St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-29
BIG BLAZE IN BOSTON
Two Acres Of Territory Gov
cred by Magnificent Struc-
lures Burned Over.
1t Is Estimated That the Loss
Entailed Will Reach
$4,(o),000O.
In Property Loss 1t More
Than Rivals the Lynn
Conflagration.
So Fas As Known the Total
Insurance Amounts to
$2,6OO,C0O.

Boston, Nov. 2S.-The most disas-
trnus fire from which Boston has Suf-
fered since 1872. and one which in
property lo,s more than rivals the great
ntlagration at Lynn Tuesday. broke
out at AM Ut S:20 a. IN. to-day in the six
story granite building owned by Jor-
dan, Marsh Il Co. and occupied by
Brown, DurreIl 4 Co. dealers in dry
goods. on Bedford street, corner of
Kingston. The great fire OF 1872
broke out at the corner OF
Kingston and Summer streets, and
the alarm of tO-day'S fire WAS rung
in from the same box which did similar
duty at 7:l5 p. H., on the evening or
Nov 9. 1872, when the fife fiend broke
Loose and before being subdued con-
Sumed nearly SlOO. .0O0,O00 wnrth of prop
erty. The first alarm rung in to-day
was Immediately followed by the first
general alarm III Boston since 1872. 10
days contlagratiOn ragged for six hours,
burned over
TWO ACRES OF TERRITORY
covered by magnificent structures, and
entaiIed a loss how estimated at E4,0OO,-
900 or S.. .OUO.O0O. The fire was discover
ed by letter carrier who noticed the
fame bursting from the top of the
Brown building over the elevator shalt,
in which it evidently originated. This
letter carrier notified the nearest police
officer, who sounded the first alarm. AS
soon as Chief Webber, OF the Protec-
tive department arrived, 1t became ap-
parent that long, hard fight with the
fiery element was before the
department, and a general
alarm was sent out, and this
was soon followed by calls upon all
nelghboring cities and towns for as
sistance. The flames were soon belch-
ing from all the winuows and the rOcf
of the Brown-Durrell building. At S:45
they had spread to the Shoe and Leather
Exchange building, another large
granite structure adjoining Brnwn-Dur-
rell u Co.'s. ON Bedford street. From
both buildings the flames swept in great
masses across Bedford street tO the OPP
posite corner, theme across Kingston
street. along Bedford to Chauncey
street.
WHERE II WAS S1OGBEO
in the store of Farley, Harvey & Co.,
the upper stories of which were burned.
Three stores along Chauncey street to-
ward Summer were burned. On the
south side of Bedford street the flames
Jumped across Kingston street from the
hot blaze from Brown, DuTrell IL Co, to
a big sandstone building owned by F.
l.. Ames and occupied by Taylor Bros,
aud this was consumed. The great
granite building known as Nevins'
block at the corner of Chauncey street
was the next victim for the flames
and the entire block, clear around
Rowe place to Kingston street, was cOn-
sumed. Crossing Chauncey street the
| fire soon had good head of all the
stores which are intllsed in Exeter
place. small street running from Har
riSOn avenue to Chauncey street. Here
| the bremen got control. At Rowe place
the fire was partially checked from
going toward Essex street, but quickly
moved toward the opposite side to the
immense Allen and Larrabee buildings
occupying the square between Bedford
street. Harrison avenue extension aud
Exeter place, at which point their
FURTHER PROO kESS WAS CHEChEDs
According to the most reliable esti-
mates, the losses of those companies
whose agents could be found are as
fellows: Liverpool and London IL
Globe. S200.O00; Royal. S164.010; Sun.
| Si25.U0O; North American, Philadelphia.
| S9g. $50: Individual Underwriters, SS0.-
| COO: Home, New York, $1,000; Hart
ford, of Hartford, S75,OO0; Frank
lin, Philadelphia, $1,000; CONT
mental, S6Q.OOO; Commercial Union.
London. $4,000; Mutual Union.
New York, $4,000; Pennsylvania.
S5Z725: American, philadelphia.
S57.725; Hanover, New York, S53,OOJ:
Phoenix, London. $4,000; Phoenix,
Brooklyn, so, 600; Springfield Fire and
| Marine. $4,000: Imperial, S45.000:
| Boyleston, Boston, $4,000; Guardian,
London, S4O,OOU: North British and
Mercantile. $4,000; Fire Association.
| New Yark, S4O,0OO; Niagara, New York.
| So. 900; City of London, $3.50 O.; West
| ern, Toronto, S55,OUO; Fire Association.
| Philadelphia, $4,000; Liberty, Phila-
deIphia, 5000; New HAMPSHIRE.
S3O,0JO: Germania. $3O,0O0; PhG tx,
| Hartford. S30.O0o; North American. $780,
OO0 (unOficia). }. others place it at 81 200;
| London Insurance, $4,000; Liberty,
| New York, S26,OOD: Buffalo German,
| ~
| burg. Bremen, S25,00O: Michigan Fire
and Marine, so, 900; American Central,
st. Louis. S2i.OO0; I'll ltntial. New
York. $4,000; Neptune. Boston. 10000;
| ST. Paul Fire and Marine, s2O,0O0; Mil
| waukee Mechanics, $4,000; Alliance,
| New York, $1,000; Glens Falls,
| New York, S2u.O00; Firemens
| Fund, $1,000; Citizens. New York,
SlS,OO; Prudential, Boston. S17.OOO;
| Standard. New York, S17.50O; Franklin,
| Columbus, o., American, New York,
German, PittSburg, UuiOn, California.
and Standard, New York. S15.OuO each;
Orient, Hartford, S12,O00; Jefferson.
| New York, Concordia, Wisconsin, Citl-
| zens', Missouri, Guardian, New York.
| Fitchburg. Mutual American. New Jer-
sey. Equitable, Providence, County, Phil-
adelpbia. and Merchants. Providence.
| $4,000 each; Meriden, Connecticut,
| Mechanics. Philadelphia, and Security
| New Haven, $500 each; Albany, n.
| Y, SS,OOO; Girard. Philadelphia, North
west National Mercantile. Firemen's,
| Baltimore. and Reading. $1,000 to 5000
ca II; Grand Rapids. Arlington Mutual,
/ Merchants and Farmers Mutual, W0r-
cester, $500 each; Western, $1,000;
| Manufacturers and Merchants, $1,000;
| Packers and Provision Dealers, Chi
cago, 5000: National. New York,
S6.5G0; Commercial, Albany, So
500: Empire State, Rochester,
N. Y. s.. 100; American, Boston,
and Mercantile, Boston, 5000 each.
L. Y. Crowell q Co., small wares. car
ried insurance of S5O,0O0. Walker Stet-
son, Sawyer IL Co., hosiery jOnbers,