The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-11-30
CITY TURNS TO ASHES.
Great Coutasration at Lynn, Mass.
Costly Commercial Houses Destroyed.

JIll lUhNS III ANHES.
Great Copaasration At Lynn. Mass
Costly Commercial Houses Destroyed.
Bosr0N, Mass. Nov. eG.-5 P. M-The
principal business part of Lynn, Mass,
S in ashes. Scores of factories, stores,
anks, and other commercial houses,
9fe burned. Tie loss viii be up in the
millions. The flames are still spread
u.
isESN, Mass, Npy. ga confagrs-
lcu unequslIed in years is aow raging
ere. Fhe fire started at noon over
'hc boiler room in the four-story
Wooden building of Mower &
Bro, Oh AlmoDt Street The fire
| soon ignited Mowers brick block
IL tie rear, there not being time
te ose the IRON shutters In the wood
en- building where the fire started are
located Mower x Bro, Florimond B.
Mower, shoe manu- 'acturers; \ Cher
burg, manufacturer of dongola and
alum sheep leather; q. II. and I. VI.
Bennett Il Co., slipper manufacturers,
and one or two other small concerns,
including 4 machine shop.
In Movers block Is located the Cen
tral Nationa Bank. The flames have
crossed Central Avenue and tike's cor
ner is on ire, The large wooden
building facing on Central Square. in
which Is located The Daily Bee, is ali
on fire. The cjuders ignited the fourth
story. brick Fuller block, in which is the
Western I MON telegraph office and {.
l.. Pecker !, Co., shoe manufacturers
Al 12:40 the flames communicated to
George Il. FaE's wooden building next
TO Pixies corner and occupied by the
sunday News snd Morning News. the
first number % which was issued to-
day. The building occupied by the Lynn
Daily Press next took ire and the flames
are rapidly burning their way toward
railroad Avenue. The new i've story
brick block Of ~. NJ Cu-rier is also on
tire and tie large stock of clothing Is
being removed. TIE large building
has jus been completed and occupied
on lower floor by Currier u Co.
3 p. N-The ire is spreading fast.
Over half nile is burned over.
Among the most prominent build
ings burned are all the build
ings within quarter mile of
the Narae. street depot. including the
Western iHion telegraph Office, all OF
the Lynn papers and about thirty-fve
shoe factories.
3.4] r.. H.-Ghe hremen are blowing
up buildings il hopes to check the pro-
gress of the ire. A boiler blew up in
building ON Market Street and it is
reported four men were killed.
4P. N.-Tle fire is stIIl raging and is
burning in the direct ion of
the WAFER front, sweeping everything
before It. There are several reports
Of men being burned, but no bodies
nave been recovered as yet.
Military companies from Lynn, salem
and other places IN the vicinity are
guarding the streets, which are filed
with people who have been burned out
of house and home. Steamers are still
arriving fr0m places between Lynn and
Boston.
The burned district IS at present
bounded by the following streets
1llsby, Mulberry, oxford, VIII
low, Mon Washington, Spring
and Mount ernon This
includes every building on the streets
named as far as they exte nd and on the
following streets beyond them: Central
Avenue, lmout, Union, Exchange and
Market Streets.
The loss TO the Boston x Maine Rail
road will be about S65, GOO. Nothing
was saved from the depot except the
tickets. There IS a report now that
twelve men have been killed, but this
has not as yet been verified.
Bo>ToN, Mass, Nov. 2G. - Steamers
from Boston and several ueighboring
cities have gone to Lynn on special
trains to assist the local department in
subduing the flames. At T. NJ tele-
graphic communication with that city
is completely suspended, owing doubt
less to the burning Of the wires. 1t is
estimated here the loss will reach
s. ,00O, 600.
lynn is a seaport of Essex County,
Mass. on Massachusetts Bay, ten miles
from Boston. IL has a population of
about $1,000, twenty-five churches, three
banks, many costly residences occupied
Nv wealthy BostOnians. and is a great
manufacturing town. In one year TO-
900 600 pairs of shoes, valued at Sl8,-
0000U0 are made. Market Street,
where the fire started, is lined with
maAy large commercial buildings.