The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-27
MILLIONS LOST BY FIRE.
A SQUARE MILE OF RUINS IN THE
HEART OF LYNN.

The Flames Raging Tor Eight Hours
With Uncontrollable Fury-The Loss
Estimated at $1o,oooooo-The Ex-
citing Scenes Of the Boston and Chi
cago Conhagrations Re-enacted on a
Smaller Scale.
LYNN, MASS, Nov. 26.-LYnn, the city
Of shoes, was this afternoon visited by the
greatest fire in its history, and, with two ex-
ceptions, the conhagration is the most dis
astrous which ever visited New England.
The exceptions are the great Boston fire of
1872 which destroyed between $500, 600, 900
and $400, 900 worth of property, and the
Portland fire Of 1866, which caused loss of
between s10,0O0,O0O and $12,OOO,OO0. To-
days fire started at II ;55 O'Clock this morn
ing, ragged over eight hours, dsvasted
square mile of the business section Of the city
and caused loss estimated at $4,000, 900.
In fact, the greater part of the Fourth ward
is wiped out as regards important shoe
manufacturing blocks and prominent places
of business.
WHERE 1T STARTED.
The fire started in Mowers wooden
building on Almont street, over the boiler,
and spread with such rapidity that the ex-
cellent fire department of the city was
poWerless to cope with il. For eight hours
the flames had full sway, the efforts of the
fremen and citizens seemingly being of no
avail, although they did valiant work,
The burned territory is bounded by the
following streets: Almont, Central ave-
nue., at its junction with Willow; Union
street from Its junction with Broad to the
Boyden block. on both sides; Mount Vernon
street; the entire Central square: entire
Beach street on both sides as far down as
Lees lumber yard; Washington street from
Munroe through to Union; Railroad ave-
nue.; all of Exchange street: Broad street
from the engine house on both sides up
as far as the corner of Exchange; Spring
street entire; besides dwelling houses too
numerous TO mention on Suffolk, Amnity,
Sycamore and Beach streets.
AID FROM OTHER PLACES.
Aid arrived from Boston, Salem, Marble
head and surrounding towns, but their
united efforts seemed to have little effect on
the fury of the flames The scenes of the
great Boston and Chicago fires were re-
peated in all their horrors-mothers fleeing
with babies in their arms, aud express
wagons loading at business and dwelling
houses and transferring goods to places of
safety, in many cases a second removal
being necessary. After the fire had been in
progress two hours every body declared that
1t would not stop until it reached the ocean,
and so it proved to be.
FOUR PAPERS BURNED OUT.
Four daily newspapers were burned out,
the ITEM, Bee, Press and NelCS, three being
afternoon and one morning paper.
Three national banks-the Central.
Security and First National-together with
the Lynn Institution for Savings, located in
the First National block, were all wiped
out.
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city are in ruins, and about twenty-five
stores.
At this writing it is impossible to state
how many dwelling houses are burned, but
they were mostly occupied by the poor
class in the vicinity of Beach street and the
wharves
1t is impossible to give any estimate of
the insurance, but conservative estimates
place the loss on the property at $40, 600, 600 |
There were many narrow escapes from
accidents, but no fatalities are reported. The
high brick fire wall on the B. f. Spinney
block served as barrier to further progress
OF flames up Union street after that hand
some structure was gutted.
THE BLOCKS BURNED.
The most prominent blocks burned are
the following;
On Almont street-Mowers block and the
block occupied by the Consolidated Adjus-
table Shoe company.
On Central square and Central avenue
Bennett d Barnard block, Fuller's block
the wooden block in which was located the
DdaLy Bee, the Bergengreens block, the
brick block owned by the Daily Item.
On Union street-B. W. Curriers' new
brick block, c. Beebe's brick block, B. F.
SDinney's brick block, large wooden
Bd building occupied by Titus & Buckley,
brick block, Ashcroft's brick block,
hirtland's brick block, Buffins'
brick block, a brick factory occupied by c.
g. Little q Co. and Gushing g. Downs,
large wooden building occupied by c. E.
Harwood and d. L. Boonton, brick
factory occupied by John s. Bartlett, and
The brick and wooden block of E. E. Elder,
occupied as a machine shop and planning
mill
On Exchange street-M. II. Abbott's
wooden block, Doak's brick block, a wooden
piock, corner of Spring street, a brick
3lock occupied by L. s. johnson & Co., the
FIRST National Bank block. and ten or
twelve small shoe factories, the entire
street being wiped out.
On Broad Street--Sawyer & Chase's car
rage factory, W. N. Breed & Co.'s five
story brick block, V. K. & A Fl. Jones' FIVE
story brick block, and eight or ten smaller
buildings.
On Beach Streets. N. Breed & Co.'s
A o. inner Wnar1 and planlng mill, Is. Potter
q q sons planning mill, Joseph Breeds Sons
lumber wharf, five or six carpenter shops
and several dwelling houses.
BURNING OF CHURCH.
The Central Congregational church was
n o'clock.
CO. me handsome First National Bank cost
Vo2OOO to build. They are all insured.
Inc First Methodist and First Universalist
Vuurch and several school houses have been
.utown open to accommodate the burned
out families
mayor Newhall has called special meet |
-iLe Oh the aldermen to take action and |
euoose relief committees
o; N. Breed & Co., the largest lumber
Geaiers in Essex county, lose everything.
liuolng their handsome brick structure
~ ~ 1he corner Of Beach and Broad streets |
ney estimate their loss at 5000, 900, with
oIal -nsuran of about s125 600 They will
# OPen Ior business in the morning at the
Oilce Oh the E. A. Newhau Coal Company.
AN ENTIRE STREET WIPED OUT.
mount Vernon street was wiped out en-
e, and on this street were located tho
M ge brick factories occupied by Francis
D. Breed. Heath Bros, and William
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