The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-03-14
Mention The Constitution.
BOsTON,s BIG BLAZE.
An Entire Block of BIG isuiidinGs Consumed
by Fire.


by Fire.
Boston, March 1O--E'ire broke out about
4 o'clock this evening III building owned
by +. l.. Ames, corner of Essex ana lhii-
coin streets, and involved the entire pioch'
The burned buildings We're tuil OF mahu
featuring enterprises of all kindS-bootN anu
shoes, machines, rubber goods, plush Sood9:
leather goods, glass, vcneerings. One or
the principal firms was Horace, IArtrldSe ~
Co., fancy goods, and the fire seems to have
originated on the premises OF TINS hfl u, on
the sixth floor of the Ames building lhey
employed about thirty clerks. Every floor
in the building had number of people en-
ployed and among these were the most OF ihe
injured. Girls We're overrun and trampled
upon in the panic. Three men and one
woman were seen to hang by Their handS
from the parapet of the building, but OWING
to the network of telegraph. telephone and
electric light wires no help could be got
to them and they all fell six stories to the
frozen ground. One of the dead is Leondas
II. Redpath, Il merchant another is q fire
man, Robert J. Restaux. Two bodies are
not identified. One is Il girl too badly burned
to be recognizable The rest of the casual
ties We're at the Ames building, where the
people We're hcmmed in without warning.
Later estimates Of the loss increase the
amount to four and half millions.
The Ames building was occupied by the
following firms: Woonsockct Rubber Com
pany, Barbour Bros, thread stock: ANA
zene Machine Company, Consolidated Last
Company, AIerrck Thread Company. \.
Shoe Company, w. G. Rodgers, Lariat
Manufacturing Company. CIafin, Latrobe
& Co.. United States Rubber Company,
Redpath Bros, boots and shoes; =. Il.
Thing & Co.. J. A. .Jacquith Rubber Com
pany. Tapeley Machine Company, Horace
Partridge & Co. fancy goods: Hathaway.
Soule & Harrington, boots and
shoes; !. S. Fogg, bolts and
potan Sewerage Company; and Testing
blankets; J. f. Ryan, hair dresser supplies;
G. w. Spurr, veneers; Cape Cod Glass
Company Sheucr Bros, fancy leather and
plush goods: American Pin Company,
FmGh & IIohell, collars and cuffs; Otto
Krcisman. boots and shoes; d. w. How
land. Liverpool pills in glass jars.
Building No. @ and 6S Lincoln street
were occupied by the Singer Manufacturing
Company. boot and shoe machines; No.
20 and "A Baxter street, StOner & Shenk-
lebcrger sole leather; No. rs and so Swain
Fuller & Co., shoe machines: q and q. W.
Iabcrs. sample rubber stamps; Joseph Van
Ness office; A. J.. Perkins Machine Com
pany, and Baxter, Stoner & Shenklebcr
The three largest buildings burned
Amcs. lincoln and Bro wn-D urrcIl-wcre Of
modern construction and built in the most
noncombustihle STYLE possible for mercan-
tile use The Brown-DurrclI had front
walls Of sandstone and rear walls Of brick.
The Ames and Lincoln were much like it.
Boston's CoDHacration.
Boston. March 11.--There is no change in
the estimated loss and insurance by ycster
days fire of the pronorty loss of $4,000 600.
A little over ono million is on buildings and
the remainder on stock. This is covered by
insurance within 100000 of the total loss.
Only three persons arc known to have lost
their lives. The injured viii number more
tI,an q