The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-11-12

E0Eelgn Affairs.

1AfAS, NoVomOer lU.-BOWle8 Bro.
thers, the American bankers, have sus-
pended. They hope to resume by pay.
ing seventy-five per cent.
PARIS, November .l1.-The liabilities
OF Bowles Brothers. American bankers
in this CITY. who have suspended pay
ment, are $500, 600. The losses by tile
suspension Of the firm will fall ohiefy
upon Anericon tourists in Europe.
LONDON, November 1.-THE Mauri-
thus has been lost in the North Channel,
of Port Patrick, Scotland. Twenty
three were drowned. This may be
either the ship Mauritius, which cleared
from Glasgow the latter part of October,
Tor DemRrara, or the steamship of that
name belonging to Dublin.
Amoriu.n m.ssS=s.
Tsrrible Fire In Roxton--a Large Portion
OF tho City In Ruins.
BosroN, MASS, November 80 P. nj.
An alarm of fire was sounded nbout half
past O'Clock, followed by second. third
and fourth alarms in rapid succession.
Tho af5s sSeain engine Was hardly on the
ground when the flames burst from the
fourth story OF the wholesale dry goods
granite store corner Summer and Kings.
ton streets. The hre broke out in the
engine room, and the flames following
the elevator, were first seen under the
roof. The buildings in the vicinity we're
four-story granite; with Mansard roofs,
which were soon in blsze. The flames
soon reached the Mapsard roofs On the
opposite side. far beyond the reach OF
the engines. In less: than thirty minutes
the whole city in one direction was at the
mercy of the flames, which leaped from
roof to roof. One great dry goods house
after another succumbed. Granite walls
fell in the streets, making them impassa-
BILE, -
S0NDAT. November 10-9 A. M.-The
ire still RACES: The engines are driven
back from station to station. Granite
blocks. weighing, tons, are split in frag-
ments and hurled across the streets.
10 A. M.-Buildings on LindalI and
Congress streets are being blown up, to
check the flames. Beebe's block, the
finest business structure in the city, has
been destroyed. Stuart'a rooms only fed
the flames. Pieces of dry goods went
Whlstling across the square, firing stores
on Devonshire street. Every building
In the vicinity was now heated to the
verge OF spontaneous combustion, and
caught like tinder. Deofening explo-
sions were constantly heard. The tene.
ment houses in the upper end OF Federal
street now caught fire, and crazed women
rushed to and fro, with clothes aud bed
ding in their arms. The wool houses in
Federal street caught next; they were
crammed from cellar to garrett The
paper houses came next. The freed
mems National Bank then went. An
hour later, the National Bank of North
America followed. AT midnight, theloss
vas estimated at 500. 600, 900. Several
insurance companies must succumb. 1t
1s thought three square miles have been
burned over and the fire is still raging.
1OH A. M.-The Post Office, with most
OF Congress street, will go. The fire has
reached such Dimensions that it simply
defies description. The people of Bos-
ton ind themselves in danger of their
lives, and loss of houses and property is
now scarcely. thought of. The: people
are retiring before the flames toward
Ifem0nt and Court Streets, wiere ihe
ire, it Is supposed. will be unable to
reach; but gallo is blowing and the fire
seems to have NO positive direction. Pro
badly Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market
will go. The Western Union Telegraph
Office was abandoned at half-past 8.
11.30 A. M.-The gre'is still raging
with undated fury.
WASHINGTON. November 10-l2 M
Reports of the Boston fire are contradic-
tory. Gov. Boutwell, has despatch from
the Providence depot, that the fire is
under control. Special dispatches say
State street and the Parker House will
be saved. Chief Fire Engineer Dapnels
was killed by falling walls. Five, miles
OF streets have been burned.
Boston, November 1O-I2T ?. NJ
The proper connecting telegraph lines
have beon abandoned, bnt the cables 90
by roundabout routes without interrnp.
ton. The gale is increasing, but the
fire seems subsiding. This despatch is
forwarded by way of Montreal
1.30 P. Mt is now confidently be-
iieVed the fire is under control. The
loss, if no more buildings are burned.
will not fell short of $500, 900, 600. The
burnt district is bounded by Summer,
Federal, Broad, Central, Water, Wash.
lngton and Bedford streets.
Z. M.-The fire is now believed TO
be under control. The old South Church
is saved. The Transcript Office is de-
stroyed, and the Office Of the Post is da-
maged.
WASHINGTON, November IO.-Three of
the financial officers have been sent to
HOHkOD tO 1Oolx oftor f1o roS;ou.1I