The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-12-05
BOSTON SCORCHED.
The Fiery Element Sweeps
Out About Eleven of BOS-
tons Trade Palaces.
Buildings that were COnSid-
cred FireprOOf Melt to
the Ground.

BosroN, Spccial-The most disastrous fire
from which Boston hes suffered since 1872,
and one which i'll property loss more than
rivals the great cont1agration at Lynn on
Tuesday, broke out at about $40 a. III. to-
dav in the six-story granite building owned
bv Jordan. Marsh & Co. and Oc-
Cupied Ivy Brown, Durrell 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 fire was ruug i'll from the
same box which did similar duty at 1l5p
m. on the evening of Nov. 8, 1872, when the
fire tiend broke loose, and before being sub
dued consumed nearly 500, 0OOO 900 of prop
erty. The first alarm rung in to-day was
Immediately followed by the first
general alarm in Boston since 1872.
To-days contlagratiOn ragged tor
six hours, burning over two acres OF terri
tory covered by mag litcent structures, and
detailed loss now estimated at $l0,OOOOOO.
The fire was discovered by letter carrier,
who noticed flames bursting from the top
of the Brown building over the elevator
shaft in which it evidently
originated. This letter carrier no
tilted the nearest police officer,
who sounded the first alarm As soon as
Chief Weber, of the protective department,
arrived il became apparent thai long, hard
fight with the fiery element was before the
department, and a general alarm was sent
ont. and this was soon followed by calls
upon all neighboring cities and towns for
assistance The flames were soon pouring
from all the windows and the roof of the
Brown Durrell building. At $40
THEY HAD SPREAD
TO the shoe and leather exchange building,
another large structure adjoining Brown,
Durrell & Co. on Bedford street From both
buildings the flames swept in great masses
across Bedford street to the opposite corner,
thence across Kingston street, along Bed
ford to Chauncey street, where it was stopped
in the store of Farley, Harvey 4 Co, the
upper stories of which were burned. Three
stores along Chauncey street toward SUM
nler were burned On the south side o
BEDFORD street the flames jumped across
Kingston street from the hot blaze from
Brown, DurreIl & Co. to 8 big sandstone
building owned by F. L. Ames and Occu
pied by Taylor Bros, and this was con
sumed. The great granite building
known a. Nevins block at the cor
ner of Channeey street was the next vic
tim for the flames, and the entire block
clear around Rowe place to Kingston street
was consumed Crossing Chauncey street
the ire soon had good head OF all TIN
stores which are enclosed i'll Exeter place,
small street running from Harrison avenue
to Chauncey street Here the tiremen go
control At Rowe placeths fire was PARTIAL!
checked from going toward Essex street
but quickly moved to the opposite side t
the immense Allen and Larrabee building
occupying the square between Bedtor'
street. Harrison avenue extension and Ex
eter place, al which point their further prog
ress was checked According to the mos
reliable estimates the losses of those insur
anee companies whose agents could b
found are as follows: