Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-29
BOSTON's GREAT FIRE.
In Six Hours Ten Millions Of Property
Swept Away.

Boston's Thanksgiving was one to be remem-
bered. At Sis yesterday morning letter car
rier saw FIRE on the top of the Brown building.
An alarm was rung in from the same box which
did similar duty at tbs pm. on the evening Of
November 8, 1872, when the fire fend broke
loose and consumed nearly SiOO, 900, 600 of
property. The first alarm rung in yesterday
was immediately followed by the first gener al
alarm in Boston since 1872. At noon when the
fire was conquered it had burned over two
acres of territory covered by magnificent struc-
lures, and entailed q loss estimated at &c.
10000 At S45 they had spread TO the Shoe
and Leather exchange building. another large
granite structure adjoining Brown. DurreD d
Co., on Bedford street. From both buildings
the flames swept in great masses across Bed
ford street to the opposite corner. thence
across Kingston street, along Bedford to
Chauneey street, where it WAS stopped in the
store of Farley, Harvey d Co., the upper stories
Chauncey street, toward Summer, were burned
On the south side of Bedford street the flames
jumped across Kingston street from the
hot blaze from Brown, Durrell d Co.'S to big,
sand stone building owned by F. L. Ames, and
occupied by Taylor brothers. and this was con-
sumed. The great granite building known as
Nevin's block, at the corner of Chauncey street,
was the next victim for the flames, and the
entire block, clear around Howe place to
Kingston street. was consumed.
AT LAST IT IS CHECKED.
Crossing Chauncey street the fire soon had
good head Of all the stores which are en-
closed in Exeter place, q small street run
ming from Harrison avenue to Chauncey
street. Here the fremen got control. At
Rowe place the fire was partially checked
from going toward Essex street, but quickly
moved toward the opposite side to the i'm
mense Allen Il Larrabee buildings, occupy
ing the square between Bedford street, Har-
rison avenue. Extension and Exeter place, at
which point their further progress was checked.
Two hremen, Daniel Buckley, unmarried, and
FRANK +. Loker, who has q wife and child,
have been missing since early morning.
They were last seen in the Brown Durrell
building and their bodies are believed to be in
the ruins of that structure. Several fremen
who saw them in the building report an explo-
sion OF hot air and their own narrow escape
and are Of the opinion that the missing men
were overcome and unable to save themselves.
The burned district begins at Columbia street
on the east and extends two blocks westward
along Bedford street to Chauncey street on the
west. On the south side of Bedford street the
ire 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, and westward of this the buildings
on Chauncey street from Bedford street to Exc
ter place. 1t also badly damaged the building
on the southeast corner Of Bedford and Column
bia streets. North Of Bedford street it con-
sumed the buildings on both the northeast and
northwest corners of Bedford and Kingston
streets and damaged the block at the corner of
Bedford and Chauncey streets. The street
playing the most prominent part in the fire was
Bedford, from the Harrison avenue extension
eastward across Chauncey, Kingston and Co
lumbia streets, almost to the junction of Sum-
ner and Lincoln. 1t was near the latter point
that the fire started, working its way west. The
list of firms who suffered is a long one, embrace
ing many shoe and leather houses. The insur-
ance will probably cover three-fourths Of the
loss