The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-12-14
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ARRIVAL OF THE SHIP MARExGo,
Great Fire in Boston,
Destructive Fire Is. London

Destructive Fire ss London .
Tie American whale-hip Nrreago Capt Barnes.
y day- itum ~tu Francisco. arrived al this pOrton
Saturday last. bringing u small mail and dates TO
ikr l5,I 90 Noyrmber- The ali-rugro-~ing topic
OF news by this arrival il the great hr- 10 Boston,
which began 20 y o'clock OF saturday evening the
gtn. RACED al that night. and until = p. 4. 90 sun
day. II began On the corner Of Kingston and sum
m-r streets. 90 tue ancient part OF the city. and 40
i- commercial center. The burnt district includes
nearly the whole OF the Fifth Ward lying between
Fort Point Channel on the south. aud the Common
on the north, with q portion VI The Fourth ard.
adjoining on the northeast. extending 20 the water
front between Long Wharf and the Hartford and
Erie railroad depot Within these limits the ground
burnt over is said - be not less than 100 acres. the
value OF the destroyed bindings alone being at
first estimated at SiO0O00.O-O. They were among
The most substantial and costly ia the city. many OF
then being iour and Eve story stUrehuusrs OF
granite. supposed to be As nearly dre-proOf a.
buildings can be made. In these paiatial piles
were stored the most valuable staples OF I world
wide commerce.. together with vast quantities OF
home products and manufactures. Here centred
the great leather. hide and shoe business Of New
England. ihr wool trade oi tue country. the paper
business. which l. extensive in New England, and
the storage of goods in these lines must have been
immense. The very centre OF The wholesale trade
% Boston was destroyed. In the same district
were some of the newspaper. banking and express
embellishments. But the heaviest loss falls on the
shoe. leather, wool aud d~ry-goOds trade. The
heaviest concentrations Of stock in those branches
were in Boston. and within the burnt district. Very
little Of anything was saved.
Estimates Of the loss vary from SGO.O0O.O0O to
500 Uu8 coo. VI which from $4,000 900 Ia So
100000 is said to b. covered by insurance. The
loss i not so great a. that by the Chicago fire. nor
is the area burnt over as large-a late statement
reduces il To ninety acreS-but it j. nevertheless a
dreadful calamity and must give a shock to the
business of the whole country. As it was confined
chiefly To the wholesale business portion of the city.
ii lacks the narrowing scenes of the Chicago fire.
which was accompanied 10y great loss Of life and
by severe suffering to the thousands OF poor crea-
lures rendered suddenly homeless and destitute.
Nevertheless our dispatches announce that several
lives were lost aud many persons were injured,
while there are some poor families in The Fort Hill
district who have lost their ali.
The Boston fire seems TO have originated in the
engine room connected with the elevator Of Il large
dry goods establishment. The flames flew up the
elevator TO the Mansard root. and. although the
bniiding was Of granite. and the steam tire engines
were promptly OF the spot. they gained uncUntrOll-
able headway. seeming to leap from roof to roof.
above the reach Of the streams of water. The or
namental Mansard roofs. although slate covered.
seemed To act as conductors oil hre. he open
spaces within them created strong currents of air,
and fed the flames on the timber above the granite
walls. Then the streets in this part of Boston are
very narrow and crooked. and as the burning
masses FELL in. the heat soon became so intense as
TO drive the hremen To a distance. destroying solid
stone blocks as though they were no more sub
staniial than wood. The methods used to check
the lire were very systematic and orderly, and were
rendered more efficient by the arrival of engines
and men from the numerous towns adjoining the
CITY. Nv blowing up DullilnRS Without inc liIle Ol
flame and concentrating over a hundred engines,
the fire was stopped at the end oil about thirty hours.
one daily. fifteen weekly and eleven monthly
papers we're burned out OF their quarters by the
lire. while almost every publishing establishment
in The city suffered more or less.
