Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-16
BOSTON AGAIN IN FLAMES.
4 Series Of Disastrous FIres-AnOther
General CoBAlgratIOA Barely Es-
caped-LOsses Heavy.
List Of Losers and Insurance Companies
IATolyed, with Amounts OF
Damages Sustained.

Boston, December Is The fire las
night did not prove serious, as was re
ported. The losses aggregated $50, 000
! insurance about $40, COO. A large fire Il
now burning in the wooden district, anC
the firemen sre endeavoriDg to prevent
the spread Of the flames to the section
/ lying between Warham and Walden
stIeets. The fire alarms last hight anC
up to nearly seven o'clock this morning
were sufficiently frequent, and the lighf
of the flames sufficiently bright tC
awaken fears Of
ANOTHER GENERAL CONFLAGRATION
At one O'Clock fire broke out in thu
large i've story brick building, IS to 81
PlymtOn street, and was entirely de
stTOyed. While the above fire was IL
full blast a CharlestoWn alarm wa
sounded, and few engines We're sent tC
eXinguish the flames, which had broken
out in some wooden buildings on Water
street. This fire extended to Cunning.
hams boiler factory, which was burned
together with train Of Gals on the track
of Fitehburg railroad. A large salt fac
tory and other buildings 10 the neigh.
bOrhOOd took fire, but were saved. The
ship Reporter took fire in her rigging
which was damaged considerably. OtheI
vessels in the vicinity were cut adrifl
and crashed into the old Charleston
bridge, carrying away large portion
and doing much damage to them selves
THE FLAMES WERE DRIVEN By THE
WIND
across and got fire to the drying house Oi
Creery X Moves, carpenters. The total
loss by this fire is about SIS, coo; insu-
rance, SO, 600. A second alarm Of fire
was sounded from the same locality this
morning, the first, second and third
alarms following in rapil succession,
and before the fire was extiDguished the
eatire department was called out. The
flames, famed by strong wind, s1on
made fearful havoc among the mass OF
wooden buildings lying between Plym-
ton aad Wsrhsm street, after destroy
ing the large planing-mill OF Morton &
& Chesney, and burned j. j. M'Nuttls
extensive wood yard. The wind carried
the brands across Albany street into
large lumber yards, and now all that
tract Of land lying between Albany and
Water streets is
ONE MASS OF FLAMES. -. -
L AAC AAeALAIo IL AAAE LAtA X uA7AAAIL are
now (half-past twelve this afternoon
thought to be under control. 1t is un
ueFstOOd that nearly five hundred men
are, by the fire, thrown out Of employ
ment. The los by the Plymton-street
tire foOts up S500,0O0 When the fire
was thought to be extinguished on the
wharf, it broke out ca the water side,
and burned 50 fuFiously that the firemen
we're obliged TO remove their apparatus.
The loss by this fire is between 500, ,00l
and $780, coo The fres are thought TO
be the work of iueeudiaries. The
weather is very cold, at four o'clock
marking six degrees below zero. The
dremen suffered severely, many Of them
having their fingers and feet frozen.
LOSSES, ETC.
Morton & Chester's loss on their build
ing is so, 600: on stock, SIS. 600; on ma
cbiGery, SIS O00; building insured for
SIS go; there is St0,C00 Insurance on
the stock and machinery. Building Nos.
81 and 63, owned by +. Badger & Co ,
stair-bUi deFs; loss on building, S35, ,00O;
on stock S25, 600. The building Nos. 65
and 81 was occupied by Smith and Ja-
cObs, stRir-builders; J. J. Hill, caJpen-
ter, and Henry Bartlett, builder. The
building wss owned by Jacobs. Loss OF
Smith d Jacots, $50, 600. No 75 was
owned and occupied by Nathaniel D.
Hunt, carpenter and builder; loss on
building, $4,000; on stock, $45, ,009.
M'Nutt's loss on his building was S40,-
600. The first and second stories were
occupied by Pearce, Tuttle & Gilman,
table manufacturers, who lose $50, 900.
The the third story was used by Adolf
phus Sherman d Co, manufacturers OF
furniture; loss, $4,000. Bsssons &
Berscb, cabinet-makers, who occupied
the fourth and 6fth stories, lose $4,000.
The lumber-ysrd was entirely destroyed,
involving a loss to Messrs George NJ.
Cook aud E. D. Reed d Co. Of So, coo
Reed Il Co.'s pIaning-mill, dry-house
and stable were burned; their loss will
reach $4,000 on machinery and stock.
The New England organ company loses
$1,000 worth OF lumber. Cyrus d Clark
loses $1,000 on his stable. Willett,
Drake & Co. lose 5000.