The Portland daily press., 1874-12-16
MASSACHU JETS.
Incendiary Fires in Boston.
TOTAL LOSS $7OO.Ooo.
Hundreds of Workmen Thrown Out ol
Employment.

BosroN, Dec. 15-The loss by the fire on
Plympton street this morning laccount IN lues
days PRESS was about SIC, 900. with an lnsMr. SUI
ance as far as known of about $2S 0OO. Ine
losers are Curry & Salvin, j. w GreenieaI
Geo. Moulton, Driscoll & Young. 9. M. FIeld'
g. & c. NOVEL;, Parker & Co., Burnell q Den-
nett, and Cressey & Noyes.
second alarm was sounded from The same
locality later this morning, the hrst' secoid ;d
succession, and before O'Clock the entlre de-
partment was called out
The flames, famed by the strong wind, soon
made fearful havoc among mass OF WOODEN
buildings between Plympton and Walenam ia,,
streets, completely cutting everything that lay
in their track. They crossed Wareham street
after destroying the large planning mill OF MOT
ton & Chesley, and then feasted upon .. ..
McNutt's extensive wood mandatory Emer-
ger, but miraculously escaped, principally be-
cause it was built of brick.
The force of the wind blew burDlDg
brands across Albany street, where they t4ok
firm foothold 10 large lumber yards and all that
tract lying between Albany street ana JUG
water was soon in flames.
The losses are as follows: Morton q Ches-
lev. $50, 900, insurance $28,000; +. Badger q
Co., S60,000; j. f. Marston, $45,00o, Insurance.
81, 500; Smith q Jacobs $4,000, besides when
Mr.. Jacobs loses $2s, 900 on he building; Ma
thaniel o. Hunt $50, 900; Mr.. McNutt $6O, O,0OO,
600: Adolphus Sherman $4,000; Bosom &
Borsch $4,000; Thomas Chase, $4,000, insured
ST. 500. The lumber yard was entirely Destroy
ed, involving loss to George NJ Cook and z
ID. Reed & Co., Of S12 0O0 Reed & Co. s plan
ing mill, dry houses and stable were destroyed.
Their loss is 10000 on machinery AID stock.
The New England Organ Go. loses $6OOO worm
of lumber; Cyrus s. Clark, stable, $SoOoi VIII
lett, Drake & Co, $5000; George w. brown'
There are 500 persons turned out OF employ
ment bv the fire. and the total loss foots up
half million.
just as the efforts of the fire department.
seemed to be rewarded with success, first
alarm at / 80 was sounded from box 21, Charles
town, caused by a fire in the frame building on
Water street, opposite the foot OF Hudson
street, owned by Jacob Hittinger. Inc com
bustible nature of the material caused tne nre
to spread rapidly, and the high WIND drove the
flames in southerly direction into the boiler
mauufactory of Thomas Cunningham.
Second aud third alarms brought as many or
tile engines as could be spared from tine
Plympton street fire. Cunnngham.s factory
is 200 feet long and 40 deep. The building was
almost wholly destroyed, with much valuable
machinery A train of cars on the track OF the
Fftchburg Railroad, opposite, were burned.
The salt manufactory at the head OF the
wharf, was damaged to the extent OF $1,000.
Other buildings ignated from sparks, but the
flames were extinguished before gaining hardly
a foothoId The new ship Reporter, lying at
Hittineer's wharf, caught fire among the rig
ging aud was damaged "a 800.
During the progress of the fire large numbers
of vessels lying along the wharyes in the Vt
cinity were cut loose on discovering the ship
Reporter on fire. The high tide and unusually
strong wind prevented vessels getting anchor-
age. After getting into the stream four OF them
drifted about until they collided with one an
ether and then locked together, came down
with a terrific crash on the old Charestown
bridge, near the draw. They stove up the fen
der of the bridge guard, the jibboom OF one OF
the vessels struck the railing, demolishing 1t
for several rods. Some of the craft were heavily
laden, and in some Instances were badiy Dam
aged. +
a After the firemen had subdued these fires,
flames broke out from the warehouses at the
water end of the wooden building which ex.
tends the entire length of the northern SIDE OF
Hittingers' wharf So rapidly did the flames
spread that the fremen walking on the wharf
Z were obliged to flee for their lives: Ihe names
worked their way to the west end OF the wharf
and swept through to the north side along the
wharf The extensive salt factory OF warren
Il Freeman was also destroyed The ship Re
porter was saved only after hard struggle, and
The fire was at length subdued.
The aggregate losses by this fire are estl-
mated at from $4,000 to $3.50, 900. =,
The fires last night and this morning are all
thought to be incendiary.
Muuicipal Elections.
In Newburyport William Gushing was
elected Mayor by 1872 majority over Pike, In
dependent The vote was very light Ine
Mayor elect is the youngest brother of Caleb
Gushing. lf tadfa Hsft
In Worcester, Clark Jillson, independent
and reform candidate, was elected Mayor, re-
ceiying 1886 votes to 1867 for Edward L.
Davis, citizens candidate. .tf g....gtf
In Lowell, Francis Jewett, citizens candi-
date. was reelected Mayor by 1 ,825 majority
over Hartford, Republican. The city council is
Republican. s,fi !. ..iiels7isa
In Boston, Mayor Cobb was reelected by
$4,000 majority. He was the nominee OF both
parties. The horticultural Hall ticket for al
dermep, composed of eight Republicans and
four Democrats, was successful. In the coun-
Gil the Democrats gain seven members.