, 1877-06-26
Marblehead, Mass., Visited by a
Destructive Conflagration.,
Fifteen Acres OF tho Business
Portion of the Place
In Ruins.
Several Large Shoe Manufactures, with
Stock, Destroyed.
Seventy Buildings Swept Away in a
Very Short Time.
The Daily Record OF Minor
BlaZe5.
.fARBLFuEAD. MASS.

+ afARBLEHEAD, MASS.
Hosrox. juno 2'.-At 2 o'clock This morning IRE
broke mt In tho eear Of tho Marb]ehead 1iotel,
Plcasant street, and from thls small beginning
spread 1ntil fifteen aeres Of buildings, lnclnttn8
eTery shoe factory but fTo In the town, had been
destroyed. Tho Fire Department rallied with atl
poaab'o dispatch. but Il was eoon seen that tho ire
ssas beyond control. DISPATCHER were sent to
Salem and Lynn for help. Tho tnaIn sourte Of the
wnter'supply was brick pond reservoir, and over
| this was ths Gen. Glover cnRine house. 10 the
rear OF tho cnginc.hou>c was building owned by
John 5. Martin, and occupied BY Lyons + Collins.
| shoo Manufacturers. Only sew feet from this
factory WAS barn In the rear Of the 3tarbiehcat
Hotel. Tho hote! itself stood about twenty feet
from the engtne.housc, Thus tho Grst result Of tho
| drt WIS tho aimu1tancons burning Of these four
bulfdlngs, and consequently the Fire Department
WIS virtually, compelled to wait until there burnt
in order 10 got auy rs!iablo supply of water.
Close to Tue hotel, on the eastern side, VIVA Tho
| larze Pope Block. occupied br F. ", / T. II.
| Monroe and j. u. Crop1cy, shoe manufacturers.
which was soon cnrcloped IN flames. Next cane
tho factory Of 4. V. Bartlett & Co. then tho
Rcchablte Building and Nathaniel G!ovcr's factory
thus taking c'ery building in the hpaee between
Pleasant stfcct, School street, and tho railroad
track.
The ase nov feaped both Pleasant and School
Directs. 1t ono and the ttmc the south side Of
Pleasant street containing tho houses Of 3lss.
Chapman and joehua .. Lcfavons.
Tic cast side Of School street and Eewall street
Sero Oh Gre. Tho names from 0tover's factory
caught that Of Wofmstead 4 Wooddn. corner OF
School and scwai sttccts and dwelling house op.
pob!tc occnpled by William scnnott, and ut the
same tins the building OF r. T. Paine, coruer Of
Pleasant and School streets, and occupied a. =
store and dwelling BY Wil1inm Il. Caswcll.
During this time tho house Of Nicholas r. Pit.
man. on BprinE street. was caught by failing
| etndcs, tnaurfng the destruction Of every building
on the west eids Of that street Joshua o. Ia.
favous's shop corner ot School and rleasAnt, was
now Gu firc.
From Lcfavou.'s building the drc quickly COM
muuicatcd 10 dwelling .house On the other cor
neE, owned BY John II. brown, and occupied by
Joscpa ". Fossytht. Next in that vicinity quickly
followed Atfeston Dlock Nathaniel Glover house,
and the South Church, together With Henry
Symonls' hardware store.
Opposite, on the wehteEn side of plenpant street,
tho flames had now burned T. r. PaIne's house.
thc Humphrey House, ncxt to It, md then the
Eastern Railroad depot. with four pAatengcr cars.
From tho dcpot the hames communicated to T,
T. patno's new stable in the rear. Then followed
tho bnsn end house Of Benjamin Hathaway, and
tho dwelling. house Of r. rtman, occupied BY Mrs.
rFa'hcF With board!ng.hopse. Thea tho houses
on both sides Of Scva'l street caught hsc, and In
very sho1t time ovcry ythins was 1eycIell between
Pleasant, 8ehoo'. md Spring Btrceta.
