Morning journal and courier., 1893-03-20
FREMONT TEMPLE A RUIN Boston Damaged by Another
 Great Fire. A SCORE OF sPANIARlS PERISH. Stockbridge Shocked by a
 Brutal Murder. BIG FOUR sWITcHMEA oa STRIKE. The Overdue Sarnia in Port
 at Halifax.
BIG FOUR sWITGHMEA os STRIKE,
FREMONT TEMPLE BURNED.

FREMONT TEMPLE BURNED. l another Gre at Fire in Boston-An Els. ! ttmated Loss of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars Parker House Ernployes Discover tho Flames and Render Effective Assistance as Hose. men - Torrents of Water From Twenty Steamers ExtinSuish the Blaze-Precautions of the Fire De- partment to Protect the City.
 BOSTON, March 19.-Tremont Temple, the six story structure on Fremont street, the home of the Union Temple association, Rev. George 0. LoIimer pastor, and located opposite the Fremont house and close to Parker's, was to-day burned for the third time in its history. Flames were discov- cred at 7:30 8. m. by Parker house em- ployes. They were then burning in the
 upper part of the building. A special
 alarm in the Parker house was at once
 sounded, and half dozen lines of hose
 laid from the several floors of the hotel
 and the water turned on. The employees
 of the house did excellent service es
 amateur pipemen. They had six streams
 playing upon the fire when the department arrived. Then 8 second alarm was sounded and soon a large force of engines
 was pouring streams into the burn ing building. The location was not @ difficult one to reach. The broad front of the temple on Fremont street was occu- pied by a water tower and half dozen streams. As many more were at School and Brom6eld streets, and others down towar1 Washington street soon had effec- tive streams in operation. Lines of hose covered the building from all sides, several being carried into the entrances of the Par ker house on Fremont and School streets and others by ladders through the upper stories. Lines through Province court were carried up to the roofs In the rear and others wers taken through the lower stories. On the Bosworth street side there was similar attack and the fames had burst through the roof. It was not long before the immense volume of water pour ing into and upon the building began to tell and in little more than half an hour the lesping flames disappeared and were followed cnly by vast masses of dense smoke that poured out. The work of the department after 1t got into position was not unusually arduous, the requirement only being to let the water come as fast ss possible and shift the direction of the noz zes occasionally as an aggressive bit of flame made its appearance. The water poured with great volume into the build ing, came down the main entrance and out at the doors in torrent, and all who were about the building were knee deep in muddy torrent.
 The definite cause Is unknown, but it is attributed to either defective light wires or overhested steam heating pipes. The flames extended to the roof, destroying the same, together with the organ, loft and gallery, and generally wrecking the inte- rior, while the remainder of the building was flooded.
 The loss will be heavy, approximately about 50 per cent. of the total valuation, contents included in the came ratio, or pants of the Temple, their damage being confined to smoke and water, which in many cases, due to the nature of the con- tents, will bs trifling.
 Street hoor-Nos. 1880 Fremont, L. J. Lubin, drugs and trusses, damage consid- erable; No. 80, Fsdersin & Son, damage slight. Above the streets were these offices, whose damage is mainly by water and com parstively slight, save to furniture, which is expensive-American Baptist Minis ters' union; American Baptist Missionary society; Baptist State Ministers' associs- tion; Women's Baptist Home Missionary society; editorial rooms of the Watchman; headquarters ot the Women's Voters ssso- ciation, together with the editorial rooms of their organ, The Voice; Loyal Women of American Liberty, Mrs Annie Rays employment office; Dr. R. 0. Sargent, den tisl; Dr. F. c. Whittier, H. D. Bailey, W. A. Bstchelder and A D. Crabtree
 The following adjacent property was damaged to greater or less extent by smoke and water, mainly the latter, due to lines of hose being taken through the buildings to reach the rear of the fire from windows: The Parker house, corner of School and Fremont streets, owned by H. D. Parker's heirs and occupied by J. s. Whipple & Go. as a hotel; damaged about 5000, mainly to furniture and frescoing. The Story iron building, 70-4 Fremont Life Insurance company and occupied above the first floor today by J. R. Whipple 6 Co. for an annex to the Packer house and in ths course of encouragement for hotel purposes. Damage slight. First floor occupied by Samuel A. Beckhard, mems furnishing goods. damage slight. Five story iron
 building, Nos. 90 to SS Fremont street, owned by John R. Brewer, and the five story building 100 Fremont street, corner
 Bosworth, owned by H. B. Ward estate,
 both occupied by William s. Butler 6 Co.,,
 by dry good, damage slight. Damage to
 brick building No. Bosworth street,
 owned by Mrs. c. L. Palmer, damage trif- ing. Occupied on first floor by William &. Butler & Co.,, dry goods, and above by Savage Club, damage trihing.
 The ive-story brick building on Bos' worth street, owned by the Parker estate, and occupied by William Parks hotel, known as the Park house, damage triflpg by water to both building and contents. The auditorium was one of the largest in the country, being 122 feet in length, 7s feet in width and 66 feet in height.
 The seating capacity was equal to an au- | diencs of 2,600 people. Beneath the great hall was the Meionaon, with seating capacity of 1000. Owing to the city's ! recent sad experience with disastrous fires, ! against any possible second fire while the | department was fighting the temple ! blaze.
 | Immediately after these Chief Grady took his station in fire headquarters in charge. As the fire increased one engine
 after another was called in by telephone | until A total of more than twenty steamers
 were in operation at the fire. In a shor time Chief Grady was relieved at the run
 hing by an assistant superintendent of thu
 fire alarm, Chief Grady going to the fire
 Meantime the vast territory from whicl apparatus had been called was covered no
 only by the apparatus which changes iron
 one house to another on second and thirt
 alarms, but by special assistants also. Par
 ticularly was this the case in the burnt dis
 trict. Altogether the city was exceedingl
 well conditioned to cope with e second fir | had one shown itself.