New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-11-12
THE GREAT FIRE.
COMMENTS OF THE BOSTON PRESS.
xrTNT or THE CALAMITY-THg LOSS NOT 1
REPARABLE.

NAV well appa the stoutcst hcars Within the area OF
the there had grown M during tho last ten years an
aggregation OF buildings Which for beauty Of architcc-
ture and adaptation for basin. purposes not sur
passed by amy city IN hc world Here the center OF
The leading market Of the country for American dry
goods. Here also little further to the east and also IN
the path of the rc was Tic great boot and shoo maIAct
On the borders Of the area wcro the warehouses Of
many whocs1le merchants aud doalcrs in IRON Woui,
COMPACT area of business structures and atores ~
aud costly goods represented an "I+i'bitS
millions Something win ne saved by the timely
removal of goods and possibly something may yer DO
rescued from the debris OF tho coni grafton Bnl even
this will pc Offset by the serious interruption OF Ioc,
and 10y tie loss OF Regular employment . "n'r'ou "
host OF men and women depending on Il. ....,,.
Tic recent rapid expansion Of business ~ tat quarter,
immense colony tcucmeuthouscs 1nd other leneI5
OF tic poorer sort. But mere We're 10Y i,,
pains 20 asccrtau-occuped by the families oil l'h nn
employed i'm the warehouse, or admission Wio aio
now utterly homeless and helpless. sc any DINER uho
this alone would have been regarded asa Grcdi chI5'
and ,voul 1ve aluell,j 10 the symp1has of all gcngr-
ous people. II should appeal % tAem now ana lho
prompt measures taken lJ the tlJ Couhc ~ ..' ~
ing yesterday 10 relieve at once nose NEo "te I' !"
distress should be responded 10 by ueir more Fortunate
lCllOW-rzens Tneii misfortune IT, lhieeu, EI,ti, ana
they have hard prospect for ie Winter oeioFe t'i'
Disastrous as tp ire has been, MiHcfCr way we luok
nj it, let no ono think OF 10 aS ilr parable. compared
with the recent great fires which have devastated lH9
country this olc, Win tHe exception we nave IcIeicd
TO- will cause liif,e mmcdatc personal sun 1ihg inc
losers are turned b0usclcss into the street. ana to
The loss TAILS heavily upon trade aud Investments pu
economy. GOOD judgment and courage may restore 'o
loss. The land Is ie and the future win lts lhno
possibilities. The burnt district VIII he REBUILT WIN
streets reotltd. and buildings better adapted ~ caoy
tine rayage5 Of fire. The trade which has made tt3 Guy
the resort Of buyers from the most distant parts Oh H
continent wil ill into its old channels ana tht good
viii Ol the country viii make up the rto-'
TIE INJURY To BUSINESS.
ne a-rerhcr
The fire 10 the business community IS one OF
the mos severe an4 disastrous that ever occurred ~
ftI- lflttisy
burned auI but ar.tivcy small number 81 lihl-
lies Ief fousclcss the hlest warehouses ana stores
nf tho city. ana the CntIro space occupied py
Ito Wholesale dry goods dealers wool merchants,
moot and shoe and hide and leather dealers and
clo hing houses were entirely destroyed Rot wool
house Is standing IN the city The whole OF fearl ana
His streets which were devoted exclusively to tie boot
and shoe and hide ana athcr trade heap OF runs
Every wholesale clothing house, Win snglt exception
Is burned ana but three or Iour dry goods commits
ngs is immense and, together win tho laIte HlochS
of uIuortcd and domestic fabrics That were burned,
domestic wool IN the Guy has hccn burned ana Tue tO
number Of pound, OF foreign and domestic, heeee ana
pulled destroyed by the IRE cannot tall short OF 6'o0mO
pounds, while the entire stock remaining h TINS mark
consists of foreign WOOL and u less than 5000 Des Ii9
destruction OF DOois, shoes, and leather has been quite
complete that OF wool although the stock OF boots
aud shoes III warehouses is much ltIter a' .nlo %
than IL would have been but month Eei' ana lLo
loss viii consequently De less 10 the o"hcis bes"C
this, large quahllles OF Doos, shots' anu i,''iti
were saved, which Will materially HsAteh ",
loss to the sufferers The wholesale cio'MnE
houses, with or two exceptions, were cOui-
plctcly burned, although a considerable quant4 on
goods saved ana The stocks on hand were not very
large. with very rev exceptions an lie comm oii
dry goods houses are burned to te ground nor even e
walls Of the buildings being lett slHndlnS Inc ne
suuctOl Of The J'UUihS houses ms D'cH H1"2
complete, and the agent OF TIC largest iAIl III
the country says that Int ono ont 81 aIl DIS Gta-
toners IN tnis city has place j IL ioi .s huht $, Io
fire did not reach that c.on oi the e occupied Nv Le
provision, produce Hour and gram trace nor were tHtIe
any lO->c, 10 t MA or salt ttlcf' duu Dul srIi iaH-
age the wholesale grOccrs none OF tAe hotels nave
been destroyed aud tno railroads. win the eNeerlioh OF
the Hartford ana slt, nave ol 9 ,I a. lt
extend iu that direction. There ls not likely 10 Gee any
such soIIyus INTERRUPTION 10 business as We" "a tue
burned district WouIl NJ hi' suggest anu HI'I ''i
acteristc energy large number OF tie merchants VINO
have been burned out nave secured rooms ana "ht'o
and viii resume business dJ the usual h" Oh 'I''"J
morning.
