The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-31
BOSTON AGAIfN FLAMES.
LARGE PORTION OF THE BUsI-
NESS CENTRE DESTROYED.
PATIAL LIST OF LOSSES.

Stroycu, y heaVy northwest VIM prevails,
and there are no signs Of the flames being
checked.
Details Of tho Progress Of the Flames.
10 4. M-The lire broke out at about
half past o'clock in the upper part of Haley,
Nurse & CO.'S large furniture warehouse,
No. All Washington street, and Is now
spreading with fearful rapidly, the wind
being strong from the northwest. The prin,
cipal direction of the fire i now towards
Harrison street.
1905 4. M-When discovered, the fire was
in the upper floor of Haley, Neuse x CO.
warehouse among the workshops, and Tie
flames were issuing from tho roof. The piles
of light material packed away were like 50
much finder, ami before thu alarm could be
given
GREAT VOLUMES OF FLAME
were rolling up fifty feet in the air ana Inl-
mcnSe clouds Of smoke rising. The heal
generated was intense, and in twenty min
utes the upper stories Of the building.
from front 10 rear. a distanc" Of 900 feet.
were 4 mas Of glowing fame.
The fire worked back into the stables
of George +. Ronney. on EumSt"ad place,
which runs ont OF Roy!>tOn street near
Washington street. and destroyed them.
Eventually the walls Of the immense edi'
lice. wi here the fire first ori.in'tcd,' fell. AMI
CRUSHED To ATOMS
the extensive "aIlerv OF Jounllin, with all
the stores beneath ii. on the opposite corner
of Fayctte court.
The flames soon spread to another 2lelt
huildin" adjacent. and that was also DE-
stroyrd. including Nos. 4n:;, 40l, AMI 400
Washington street; tue premises nf Rhodes,
RIPLEY II Co.. clothing; j. w. Brocketf.
pianos: George Foster, hats; +. +. L.hhT.
dry goods; and George +. White, millinery.
'rhr lire has crossed Washington street.
and Chickering's splendid granite building,
with il ilninen>c front, and the Globe The
are, are in ruins. The Stccplc OF the Pres
bvteiiln chlrcI, corner Of Is; ach ami llarrl-
son avenue. has catl9hl, and the Spire Is u
ma. ui flames.
ii d Ci0ca. A, .M-The rear ot Ch"ulnrcy
stree: is threatened 10th from Hayward
placcaId Essex street, and the entire :qtl:lr
bounded by tllpsc streets and AaSiIn"t on
street, which is MOI already destroyed, l.
Gcul" abandoned l., iI> occupants. Chief
Damrc!l Expresses confidence that tine I!rr
will speedily he stopped.
TIE Loss ALREADY AMOUNTS To SEVERAL MIL
LIONS.
Confirming lis course S"uihrrir from lis
place OF origin, The tire soon attacked the
international Hotel, 6. r. Richard prnpric-
tor No. 10 Washington street. and it soon
fell ~ easy prey TO the deyourin" clement
The .Way of The monster WIS Irresistible,
and the next 10 fail It's victim was the large
fnur-S,orv >tunc-lront building occupied Ivy
kellcy's !illiarl-roonS, No. 40 Wa, hington
street. George Thompson x CO.. tailnrS.
No. I2l. and Montgomery * Co.'S cnntet-
tionerv store, No. i23. We're also destroyed.
The tire on Beach street in the PrrShytc-
rim church has Gecu cNtlnglliShcd.
THE MILITARY HAVE BEEN CALLED orr,
and the crowds in the vicinity of the fire are
being forced back in order IL give the fire
men more room IT, work.
r. fiorL H.--Thr tire j. NOW behaved 10
b, under control. II t. ing Decoration DAY,
all tie in ltrlucr uiiic'- Wpr. closed, bat arc
now hcuG opened on the intelligence III the
conila@ration.
TIE wiLEEsr EXCITEMENT rRFTA'..s
throughout the city, and thousand, OF ex-
tra> are being circulated,
New HDrs INSURANCE Companies
ssaSiiis EIsiiS a2h tsHSIaH
The following i Il complete lit Of New
York tire insurance companies la,ing risks
in Boston: The Clinton, Pacific, .f.tna,
Brewers and Matters. Citizens. City, Cuum-
hia. Commerce. Commercial, Continental.
Corn Exchange, Exrhange. Fireman's, Ger
man, American, GeriHania. Guardian, Han
over Hoffman, Horne, Humboldt. Intrrna-
,iona, Irving. Lamor, Lorillard, Manhattan.
Market, Mercantile. National, New York and
Ionker>. Niagara, Phoenix. Relief Republic,
Standard, Star, st. Nicholas, Trademarks 5,
and Washington.
NEW YORK. May 3o.-It is believed that
few insurance companies Of this city stltiri
to any extent by the Baston fire to-day. The
companies that have been heard from average
about $4,000.
Casualties Reported.
Besides The two before mentioned ~ killed
hy falling walls, another fireman il Reported
rs killed and two others hur. in The same
lEanncr.
Partial List Of the f.0sSes.
BnsToN. May 3O.-it l., impossible to give
al once all the losses. or even the names ~
the losers hy the lire to-day. but it can lc'
said that from Avery street to Boyl>ton
street, on tue west side of Washington
street, is ncally'or quite destroyed: and on
the other side, from Hay ward place to Essex
street. little is lett 10 show what existed
there ut o'clock this morning. Two per
sons were killed by falling walls.
The Globe Theatre saved nearly all the
Wardrobca.
Among the firms and individuals burned
out on Essex street alC: b, :, Rowe II TO-.
boots and shoes, los, S15,00o, insured Ior
$1,000 iInwIey, Folsom X Martin, furnish.
ing good, loss S1I.J,nO0, fully insured:
Athrlion i. Brown Il Co., loss $50 600 in
surancr $4,000: George T.. Turner, boots
and shoes, loss Sl5,00n, insurance so. 900 ::
Chalnrcy-liall school, iic>>rs. Cushing 4
Ladd, loss $4,000. insurance $1,000: }. ".
Pitcher, Globe cafe, loss 5000. no insu-
rance; Ninth regiment headquarters, loss
slight; Leland, Whcclock Il co.. furnishing
goods, los SlGG, 0Qa, insurance $4,000 John
b. Eryan, boots and shoes, loss $4,000, i'll
,lll;lnce 10000.
On Washington street: r.. :. Pazol &
Son. furIicrS. loss, $4,000, Insurance M
known Scilot's bookstore, III the same
iuiding. occupying three chambers, con-
tanning valuable books and al,itles used in
the Catholic churches, loss about $4,000 :;
II. l.. ilibbard, proprietor oi t!rr Bryant d
StlHtton College, loss $1,000, insured in
Central Mutual Company Of Worcester.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
has lost fifteen wire, by the tiic. and roml-
munirltiOn is interrupted.
i'iic Firenan'S National Bank had not
opened their vault to-day and they have r,,,-
son to believe that ALI their Scslritip, are
saved.
The day being holiday the report of the
fire teIesraphed to the surrounding towns
brought thousands of persons to the city.
Every train inWarG-bound was crowded with
anxious business men and Neutrality-suspicious.