The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-03-15
ANOTHER FIRE IN BOSTON.
FIVE LIv rs LOST AND NEARLY
THIRTY INJURED.
-Four and Haif Millions Of Dollars
Licked up by Flame. Frightiul
kcenes and Incidents.

One 81 the most destructive fires In The
history of Boston. next IN magnitude to the
famous one uf Thanksgiving Dny. 1889 and
in the same district, broke on, Friday after
noon, aud before II was placed under con.
troll, three hours later, had burned over
more than square. had reduced 10 ashes
several Of the magnificent new buildings re-
Gently completed on the territory burned
over three aud half wears ago, had con
sumcd property valued by conservative
estimate ut sI,jOOJO had been attended by
scenes of panic aud distress never before
tquntd in the memory OF e ti2ens now liy-
ing. and had DESTROYED several. perhaps
many, human lives, aud mangled or MAIN.
cd at least 30 persons, some OF whom will
uie of their injuries.
rnr prNp ,Np tNtrRrD.
The l,t OF the dead, ~ far ~ known, is
A. follows:
Unknown man. aged about -, supposed
10 be Fred MraduwCfHit of a. Chestnut ~.
Robert J. RestauK. ngcI - u laddernian of
thatosiOwn. Girl tou bad v burned to be
identified. leuuidas II. RedIath. senior
partner in the INN of tie Ecdpath Iron
Manufacturing Company boots aud shoes,
Bosion, Fred MeadOwcraf,, Cambridge %
years old
The injured, as far as can be nscertaned.
are; John J. sullivan, East Boston engine.
man; Joshua Sheppard, ~, At one time re.
ported dead, residing in Cambridge; Charles
J. Wcllworth. RONbury aged 20; John +.
Dennison, Michael liarkins; Margaret Flynn
aged p: Ada Perrin; Daniel II. Mnuray; Paul
Murray; Michnel Devlin; John +. Ryan.
James Ryan, Eoxbury: \. W. Eedpaih,
Newlonville Mary Flynn Winchester. CO.
WellwOrih; George II. I;uiiin, District chief
Esan nervous pfostrntipu. caused bv Jump
ing olt Of II window aud falling on u wire:
Charles GOskins. colored; Matilda liiCharis;
John \. Lyons, Eat Boston: kemptun rwess
OF South Boston; benjamin Pond and Mr..
IiCh. members OF steamer No. !. SOmervlllp.
The flames broke out in the toy depart
ment of Horace Partridge & CO., who occtI-
pied the fifth and sixth floors Of u seven
story building. corner Of Essex and Lincoln
streets, owned ly +. l.. Aines The start -
described by those nearest il as resembling
TIE bursting of lire cracker There were
many employees of the rar,rdte Company
at work at the time and there were Ja ple
ON the other floors The usual avenues Of
escape were at once cut Off ~ the flames
and then began scramble for life which
sickened heholders.
The panic stricken inmates fed 10 win.
dows and roof. Some escaped 10y shining
down telegraph oles, Others by leapine into
blankets and nets. Several inmIed To the
pavement six or eight stories below, aud
were terribly mangled aud others. how
many cannot now be told. fell bnck into
the Cauldron of flames or we're overcome by
the dense black smoke which su fiOcated all
who did not speedily escape.
The entire lire department was called out,
and the departments of SOmerville. Cam
bridge Newton, Quincy and BrOcKtOn arriv-
ed later by train, and aid was req rested to
he in readiness from more distant cities
.1..l
10 the scene. and asa matter Of prccau,ion
Governor Russell ordered two COMPANIES of
militia under arms and proceeded to the
fire in person. The fire spread rapidly from
building 70 building, and despite the heroic
effort of the entire tire system of Suffolk
county was not controlled until the square
bounded by Essex on the north Lincoln on
the east, Tufts on the South and Kingston
on the west, had been levelled aso one
building north of Essex street, extending
along Columbia street, three more on the
east side Of Lincoln street. and one corner
of the United States Hotel, south Of Tufts
street which corner contained the Emerg-
ency Hospital.
The conflagration as viewed from dis.
tanCe was grand, At close quarters the
scene was awful. While the Ames building
was burning there were repeated explosions
like fireworks. The wires were ~ usual in
the way and greatly impeded the work OF
William s. T.. Rumrill, of Dean, Chase IL
Co. says: IL saw upon the rarapet of the
Ames building three men and one women
clinging to the stone work There was no
such thing as getting ladder up to them,
owing to the net work of wires. Finally
they fell. Every one Of the four were un-
conscious when reached.
Iloseman OConnor says when reach
ed the second story the sight was most pitt.
ful. Men, women. and girls, irenZed with
fear were struggling to reach the windows
to throw themselves into the street. Tax.
ing one at a time | lowered them by the
hands rs far as could, .and then dropped
them into nets spread for them below.
succeeded in lowering some p or -,
should say that there must have been at
least 30 who never came out OF the building