Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-15

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| Many of them took out their goods ana paced
I them In the Old tiranary burylng ground
I aud On the Common On the other extreme
Of the field Of fire hundreds Of people whom
/ habit the dwelling houses that are left be 0W
/ pearl street on the Fort Hill, territory were
| forced to convey their goods and ehattels to
the open space IN thar vicinity, when &
dav-break was almost completely covered
I with vagrant furniture II an errly houf
In the morning a company OF marines ar
rived from CharlestOwn and took up their
position on Washington street. where they
assisted in keeping the crowd back. Steam
engines continued 10 arrive from nelghDor-
ins towns constantly. and a they appeared
in Washington street they were nearby
cheered BY the spectators.
At davbreak. the FIRE was completely en-
I circled by line Of engines. all Of winch
were hard at work to prevent the spreading
of the fire. Il was, thank Heaven, n gal
liant and winning fight on Washington
I street The buildings continued from %
Gam. TO burn through and fall IN, ire
0uentlv endangering the lives Of the brave
] men who We're tending the engines but few
feet distant But the fire never fairly got
l ioothold on the upper side, and 50 confidence
/ became again partly restored, and there was
less danger Of panic BY daylight too,
the fire was fully in hand from the corner OF
I summer and Washington streets down along
I its southern line. and only continued % rage
with uuahatei fury on the State street side,
[ and down Mix street toward Broad. IL
/ was for a long time a question whether the
3 new IrGnsrrsUf building on " asnlngt0n
/ street. near the corner Of Milk would De
DESTROYED A dozen times 1t seemed on IRE.
and vet the flames kept of and did not de-
I your il. But the IRE continued TO rage on
l Hawlev street. and burned up against the
near of the Transcript building hercely
| The tiremen could not save 1t. tar greater
was the interest which hinged on the tate %
the Old South Church. which thousands be-
Z lieyed o. be doomed, and it taat once got
fairly on fire il seemed possible. and indeed
probable that the FIRE might march on unln-
terrupted across Washington street % Court
street. The extinction Of the flames in the
building. on the other side Of Mix street
prevented this terrible expansion o. the dis
aster The new post office building formed
au effective barrier O. the flames below that
point. and shielded the magnificent new
Rialo building on the simmons estate on
peyonsnire street Bat through the finder
boxes on C0uEress street adjacent u the new
post othee and down Mix street ana aroln1
o. Water street. the flames seemed o. move
uuimpedei- Thus the destruction on Con
rress street and kilby street was tar greater
than 0u Dev0nslire street where
rle fine baiiding oi tie Boston Pos was
-avei in -piteof the burning Of the haltcom-
pleted block 0u the Simmons estate below De-
Along the u0rtheriy side of W ater street
below tile Post buiiding around through
Liberty square and down among the 0ll and
cr1ckerv stores III Mix street me ire was
still spreading rapidly when the full light
Of day 0vercame ana dispe-led the rei glare
of hre which had enshr0uded the city dur
Ing tile lirelong night. Az half-pasr eleven
all that was leit OF the Winthrop block
the bare walls fell IN with a crash which
shook the ground and building within O.
radius Of half mile. The falling Of The
wall of this block was soon followed hy
the ialli1- u the walls If the building
0l the southeast side If Devonshire street, +
from W lu1hrop square Cd Summer street. .
The falling % these walls was in turn io.- .
lowed rv those ~ The buildings ou this
street. The flames soon extended % the F.
splendid block ni SIX srorle-. extending .
from th- corner Of Franklin street 90 30. .
l4- THIS binding WIS occupied tT DRY
goods and clJtlIer commission anu manu- .
iactlr-lr tru-. whose goods were soon tl- .
taIlv DESTROYED The attention of Chief
Damr5ll and other engineer were Iuue
laIe.F directed Oh this building, a- % was .
bounded BIS franklin uu tle south. Devon .
shire OBJ the west. Mix 0n the North. and .