NO DIsMAT Al THE TEEEIBLE AfFLIcTIo&'
The spectacle presented by our city this
morning that asChlsnes no less ~ 'hc Sulqei-
OF The calamity that has swept down upon US man
by the extent OF the devastation accomplished In few
D,el otr Will M one time thrcttnSd 70 tear lis
flaming way directly through the city, from slne 10 side,
alter ealing out the LuJIt OF trade and commerce;
a aRg rests viii grtiIclion UPON business ocs'
houses ana ns 2tiI standing ssnT9y MtAe1sys ',t',
bow has by 10 means crushed much leo destroyed ihe
commercial enterprise which hnds external expression
in LOFTY blocks and dense} punt slIeet-. AIen Wic
the amount Of destruction appears Iof the lhic lcAlcu-
liable from the absence OF compete OASIS OF oo'"pu
tion il is not 100 early To lhdU'se III oAT5Oi Ol
thakfIluess that it las been no GltdteI anu lhd tHo
disaster was stayed within IFS present bounds.
with the demolition of brick and granite ana the IN
Simultaneous destruction OF warehouses iull OF mercHan-
Else u
ems an energy that viii wrest benefit from the fiery trial
Among the causes OF thanLiulncss diacOyerdDe even
in the midst Of such trouble Is the eonpaIalle mint
uty from personal suffering that has been experienced
The closely confined 10 the business portion
OF the CITY that, while eating up The millions OF properly
with every advantage in its favor II touched lew dwell
ings and turned out few families INTO the streets suc
very GENERALLY be able 10 return to houses stl Standing
The terrible details Of the rise ana progress ana hnal
defeat OF the cOna grafton tell their own story without
comment 40 is tale OF the loss Of the rults O me-
time oil laborin an hour or fortunes swept away Ia
LINT ffsI
spread misery that CncagO has experienced or OF sch
comprehensive dcsodiiol The calamity Danehed many
check, among those looking at the Irstlc55 sweep OF
the flames, but 1t has weakened no AcdI17 or lAe'd
any dsmay upon he enterprise llat sees Ia acres OI
rum, only the foundation Ot new cHJit ana now success
40 ONE DAUNTED At THE CATASTROPHE.
iron IA, BoliDn J0ttHaL
Little did our citizens think on Saturday, as
tb closed their places Of business for the week and
inoRod forward to the rest Of Sunday, that Boston,
solidy but OF brick and stone ana IRON, WGud repeat
the ltird and lessons which glarcd upon the
world little more than year ago, from the blazing
wooden buildings or Chicago. Yet 50 II Il. mat
laTge area comprising, as travellers have said the
MODEST collection Vi warehouses in the world
tI Hacd nrodncts of this ace OF ndustry-s now but
tract of melancholy ruins 10 would appear shat while
we have gained in some directions toward security from
ami requisites in Others Flames do not run along our
streets, they did IN Chicago but thCy leap from roof
10 roof of nammable materials, often beyond the reach
of the engines which, however, even where they can
throw the requisite hight are or niue avail when the
into vpor and everything combustble Is as tinder
With regard the losses sustained the data are yet
insufficient for forming comparison between the two
cities Happily, owing 10 the business character OF the
greater pant OF the area swept by the Rre OF SATURDAY
night and yesterday the numbers Of the homeless make
but an Insignificant figure rs cOnrasied win those OF
Chicago although they greatly exceed the blhllu VAC.
tins oil any fire previously experienced IN this city, II
IL unfortunate also, that the blow fails at season OF
tie year most trying 10 those so suddenly turned
out of house and hOme-perhap5 their all. The cold OF
New-Engand Winter Will make heavy demands upon me
charitable behalf OF these poor creatures Next IN inc
order OF the needy will be tine thousands thrown out Of
empoyment and deprived, for time at least, VI
their usual means OF earning their daily bread.
or the losses ss tanned BY morchants-whO cOnsti
tuted the brain ana heart cnterprisng