Before the lire was eXtinguiShed measures o! re-
liri for Boston had been taken ia many OF the
principal cities of the Union. though as 1t subse-
quentiy appeared. the relief was not needed.
Largt-hearted Chicago, MAS first TO come to the
rescue.
CHICAGO. Nov. IA meeting OF citizens this
afternoon voted 500. 900 relief to the Boston sui
iprcrs. and appointed 4 Committee. headed by
Robert Laird Collier. to convey the sum 10 Boston.
They leave this evening with the cash.
Private advices here from New York state that
fears Of IA panic are removed.
Wl,mNGroN. Nov. 1.-THE Secretary of the u.
:. Treasury has received i telegram from the Pres
ident OF the Merchants Bank. Boston. saying there
* no reason for panic il the banks stand firm. The
loss is large hut falls on persons generally able to
stand il. Another telegram to the secretary IN
New York. this morning. says: Disposition 10
create "a panic * abdied. and the writer suggests
there il nn need FOX the Secretary to Go anything
financially.
Chicago. Nov. I2-The contributions of Chicago
Tor the relief of Boston are already nearly a quar-
ter million. This includes SleO.OOO iIom the chi
cago Relief Society aud $4,000 from Cook county.
BoSro>. Nov. ia meeting Of citizens 10 con
fer upon present emergencies and iuiurP contin-
Eencirs. resulting from the fire. was held IN IRE
mont Temple To day. Mayor CASTOR presiding. y
large number of names Of the most prominent
citizens were announced aS ice Presidents and
officers Of the meeting. including Henry Wilson.
In ihr opening speech. Mayor Castor said While
! deeply regret the events 50 iull OF disaster and
destruction which have led 10 this meeting. l re-
ioice to believe tina: you have come here with rcso-
lutte hearts aud determined wills To meet the pres
ent wants Of the hour. LApplause.l We have
met To relieve distress. and adopt means to restore
To more than its original beauty, and certainly
more than its original security. the burnt portion
nf the city. If any have come lor any other pur-
pose they have mistaken the spirit of the meeting
IAnulausr.1 ! have received offers Of aid and
sympathy from all parts of the country. and |
would be false To the city if failed thus publicly
to acknowledge our gratitude for such expressions.
From Our own citizens come manifestations of the
same spirit, which makes IN" rejoice that God has
given 10 them large hearts ana large means.
Other addresses were made. and resolutions adopt
I'd i'm favor of rcronStructing the street lines Of the
burnt district on a better plan. and prohibiting
Mansard roofs; also in favor Of erecting the Mer-
chants Exchange ia some CENTRAL locality. and
favoring an extra session of the legislature to au-
thorizp the issuing of building bonds by the city.
aud for an application to the general government
for an extension Of the new post-ofhce building
upon the burnt over lot adjoining. and for an act
OF Congress allowing drawbacks on building ma
ieIigl.
CBIc,Go Nov. 1.-THE ommitte of wholesale
grocers who are raising a subscription for the Bos-
on sufferers. and have already raised $4,000. re-
crivrd a Telegram yesterday from the Boston gro
Gers saying the money j. not needed. aS Chicago
has done her sharr. Specials from Boston concur
in the statement that the amount of personal sui
ieriur caused by the fire is very small.
The Boston Advertiser of yesterday says: Be
lore the Eremen sad been successful IN %hemming in
the fire 80 that they could assure us that IL would
spread no further. Chicago. which suffered so much
more than We only thirteen months ago. telegraph
ed 10 the MAYOR that she would send IL help.
Other cities speedily followed with generous offers
Of assistance. We have not seen any OF the re-
plies made 10 these dispatches. but we learn from
Chicago that Mayor CASTOR has autographed to the
Mayor Of that city that Boston will gratefully aC-
the pecuniary assistance. We can appreciate
the feeling which prompted the Mayors reply.
We do not wish to seem ungracious when friends
far and near are so generous. but We think the
language used was calculated to convey the wrong