Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-29
BOsTON's BIG FIRE.
A Loss of $4,000, ,OOO---Names of the
Principal Losers.

S'"NS ONe "1 OlSNOu " OiOSA A1sb ulBut
in the printing house Of Houghton,
Osgood & Co., and , .reatened at one
time to destroy five million dollars
worth of property. Further
details of the fire show the loss much
less than last nights estimates. On
buildings it will probably be half
million, and near that figure on stock.
The following firms were damaged.
on Federal street, Rice, Kendall &
Co. S building, No. 81, was completely
gutted from cellar to attic. The
Franklin Wool Company, No. SO, is in
the same condition. No. 1O5, occu-
pied by Sabin & Page, saddlery
and carriage hardware, and Will
liams & Coburn, wool, was badly
damaged in rear and on the roof. The
fire in its Southern course was check
cd at this point. No. 63, corner of
Franklin, w. j. Lawrence & Co.,
bankers; 67, Rand, Avery q Co., Bos-
ton credit bureau; Geo. D. Drake &
Co., wool; Office of New England
glassworks; w. J. Libbey, John Car
ter, paper; No. 67, the Fletcher Man
ufacturmg Co., Samuel G.. Trippe,
agent; No, 73, Q. j. Peters & Sen,
sterotypers; W. M. Scott, wool;
Shoddy, Flocks & Co., S. H.
Sanborn, bookbinders; 7. F. Collin,
blank book manufacturing Company,
L. B. Stieber & Co., printers, No. IS.
B. II. Thayer & Co., paper men, are
considerably damaged by water, and
the rears and roofs of these numbers
are badly burned. On Franklin street,
No. Ill, occupied by Clafin & Brown,
and Charles e. Perry, paper cutters,
and John Dillingham;, No. 113, w. F.
Brown & Co., Houghton, Osgood &
Co., S. D. Warren & Co., No. III
Rand street, Avery g. Co., 119, G. S.
Schenck, paper men, Dillingham;
Paper Co., James s. Monroe, manu-.
featuring agent, G. P. Goose & Co.
auctioneers and commission mer.
chants, Chicago. No. 123 John street
John Carter & Co., paper men
These firms are all heavy losers
Ga Devonshire street the following are
completely burned out and lose almost
Everything The North Nationa
Bank. at corner Of Franklin; Clahin &
Brown, twine and bags. No. PIG; Ne
| Grath Bros, boots and shoes, 21S; the
Helioty Printing Company; Houghton
Osgood & Co., publishers; S. D. War.
rem 4 Co., paper stock; New York anG
Boston Dispatch Express; Earl &
Prews Express; Union Express Office
and Edward A. Taft, General Express
222 The following firms occupy
ing numbers from 222 to 246: Spauld-
ing & Tewksbury, paper; Moore,
Smith & Co., hats etc.; Benjamin
Calendar & Co., cutlery, etc. George
Fastler and Moses Osgood are all dam
aged, either by fire, smoke or water,
and it is impossible at this writing to
ascertain to what extent Tie fronts
Of the buildings from Nos. 222 to 246
are notinjured, the damage being con
fined to the rear, where the block
touched the Rice Kendall building.
There is probability that one or two
of the firms given above are not dam.
aged to any great extent. The heaviest
losses are Rice, Kendall q Co., $780,.
600; Houghton, Osgood & Co., $780,.
O0O Rand, Avery Il Co., who had a
large amount of stock in process, were
badly damaged by smoke and water.
Their loss may reach 100000.
The following is list Of the firms
whose stocks were wholly or partially
destroyed by last nights fire Rice,
Kendall & Co., paper men, loss about
$4,000, insured. In the same build
ing, 81 and So Federal street. were
located the Ashton Valve Company
Ephraim Baker, book binder, S. X.
Abbott, book binder, Thomas Y
Crowell, book binder, D. Faulkner &
Co., wool dealers. The building was
owned by the heirs of Geo. T. Bigo.
low ad its recent valuation was near
$4,000. The adjoining structure,
known as the Franklin build
ing, situated on the corner of Federal
and Franklin streets was badly
scorched and flooded with water
Rand & Avery, printers, suffered
almost total loss on stock. Their
insurance is 100000, which will fully
cover their loss. Other occupants
were Dillingham; Paper Schenck
Paper Co., paper; J. s. Monroe, paper;
and John Carter & Co., paper, all of
whom suffered heavily by water.
Building owned by the heirs Of Geo.
f. Bigelow, cathedral building, cor
ner Deyonshire and Franklin streets
in rear of Rice & Kendall, was oocu-
pied by the North National Bank,
Chaplin q Brown, paper, John Dill
lingham, paper, q. d. Perry, paper
cutting machines.