, 1872-11-11

ington street have gone.
Engines have been sent for to Beading, Law
renee, Lowell, Salem, and Lynn. All in the
immediate vicinity are already here.
The Pilot Office has just gone, and the Old
South Church is in imminent danger.
Part Of the Western Union wires are already
down, and every now and then another gives
out.
The loss will be nearly $1oo, 900, 900 before the
fire is extinguished.
THE FIRE sT1LL RAGING.
NEW YORK. 11.50 q. m.-The fire ia still ragirg
in Boston. Our main Office WAS abandoned at
$50 a. NJ, buildings in it's vicinity being blown
up to check the progress Of the fire.
DESPATCH FROM NIB. ORION.
NEW YORK, 12.30.-To General Stager': Latest
report says the fire Is believed to be under
control.
can add little to what you will find in the
Press reports.
The building next to our main office vas
blown up, and the office was abandoned several
hours ago. 1t vas standing at last report.
I judge the value Of property destroyed is
greater than at Chicago, last year, although
fewer buildings have been burned.
We arc concentrating men and material from
all quarters by special trains, and hope to be
able to handle considerable business tomorrow
and to restore our facilities rapidly.
WILLIAM ORIoN, President.
BosroN, Nov. 10.-9 a. m.-Buildngs are
being blown up On Lyndall and Congress streets.
The Post Office, On Congress street, will prob
ably go with most Of the street. Marines from
the Navy Yard are On duty IN the streets.
Bosrox, Nov. 10.4 8. m.-The fire has
reached dimensions that simply defy description,
and people of Boston find themselves in danger
Of their lives; the loss Of houses and other
property being now scarcely thought Of.
Every street in the neighborhood OF the fire is
thronged by people, all endeavoring to save
few va1uables as they flee towards fremont and
Court streets, where the fire is supposed to be
unable to reach. But there is no telling where
this awful torrent OF hest and flames will stop,
as the wind has already risen to gale, and it
seems to have no positive direction or current.
As the flames increase in intensity and power
the very atmosphere lends additional fury to the
wind, which rises, as it were, in our midst, and
goes rolling over the track of the fire, hurling
dense showers Of fiery sparks into the air, only
to send them over that portion Of the city still
untouched.
The rumbling noise Of the torrent Of flame is
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masses Of gunpowder which have been placed in
untouched edifces in the apparent track Of the
fire, and the awful scene is rendered more fear
full and appalling by the appearance of frag-
ments Of these demolished houses, as they dy
upward in the air.
The note Of preparation for the worst
has been sounded everywhere; conse-
| quently the aggregate loss Will be
greatly leasened by the prompt removal
Of all portable goods. The greatest difficulty,
| however, is experienced by merchants in proeur-
ing necessary means Of transportation, as the
horses are nearly all Ill with the disease that has
SO afflicted the larger cities OF the Union. Fab
| ulous prices are being paid for such services,
and yet the demand is far greater than the sup
ply.
"How will it end?" every one is asking,
though hardly dare to put the question to NY
! self. II seems 70 me that if it cannot be con-