The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-26
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

DETAILS OF THE PROGRESS OF THE FIRE-NAR-
ROW ESCAPE OF THE OCCUPANTS OF THE
BURNING HoUsEs-NAMEs OF THE PRINCIPAL
SUFFERERS
BosTox, June 49, 1877.
At two O'Clock this morning fre broke out in tho
rear Of the Masb,shsad Hotel, ON Plsasaatsr street.
ksrblsbsad, ana from this small beginning spread
until fifteen acres OF buildings including every shoe
Factory but Hvc in tho town. had been destroyed Tho
Fire Department rallied wish all possible despatch but
II was that the nre beyond their efforts
TO control Dispatches sent 10 Salem and
Lynn for help. The main Of the water supply
brick pond reservoir, and over this was the
General Glover engine house. In the of the en-
CINE house was tho building owned by John s. Martin
and occupied BY Lyons Collins, shoe manufac-
turers Only few feet from this factory was the
barn in the OF Marbchead Hotel The hotel It.
Bcf stood about twcaty ieet from the engine house,
WAITING YoR WATER
Thus the rst result Of tho fro tho simultaneous
burning OF .hese four buildings and consequently the
Fire Department virtually compelled 70 wait until
these burned in order to get reliable supply
Of water Close to the hotel the eastern side was
tho large Pope block, occupied by r. W. T. M. Nun
roe and Jacob N. Croplcy, shoe Manufacturers which
cnveloped in flames. Next came the factory
OF F. v. Bartlett Co.; then the Rechabne Building
andNathanie Gover's factory thus taking every build
Ing tho space Pleasant street, School street
and the railroad track. The fire now lcaped both
Pleasant and School streets. At the time the
Iouth side Of Pleasant street, containing the houses
Mrs. Chapman ana Joshua c. Lctavour, and the east
side OF school and scwall street were on fra
rhe flames from Govers factory caught that OF Messr
worms,cad l. woodnn, at the corner OF School and
5swa Streets and the dwelling opposite, occupied by
william seBnatt, ana at the time the building OF
I. T. Paine. at the corner Pleasant and School
Streets occupied as store and dwelling BY William H.
CaswelL
STARTED IN SPRING STREET.
During this time the house OF Nicholas p Pitnan
on Spring street, was ignited by falling cinders thus
insurng tho destruction Of every building that side
Of the street. Joshua D. Lefavour's shop, at the
ncr Of School and Pleasant streets, IRA
From Leavour's building the FIRE quickly commune
Gated 10 tho dwelling house the other corner,
owned by John H. Brown and occupied by Joseph W.
Forsyth Next, In that vicinity, quickly followed tho
Aerton block, Nathaniel Glover's house and the
South Church, together with Henry o. symonds
hardware store On the opposite western
side OF Pleasant street the flames had now
burned T. 7. Paine's house, the Humphrey House
to IT, and then the Eastern Railroad depot with four
passenger cars. From the depot the flames commune
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Tho barn and house Of BENJAMIN G. Hathaway, and
70 dwelling house owned BY H. ,. Pitman and occu-
pied BY Mrs. Traher as boarding house.
JUMPING TO sRwALL STREET.
Then the both sides OF Sewa street caught
Ore, and 10 q very short time everything was down be-
tween Pleasant School and Spring streets In the
meantime the nre had crcpt along School street tow
ara Washington, destroying In is course the frame Of
tho nov engine house, the carpenter shop Of 8. $.
Neservey aud tho stable Of G. H. wheatland, Of Salem,
occupied BY Enoch l. PsdkIns; the South Church
Third Consrsga,iona, which stood a the juacton Of
School. Washington ana Esssx strocsS BY this tms
steamer Mo- Of Salem, had arrived and had the
dre tho south extremity unoer control and prevented
i,s further spread in that direction
pHsrRucrToK ON Essxx STREET.
Passing down Essex street, on both sides, the DEL
Evans and . small building by a arm Of marble
cutters soon followed, white the eastern side Of
Essex street tho flames destroyed tho large factory
formerly occupied by John II. wilkins, tho dwelling
houses Of Henry Paine and William O. woodnn. the
Misses Dcak, and tho houses The other side
~ far that Of H. T. Psman'a Al this
point the fire iu this direction was stopped
Dur,ng this time the hrs had worked along
sewan street, taking In regusr order on the
east side the hones aud shop OF W. A. Stevens tho
factory formerly used by John Ware. tho house Of
Thomas Stacey, the houre and stables OF T. T. Paine,
and tho houses OF william stockwen and }. g. wyman.
On the west side Of sswall street, commencing with
he hotse OF Thomas Foss shorc succumbcd In quick
uecession the house OF George Church, the factory
7 IVA barn. Of Philip Leia~our, tho mouse Of Joseph
sCnapAsn, tue house and barn Of PIT. swo6dnn, the