Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-12-29
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GRANTS PEACE SPEECH.
European Approval Of It.
PRESIDENT GONE TO new YORK.
BOSTON7S BIG FIRE
AWFULRAILR0AD DISASTER
COLORED EMIGRANTS LIKE INDIANA.
TALK OF PRESIDENT CREWS RESIGNING
European Approval Of It.
PRESIDENT GONE TO new YORK
BOSTON7S BIG FIRE
AWFUL RAILROAD DISASTER
C0LORED EMIGRANTS LIKE INDIANA.
TALK OF PRESIDENT CREWS REsIGNING

TALK OF PRESIDENT CREWS RESIGNING
THE BIG FIRE IN BOSTON.
Business Center of the City Burned
Heavy Losses
BOSTON, Dec. 9, a;m.-Further details OF
the fire show that the loss is much less than
was given by the previous estimates. On build
ings it will probably be 100000 and on stock
1nearly that tn figure The 3 following firms are
building, No. 81, is completely gutted from eel
lar to attic: Franklin Wool, No. SO. is IN the
same condition; No. 1O5, occupied by Sabin &
Page, Saddlery and carriage hardware, and VII
liams & Coburn, wool, are badly damaged in the
rear and ON the roof. The fire in it's southern
course was checked at this point. No. 6s. cor
renee & Co., bankers; No. 81, Rand, Avery &
Co.. Boston Credit Bureau; George d. Drake &
Co.. wool; office of the New England Glass
the Fletcher Mfg. Co., Samuel G. TIippe, agent
No. IS, c. j. Peters Son, stereotypers; William
Scott. Scot wool shoddy 1l Toeks, &C. $. E. sanborn
No. IS, B. H. B. manufactory and L. B. WILDER
Co., printers. and No. IS, B. II. Thayer & Co.,
paper. are considerably damaged by water, and
doubtless the reals and roofs Of these numbers
are badly burned. On Franklin street, No. Ill.
occupied by Clafltn Il Brown, Chas. E. Perry,
paper CullllS. dHu Juun DllluSIalu, NO. ll5,N.
7. Bown q Co.; Houghton, Osgood & Co., and
D. Warren q Co.; NO. III, Rand, Avery & Co.;
No. 119, G. L. Schenck. paper the Dillingham;
Paper company; JAS S. Monroe. Paper Manu-
featuring company, agent; Geo. p. GOSe d. Co..
auctioneers and commission merchants, Chi
cago; No. 125, John Carter Il Co., paper. These
firms are all losers. On Devonshire street, the
following are completely burned out and lose
almost everything: TIE North National bank,
at the corner OF Franklin; Clatlin & Brown,
twine and bags; No. ZIG, McGrath Bros, boots
nj 20 ISrin finfr
pany, Houghton, Osgood 4 Co., publishers: s.
ID. Warren & Co; paper stock; New York and
Boston Dispatch Express; Earle Prew's do;
Union do. offices, and E. A. Taft, general do.
The following firms, occupying the numbers
from 222 to 246, Spaulding & Tewksbury {paper),
Moore, Smith & Co. cutlery. &c.), Geo. Foster
and Moses E. OSgood, are all damaged either by
fire. smoke or water, and it is impossible at this
writing to ascertain to what extent. The fronts
OF the buildings from Nos. 222 to 246 are not in
jured, the damage being confined to the rear,
ing. There is probability that one or two OF
the firms given above are not damaged to any
great extent, it being extremely difficult to
ascertain just now what firms out of the large
number in the burned district that the fire did
reach. The heaviest losers are Rice, Kendall &
Co, S5O,0GO; Houghton, Osgood Il Co., S15O,0O0;
of stock in process Of manufacture badly DAM
aged by smoke and water. Their loss may reach
SlOO,O00
Boston, Dec 29-The following is a list Of the
stroyed by last nights fire:-Rice. Kendall q
Co., paper; loss about S2O0, 900. insured. In the
same buildings 81 ana g Federal street. were
bcokbinder; s. K. Abbott, binder; Thomas Y.
Croweli, binder; D. Faulkner & Co., wool deal
ers. The building was owned by the heirs of
$4,000. Adjoining, the structure known as the
Franklin building, corner OF Federal and Frank
lin streets, was not destroyed but badly ScOrched
and flooded with water, Rand & Avery, print
Suffalad n nn ho
their insurance is 100000, which amount will
fully cover the loss. Other occupants of the
Franklin building were the Dillingham; Paper
Co.; Schenck Co.. paper; Jas. S. Monroe, paper;
fered heavily by water. The building is owned
by by the heirs Of George p BigeoW The Gathe-
lin streets, in the rear OF the Rice-Kendall
building, was occupied by the North National
Bank; Clafiin q Brown, paper; John Dillingham;,
The upper portion OF the building was occu-
PIED by S. d. Warren & Co., paper; W. f. Brown
& Co., printers: the Heliotype Printing Compa-
the Atlantic Mo,sthly The latter firm carried
about 5000 600 in stock, ahd is fully insured The
lower floor was occupied by Clafiin Il Brown,
paper; McGrath Bros, boots and shoes; and on
the ground floor on DevOnShire street the front
was occupied as Union express Office by some
one hundred companies, who succeeded In re-
moving their property. The losses In this build
ing, outside of Houghton, Osgood Co.. are es-
tmated at Sl5O,Oo0 and the loss on the building,
which was owned by the heirs of Isaac Rich, Is
figured at S125,OOO. The adjoining iron
building facing on Winthrop square was de-
stroyed. 1t was valued at about $50, 900 and in
sured. The occupants were Pierce, Hardy &
Co., woollens, who lose 600; insured. Davis,
Lake & Allen, clothing, lose about $500, 900. and
Spalding q Tewksbury, paper, suffered total
loss, but the amount is unaScertained. Moore
Smith & Co., hats; Benjamin Collender & Co.,
cutlery; Geo. Foster and Moses E. Osgood, are
losers. The estimate of the total loss varies
from 81 100000 to $4,000, 900.
The Total Loss a Million.
The total loss by last nights fire is now fig
uTed at about 81 100000.
New York Losses.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-Inquiry was made to-day
at the New York branch of Houghton. Osgood
Co.'S publishing house as to the loss they slls-
tanned by the Boston fire. The only infOrma-
ton that they had received was the following
telegram: Boston, Dec 29.-T0 HouJhtOn OS-
good d Co.: Our Boston Office is completely
burnt, but only bound stock consumed Our
plates and sheet stock is safe at our factory at
Cambridge. We will be ready for business in
three days" The loss is stated to be fully COW
cred by insurance, which is in amounts OF
several thousand in nearly all of the standard
companies, but at the New York establishment
they were unable to give the names of the COM
panies.