Evening journal., 1889-11-29
BOSTON'S BLAZE.
A Leng Fought Battle With the
Furious Flames.
TEN MILLIONS is THE LOSS.
A Coniagration Almost Equaling
the Great Fire Of 1872.

Two Acres Of the Finest Business Places
In che bay states Metropolis Laid
Waste by the Raging Element Tho
Combined Fire Departments Of Boston
Flames in Vain for Hours, But Finally
Check Them After Millions Have Gone
Up In smoke-GaIlant Flremen BADLY
Injured by an Explosion The Alarm
Turned in From the Same BOX That
Summoned the Firemen in 1879 The
Various Companies scorched aud tho
Amounts They Must Pay.
Bosros, Nov. %. The first general alarm
sent out in Boston since the 'big fire. was
rung in yesterday for a fire which started in
the building occupied by Brown, Durreil &
Co, on Bedford street, aud which proved to
be IN twinkling more than the first, soc
ond and third detachments could readily
handle, The first alarm was sounded at
S:l5, and the building in which the fire
started always thought 10 be fire proof
burned like finder box, and the flames
rose hundreds of feet into the air. A second
alarm was rung in at $50, and when the
apparatus responded to this more was
needed.
A General Alarm Sent Out.
A little after 8 o'clock third alarm was
sent out and in half an hour there was
issued general alarm, which brought
apparatus from Cambridge, Somerville and
Chelsea. From the building Of Brown a.
Durrell, whore the fire caught, it spread
across the street, and back through the
burning building into Chauncey street In
a few minutes IL had extended along Chaun-
cey street on the left hand side, eating into
the building next to il on the south, occupied
| by Cluett Koon & Co, and in less than ten
minutes was forcing its way through the
next mammoth stone building, occupied by
/ Williams & Co, on tine next corner south.
From the other side it took hold almost at
once upon the buildings on Rowe place at
the lower end The wind favored the sup
position that the whole South Cove and the
| wholesale district was doomed On tie east
side Of channcey street the buildings all Of
them mammoth structures, were occupied as
wholesale houses in the dry goods and fancy
goods trade, and every effort was made to
keep them from igniting.
Nothing Could stop the Flames.
At the intersection Of Rowe place with
tho great building Of Clanin, Larrabee q
Go. a number OF engines were massed, hold
ing the fire gallantly III check until the big
stone building Of S. Williams & Co, on
Chauncey street and Rowe place, ignited,
whom, finding a fierce conhagration In their
rear, they had TO hurry up Rowe place TO
save i possible the long granite block on
the west side Of Chauncey street. This ef-
fort was futile, and the fire stole across
Gallant Fremen Badly Injured.
just before this, while small army Of
fremen We're striving TO save Chauncey
street, the hot air generated by the fire
raging in the rear blew out the entire glass
front Of No. ~ Chauneey street, occupied
by Wright Brothers, dealers in skins and
furs. Firemen were in the building with a
line of hose, and were literally blown out
into the street One Of them, named Man
ming, was cut and torn in frightful man
ner. His eyes were forced out Of his head
at l0;40 a. m. the massive Wellington build
ing at Chauncey and Bedford streets caught
The building was occupied by Pierce a. CO.,
Lawrence Il Co and other dry goods com
mission firms. The building was flooded
with water In this building was located
the big lace concern OF Shoninger, Moses q,
CO., William Bloom a Co., woolens; George
+. Sears; Coffin, Artemus a. Co., and sew
eral other large firms, while on the Avon
place corner was located the Mount Vernon
National bank ss..s
Farley, Harvey g. Co.'s gentlemen's fur
nishing establishment on Chauucey street,
was in flames shortly before II o'clock.
The Fire In Hand at Last.
At 1880 the fire was well in hand, and con
fined wholly to the block on the corner Of
Chauncey and Bedford streets and that oppo-
site, to the westward, occupied by Morse,
Iarrabee & Co, George P. Frost & Co, and
Farley, Harvey q Co. Up 10 that hour the
following business firms had been burned
out:
Nos 60 and :. Bedford street-Brown Dur
rell a Co., Woonsocket Rubber company,
Jordan, Marsh & Co. Is store rooms. No 90
Lamson a. Hubbard, hatters. No 59-Taylor
Brothers & Co, wholesale clothers. No. ST.
Walker & Stetson, collars and shirts: George
T. Quinn shirts and overalls Corner Of
Bedford and Chauncey streets Smith, Hogg
q Gardner, cotton goods, agents for the Ire
mont and Suffolk mills; Lamson & Co, Saw
yer Manufacturing company, agents for the
Pacific and Burlington Woolen companies.
No. To-. Joseph ID. Ellis, collars and cuffs.
Myer & Rosenfeld, underwear. No ~ Chaun.
cey street-Sanborn, Hamm a. Co, carpets
and oil cloths; Cluet Conn & Co, collars
and shirts; William Keith, iewelry. No. 7s
Bedford streets. Lueher, wholesale cloth.
No. Solving Brothers, notions No. S.
$. Williams, cotton and wooden goods; Bridg-
ham a. Co, woolen goods; w. s. Strong a.
Co, woolens; Silver Lake company, II. T..
Allen and r. Ford, commission merchants;
Arnold, Constable & Co, Of New York; G. p
Gross, agent; Rothschild Brothers, Thomas
Bell q Co., Of Belfast, Me; j. E. Worth,
agent; Saratoga Victoria Manufacturing
company No. / Rowe place-A. s. Morrison
a. Brother, jerseys and yarn; Walker, Stet.
son q Sawyer, cotton goods. No. 9 Rowe
place-Clafiin& a. Larrabee, cotton; Henry G.
Davis a. Son. No. Rowe place-A. Cohen &
Co, ladies underwear; Isaac Simon, trunks
and bags
Origin of the Fire.
The loss is estimated at Sl0,0O0,0O0 The
fire ragged for six hours, and the burned dis
trict extends over two acres of ground
which was covered with structures of the
best class The fire was first seen bursting
from the top Of the Brown building at Bed
ford and Kingston streets. 1t was over the
elevator shaft and probably originated il
the shaft.
A Strange Coincidence.
The blaze was discovered by letter car
risr who notified policeman. The officer
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