St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-11
BOSTON SEQ RCHED.
Several Immense Wool and cath
er Houses Furnish Food for
the Flames.
One Life Lost and Five Firemen
njured-Property Loss,
$1,665,OOO.

Boston, Jan. 10.-Not since Thanks
giving day three years ago has Boston
been threatened with such a fire as
broke out this morning on Federal
street. The fire started in a large
building occupied by Hecht Bros.
wool dealers, in the building
numbered 2l9, which also faces on At
lantic avenue. The cause is not def
nitely known. but the fire is said to
of gasoline stove in the base
ment. The fire quickly spread through
the entire Hecht building, and when the
tiremen arrived on the first alarm, the
whole interior was mass of flames.
Adjoining Hecht Bros, in the same
block. were located Patterson Bros. and
j. Koschland Il Co., wool dealers.
and the fire rapidly spread to
their premises despite the floods
of water poured into the structure. The
building is six stories high, of brick,
faced with stone. Next south, OH Fed
erai street. were several old brick build
ings, occupied Oil the first floor by Chris
Garven, liquors; the Carrolton cafe, and
McGarry Il Murphy. liquors. These
were wrecked in succession by the
L
stories high. While the fire was
sweeping these buildings. 1t was also
making rapid Roadway in the other
direction. 1t had communicated with
an old water works shed aud four
story brick warehouse III the rear of the
Hecht building. both stored with wool,
owned by Hecht BIZ others.
Seven hremen were on the low roof
the water works shed when the wall Of
the warehouse fell over. injuring sew
eral of them, but not seriously.
This falling wall carried down
the roof of the sheds. and
the intense fire resulting aided
the progress of the fire through to Sum
mer street. The four-story iron build
ing, No. 1863 to 173 Summer, adj
Joining the Hecht Bros warehouse
quickly took fire and was soon Quilted.
1t was occupied by ". A. Stetson
d Co. and n. B. Clark & Co., both leath-
er dealers, on the street floor, and above
by the Corey Leather company. Ad-
joining the iron front building on the
other side is the stone front build
ing occupied by Pfister q Voc
gel, leather dealers, which was
soon Quilted. The stone front building
occupied by G. II. Goodhue 81 Co., wool
dealers, and White Bros, fancy leather.
was next attacked and in ten
minutes . the entire upper por-
ton of the building was in flames.
| The only building remaining in the
continuous line OF structures was the
curved front brick building on the cor
ner of Federal and Summer street, be
hind which the fire made its way to
Summer street, and was threatened on
two sides. The firemen made de-
termined effort to save it, but
the flames finally got the better of their
efforts and the building was Quilted. A
tangle of trolley wires in front Of the
Hecht building was az element of great
danger to the fremen and impeded
| them very much in their work before
| the power was cut OIL.
The total loss by the fire is estimated
at 81, 655, 600. distributed among the
| heavy losers as follows: Hecht Bros.
on stock, 100000; on building, 100000.
! The firm has an insurance OF $4,000
Iron building, 1863 to 173 Summer street,
| $4,000; Corey Leather company, $751;
00o; W. A Stetson d Co., $4,000
Joseph f. Barker, a reporter for the
| Boston Transcript. went to the fire at 8
O'Clock this morning. since which time
he has been neither seen nor heard
from, and his employers believe that he
has been buried beneath some OF the
! falling walls and killed.