Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-12-05
NEWS SUMMARY.
TERRIBLE CONFEDERATION.
Boston Suffers a Loss by Fire of
From So, 900, 900 to $40, 100000
Over Two Acres OF Territory Burned.

over Two Acres OF Territory Burned.
BosToN, Nov. 2S.- The most disastrous
fire from which Boston has suffered since
lei2, and one which in property loss more
imam riv ls the great contagration at
Lynn on Tuesday, broke out at about 8 20
a, m. to-day In the six story granite build
Ing owned by Jordan, Marsh & Co., and
occupied by Brown, Durrell * Co.. deal
ers in dry goods, of Bedford street, corner
OF Kingston. The great fro of 1872 broke
out at the corner OF Kingston and Summer
streets, and the alarm OF to days fire was
rung In from the same box which did
similar duty ut 7:l5 p. m. on the evening
OF November 9, 1872, when the fire tiend
broke loose, and before being subdued CON
sumed nearly SlOO,OON, 900 Of property. The
hrst alarm rung in to-day was Immediately
followed by the first general alarm in
Boston since 1872, To-day's conlHgration
ragged for six hours, burned over two
acres OF territory covered by magnificent
structures, aud entailed loss now es-
timated at Sl0,0OO,0O0.
The fire was discovered by letter car
rier, who noticed flames 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 Weber of tire protective
department arrived IL became apparent
that
A LONG, HARD FIGHT
With the fiery element was before the de-
partment, and q general alarm was sent
out and this was soon followed by a call upon
all nelKhDoring cities and towns for assis-
lance. The flames were soon pouring from
all the windows and tue roof of the Brown
Durrell building. AT As they had spread
to the Shoe & Leather Exchange building.
mother large granite building adjoining
Brown, Durreli Il Co., on Bedford street.
From both buildings the flames swept in
gre masses across Bedford street TO the
opposite corner, thence across Kingston
street, along Bedford TO Chauncey street,
whore II was stopped in the store Of Far
ley, Harvey & Co., the upper stories OF
which were burned. Three stores along
Chauncey street toward Summer were
burned. On the south side OF Bedford
street the flames jumped across Kingston
street from the hot blaze from Brown,
Durrell Il Co., TO big sandstone
building owned by f. l.. Ames, and
occupied by Taylor Bros, and this was
consumed. The great granite building
known as Nevins block at the corner OF
Chnuncey street, was the next victim 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 on all the streets
which are inc.osed In Exeter Place, "a
SAuhll oIISCb ave
nue. TO Chauncey street. Here the tiremen
got control. AT Rowe Place the fire was
partially checked from going toward Es-
sex street, but quickly moved the opposite
side To the immense Allen * Larrabee
buildings occupying the square between
Bedford street and Harrison avenue ex-
tension and Exeter Place, at which point
Its further progress was checked
There are about POO firms burned out
and 100 agents Of New York and western
firms have had their headquarters destroy
ed. The seventy-nine insurance companies
known TO be interested carry an aggregate
insurance of 81, 600, 900 on burned property.
GEOGRAPHY OF THE BURNED DISTRICT.
The burned district begins at Colum bia
street on the east and extends two blocks
westward, along Bedford street TO Chaun-
cey street on the west: on the south side
OF Bedford street the fire consumed the
entire block bounded by Bedford, Kingston
Essex aud Columbia streets, westward of
this the entire block bounded by Bedford.
Kingston, Chauncey streets and Rowe
Place, and westward of this the building
on Chauncey street from Bedford TO Exc
ter Place. Ii also badly damaged the
building on the southeast corner of Bedford
and Columbia streets North of Bedford
street it consumed the buildings on both
the northeast and northwest corners of
Bedford and Kingston streets, and dam
aged the block ut the corner OF Bedford
and Chauucey.
LATEST ESTIMATE.
The total loss, according to the latest
conservative estimates, will reach q, 1000,
600; the most conservative estimate of the
loss is 8, ZOO, Geo