The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-27
nofe than Six Thousand Persons Throw
Out Of Employment.
SHOE FACTORIES IN ASHES
Oae ot the Me.s Disastrous S"nnnx rasissns
In the hi~tory of New E"g,snsi
H"Mslresl~ Rensier~d Husns-
i~---A0 Appeal for Ahi.

LYNN, Mass. Nov. .S.-l-yns was visit
cd this afternoon tyy the greatest fire. i'm
it's history, ami with two exceptions the
costfiagration IL the. most disastrous that
ever visited New England. The tirs, start
ed about noon, ragged over eight hours, de-
vas<latcd u square mile. Of the business
section of the bity and caused a loss csti-
mated at Slo,UD,uD. In fact the Hr,ater
para of ward four is wiped o,it, ~ regards
important shoe misunderstanding blocks and
prominent places of business. The fire
started in Mowers wossicu building. Ou
Cahmout street, and soon communicated
with "a six-story brick block known
az the Mowers block. Almost Immediate
ly thc wooden shoe factory Of Bcnnet
BaRnar,i on Central avenue and "A four
stofy wooden building ou Alnont street
cassght tire, and in short time the hnr-
ricane of flame WAS in progress. The
burned territory includes. and IL bounslcd
by. the following streets: Aln,out, Cen
trial avenue and it's Junction with Willow;
Union. from its junction with Broad tn
Brieysicn; blocks ON both sides of Mount
Vernon street; Beach street on both sides
far down as Lees lumber yard. WASH
ington, from Mouros. through to Union
Railroad avenue; all Of ExcIii,ui... street;
as far as TIN. corner Of Exchange; Spring
street entire. besides dwelling ho'iScs too
numerous to Incnt tion on Suffolk. Amity.
Sagamors aud Beach streets.
Aid arrives, from Boston, Salem. Marble
heed and surrounding towns. After the
FIR bad been in progress two hours every
botS declared ID would mot stop till it
reached the ocean. and So n proved. -Four
daily newspapers ar, burned ont. the
Item, Iier. Press and .N.rs. There. wcr..
many narrow escapes from accidents. but
no fatalities arr. reported. The high brick
fir" wall "f Ill" u. i. Srinm,y block
ercss of the flames on Union street
after that hii'is"'n" structure was
eu,,el, Three national hanks, the
together with the Lynn institution for
savings located IN the FIRST National black
blocks in the city are i'm ruins. and about
twenty-five stores were burned. AZ this
writing il IL impossible to stat" how many
| dwelling houses are burned. They were
| mostly occupied 10y poorer classes in the
! vicinity of Beach street and the wharves.
The central Congregational church was
| burned tai the ground, bs.twccu and !.
o'clock.
| Iis impossible to give amy estimate of
place the loss on propcriy at ten millions.
rhs: Thu. first ''n M.,nnd'-' and iirs,
| houses have been thrown open to accom-
uioAia;c b,Irned-otIt families. Tie. mayor
has called "a special meeting of the alder
men to take action and appoint a relief
committees. Dynamite and powder were
used at frequent intervals to blow M
wooden buildings hut with lii,lc effect.
The fire burned itself ont and AT I'D was
considered under control.
Both companies of tl. Massachusetts
militia. located in Lynn were called out
and put ON patrol duty. :. NJ. Breed 4
Co., the largest lumber dealers in Essex
county, ioS.. everything and cstimat.
their loss at s2U,.uD, with am ins,iranc. oi
| S125,osD.
Ernest Williamson volunteered to take
| a line of hose up "A ladder in front of tii.
| Dagger building. lie WAS followed 10y
several Others. but almost soon they
! reached tlr.. roof. the intense heat com
pslls.d them To beat "A hasty retreat. Will
/ hanson was the last man To descend and
! WAS nearly suffocat.d. Before hc could
! get "a footing on I'll. ladder his face was
! badly burned. Thieves came m from Bos-
ton and elss.wh here i'm large numbers and
the amount of stealing WAS large.
house blown up with powder at Broad am.
! Exchange streets shattered windows in
all directions. hut the measure WAS effect
nal i'm stopping the progress of the flames
in that direction.
The streets were covered with net
work of fallen wires. which somewhat rs.
tarsled the progress of the fircInen. Sew
ersal small dwellings were blown mp or
Exclaril. street, hut the effect was vcr.
slight. A hopeful feeling prevails aus
there is question but that publis
spirited citizens and shoe manufictt ttirs.r'
will soon rally from the terrible catastro
phe.
Over 600 PERSONS are deprived OF eni
/ ploymeut. Two hundred families ARE
homeless and tn. mayor has issued "A cal
for aid.
N.