The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-12-06
LYNN IN ASHES.
The Great Massachusetts Shoe
City Nearly Wiped Out
4 square Miie 81 Territory Including the
Hest lsu~ine>< Portion. Destroyed.
Involving . Lo~s E~timated ~
Fully $4,000. oo0.


city Of shoes. was yesterday Afternoon
tory. and with but two exceptions. tn
most disastrous which has ever visited
New England. The exceptions were thu
great Boston fire ~ 1873. which 40
stroycd between eighty and ninety mill
ions OF dollars worth Of property. ans
the Portland fire 81 $3.50. which caused
loss Of between ten and twelve millions
Yesterdays fire started az Hess a. m.
ragged over eight hours: devastated a
square mile ~ the business section 81
the city. and caused loss estimated al
siO.o0o.o0o. In fact the greater part 81
the Fourth ward l. wiped out az regards
the shoe manufacturing blocks and
prominent places Of business.
The fire started in Mowers wooden
building on Almont street. over the
boiler. and spread with such rapidity
that the excellent fire department Of the
city was powerleS> 70 cope with IL. This
large wooden building was soon doomed.
and the flames lcapcd across narrow
passagc-way and communicated with
the Six-story brick block known as
Mowers block. When these two build
ings got we'll under way il was evident
that terrible conharration would re-
suit. Almost simultaneously the four
story wooden shoe factory OF Bennett (
Barnard. Central avenue. and the four
story wooden building on Almont street
caught fire. and when under way a hur-
ricane Of flame was in progress which
blanched the checks Of all who were
looking on. For eight hours the flames
had full SWAY. the efforts Of fircmen and
citizens seemingly being Of no avail.
The burned territory is bounded By
the following named streets: Almont:
Central Avenue at it~ junction with Will
lon street; Union street from its june
ton with Broad % the Boyden block. on
both sides: Mount Vernon street entire:
Central square entire: Beach street on
both sides a. far down a. Lees lumber
yard; Washington street from Monroe
through to Union; Railroad avenue: all
Of Exchange street: Broad street from
the engine-houSe on both sides up a. far
a. Exchange: Spring street; besides
dwelling-hou~es too numerous % mem
tion on Suffolk. Amity. Sycamore and
Beach streets
Ala arrived from Boston. salem. Mar
hlehcad and other surrounding towns.
but the united efforts seemed Is have
little effect on the hurricane ~ flame.
Scenes familiar in the great Boston and
Chicago fires We're repeated in all their
horrors mothers fleeing with babes in
their arms. express wagons loading al
business and dwelling houses ami trans
fcrring goods 70 places Of safety. in /
many eases second removal being
necessary. and the utmost confusion and
alarm prevailing.
The excitement increased and became 1
> panic as il was realized that con-
fagrafion threatening the entire bust |
ness quarter was in progress
After the fire had been burning two
'ours everybody agreed that II would \
lot stop until il had reached the ocean.
md this proved 70 be the case.
Pour daily newspapers are burned out
the Item. the Bee. Press and News.
hree afternoon and one morning.
Three National banks-the Central.
security and First National together
With the Lynn Institution for Savings.
ocated in the First National block. are
III wiped ont Twelve Of the finest
hoe blocks In tho city are in ruins and
twenty-five stores.
At this writing II II impossible to say
low many dwellings are burned. The
s.,ta..u lnu.~.,.r...r .r..~.. 49,.
npicd by poor people. in the vicinity Of
teach street and the wharvcs. II is i'm
'ossihie as yet 10 estimate the insurance.
ut conservative estimates place the loss
n property At $4,000. 1000. There were
many marrow escapes from serious inju-
les, but no fatalities are reported. The
Ugh brick firewall on the u. r. Spinncy
lock served a. q barrier to the further
rogrcss ~ the flames up Union street.
ftcr that doomed structure had been
utted
The most prominent blocks destroyed
~ a. follows: On Almont street:
lovers block and the block occupied
" the Consolidated Adjustable Shoe
0mpanv: Central and Central avenue,
II 80 ~" AAtA'1fN - ifIAAiA'ff R4ANfAs II Ill =
sr's block: the wooden block. in which
As located the Daily Bee: Bergen
rccn's block. and the brick block ;
wned bv the Daily Item. Union
irect II. " Curriers' new brick block:
o Beebr's brick block: u. H. spin
ey's brick block: a large wooden
uilding occupied BY Titus 4 Buckley:
.Arl's block. J ~ Browns brick block.
shcroft's brick block. kirtland's brick ,
lock. Butfnm's brick block. the brick
lctory building owned by q. J. I.itsle 4
ompany and Gushing 4 Downs large
OGDEN block occupied BY q. HARDWOOD
nd y. ;. Eoynton the brick factory
milding occupied hy John ;. Bartlett 4
ompany: the brick and wooden block
H. +. Elder. occupied as machine !
hop and planning mill.
On Exchange street. VI. III. Ablott's
-oodcn block. the .argc Doak brick
lock: the wood block. corner Of Spring !
trcct; the brick block occupied by L.
Johnson a Co. the First National |
'ank block and ten or twelve small shoe
1ctories-tho entire street being wiped
ut
On Broad street: sawyer 4 Chase. i
arriagc factory; W. r. breed 4 Coz
vc-story brick block. and eight or ten