Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-12

BosToN, Jan. 0.-Fire was discovered at
$40 this morning in the four story build
ing opposite the New York and New Eng.
land depot on Federal street. The principal
occupants are Hecht Brothers &; Co., wool,
md korshland q Co., wool. Three alarms
were ruug in short order and the fire spread
with terrific rapidity, IL wos not gotten
under control until an area OF 20, 600 feet
had been burned over. The fire started in
Heoht Brothers from, it is led, en- eXplo-
sion of the boiler Among other firms
burned out are c. II. Goodhue wool; " hite
Brothers, wool; Cory Leather company,
| w. A Stetson 81 Co.; Warren Stetson g
Co.; N, f. Graves, j. 1. Brown & Sen, and
F. Dupee.
The oily nature OF the fuel caused the
flames to spread rapidly and before they
had been conquered four fine blocks On Fed
eral and Summer streets were in ruins
and their contents, largely wool, were con
sumed. Nine tlremen were injured beside
three spec ators Joseph +. Barker, Tran
script reporter, was crushed to death By a
falling wall OF Hecht Bros. building.
Nearly ell Of the firms carried large
stocks and it is estimated that nearly or
quite 5000 600 pounds Of wool were des-
| troyed.
All through the forenoon ard most of the
afternoon the fremsn struggled before they
| could say that they lad the tire under con-
trol and it was far into the night before the
last engine had left tho ruins. There seems
no possible doubt that Reporter Barker has
persisted in the ruins Nothing has beoD
! heard CT him since he was standing ir an
nlleyvay near the burning Hecht building,
only moment before huge wall fell upon
the spot Barker was 26 years old.
l.,,.Il to-.
Gus line of structures was the curved front
brick building at the corner OF Federal and
Summer street, behind which the fire made
its way to summer street. This building
was finally reached by the flames and gut
ted. uecht Bros loss is about $500, coo
ard that of Patterson Bros. 500, OO0 J.
koshand IL Co., Stetson q Co., Clark q
Co., ond Corey Leather company, Pfistar,
Nogel & Co, Goodhue q Co.. White Bros,
Ben jamin +. Thompson q Co., all sustan
heavy losses
\ tapgle Of trolley wires in front of the
i HecEt building was an elcme Mt OF great
danger to titemen and impeded them much
in their work before the power was CUT of.
One fireman was struck by live wire and
severely burned. The other injured frerien
were taken to the hospital, but were dis
charged soon as their wounds were
dressed.
dotch Bros. had on hand au amount Of
wco estimated al ), 900, coo pounds. They
so d on commission, handing much West
ern wool They have large business con-
uect!on in San Francisco and are among
the largest wool dealers in Boston j. A.
koshand estimates that he had stored
about 10000 pound OF WOOL G. H..
Goodhue lost l20, 600 pounds
Total Los, and distribution,
The total loss by fire, rs estimated by the
firms interested. is 81, 800, 600, distributed
a. follows: Hocht Bros, on stock $500, coo,
pn building 500, 900: firm has an insurance
of SEQ 0J0; IRON building, 1G9 to 173 Sum
mer street, $j0, coo; Corey Leather COM
pany, $40. 600; W. a. Stetson & Co.,
$3.50 000; G, L. Blork $50, 0O0 granite
building, 10 to li9 Summer street, belong
ing to the Pres; on buildings, $50, 600;
V bite Bros & Co. stock, $500, co.; G..
H. Goodhue, $50 coo; Patterson Bros are
insured Tor $500; Koshand has $50, 0,OOC
insurance.