Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-02-20
EASTERN DISPATCHES
Fire in naverhiIl. Massachusetts,.

Fire in Haverhill. Massachusetts,.
Bosros. February 1s.-The first direct
report says: The First National Bank,
the Five Cent Savings Bank. and all OF
the lower part Of Washington street.
have been burned.nnd there is no know.
ing where the Ere will stop. The oper.
ator OF the depot ssys tho ere Is getting
uncomfortable. and he 10 afraid he will
be forced to desert his post. The fire.
he says. covers ct least ten acres, pretty
thickly built up-Smith block. Finny
block. Tilion block. Prescott building.
Bishop building. Union block, Coffin
building. on Washington street; Pieling
building, on Washington street; Pie.
ling building. on Wingate street. The
loss will be several millions. Engines
ore coming from Nswburyport and Do
Lver. A number Of families on Wingate
street have been burned out. The streets
are lied with merchandise and furni.
ture, aud there 10 no doubt Q number Of
people have been rendered homeless.
Tho main telegraph Office has been
burned out. and connection between the
center OF the city and the depot telo.
graph Office 10 thus severed. The FIRE
started in Eudicott & Arnold's sole
leather establishment. q wooden block.
The alarm was first given ct lao A. N.
At 2:25 A. N. the fre 10 seen distinctly
from Boston, aud is evidently still burn
ing fercely. No loss OF lie 10 yet re.
ported, but II Is feared here by those 40
quainted with the location OF the Ere
that some lives must have been lost. At
$50 o sudden burst OF flames was no.
ticsd from the city. indicating an explo.
sion.
HAvERnLL, Mass, February 1S.-The
FIRE 10 under control. But n block 70.
mains on Wingate street and two at the
upper end OF Washington street. All
else in the square bounded by the Mer.
rimac river on the south, Washington
square and Essex street on the east, the
north side Of WinRats street on tho
north and Railroad square on tho west,
Is burned 10 the ground. This territory
embraces the largest part Of the boot
and shoe manufactures. The loss can.
not be estimated nt present. Joseph
| Pratt, fireman, was killed, and George
Whittier fatally injured. What yestsr-
day was the finest street in the city
and tho principal business part, 10 to.
day O ~smoldering mars OF ruins. Some
eighty shoe firms have been en-
| tirely burned out, and others suffer
more or less damage. Two thousand
people are ont OF employment. Many
families are homeless. The loss 10 esti-
mated at 2 200. 900. Engines were
present from N~ewburyport, Lawrence
and Lowell. Men are already ct work
clearing away the debris. Ober & Blsko's
and the Gardner block, on the north
side Of Wingate street. were several
times on Gre, but were saved. The wind
blew fresh from tho northwest, which.
with the scarcity Of water and the frsez'
ing OF the hose, made II difficult to con.
troll the fire. Several people are reported
missing. but nothing definite Is known
yet.
Boston, February 1S.-Tho Journal
estimates tho loss ct Hsverhill ut 3d..
500, 900. and says: "Ths most dreadful
calamity is the loss OF life and the awful
uncertainty caused to many anxious
hearts. II Is feared that the bodies OF u
score or more Of prominent business
men were buried in the ruins. The City
Marshal states that three men are miss
ing. and tho spread Of the flames was &C
rapid that they were unable to escape"