In tho mcantlmo the Orc creps hlong School
street tgward Washington, Destroying In tts cousso
Tho frnsao Of tho now cnginehous the carpenter
shop Of r. s. Mcsessy. and tho stabis Of @. II.
Whcatland. Of saen,. occupied by Enoch 8. Fed
kins; Church (rhrd congrceat,onaN which stood
ut tic junction ot School, Washington aud Eascx
streets. ny this Tina steamer No. ., Of Salem,
arrived, and soon had the hro at tho south cxtfen.
!y under control, and prevented further slrea1 In
that direction.
Tho destruction Of the houees Of John Madden,
Amos Evans. aud q small building used By iru,
Of marble cutters aoon followed, while on the
eastern ride OF Eesox ktrsct tho nanes de-
stroycd tho large factory formerly ocen.
pied by Johu II. wilkins, tho dwelling. houses
of1ltnry palno aud William c. woodin, md tho
Mtsten dock and houses tho Other side ~ far a.
that OF II. r, pt,nan's. At this point tbs nse In
this direction was stopped.
During this timo tho drc had worked aloax
scwal stscet, linking In rcralar orior on tho cast
s!ds tho house and' shop Of ". i. Slcvens, the
factory formerly used by John Ware. house Of
Thomaa Stacey, house and stables OF T. +. Paine,
and houses ot William stockwuu aud ]. c.
Wyman.
On tho west side Of sewall sereet, commencing
With tho house Of Thomas Foas, tterd succumbcd
In g,vca succession the house OF George Church,
factory and barn Of Phillip 1.efavonr, house OF
in. housc Of r. ". Mason. aud t96ae Of K!ca1urc
Drukcs. where the hte nna!iy stopped about J:J0.
!. Over fnf!T DWELLING. .houaca were conpumed. xad
Tho occupants FATed but very sma!l proposttnn of
ihels furniture. and sone faml'c: only i!e e!othes
!ngs. Seventy twu buildings In all were conaun,ed
L.ookIng from tho s,do VI thu Glen. Glover lii.
G!He: :lionsc, c!rar *icw, obatrneted nnly BY tho
Of nearly nftccn acscA ofs1ailt lncoaed Gy EAscx,
Schoo1. Fle4sant Aprtnx. sud Scwof streets. In
few brief hours the uatnes mad destroyed two
thirds Of the Old town. md lctt, wilhont prospact
md fun,a!c workers Of Marb!ehsad. t,nc.haif
OF the buildings aEa DESTROYED. Including
harns. factories. and dwelling. houses, and Ii
I. falr estimate to pa:e Tho loss # nut less than
1oseth lfasFIs y sons samue! Spashawk, George
Il: Metslti, rit,> Llteh'nan nsos, and William Z.
so%o e tne gs9e!ps es.s. s,a =. fellow:
u. 1rne, Ioss. $l0, 0oO; insured for 81, G.
:1<s.taaef, 81. DO: Insurance, 81. ooo. I. ii.
afs,1sa asSaa, g. psy a.Stsa +
liloek, sis, 0o6; Monroe ufos.. 9lo, o0o. j. Il.
crossey, SUI, 900; insurance, SIS, O00 Nechab-
!!e Building. =. goo; in.urancc. q, 800. Iona.
woodse @ ia:x
Gf0wcll, 81, 600; u. q, Hathaway, 81, 600; 4.
Dianey, s., 600; ". II. caawell, 6i.0o0.
john y. woodau, aFemAa, wa* fatally Injured
hos7ox, Juno GA careiully prepared LIST
gregato on hu!l4lngs, s:l5s, 0O0. Lass 10 &C.
ssFE5 ss9F5n}s S ''asf Tats ssssSoSS'y furniture etc.
AT GRAND ItApLD9, MICH.
Sptttai DistafcA 10 Th& Tribune.
GRANn Harms, Mich, June 25.-Thts morning
4 hFs dastfuyod Mft r. A. {Irowuts Hx r1Itrr II