many arrests were
made
1880 P. NJ 1t is now confidently be.
lieved that the fire is under complete
control The losses, necessarily liable
to exaggeration, foot up about $500, ,000,-
600, while some estimates make them
$50, 100000 higher.
LOSSES OF INSURANCE COMPANIES.
BosToN, Nov IL.
The number Of firms and business
houses burned out, is nine hundred and
thilty; the number OF dwellings and
lodging houses is sixty. Four insurance
offices report losses as follows: Fire
mans Fund Of California, Sl25, 900 f;
Commerce of Albany, $4,000; Queen
of London net S40O, 600; Etna of Hart
ford 5000, 000. These offices will pay in
full
The North British, Hartford, Phoenix
and National report that all their policies
will be paid in full and they will continue
business.
A general visit to Boston insurance
Offices this morning reveals the fact that
they have been hardly able to do any
thing towards estimating and determining
future steps.
The fire is now confined to the ruins,
and no fears are felt Of new outbreak
A large number Of steamers continue to
work, relefs Of firemen taking them.
The Saturday Evening Gazette was
among the papers burned out.
The firms burned out by the fire caused
by the gas explosion, this morning, were
Jas. J. Smith d Co., r. H. Stern Il Co.,
and W. r. Storms d Co, on Summer
street Shreve, Crums d Son, corner
Summer and Washington streets, Wheel
er O. Wilson in same building, and Steph
enson's dry good store, on Washington
street, were slightly damaged. A build
ing in Central Court, occupied by Cros.
", Morse d Foss, whose front is on
Washington street, was burned down.
The Park house was damaged little
and there was some injury done by wa.
ter to the store Of Palmer, Jacobs & Co.,
on Washington street James Tulley
was arrested this morning while setting
FIRE to building on Milk street
The funds Of the sub treasury were re.
moved from the Exchange to the custom
house A file Of marines from the Navy
yard escorted the treasure.
The postofice is temporarily located
III a1culi uaIt. pstthaotei puit NVNo
everything possible under the eircum.
stances to expedite the distribution Of
mail matter.
Gilmore has placed the coliseum at
the disposal Of parties wanting a place
to store goods
The inner safe Of Freeman's bank over
which there was considerable anxiety has
been opened and the contents found to
be safe. The outer safe fell from the
second story and broke hole inside and
the depositors' trunks with their valua-
bles are ell destroyed. The bank will
probably lose nothing. The vaults OF
other banks with their contents are safe,
The books Of the Hide and Leather
bank are, however, destroyed. 1t is i'm
possible to give anything like an accu-
rate or even approximate report OF the
insurance. Some of the largest firms
have had no time to look over their poll
cies.
At an informal meeting OF leading in
surance officers to day, q statement was
made that the losses would bs nearly
paid in full.
At meeting Of the citizens rclisfcom-
mittee to day, Mayor CASTOR read dis
patches from Governsr Geary, Of Penn
sylvauia, the mayors Of Cincinnati, Chi
cago, Indianapolis, Providence, and 9th
er cities, rendering sympathy and aid.
A committee Of ladies has been formed
especially to look after the thousands OF
sewing girls thrown out Of employment.
Propositions are being urged for the
making ofnew street lines on the burnt
district and also for the erection of
merchants exchange building. A com
mittee has been appointed to ask the
general government to purchase the burnt
over lot adjoining the new post office for
enlarging that building, and also to re-
quest Massachusetts, senators and rep
resentatives in Congress to secure the
passnge Of mn act of Congress- allowing
the same drawback on building material
as was allowed to Portland and Chicago
The committee of twenty citizens has
voted to request Governor Washhnrn to
call special session OF the Legislature
to authorize the city of Boston to issue
4 sufficient amount of seven per cent
bonds to aid the sufferers in rebuilding
tho burnt district. Joseph Burr, of Dor
chester, and George Smith, OF Neponset'
came to this city Saturday evening to see
the FIRE, and have not been seen since
Saturday evening, in the vicinity OF
Chauncey street. 1t is feared they nave