The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-12-05
TWOFIRES.
Lsroy AND LYNN SUFFER-.
ooxrtAeRArroS STARTS IN A BUILDING
f~,prRrp FIRE rRoor AND THE rLAMEs
srpsr Iy EVERY DIRECTIONS

80 Greatest fire in its history, and, With
exceptions, the conaagration is the most
,-ons that has ever visited New Eng
y The exceptions are the great Boston
n 1872. which destroyed over 100000
IN Of property, and the Portland fire Of
II which caused loss Of between $4,000.
4 and si2ooOO
rOs fire started at 1l:55 a. m. ragged owe,
a, hours, devastated q square milo
4 ,be business section Of the city,
IA caused loss estimated at about
"A moW. The greater part of the Fourth
L,,li, wiped out, as regards the important
% manufacturing blocks aud prominent
krs ofbusiness.
The fire STATED In Mowers's wooden
I.1line on Almont street, over the boiler,
p,eai with such rapidity that the fire
I,,r,ment Of the city was powerless to
sWth it. This large wooden building
!, ,,on doomed and the flames leapei
-rsa narrow plssageway and communi-
ei with the six story brick block, known
Movers Block. When the fire in the,e
buildings got wetl under way
,,s evident a terrible connagration would
,t Almost Simultaneously the four-story
e.ien shoe factory of Benn It & Barnard,
Central avenue and the 4-story woode
dne on Almont street caught fire, and
era time hurricane of flame was in pro.
=. which banchei the cheeks of all the
eg,tors For eight hours the flames h d
sway, the eil,rts OF firemen and citizens
.mngly being Of no avail, although, Of
urse, they did valuable work.
ad arrived from Boston, Salem, Marble
ad and surrounding towns, but their unit
efforts seemed 10 have little effect on the
rncane oil flame. Scenes ofthe great Bos-
and Chicago fires were repeated in all
IL horrors mothers fleeing with babes in
if arms express wagons loading ut bust
and dwelling houses and transferring
ls to place of safety, ia many cases
bud removal being necessary. After the
bad been In progress two hours everybody
AIRED il would not stop until 1t reached
ocean. So it looked, and so it proved to
the case. Four daily newspapers are
tnel out-Hem, Bee, Press and NelUs--
te Of which are published in the after
pn and one in tho morning. Three ma
bal banks-the Central, Security and
}, Na;ional-together with the Lynn In
pton for savings, located in the First
onal Block, are all wiped out. Twelve
be finest shoe blocks in the city are 10
s and about Is stores.
be most disastrous fire from which Boston
suffered since 1872, and one in which
erty loss more than rivals the great CON
(aiion at Lynn, broke ont at about SO
sday morning in the six story granite
ding owned by Jordon, Marsh d Co.,
occupied by Brown, Durrell IL Co., deal.
dry goods, on Bedford street. corner of
stOn. The great fire of 1872 broke out
e corner Of Kingston and Simmer
!, and the alarm of fire was rung in
the same box which did similar duty at
m. on the evening of Nov. o, 1872.
the fire fiend broke loose and before
subdued consumed nearly 100, 900 600
b Of property.
ehrst alarm rung in was Immediately
Ned by the first general alarm in Boston
ls12. This confagration ragged for six
burned over two acres of territory
fed by magnificent structures, and en-
loss estimated at 100000.
lire was discovered by letter-carrier,
noticed flames bursting from the top
Pc Brown building over the elevator
in which it evidently originated. The
rcarrier notified the nearest police OIL
ho sounded the first alarm. As soon
lei Webber, OF the protective depart
arrived it became apparent that n
hard fight with the fiery element was
the department, and general alarm
ent out, and this was soon followed by
ppon neighboring cities and towns for
bnce.
names were soon pouring from all
ihdows and the roof of the Brown
tl' building. They spread to the hoe
leather Exchange building, another
granite structure adjoiningthe Brown
fh Co, building, on Bedford street,
Doth buildings the flames swept in |
masses across Bedford street to the op- |
'o'her, thence across Kingston street, |
bedford to Chauncey street, where it |
opped in the store of Farley, Harvey
the uppe' stories of which were
Ihr'e stores along Chauncey street
summer street were burned.
he south side of Bedford street the
Jumped across Kingston street from
olazo in the Brown, Durrell & Co.
pgto al big sandstone building owned
T. Ames and occupied by Taylor Bros.
y was consumed. The great granite
known as the Neyins block at the
" Ohauncey street was the next vic
,ne names, and the entire block, clear
Rowe place TO Kingston street, was
ped' Crossing Chauncey street the fire
20 a good head Of all the stores which
used IN Exeter place. u small street
IRON Harrison avenue TO Chauncey
mere the iiremen got control.
. |
,"e ecclesiastical authorities at the
onstess IN Baltimore were empower
aA Tue laws II the church against SO.
le'es is denied.
'OAe out on the steamer Vile de
~, on which 5000 tons of gunpow.
stored When the flames reached
Nef terrific explosion ensued. The
,.seeded in making their escape when
was discovered.
,s" as lar South as Rome, Georgia,