The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-29
BIG FIRE IN BOSTON.
Splendid Squares in the City's
Heart Destroyed.
FOUR MILLION DOLLARS GONE
Terrible Cosaa<rafisn Despite Heavy
Raln-seerss ef wholesale Houses
Barnea-Loss ana Insurance.


Ars from which Boston has suEered sincal
is72, ard one in which the property loss
rivals the great conlsagrsfionos Lynn Tues
day, broke ont about $40 q. n. today, IN
the six-story granite building owned by
Marsh & CO., and occupied ~ Brown,
DIirreil 4 Co.. dry goods, o.: Bedford
street. corner Of Kingston. The great IRE
Of 1872 broke out at the corner cf Kingston
and Summer streets, and the alarm Of
today's FIRE was rung IL from the same box
which heFalded the memorable ccnhagra-
tiun that consumed nearly sI60 0o0, 900
worth of property. The first alaEm rung
in today was Immediately followed BY the
first general alarm in Boston sinee 1S72.
Today conhagration ragged fer six hours,
burned over two acres Of territcEy covered
by magnificent structures. and entailed q
loss now estimated at $E.V00. 900. The gem
eral alarm was soon followed BY calls upon
ali neighboring cities and towns for assist
anee.
Flames were soon pouring from all the
windows and the roof of Brewn. Durren C
Co 5 building 20 the Shoe and Leather Ex-
change building. another large granite
structure aejoining Brown, DagFell & Co.,
on Bedford street. From other buildings
flames swept in great masses aeross Bed
ford street TO the opposite corner. thence
across Kingston street, along Bedford 70
Chagncey. where it was stoDped in the
store of Farley, Harvey & Co. the upper
stories OF which were burned. Three stores
toward Sumner were burned.
On the south side OF Bedford street the
flames jumped from Brown, Durrell & Co. s
to the biz sandstone building owned BY +.
L. Amcs and occupied by Taylor Bros,
End this Was consumed. The great granite
building known as the Nevsns block,
at the corner OF chaunceg street.
was next victim Of the flames,
and the entire block clear around
Rowe place 70 Kingston street was con-
samed. Crossing Chauncey street the IRE
soon had gcoG head on al the stores which
are enclosed ia Exeter place, a small street
running from Harrison avenue to Chaun-
eey street. Here the 4iremen GOT control
AT Rowe place the fire was partially checked
from going toward ESSEX street, but quickly
moved toward the opposite street, to the
buildings occupying the square between
Bedford street. Harrison avenue extension
and Exeter place, at =hich poins the fur
ther progress Of the flames vas checked.
LOSSES AID INSURANCE..
The agents OF large number of insur-
ance companies interested were seen by q
reporter and asked as 10 their losses. The
risks which could be ascertained today
amount TO nearly two and three quarters
millions of dollars. while large nnmber Of
companies have not yet been heard from.
The fire. canning as ii does on top Of the
great blaze at Lynn, is q crushing blow to
many OF the smaller insurance companies,
and, il Is not at ell unlikely. viii cause the
suspension Of sema Of them.
EollaEine Is 4 fIst 81 the EFsas burned
out. great many Of of Them being Boston
houses OF large factories in other portions
Of New England: c. E. A!drich & Co.,
Appleton Shoe Co., +. Barrett 4 Co..
Alpheus Bates. w G. BFien Shoe Co.
Bnnton & Co., Copeland e. Hartwell. John
Fogg & Co.. Frank S. Gage. ]. w. Hart
4 Co. L. r. Hawkins & Co., Howard &
Foster, w. Ireson & Co.. Lynn Boot &
slipper Co. o. N. Keith & Co. S. Keith l.
Co., II. r. Marshall. Adolph Meyer & Co..
George II. Nichols. j. A. Parker q Co., b.
]. Patton. Perkins & Joyce, Joshua HI.
Purnam, Rogers Il Webber. Royace q Goff,
sstimson-Stephenson Shoe Manufacturing
Company, William C. Nuney, L. w. Tyler,
Walker & Brown. Woonsocket Rubber
Company, Myron Woodbury., Brockton
Last Company, Herbert & Rapp Company.
National Thread Company, o. o. Patton Il
Co, Brockton- Blakely Furnishing Machine
Company, George II. Clark. Duprey &
Tuaeas, Lofts Finding Machine Company,
Wheeler & Cummings. Woodward a Wright,
and the leather houses OF T. @. Solomon,
OF Newark. y j., and ]. b Bomett & Bros,
OF Little Falls, \. Y. On nearly all OF the
above the loss is practically total. Brown.
nureil & Co. carried goods in stock to the
value Of upwards OF $50 600. and the stock
win be 4 total loss. The insurance on this
Is $67s.o00. Jordan, March a Co.'s shirt
factory was insured for 100. The
Woonsocket Rubber CouEpany's stock was
insured for $4,000. Taylor Bros. hats and
caps, were insured for $4,000; loss,
$4,000.
Seven people in the building on the cor
ner Of Kingston aud Bedford streets we're
overcome by smoke. but were rescued by
the bravery Of Police Sergeant Kimbail,
PatrolmAn Haines aud ex-Councisman
Barry. A policeman and several fremen
are reported seriously injured or burnt.
ELEeTRIc LIGHT wfREs Te BLAxK.
The originot the FIRE is not definitely
known. but il Is attributed 20 electric wires.
Later estimates of the loss place IL sc
nearly $50oo.000. About 90 firms were
burned out aud loo agents Of New YORK
and Western firms had their headquarters
destroyed.