The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-12-17
FIRE IN BOSTON.
Alarms all M0Aday
Night.
FIVE HUNDRED MEN THROWN OUT
OF EMPLOYMENT,
Another Fire in CharlestuWn.
TOTAL LOSS OYER HALF A MIL
LION DOLLARS.


now burning here in the wooden dis
triCt, and the firemen are endeavoring to
prevent the spread of the flames to the
section lying between Wareham and NAL
den streets The fire alarms last night
and up to seven o'clock this morning
were sufficiently frequent, and the light
Of the flames sufficiently bright to awak-
en- fears of another general cOnfagration.
At one o'clock the fire broke out in the
large five story brick building, rs to 81
Plympton street, occupied by Carry &
Calvin, and large number of firms en-
gagged in wood manufacturing. The build
ing was entirely destroyed. The flames
were driven by the wind across the street
and set fire to the dry house of Creery &
Noyes, carpenters. The total loss by this
fire was $4,000; insurance $4,000.
The second alarm was sounded from
the same locality later this morning.
The first, second and third alarms sound
ed in rapid succession, ,andlbefore five the
entire department was called out. The
flames, famed by a strong wind, soon
made sad havoc among the mass of wood
EN- buildings lying between Plympton
/ anu W AANAlbAlA oAAANlHs llEl tIOEHNu
| Wareham street, after destroying the
large planning mill of Morton & Chesley,
and burned j. j. McNutt's extensive
wood mandatory, Emerson's piano man
uiaCtory adjoining, escaped, being brick,
1 but the buildings on all sides, chiefly
wood, are in ruins. The wind carried
the burning brands across Albany street
into the large lumber yards, and now
all tnat tract Of land lying between Alba
ny street and Water street is mass of
flames. The fremen have abandoned
this section of the fire to its fate, and are
laboring to prevent the flames from
spreading into the section lying between
Wareham and Maiden streets, and are
pouring water on the burning piles of
lumber on Albany street.
1890 p. M.-The flames in the burning
district are now thought to be under con-
troll. tits estimated that nearly FIVE hun
dred men are, by the fire, thrown out of
employment. The total loss on Plymp-
ton street foots up over $5O0.OOO.
LIST OF LOSSES and LOSERS.
Wharton & Chesley's loss on build
ing is $4,000, on stock $4,000, on ma
chinery $4,000. The building was in
sured for $4,000. There is $4,000 in
surance on the stock and machinery.
The building Nos. 81 and SO was
owned by +. Badger & Co., stair build
ers; loss on building $4,000, on stock
$4,000.
The building Nos. 90 and 81 was Occu-
pied by Smith & Jacobs, stair builders; j.
j. Hill, carpenter, and Henry Bartlett,
builder. The building was owned by
Jacobs; loss $4,000; loss of Smith K
Jacobs SS5.000
No. 75 was owned and occupied by
Nathaniel o. Hunt, carpenter and build
er; loss on building $4,000; on stock
S45,0O0
McNutt's loss on his building is 100000.
The first and second stories were occu-
pied by Pierce, Tuttle e Gilman, table
manufacturers, who lose $4,000. The
third ssofy was used by Adolphus, Sher-
man q Co., manufacturers of furniture;
loss $4,000. Fassons & Borch, cabiuet
makers, who occupied the fourth and fifth
stories, lose $4,000.
The lumber yard was entirely destroy
ed, involving loss to Messrs. George NJ.
Cook and E. D. Reed & Co., of $4,000
Reed & Co.'s planning mill, their dry
house and stable were burned. The
loss will reach $4,000 on machinery and
stock.
The New England Organ Company
loses $4,000 worth of lumber; Cyrus D.
Clark, $4,000 on stable. Millet Drake 4
Co., $1,000.
THE CHARLEsTOwN FIRE.
While the above fire was in full blast,
the Charestown alarm was sounded, and
few engines were sent toextinguish the
flames, which had broken out in wood
en- building on Water street at Hudson.
This fire extended to Cunningham's boil
er factory, which was burned, together
with train of cars on the Fitchburg
Railroad. A large salt factory, and other
buildings in the neighborhood took fire
but were saved. The ship Reporter took
fire in the rigging and was considerably
damaged. Other vessels in the vicinity
were cut adrift, and crashing into the old
Charlestown bridge carried away large
portion and did much damage to them.
selves.
When the flames were thought to be
extinguished on the wharf, they broke out
on the water side and spread so rapidly
that the tiremen were obliged to remove
their APPARATUS This wharf, Hettinger's
was destroyed, also Warren & Freeman's
salt mandatory. The loss by the Charles
town fire was between $1,000 600 and $3.50,
600. The fires are all thought to be O
incendiary origin, The weather was very
cold, the thermometer at four o'clocl
marking six degrees below zero.
The fremen suffered severely, many
of them having their fingers and fee
frozea.