Fedora. ou Use east. Al. tine force available .
wa- brought into play. For time the eA- .
eru1u- VI The iIre department seemed O. De F.
successful. Du- the gigantic strides 1- the .
fire ll the buildings Oh the south side o.
franklin street. soon conquered the large
uTe-stlry granite building on tine northwest F.
corner uf Franklin and Devonslire streets
Chief Damre- finding himself neumel iu
between fire ou almost every side. decided
tlat re save STATE street from de=-rucJiou
ir w01li lr necessary % blow up 1he en-
TIRE blocks ol building facing Of both
sides ol heronshire street Arrangements
were Immediately made. and the Duildinr-
lu both sides Of the street were blown up.
one after another. DID quick succession
The time occupied Il destroying these
stores. some sixty III number. was about one +.
hour In laying the trains. Two keg-
si po" er, 90 s-z-y pounds each, were used
Oh each building. The scenes witnessed in
the destruction of the buildings Will never
be- forgotten hy those who occupied posi-
tons o. see the W1rk. AT every explosion
IA loud iiiurrurr was heard running through
the large crowds When the explosions
followed each other lu quick succession
there wouid ba stampede Of che umid
one
Tie lire in Washington street. was stop
ped nj Jurrier g. Ir1t-- iewe-ry store 0n
che southeast corner Of Washington and
Mix street, While the TRANSCRIPT build
ing adjoining. was % flames an attempt
was made o. blow up this one which was
only partially successful. the walls NOT being
thrown down. but mere nevertheless the IRE
was STAYED and the venerable Old South
Church aveL although its window a-
q b. p p. 81.
aye blown out Prom High the flame
worked along Federal street 90 Broad. and
attacked the Boston. Hartford and Erie
station A0ou. ten p. m. the master of
transportation ordered all the engines O. De-
nrel UY. ami proceeded On haul tine freight
baggage ana rolling stock across the draw
the cashier removed from his safe early III T
the evening the cash Toy the October paw
re-- lt burned finally ~ about one clock
Tue loss Dr. NOT nea7l. except the lnc0nven-
fence. 49, Be being Saturday night. the
irei ghr sheds were but scantily filled Tho
ruVe. VIII uol De impeded hv the disaster .
and the structures viii be- Immediately Pc
placed Prom The station the fire ragged
uorthwari as far as Perkin wharf irnit-
ING nearly $1,000 tons OF coal belonging O.
Prescott d Chapiu and Shepard Robins
The pile D. still on flre The loss Is partly .
covered hy Insurance in home compauie-
] be IRE consumed ST. stephen Church J.
VI. T. Wells. pastor. Purchase street. FROM
Federal 90 Oliver. D. unrecoruizab.e from
tine runs everything being IN ashe-. The
tire was finally gor under control about La.i
past one o'cl0ck
uf the columns of detailed ace5u,- or
buildings destroyed. We can give space o.
luta lew paragraph
The new pos. oalce. which was Thought !
Do De hrs-pruui. was badly damaged. tine
granite on the south side being crumbled hv
The heat SD thar il VIII have o. be replaced
There was no woodwork about the build ]
ing. except the temporary hoors. which for {
-unatey did not ignite. Owing o. the {
POST oihce. the building Of the Boston Pos 4
md other structure on Deyonshire and /
Water streets were s1vei The windows of
Inc entire Building were shattered % irag- ,
neuts The ire was communicated o the
building at about six O'Clock IN the morn
ng. and all hopes were for q time given uu
or its salvation. Inc uutirluE energy ami
Enterprise ui the nremen had a marked e.
eei here ana the flames were driven from
ee ROOT into the building adjoining. on
" alter street. One section Of the root was
oJaiil destroyed, and the composing room
managed So hy water as TO make il uuft for ,
occupancy The damage By water was
evere The persistency of the managers Of
he Pos, who used all possible endeavors ts
get things in order TO publish a morning
Ssue to-day, was successful. and IL l. under
rood that the Posi- viii publish to-day as
lsual Il
On the s1ath SIDE Of Summer street. the
building, from the corner Of Washington
% and including Hovey S esta blishmeuts are d,
lot burned but the stock in the latter has !
Uttered considerable damage bv removed !
md by water The roof Of il was covered as
ompieteiy a. possible with wooden blankets
-ept soaked with water. which were