The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-06
BURNT TO DEATH.
Two More Disastrous
Fires in Boston.
Terrible Fatal Fire in a Tenement
House in North Street.
Almost Complete Ruin of a
Splendid Business Structure.

There were two more disastrous fires in
Boston last Sunday, The first was a terri
bly, fatal fire in North End tenement
house, and the other was in one Of the
handsomest business structures in the city.
Not since that awful night in July, "a
years ago, when nine persons were burned
to death in North street, has Boston known
counterpart in point of fatality compare
BILE to the first fire which occurred last Sun
day morning, Midnight had Just lapsed
when alarms from three different points in
the North End betokened the bursting out
OF the flames at the dwelling house No. $50
and 26l North street. one Of the crowded
tenement structures in that section. The
shocking summing of the disaster is that
ii persons were quickly burned to death,
and nine Others were injured
The fire started in the clothing store of
Maurice RUBEN on the first floor and some
minutes before it was discovered it had eaten
through the partition wall into the hallway
which contained the stairs leading TO the
tenements above. The wooden stairway was
like tallow candle, and the flames swept
up it like flash. In doing so ii lighted up
the hallway and SHOT little forks out through
the cracks of the door, and so attracted at.
tention. In a moment more the flames had
taken hold upon the rear stairway ascend
ing from the same hallway, and thus cut off
all escape for the still sleeping occupants,
The scenes which occurred among the
inmates were of the most exciting descrip-
ton. There was no way for them to get
down, and as they assembled to the attic the
flames followed quickly upon them. Saw
ing the lives of those confined was the hard
est work, and bravely and manfully did
the men set about it, Shrieks of terror
groans ofagony and cr:es for help filled the
air. Men, women and children filled the
windows and piteously pleaded for help;
some of the more venturcsome even hung
from the windows with only slight hold
on the stills. In ten minutes the fear of
personal safety had subsidized those whom
it was possible to save had been taken from
their positions of peril and the wounded
had been taken TO places where their iniu-
ries could be cared for, Then the search for
the dead began.
The corrected list of dead is as follows:
Mrs Madelana Carlone, her daughters,
Filomena and Pasquelina, and her son,
Giovanni; Felice Cont, Martina Marchione,
Rosa Marchione, Emelia Marchone, Bella
Seaman, Ratfae.e Petrlizo. The last two
died in the hospital during the day In ad.
dition there were injured: Ciarlatino Re-
petit burns. Guiseppi Carolio aged years,
badly burned. Ludivico Milano, jumped
from third-story window will live.
Peter I.ombardezzio, jumped from window,
shoulder broken; in no danger. Francesca
Leliere, slight burns, will live. Bernard
Gilmentin, slight burns, will live. Nicholas
Scholars jumped from rear window and
cut his foot. Pepino Colono, burns; is i'm
proving. Mrs. Carolina Enike, badly
burned, will live. Caniva Iona, very badly
burned, very serious. En- Ike, boy, badly
burned. will live
What adds to the horror of the disaster is
the suspicion of inCendiarism.
At 8 O'Clock, am, an alarm was rung in
for a fire in the splendid Sears building,
corner OF Washington and Court streets
The fire started in ar near the boiler-room,
and at once leaped to the roof The fire was
skillfully handled, and prevented
from spreading to adjoining buildings.
The critical point was Young's Hotel,
which abutted on the rear en-
trance of Sears Building, and great
fight was m de to prevent the destruction of
this well known house. So fiercely did the
flames beat against the walls Of Youngs
Hotel that at one time it seemed impossible
to stayEtheir progress in that direction, but
endurance and pluck enabled the tiremen to
stop them in the building IN which the fire
originated, although the walls of Young's
Hotel bore marks of the serious struggle.
Though the outer walls below the fifth
floor are still sound the interior of the build
ing is practically ruined. The total loss is
upward of S250,000, four fifths of which is
on the building itself, and the insurance ON
the building is about S150000 The incor-
venience and loss to the numerous tenants
aside from the actual damage to property
are beyond calculation. More than fifty in
stitutions and individuals are forced from
their offices, a summary of the occupants
being as follows: Lawyers, 20; general OFF,
ces, IA; financial institutions and agents, 8;
national banks, 3; business firms with mer
cbandise, 3; railroad Offices 3.
The Sears building was erected in 1868 and
1869 by the trustees of the estate of Joshua
Sears, the architects being Messrs. Cum
mings & Sears, the latter of whom is
cousin. of the present owner, Mr. j. Mont
gomery Sears. 1t was of five stories above
the basement, with depth of about $50
feet on Court street and a frontage of
about 81 feet on Washington street, widen
ing to nearly so feet III the rear. Its
style ofarchitecture was he Italian Gothic,
and its principal material was Tuckahoe
marble from Winchester county, n Y. 1t
was finished in the interior in hard woods in
the ordinary way, and was not built as a
fire-proof structure, although all the main
partitions were of brick, and the first and
second floors were constructed of
brick arches and iron beams, and
the whole building was of thorough
and solid workmanship. Its cost was about
100000. Mr.. Sears will tear down the
walls and erect new structure of thirteen
stories, which will correspond in hight to
the Ames building on the opposite corner of
Court and Washington streets.