Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-03-17
Big FIRE IN BOSTON.
Over Four Million Dollars Worth
Of Property Destroyed
Several Persons Lose Their Lives--
About Thirty Ipjurds,

About Thirty lnjurds'
At425 o'clock in the afternoon fire broke
sut in the building owned by E. l.. Ames
,orner of Essex and Lincoln streets, in the
wbolesalo lusin. SIS and small manufacturing
section. The flames spread with surprising
rapidity, and it wss over three hours tstore
the Bos. on FIRE department, aided by COM
panies from other cities, gained control OF
the destroying element. lhefire was marked
by the loss of several lives, and some thirty
persons injured. The financial loss Is esti'
mattel at $4, 50o, 900, and the insurance az
g. O000.
It was the most destructive fire that has
occurred in Bo ton since Novem' er ~, ieo''
when two and a-half acres Of business nous
wore destroyed, causing loss OF aooue s0'
oO0CoO The great FIRE Of 1872 broke OUT Oh
the evening of November and aged uncon-
trolled until noon the following day, destroy.
ing 800 bu insss houses, occupied oy LOW
firms, entailing a l1ss Of ssOWAoO and W.
teen lives
The area burned over comprises practicai'
| ly on, whole square, unded on tno noIvu .
BIZ Essex STR. o ,on the east by Lincoln sC oee
on the south by Tufts street. on w M, nSrS .Ss
| Kingston street. In ldition to this square,
! one building on the north OF Ess street,e1'
tending along Columbia street, was burned
also tnree bull lngs on the east de OF Lin-
coin street: also on the south side ot Iutn
street, the Emergency Hospital, whlcn was
q part of the United States Hotel, and tne
rear corner OF the hotel.
7 rec unidentified dead bodies have been
taken from the ruius and there ore suppose Tei
to be many others yet undiscovered in'
injured will number about thirty.
IL g flames broke out In ths toy depart
m, Mt of Horace Partridge & Co., in the +:
L. Ames building The cause Is at pre- ent
unknown. but the star t is described by those
nearest il as resembling the bursting OF nre-
crackers. ,,,.-
The flames spread with incredible rapioiDy
Ard in a very few moments the entire inter-
iur of the building wa burning. There were
mnqy employees Of the Partridge Co'-pany
ct work at the time, and the 9th no'rs Oh
the builling were sprinkled WI human DC,
inqs IT,. usual avenues OF escape were al
once cut off, and then began scramble iof
life which sickenod beholders.
The pauic-siricken inmates fed to windo"s
and roof. Some escaped by shining down
telegraph poles, others by leaping INTO olan'
kets and nets. S.veral jump'd to the pave
ment. six to eisbt stories, and were ter IDLY
mangled. Others-how many cannot pe
told-fel back into the flames or were ovrr
come by the dense blark smoke, which SUMO
Gated all who did not speedily escape.
The entirr fire department OF the CITY "ai
sneedily on the scene. The departm mt o
Someryille. Cambridge, Newton. Quincy
and Brockton arrived later by train and ale
was requested to be in read mes, from more
distant cities Fortunately further help wa
rot needed.
Vast crowds of people began at ofce Il
flock to the scene, and as matter OF pre-
caution Governor Russell speedily or ere'
two companies of militia under arms, an'
proct eded to the fire in person where ne We
soon Joined by Mayor Matthews
The fire spread RAPIDLY from building Il
building, and, despite the heroic efforts
the entire fire system of Suffolk county, wa
not controlled until nearly 8 o'clock +. ID:
The conhagration as viewed from dis
tsnce was grand. A dsnce pail OF olacl
smoke covered that section OF the city, ant
as darkness came on this was lighted up o. o.
the flames, while occasional 'shes OF nj
and burning cmbers shot up into the epon.
mass. ,,,., a,
Ames Building was burning there were re
neatod explosions like fireworks mlngle
wi h the hoarse shouts Of fremen, the clane
inc and putting of engines the crash oil lal
mo walls the rumble from hurrying team
and the sur. inc az the vast crowd whlc
soon oatherel and rushed to and fro ]
sveryboiy's way. -, A.,
The three largest buildings burned-th
AIMS, Lincoln and Brown-Durreil--were
modern construction aid ouilt 'ne nios
non-combustibls style possibl' for mercaI
tlle Use, The Brown. Durrell had front wall
of sandstone and rear walls of brick. In
Amas and Lincoln were much ike IT,
incoming trains from all directions wer
heavily laden during the early evening, an
nSobablv over $4,000 outsiders helped t
nnck the ST. eets in the vicinity while the nT
tn principal bui dings burned were
follows: - Z,
.ex and lincoln streets, where the 81
, started A..
Lincoln Bui ding, five stories, on the o.
, oosite corner OIL the site OF old Crvs''
r Fdlace. occupied by the Singer Manufactu
ing Company and large number OF otn'
concerns. al. r.,
I Ludlow Building, six stories, lSS Esse
. street s.,.;,
= corner OF Es ex and Kingston street
burned frUm rOOI 70 IOuIth hoVi' Any 80
0 froof walls of tn building stemmed u
|. tide of flames to the north.
= Fivestors brick building, corner OF Y
i II, bia and Essex streets, occupied iy wa
70 Ter S. Barnes, paper manufacturer, al
=. ,Jni ed States Hotel, slightly damage
~ Three small bui dings, between the Am
ID Building the United States Hotel, occ
q. Ded as dwellings in the upper stories and
NJ im.ll traders below.