Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-12-25
NEWS By TELEGRAPH.
From All Quarters.
Big Fires IN BOSTON.
Two Large Buildings Badly
Quilted and Burned.
REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN PERU
Interesting Testimony in
the SawteII Case.
PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT.
The Indian Messiah Craze
i'm Oklahoma.
pRocL AVIATION BY THE PRESIDENT.
FIRES I'm BOSTON.

one Five-story Building Badly Gut
ted and Another Entirely Destroyed
several Ffremen Seriously Hurt
by Falling Debris.
BosTox, Dec. A.-Two fires, which were
discovered at about the same time in the
Albany street district, which is considered
the most dangerous by the fremen in this
city, occasioned six alarms in quick sue
cession, about 8 O'Clock tonight. The
first one was in the large fve-story brick
block, corner of Albany and Bristol streets,
owned by the Joseph F. Paul estate, known
as ssBristol Block, and occupied by Joseph
F. Paurs Sons and many other concerns,
ali engaged in various kinds of wood man
ufacturing. The building has frontage
of about 1--WE hundred feet and is some
seyenty-6ve feet in depth. The fire was
principally in the northern end of the
building, and was subdued only by heroic
work. The detailed losses and insurance
are not yet obtainable, but the damage is
heavy.
But one section Of the FIVE into which
the building was divided was visited by
the flames, and the loss roughly ESTIMATED
is as follows: Paul heirs on building 3d.
OOO, insurance $50, 900; Joseph Paul's Sons,
lumber and planning mills, $4,000; Guild
Piano company, SIC, 900 on stock; Cole &
woodbury., organs, ST, 900; w. T. Ross,
woodworker, 81 600; j. F. Mohoney, wood
worker. $500, 600. All these parties are
partially insured This fire caught from
the drying kilns in the basement, occupied
by the Pauls.
The second fire was in the building ga
to 80 Wareham street, occupied by the
New England Organ company, and this
structure, which was of brick, five stories
in height and 100 by go feet, was entirely
burned, only a small portion of the walls
remaining. The firm had about $200,OOt
worth Of stock in various stages OF manu-
facture, all of which was ruined.
During this fire Lieutenant Henry Hair
of Chemical engine No. 8 was quite badly
| bruised about the body by falling debris
| and Hoseman Cobb of engine No. 8 suf
fered fracture of the leg by being
| knocked from ladder.
The building occupied by the New Eng
land Organ company was owned by Johl
J. McNutt, whose loss is $25, 000 insured
for $23, 900. The organ company, which
consists solely of George T. Mclaughlin
| EMPLOYS at present about one hundred
hands, and their stock, although valuable
has been largely reduced within the pas
1 two weeks Dy shipments IoI tno uo1iuay.
lis thought that their loss will not reac
higher than $125, 200, upon which Their
is an insurance of about $48, 900. The tw
third alarms rung in called in the apps
ratus from oil the outlying sections of tn
city, 80 that when at II o'clock two alarm
came from Charlestown the department
found itself very badly crippled. In TIL
emergency call was made upon neighbol
ing cities for assistance, which was promp
" furnished by Cambridge, Somerville an
Walthain The Charlestown fire proved
| small one and was in the meat and sausae
mandatory. Damage is about $1,000; il
surance about $40, 900.
\ BINGHAM, Mass, Dec. M.-At . ocloc
this afternoon fire broke out in the cell
of the Cushing house, causing damage
!. the extent Of fully $4,000. The smoke w
so dense that several ladies in the upp
rooms were gotten out with difficulty, Il
/ family of Thomas M. Ware being broug
down by ladders The flames were check
before any sleeping rooms or the dinil
8 room caught and there will be no di
turbance of business. The origin OF t
Q fire is unknown, but 1t may have be
the explosion of lamp in the celia
y The loss is fully covered by insurance.