The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-12-05

fire is raging here. The shoe and leather
exchange building, Jordan, Marsh e. Co.'s
dry goods house and several others are on
on which has got beyond the control of the
department, and they have telegraphed to
twenty-one towns and cities for assistance.
DISPATCH TO CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, November pa prl-
vate message from Boston says a most
dangerous fire is raging in the business por-
ton of that city which threatens to sweep
away large portion of the same district
that was burned in 1872 when the loss was
500 600. The dispatch states further
that it is estimated the loss has already
reached $5.0O0,000. The greatest excite
ment prevails in Boston, and the authori-
ties, finding themselves unable to cope wit b
the flames, have telegraphed to twenty ad-
jacent towns for engines.
TELEGRAM TO NEW YORK,
New YORK, November 2S.-A special
from Boston says: The fire bells rang out
through the driving rain at 8 o'clock this
morning, and in less than half an hour
there was foundation for another Boston
fire. The flames we've discovered in the
mammoth stone building at the corner of
Kingston and Bedford Streets This build
ing hitherto was thought to be fireproof
and was recently built but notwithstand-
ing this it burned like a cinder box and the
flames rose hundreds of feet into the air.
The fire apparatus which had first re-
sponded was wholly incapable of handling
the fire and they saw the fact very plainly
when the flames began to leap up and out
OF the roof and windows towards buildings
on the other side of the street and to build
Jugs back of the mammoth structure on
Roe place. The second alarm was sent in
about $780, and when the apparatus re-
sponded to this alarm more was needed.
A little after o'clock the third alarm
was sent out, and in half an hour there
was issued general alarm which brought
the apparatus from Cambridge, Somers-
vile and Chelsea. From the very start
there was little hope of the fire being
stopped before it has consumed several
buildings and firms who had recently re-
turned from the great Lynn fire and won
dered how in the world it could have gained
such Roadway, found out how tits them
selves. AT 9:45 steamer No. and hose No.
2 were on the way from the station in
answer to call. Shortly after 8 it looked
as if the flames had advanced without
hindrance up Kingston to Summer street.
Brown, Durlee 81 Co.'s fine block whicha
few mi utes before had stood in all its
was now a heap of glowing
ruins, upon whose edge stooD
an engine and ladder and carriage which
had been abandoned in hot haste at the
time the building collapsed. The old
building at No 80 Kingston street now
began to light up, and the Brainard d. Arm
strong building was just catching. A group
of desperate fire fighters were being forced
to recede inch by inch. Stories we're afioat
of men who had been caught in the falling
walls and of other fatal accidents, but
there was no time to verify these reports.
The building occupied by Bradford Thomas
and the Ames buildings were involved i'm
the general destruction. Eastward the
fire thirty minutes later had reached
the Freedman building on the cor
ner of Lincoln and Bradford streets,
while towards Washington street its
limit at the same time $3.50 was Chauncey
street. 1t was reported that a dead boy
had been taken out of the premises of
Cluett, Koon 81 Co., No. IA Chauncev rect.
Just before 10 o'clock assistance reached
the scene from Cambridge, both engines
and hook and ladder trucks.
From the building of Brown & Durrell,
where the fire caught, it spread across the
street and back through the burning build
ing into Chauncey street. In few minutes
it had extended along Chauncey street on
the left hand side eating into the building
g. Co.
In less than ten minutes the flames were
tearing into the mammoth stone building |
occupied by Williams & Co. on the next |
corner south. From the other side it |
caught almost at once upon the buildings |
On the Roe place. The wind favored the |
that the whole south cove and |
wholesale district would be doomed. AL
ready every building had gone from Brad
ord street along Kingston and Chauncey
Streets and the flames were eating up all |
hose on the south side of the Roe place.
IN the east side of Chauncey street was a
block OF mammoth stone structures occu-
ned by wholesale houses in the dry goods
md fancy goods trade, and every endeavor
vas made to keep them from catching, but
was futile and the flames rushed on in
10Th directions. The large retail dry goods
tore OF Jordan, Marsh d Co., at Washing
md Arch streets had been burned. and the
lobe theater, at Hayward place and
washington streets, was soon burning.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Boston, November 2S.-The most disas-
rous fire from which Boston has suffered
lnce 1872 and one in which the property
oss Will more than rival the great confia-
ration at Lynn on Tuesday, broke out at
bout 10 this morning in the six-story
'ranlte building owned by Jordan, Marsh
Co.,, and occupied by Brown, Durrell &
TO-, dealers in dry goods, on Bedford
treet corner of Kingston The great fire
4 1877 broke out at the corner of Kingston
nd Summer streets, and the alarm of to-
avs fire was rung in from the same box
lhich did similar duty at 7:15 on the
yening of November 8, 1872 when the fire
end broke loose, and before being subdued
onsumed nearly 500, 900 of property.
The hrst alarm rrIng in today was imme-
lately followed by the first general alarm
l Boston since 1872. Today's confiagration
aged for six hours, burned over two acres of
'rritory covered by magnificent structures
nd entailed a loss now estimated at $780,
OOOO. The fire was discovered bv a letter
lrrier, who noticed flames bursting cut
ON the top of the Brown building over
ne elevator shaft, in which it evidently
This letter carrier notified the
earest police officer, who sounded tho
rSt alarm. As soon as Chief
eDDer, OF the protective de-
lrtment arrived it became apparent
lat long, hard fight with the element
rs before the department. and general
arm was sent out and this was soon fol-
wed by calls upon all neighboring cities ,
I'd towns for assistance.
The flames were soon pouring from all
e windows and roof of the Brown D.
lrrell building. At S:45 they had spread
the Shoe and Leather exchange building,
other large granite structure adjoining
own Durrell X Co., on Bedford street
ON both buildings the flames swept in
Eat masses across Bedford street