The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-06-26
Disastrous Fire In Marblehead,
Massachusetts.

Disastrous Fire In Marblehead,
Massachusetts.
Boston, June rs. A fire in Marble
head, at two clock this morning, swept
away nearly the entire business portion
of the town. The fire began in the sta
bic of the Hathaway House, and spread
with arming rapidity to the hotel and
other buildings. All the large shoe manu-
factories but-three are in ruins. These
were mostly large woodeh buildings, filled
with machinery, and furnishing
employment to hundreds OF men
and women. The Eastern Railroad
depot six or seven passenger cars and
number of freight cars were burned.
Over forty dwelling houses were con-
sumed, and the occupants saved but q
very small portion of their furniture,
and families with only the clothes they had
on, escaping from the burning buildings
Seventy-two buildings in all were con.
sumed. 1t SIS impossible to make al es-
timate of the losses orr insurance.. The
fire is now under control.
BosToN, June 25.-A later dispatch
from Msrblehead says that the ire has
spread from the Msrblehesd Hotel, ON
Pleasants street, 10 5. w. Bartlett i
Co.'S shoe manufacturing building,
taking the grocery store and
dwelling OF VIM. II. Gas well, the dwell
ing OF Wm. T. Humphrey, and
the Eastern Railway depot
destroying the depot and several cars
hence TO Alerton block occupied by j.
II. Arue, Geo. Green, shoe msnufsctur-
ers n. Allen Linsey, printer, Twissons
restaurant and W. Z. DAVIS, front store
The South church of School street was
totally destroyed. The fire burned both
sides of School street. NO. Simmopd's
hardware store, t. Perkins livery stable,
the new engine house, half furnished,
were DESTROYED. j. D. Leiavours block
and the dwelling house adjoining
were destroyed The residence ol
Richard Reed, shoe factory occu-
pied by Bartlett, Dosh and
Philip Bessom, S. Z. Cromeil, shoe
mandatory and Thomas Main, Jr.,
mAchinest The residence of w. 7.
Lsfavour and his shoe factory were des-
troyed and the residence OF Thomas
Toss and the building OF Jos. Chapman.
p. I. Wood6n, exp essmsn; Wm. q.
Woodfn, provisions; the shoe factory OF
VIM. Lawson, and also the residences OF
Albert Clspp, Mrs. Stockwell, Carrie
Paine. Thomas Stacey, John Csrkin,
John Barry, Nathan Glover, I. I.
Paine's express office, VIM Steven 8 shoe
factory, Wormsted u Woodan's shoe
factory and b. G. Hathaway, jew
eler, on Putnam street, the shoe factory
of Jonathan Brown, the dwellings oc-
cupied by J. Wilkins, \. Pitnsn and
T. Psine's large barn were burned. On
SewIll street the dwelling of +. Letavour
was burned
Bv this time steamer No. 2 Of Salem
had arrived, and soon had the fire at the
south extremity under control, and pre-.
vented further spread in that direction.
Passing down Essex street, on both sides,
the destruction OF the houses Of John
Walden, Amos Evans, and a small
building used BY q firm of marble cut
ters soon followed, while on the eastern
side OF Essex street the flames destroyed
the large factory formerly occupied by
John Ii. Wilkins, the dwelling houses OF
Henry Paine, VIM. &. Woodtin and the
Misses Doaks, and the houses on the
other side rs far as that Of ii +. PI:man.
At this point the fire in this direction
stoppe1. During this time the fire had
worked along Sewsll street. taking
in regular order on the east side the
house and shop OF w. \. Stevens, the
factory used by John Ware, house of
Thomas Stary, house and stables OF L. L.
Paine and the bouses OF VIM. Stock
well and 1. Z. Wyman. On the west
side OF Sewell street, commencing with
the house OF Thomas Foss, there sue.
cum bed in quick succession the house OF
George Church, factory and barn Of
Philip Lstayour, house OF Joseph Chap.
man, house and barn OF z. T. WoOdfn,
house Of l. w. Mason and the house Of
Elisha Graves, where the fire was finally
stopped about $40.
At4A. NJ, looking from the side OF
the General Glover engine house clear
view was obstructed only by the stand
ing chimneys of the destroy ed buildings.
In q few briet hours the flames had des-
troyed two thirds OF the o.d town, and
lett without prospects Of employment
fully threo-.ourths of the male and female
workers OF Narblehesd. One.hslf OF the
buildings wers destroyed, Including
barns, factories and dwellings, and 1t is a
tar estimate to place the Ices at not less
than $500, 600.
BssToS. June 25.---A carefully pre-
pared list OF the losses by the MsrbIehesd
fire makes in the aggregate on the build
ipgs $685. COO and the loss 10 the occu-
pants on their stock, machinery and
furniture $4,000, making u to.sl OF
$534.0O0.