Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-05
BOSTON'S BIG LOSS,
Two Acres Of Business Blocks Burned
Loss of sl0,000,000 by Thankspiy
ing Day Fire.

BosToN, Mass, Nov 2S.-The mo.t5;.
astrous fire from which Boston has suffered
since 1872, and one which in propertv ~.
more than rivals the great confaerationa a,
Lynn. on Tuesday, broke out al son
to-day IN the six-story granite buiIdino
owned by Jordan. Marsh 4 Co.. and &C.
pied by Brown, Durrell 4 Co.. dealers +,
dry goods, on Bedford street. corner ~
Kingston The great freof 1872 broIzeort
at the corner of Kingston and Summe.
streets, and the alarm of to-day's fire ,ce.
rung in from the same box which d;5
similar duty at 7:15 p. m ON the eyepin,,
of Nov. 9. 1872, when the fire fend broLo
loose. and before being subdued can.
sumed nearly 500, 600. 600 worth of nror.
erty The first alarm rung in to-day WIS
Immediately followed by the first general
alarm in Boston since 1872 To-day's con.
fiagration ragged for six hours, burned owe,
two acres of territory covered by mappif.
cent structures, and entailed loss now es.
timated at Sl0,000,000
THE FIRST ALARM
The fire was discovered by Ietter-car.
rier, who noticed flames bursting from the
top of the Brown building. over the eIeya-
tor shaft, in which it evidently originated
This lstter-carrier notified the nearest
police officer who sounded the first alarm
As soon as Chief Weber Of the Pro.
tective department arrived. it became an.
parent that a long, hard fight with
the fiery element was before the
department and general alarm was sent
out and this was soon followed bv calls
upon all the neighb oring cities and towns
for assistance The flames were soon pour.
ing from all the windows and the roof Of
of the Brown-Durrell building. At 8:45
they had spread to the Shoe and Leather
Exchange building, another large granite
structure adjoining Brown, Durrell
Co., on Bedford street From both
buildings the flames swept in great
masses across Bedford street to the OPP
pOsite corner, thence across Kingston
street along Bedford to Chauncey street.
where it was stopped in the store Of
arley, Harvey & Co. the upper stories Of
winch were burned. Three stores along
Chauncey street toward Summer were
f Ga'u Street the e June d across pSa
Kingston street from the hot blaze from
Brown, Durrell 4 Co., to big sandstone
building owned by +. l.. Ames and occu-
pied by Taylor Bros, and this was con-
sumed The great granite building known
as the Mevins block at the corner of
Chauncey street, was the next prey for the
flames and the entire block, clear around
Rowe place to Kingston street, was con-
sumed Crossing Chauncey street the fire
soon had good head of all the stores
which are inclosed in Exeter place,
small street running from Harrison avenue
to Chauncey street. Here the fremen got
control At Roe place the fire was partially
checked from going toward Essex street
but quickly moved toward the opposite
side to the immense Allen and Larrabee
buildings. occupying the square between
Bedford street Harrison avenue extension
and Exeter place, at which point their
further progress was checked.
THE AREA BURNED OVER.
The burned district begins at Columbia
street ON the east and extends two blocks
westward along Bedford street to Chauncey
Bedford street the fire consumed the entire
block bounded by Bedford, Kingston, Essex
and Columbia streets. Westward of this
the entire block bounded by Bedford
Kingston and Chauncey streets and Rowe
place, was burned, and westward of this
the buildings on Chauncey street from Bed
ford to Exeter place. 1t also badly dam
aged the building on the southeast corner
Of Bedford and Columbia streets. North
Of Bedford street it consumed the build
ings on both the northeast and northwest
corners of Bedford and Kingston streets,
and damaged the block at the corner Of
Bedford and Chauncey.
SHOE AND LEATHER FIRMS BURNED OUT.
The following shoe and leather firms
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