The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-02-18
Disastrous Conaagration in
Haverhill, Mass.
BUSINESS PORTION OF THE
CITY DESTROYED.
The Fire Burning Fnri0uly at
Last Accounts.
WITH LITTLE PROSPECT OF CHECK
ING IT.

Boston, Feb. ia large conhagration is
| raging in Haverhill, Mass Assistance has
been called for and sent from Lawrence.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Reports from Haverhill state that the fire
started in the business portion Of the town and
spread with rapidity, the buildings being most
of wood and igniting very quickly. The small
fire department was unable to cope with the
flames and they soon got beyond their control,
and assistance was Immediately asked from
Lawrence, Newburyport, Lowell and other
towns
The town at 1.30 o'clock a. m. seems all
ablaze, and the business portion will undoubt-
edly be destroyed.
The fire covers the entire tract from the rail-
road station to Little River, and between Es-
sax and Wingate streets and the river. The
flames are still raging. The prospects for
| gaining control of the fire are, at this hour'
very unfavorable. No direct reports frem the
scene of the conflagration can be obtained
The fire can be seen from Boston, Lawrence,
Andover, and many other places, from 20 to 30
| miles from Haverhil.
THIRD DESPATCH.
| The first direct report from Haverhill says
| that the First National Bank, Five Cents Saw
| ing Bank, and all the lower part Of Washing
| ton street is burned and there is no knowing
where the fire will stop. The operator at the
| depot says the fire is getting unoomfortably
close and he is afraid he will be forced to de-
sert his post. sThe fire. he says, covers at least
ten acres, pretty thickly built upon. The loss
will probably reach several millions. Engines
are coming from Newburyport and Dover. A
number of families on Wingate street have
been burned out This is the largest fire that
ever occurred in this vicinity The streets
are lined with merchandise and furniture, and
no doubt number of people are rendered
homeless, although owing to the panicky feel
ing no really authentic report can be got. The
main telegraph office has been burned ont,
connection between the centre of the
city and the depot telegraph office
being thus severed. The fire started
in Endcott & Arnolds sole leather establish
ment, wooden block. The alarm was first
given at quarter of II, when the fire had gain
ed such Roadway that the local department
could do nothing to stay the progress of the
flames.
FOURTH DISPATCH.
At 2.25 q. M, the fire can be distinctly seen
from Boston, and evidently is still bnrning
iercely. No loss of life or personal injury is
reported, but it is feared by friends in this city
of residents in Haverhill, who know the loca-
ton of the fire, that some lives must have
been lost.
At 2.30, a sudden bnrst of flame was noticed
from this city, indicating an explosion.
The following dispatch was received by the
Portland Office of the Western Union at 3.45
direct from Haverhill:
Among those burnt out are Geo. A. Green,
r. Peasley, Eureka Co., Howard Day, Merri-
mac Bank, e. g. BLY,, Kimball Bros, III. Ell.
Foster, Sherbum & Blaisdell, huntington
Bros, S. L. Jewett, Griffin Brrs, Gage &
johnson, L. A Finney, j. NJ. Moulton, Priest
g. Chase, A. McDuffie, Gale Bros. A. l.. KIM
ball, A. G. Pettengill, Daniel Fits W. S.
Chasse's Sons, John Pilling, j. G. f. Little.
George & Co., Smiley Brcs., Kempton
& Co., j. NJ. Slower, b. Foster,
Walter Goodrich, H. 81. Johnson
Geo w Mitchell, j. M. Poor, N. S, Kimball,
Endicatt & Arnold e. W. Allen, Seth K.
Mitchell, John B. Farrar, Moses Howe, l..
johnson, Davis & Crafts. Every buildings
on W ashington street will go and all on the
south side of Wingate street.