The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-29
A BLAZE IN BOSTON.
A Series of Condolences with
The Fire of 1872.
The sPEAKERSHIP CANDIDATES.
They are Mastering Their Forces in Wash
ingtOn-A Pacific Express Robbery
A Colorado Thanksgiving.

Boston, Nov. 2S.--The most disastrous
fire from which Boston has suffered since
1872, and one which in property loss rivals
the great confagration at Lynn on Tues
day, broke out about 20 a. m. to day in a
six-story granite building owned by Jordan,
Marsh & Co., and occupied Brown, Durrell
& Co., dry goods, Bedford street, corner
of Kingston. The great fire of 1872 broke
out on the corner of Kingston and Summer
Streets and the alarm of to-day's ire was
rung in from the same box which heralded
the memorable confagration that consumed
nearly hundred million dollars worth of
property. The first alarm rung in today
was Immediately followed by the first gen
eral alarm since 1872. To-day's confagra-
tion ragged for six hours and burned over
two acres of territory, covered by magnlti-
cent structures, and entailed loss now es-
timated at SAC, 100000.
The general alarm was soon followed
by calls upon the neighborlng cities and
towns for assistance. Flames were soon
pouring from all the windows and the roof
of the Brown Durrell building At S :45
they had spread to the shoe and leather
exchange building, another large granite
structure adjoining Brown, Durrell & Co. IS,
Bedford street. From other buildings it
swept in great masses across Bedford
street, opposite the corner thence across
Kingston street along Bedford to
Chauncey street, where it was stopped in
the store of Farley, Harvey & Co., the
upper stories of which were burned Three
stores along Chauncey street, towards
Summer, were burned on the south side of
Bedford street. The flames then jumped
across Kingston street from the hot blaze
from Brown, Durrell 81 Co.'S to big sand
stone building owned by F. L. Ames and
occupied by Taylor Brothers, and this was
consumed The great granite building known
as the Nevins block, at the corner of Chaun-
cey street, was the next victim for the
flames, and the entire block around the
place to Kingston street was consumed.
Crossing Chauncey street the fire had good
Roadway on all the stores which are en-
closed in Exeter place. A small stream
was running from Harrison avenue to
Chauncey street. Here the fremen got
control of the place and the fire was par
TALLY checked going toward Essex street,
but quickly moved toward the opposite
side to the immense Allen & Larabee build
ings, occupying the square between Ford
street and Harrison avenue extension and
Exeter place, at which point their further
progress was checked.
The agents of a large number Of in
Surance companies interested were seen by
a reporter and asked as to their losses.
The risks which could be ascertained to-
day amount to nearly two millions and
seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars
while large number of companies have
not been heard from. The fire. coming as
it does on top of the great blaze at Lynn,
is crushing blow to many OF the smaller
INSURANCE companies and it is not at
all unlikely that it will cause the
suspension of some of them. The following
is list of the losses of the leather firms
burned out. A great many of them are
Boston houses with large factories in other
portions of New England: G.. E. Aldrich
Il Co., Appleton Shoe company; w. +.
Barratt & Co.; a. Bates; w. G. Brien Shoe
company; Buntou & Co.; John S. Fogge 81
Co; Frank S. Gage; P. Hawkins & Co.;
Howard s. Foster; W. Iveson & Co.;
Lynn Boot and Slipper company; H. F.
Marshall; A Meyer & Co; G. H Nichols;
]. A. Parker & Co.; b. j. Patten; Perkins
& Joyce; Josh H. Parnam; Rogers &
Weber; Royce s. Calf; Strinson Stephen
son Shoe Manufacturing company; w. c.
Minney; Walker g. Brown; WoonsOcket
Rubber company; Myren Woodbury.;
Brockton Last company, Herbert Rapp
& Co.; National Thread company; o.
o. Patton & Co.; Bockton-Blakely
Furnishing Machine Co.; George H. Clark;
Duprey & Tuguaz; Lofts Finding Ma
chine Co.; Wheeler & Cummings; Woodland
g. Wright, and the leather house of r. c.
Solomon, A j. and j. T. Banmott s. Co.
Nearly all the above losses are fractually
total. Brown Durrell & Co. carried goods
upward of 5000 in value, and the stock
will be a total loss. The insurance on this
is S67S, 0G0 Jordan, Marsh & Co.'s shirt
factory was insured for $50, 600; the Woon-
socket Rubber companies stock was in
sured for $4,000; Taylor Bros, hats and
caps, insured for SO, 900; loss 100000.