Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-03-11
GREAT BOSTON FIRE.
Property Worth Four Millions and q
Half Destroyed.
A NUMBER OF LIVES LOST.
Many People Injured I'm the Race for Lie
from Burning Bniidings-Mfiitia
Called Out
NV ,oscrrana 70 tho Dispatcn.I

BosroN, March l0.-A fire broke out
about4 O'clock p. NJ. in the building owned
= by +. l.. Ames, corner of Essex ana Lin-
coin streets. and involved the entire oiocs'
The fire was under control shortly Deioro
o'clock, but the area burned over COM
pr;sed practically one whole square,
bounded on the north by Essex street, on
che east by Lincoln street, on the south by
Tufts street, and on the west 10y Kingston
street. h,unaino
on IN, north side Of Essex street, extend
inc along Columbia street, was burneu
also three buildings on the east slde OF
Idncolu street also one on the south siue
az Tufts street the Emergency Hospital
wb;ch W as n par. Of the United States
Uotol M q the rear corner OF the hOtcI.
The loss will probably reach $3,OoO.O0
Three II Unidentified dead bodies have been
token fro n the ruins and there are sup
nosed 10 b., many others yet undiscovered.
The injured number about thirty.
M&RAcrURI.G ESTEEPRIsEs.
The burY6d uildings were full of manu-
featuring enter, ,rises OF all xmas DootS
and shoes, machi nes, rubber goods, plush
goods. leather goo IS, glass ana VeneerihgS.
one of the prlnci pal hr'ns was Iiofsco
IAIIfUlVt a NOss 49,
Scans 10 have origin 1ted on the premises
of his firm. on the 81 18th floor of the Ames
hu;ldinp They employed about thirty
clerks Every foor OF the building had a
number OF people employed, ana among
these were most Of the IN Iureu'
Girls were overrun and trampleu upon
in the panic Three men and one woDan
were seen IN hanr by their bands from the
parapet of the building, but owing 10 INC
network of telegraph, telephone ana
eIectrlc.licht wires 10 help could DO GOT
TO them. and they all fell SIX stories 10
the frozen ground. One OF me deau ~
Leonldas II. Redpath. merchant; another
is q fireman named Eo6erI .; hes'anH,
Two bodies are not identified. one Is that
OF n girl too badly burned, to be recog-
uizabip. Most of the casu altles were at
the Ames Building. where people were
hemmed IN without warning.
LOSS. $4,000 0OO.
Later estimates of tbs loss increase the
amount TO 81. 500, 900. 49,
The Amcs building was cccupled by the
following firms WoonsocSst Rubber COM
pany: Barbour Brothers, thread stock;
Amazene Machine COMPANY, Consolidated
Last COMPANY. Merrick 4 dread Company.
A. Packard a Co. X. NJ. Appleton nan.
over Shoe Company. ". e. Rogers. Larlat
Manufacturing Company; Claim, Latrobe
a. Co; United States Rubber Company;
Rodpath Brothers, boots anc. SHOES; .
Thing d Co., j. A. Jacquith HuDoer Cou-
pany, Tapley Machine Company; Horace
Partridge x Co.. fancy goods; Hath0way,
soule & Harrington. boots and shoes: J.S.
Fopg, boots and shoes NJ. ~ Packard.
Metropolitan Sewerage Company, Ewing
Brothers, Sanford Brothers. blankets >.
Il. Ryan. hair-dressers' supplies; =. W.
Spur, veneers Cape Cod Glass COMPANY
Shauer Brothers, fancy leather and plush
~. ,,r,oo Din EnTnn1nV- STOCK OF
pms in boxes: Emigh a Lonl. collars ana
cuffs; Otto Kreisman. boots ard shoes;D.
w. Rowland. liver pills Ill glass jars.
bindings Nos. G4 and GS Lincoln street
was occupied by b eSinger Manufacturing
COMPANY, boot and shoe-mqchlneS; NOS.
20 and "a. Baxter. Stoner q Shenkleoerger;
sole leather: Nos. 76 and 80, SWAIN ana
Fuller a Co.. shoe-machlnes; W. q. ana
G.. w. Labeers, rubber stamps; Joseph
Van Ness. Office; A. l.. Perkins, machine
mpau Baxter, Stone ~ ShenklebergeE-
SITE OF THE FIRE OF 80.
Among the burned buildings were seve-
ral recently completed on the territory
burned over three and "A half years ago.
The flames broke out in the toy depart
ment of Horace Partridge a Co., who occu-
MED the fifth and sixth floors OF the seven
story building, corner OF Essex and Lln-
coin streets, owned by +. L.. Ames. The cause
is at present unknown, but the start IL de-
scrlbcG by those nearest IL as resem ollng
tho bursting of a hrc-cracker. The names
spread with incredible rapidlty. II III a
very few moments the entire interior OF
the building was burning. mere were
many employees of Partridge ~, Co az
work az the time, and the other floors or
the building were s~prinkled with human
beings.
SCRAMBLE FOR LIFE.
The usual avenues of escape were at once
cut of, and then began a scramble for lie
which slckened behOiders. The panic
stricken inmates fed to windows and ROOT.
Some escaped By shining down telegraph
roles. others by leaping into blankets and
nets. Several jumped to the pavement.
six stories below, and were terribly man
Cled. and others. how many cannot be told,
foil back into the cGuldrOn of flames and
were overcome by tho dense black smoke
which sutfocated all who did not speedily
escape.
AID FROM ADJOINING CITIES.
The entire fire department of the city
was speedilv on the scene: the depart
ments of Sonerville. Cambridge. Newton,
Quincy, and BrOckton arrived later by
train. and aid was requested to be III readl-
ness from even more distant cities. For
tunately further help was not needed.
Vast crowds of people began at once TO
flock TO the scene, and as a matter OF pro
caution Governor Russell speedily order
ed two companies of militia under arms
and proceeded to the fire in person. where
he was soon joined by Mayor Mathews.
The fire spread rapidly from building to
buiIding. and despite the heroic efforts Of
the entire fire system of Suffolk comfy,
was not controlled until the whole square
had been levellod.
EuENED BUILDINGS "NoS-coMBUsTIBIE.'
The three largest buildings burned-tEe
Ames. Lincoln. and observation-disclosures
OF modern construction and built in the
most non-combustIble style possible for
mercantile use. The Brown urrell had
front walls of sandstone and rear walls of
brick. The Ames and Lincoln were much
like 1t.