The Lamar register., 1893-03-18
BIG FIRE IN BOSTON.
An Entire Block OF Big BuIIdinx. Bur..d
At y Loss of -, 500, 600.

In the same district, broke out shortly after 4
O'Clock Friday afternoon, aud before II Va.
placed under control, three hours later. had
burned over more than a square had
destroyed number OF the magnificent new
buildings recently erected In the territory
burned over three and half years ago had
consumed property valued By conservative
estimate at s4, 5oo, 900, and caused the death
OF at least four person. besides a number who
we're Injured
Inc nrst alarm at 4 % soon followed
hy a second and then general alarm. The
name7 broke out In the toy department of
Horace Partridge & Co, who occupied th.
hfth and sixth doors OF the seyen-story build
Ing, corner OF Essex and Lincoln streets
Owned by l. =. Ames. The cause Is at pres.
ent unknown. but the start is described by
those nearest Il resembling the bursting OF
hre-crseker. The flames spread with In
credible rapldiiy, and In a very few moments
the catIre interior OF the building was burn
log
There were many employe, OF the Partridge
company al work at the time. ard the other
hoors of the building were sprinkied with
hunan beings. The usual avenues OF escape
were al once cut OF. and then began = serAm-
bic for lie which sIekened beholders
The Panie-stricken inmates ned TO windows
and rooms. some escaped by sliding down
telegraph poles, others By jumping into
blankets. Several Jumped to the pavement
slT or eight stories, and were terribly man
gied. aud Others, hos many can not now be
told, fell back into the eauldron OF flames, or
were overcome by the dense black smoke,
rk!eh .Cffocaied all Who did not speedily es-
cape.
The entire fire department c city was
speedily on the scene. The f;mcnts of
sereryille, Cambridge, Scwtod ,,i Brookton
arrived later by the raln, and aid va. request
ed 70 be in readiness FROM more distant cities
Fortunately further help was not needed.
Vas, erosds Of people began at once to
sock 10 the soeae, and a a matter Of procau-
ton Goyrrnor Russell ordered two companies
Of military cut, and he proceeded 10 the hre
ia p>rson.
The Gre spread rapidly =. IN building 10
hglldiug. snd despite the heroic ei-
forts of the enurt IRE system of Surols couu-
y Il -as not controlled until the whole square.
bounded By E.sez street 90 the north, ,Liueoin
on the cast and Kingstoa on the vest, had
bccn icv,le,l. also one huiliin- north Of e.
SCI street, extending along Columbia street;
three morc on the east sde OF Lincoln and
F@f N@FA't "a hAE = AaANA SAAtfs tlhAFtf f'Ntu
Of suffolk street, Which contained the emer-
Eeney hospital
An eye -itne.. said: Il was going down
suraaeF street just th- fr, started. One
steamer bad Just arrived Ia froat Of the build
lag aaI the hoe -as being stretched .ar
inca. -oaa,n and girls trying to get out of the
gpp-r stories. They were excited. ! shouted
To thena 20, to jump, a. the ladders would be
fh.-. VsrsF fF..s Fr-hf
raei oar man jumped from the second story
and ea1shtA ~.rr. He hung ihe-c until eI-
h,u.sod. thea dropped. l could no, sec
-heiher the fall Killed him or not saw an
other mAa jump to the telegraph pole lie
,iid do%gn -ithout injury.
Their va. no such thing as Scitlne lad
der up 10 them, owing to the network Of wires,
.or that Is the worst corner for ~ircs ia Bos-
ton We watched the sasriet,e as they hung
foe few ualaates, while the ero-d In the
street stood IN srrathles- siIenee
Several took horse blankets and called to
the frvaried eru-d AZ the uinGovs to drop
and they uOald catch them. good many
,ilA this, and though bruised, the blankets
broke the cthervlsc fatal force Of the fail.
one little giri. too umid to jump, was saved
by a m.n rcsrelng oct for her on his way
iouu the pole. A Ion. step-ladder was
broasht orer. and stanilng on II the hremen
reached up a. far a. they could and caught
other, In their arms.
whea the Gre Ia the BrUwn-Durrrll build
Ing pas At IL height nan was seen At The
e!-hth-story ulndo~ He boldly caught bold
ola cable aud proceeded to cross 10 the
5pposite buildin. hand over hand. He had
gone bat feE feet when Il became apparent
that be could not last long and, greatly TO
the relief Of the ero-d, be threw both leGs
over the half-ineh cable. which slightly
sa-scd. and slo-ly aud tetiously made his
way toward IL. buildln- near hy TO which
the cable ran
A large nGmber Of life-sEving nets, can
vase, and clothes were produeed and tremen,
tolice and by-sianders Wed With each other
in hoidln. them, While others hoarseiy shout
Cd TO the lmperiled man TO drop. He reached
midway between the two buildings, and II he
could only hang on a few minutes more be
could be saved AT this point the cloud OF
smoke cleared away and the man was recog-
nlresi as ChIef John Z. Pagan. squad OF
men run up on the building next door and
slowly lowered the cable to which Pagan was
hanging At the same time hook ard ladder
No. Il erected ! ladder to meet the s!owly de
.rcudlng man The cable was payed out
slowly and the exhausted man gradually
came nearer terra nrma-
4 shout OF triumph and applause came
forth from the Ihroats OF the vast Assembly
as he finally reached the ground.
J. {, Young OF the Lsriat company, said
..we saw one man jumping from the fourth