New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-12
THE BOSTON FIRE.

faneuiI HaII-Seventy Acres Bufne
Over-The Estimated Loss.
From our dispatches published here yes
terday morning, it appears that the alarm
sounded about half past seven o'clOcl
Saturday evening, followed by second
third and fourth, in rapid succession. Thu
first engine was hardly on the ground wheI
the flames burst from the fourth story
granite store at the corner Of Summer ant
Kingston streets. occupied as wholesale
dry goods store. 1t caught in the engine
room, and the flames. following the elevator
were first seen under the roof. The build
ings in the vicinity are four-story granite
with Mansard roofs. The flames soor
reached the Mansard soofs on the opposite
side. far beyond reach of engines, and in
less than thirty minutes the whole city in
one direction was a: the mercy Of the
flames, which leaped from roof to roof
One great dry goods house after another
succumbe6. TheiE granite walls fell in the
streets, making them impassable
At nine o'clock Sunday morning the fire
| was still raging. Engines were driven back
from station to station. Granite blocks.
! weighing tons, were split into fragments
and hurled acro5s the street
Buildings were blown up on GindaiI and
Congress streets TO check the flames.
| Beebe's block, the finest business structure
! in the city, is burned. Stewards rooms
only fed the flames. Pieces of dry
| goods went whistling across the square
| firing stores on Devonshire street.
Every building now heated to verge of
spontaneous combustion caught like tinder,
and deafening explosions were constantly
heard. Tenement houses on Federal street
caught. Crazed women rushed to and fro
with cloaks and bedding in their arms. The
wool houses in Federal street caught next:
| they were crammed from cellar to garret
The paper houses came next The Freeman
National Bank then went.
The National Bank Of North America
went at midnight.
The fire reached dimension that simply
deties description. The people retired be-
fore the flames toward fremont and Court
streets.
At 8:45 A. NJ. the fire had reached in near
ly straight line from Congress street,
through Lindall to Kilby street and Liberty
square, both sides being on fire. The rear
OF the poStottice, on Lindall street was burn
lLSs II lidFlnS DGttul6 ubCGSSdTY To dow
up the building at the corner of Congress
street and Congress square, it was mined
and exploded shortly befl re nine O'clock
The granite front building on the west
corner Of Lincoln and Kilby streets, occu-
pied by Vincent & Hutchings, insurance
brokers, J. Wiley Edmonds and others, was
blown up at nine o'clock.
An effort was made to arrest the fire by
blowing up a brick building on Kilbv
street. third door from the State street
front, but three explosions failed to make
the desired impression.
Nearly every building back of Che State
street front, between Congress and Broad,
has been ruined.
On Milk street the fire passed below the
corner Of Oliver. on both sides.
In the square formed by Doane, State,
kilby and Broad streets, there was only
one building on fire. and that was com
menced at the corner Of kilby and Doane
streets.
The Merchants Exchange, including the |
postottice. has gone. but the mails were |
saved. The poatoftloe opens in Fanueil Hall !
Monday at eight O'Clock. The fire swept !
up DevOnshire. Congress and Water streets |
Chief Fire Engineer Dannells was killed |
by falling walls Eve JIiles Of streets are |
burned.
Among the burned are Bowden g. Brown, |
Sleeper, Fish q Co., Stevenson Brothers, !
y. =. Ives 4 Co, Despeaux, Blake & Co., |
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