Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-03-16
GREAT FIRE IN BOSTON.
Four Million Dollars Worth OF
Property Burned
several Live. Lest ard Msay IwIarra-
The Fire Ate . Rt< asle In the
nusks--. Part of
the CITY


BosreN. March One of the most
destructive Hres in IN. history II Bns-
ton. aexs in magnitude u th. famou.
cue Of Thanksgiving day. tsso. aud in
the same district. broke cut shortly
after o'clc'.k yesterday afternoon. and
before Il was placed under control.
three hours later. had burned over more
than square, hai reduced d, ashes
several OF the magnificent new build
inys recently completed In tine territory
burned three and a half years ago. AMI
had consumed property valued by a
conservative estimate az ~. 500. eco. had
been attended BY scenes Of panic ani
Distress never before eqsaIed in the
memory Of citizens now living. and had
destroyed several perhaps many. hr-
man lives. and nangied or mniEacd Mt
least thirty persons. some OF whom will
die Of their INJURIES
At AS o'clock the alarm was sent In
from box 81 II was soon followed bv
a second and then general alarm.
The flames broke cut in the toy depart
ment Of Horace Partridge & Coz. who
occupied the hfsh and sixth floors Of
the seven-story building. corner OF
Essex and LiaeoID streets. owned By +.
l. AmeS
The cause II at present unknown. but
the start i described BY those nearest
/ as resembling the bursting of fire
cracker The flames spread with in
II
moments the entire interiur was burn
ing There were many employees of the
. Partridge company at work at the
time. and the ether floors were sprfn-
xird with human beings
The usual avenues Of escap. were
at once cut of and then began a srram-
bic Tor life which sicISenetI beholdsrS.
The panir-ssrieiSen inmates he,i o.
windows and rouf some escaped bv
shining down telegraph poles. others
BY leapiRg iato blankets and nets.
Several jumped 10 the pavement. six OF
eightstories.a and were terribly mangie,I.
and others. how many can not now be
todd. fell back into tn. cauIslrun ol
haTes or were overcome By the dense
black smoke which suffocated alI who
did not speedily escape The entire
fire department. 0f the city was quickly
ON the scene with those from Somer.
vile. Cambridge. Newton. Quincy and
BruciStnn arriving later bv train. For.
tHnateiy further help was mot needed.
Vast crowds began at once - f0ck
"a the scene. AMI as a matter Of precau-
tion Gov Russell ordered two eompa-
nIes u militia under arms and pro,
ese'is-si to the ire IN person. where he
was aoinest hv Mayer Matthew'S The
Hre spread rapssliv from building e.
building. ami despite the herui. efforts
q the entire ire system of tbs. county,
was not controlled until the whole
square haunlisesi BY Essex street On the
north. Lincoln on the east. Tufts on
the south aud Kingston on the west
had been leveieds also one building
north of Essex. extend NJ along Column
street. three on the south side. Of Lin
coin street and one corner of the Uuite,i
States hotel south of Tufts street.
which corner contained the Emergency
hospital
The principal buildings burned were
Is follows
Ames building. seven stories. corner
Essex and Lincoln streets. where ths
ire startesf
Lincoln institute. ave stories. on op.
posite corner. On site of old crystal
Palace. occupied by the Singer Manu-,
featuring Go. and n large number oI
ether concerns
Ludlow building. It's Essex street
Bruwn-BurreiI building. seven sso
ries. corner Of Essex and Kingston
streets. burned from rCpDf tn fourth door
The freprooF walls Of this building
stenmed the tisle Of the flames to ths
north
FOur-st0ry brick building, corner oI
Columbia and Essex streets. occupied
BY Wall & Baries. paper box manafac
turers. and others.
United States hotel. slightly dam
aged
Three-story building. between tbs
Ames building and the United State,
hotel. occupied as a dwelling in tbs
upper story and by small traders be
low
The con fagration as viewed from q
distance was -ranL A dense pail d
black smoke covered that part Of tbs
citv and rs darkness came on this was
lighted mp by the flames while oeca
sianally tongues of fire and burning
embsrs shot MP volcano-nke into tn.
| ebony mass
Near BY the scene was awful Willis
the Ames building was burning ther,
were echoed explosions like freworlx,
| mingled with the hoarse shouts of irv
men, the Changing and pumping Of en-
gines with the crashing of walls. tn.
rumble from hu wing teams and ths
surging of the vast crowd which soor
gathered and rushed to aud fro in every
body's way. The police service was ad
mirable- The streets were promptly
roped of and in the right sections
The wires were a. usual in the way, ant
IN many places lay in tangled masses
The current however. had been turuec
Of.
The employees Of many large store.
IN the vicinity were on duty until ths
ire was under control ready To NOV,
cut goods Il necessary Jordan, Narsl
& Co. kept 1000 men for that purpose
Incoming trains from all directions
were heavily loaded during the early
evening. and probably over 50. eoo out
siiers helped to pack the streets in the
vicinity while the fire was in progress
A conservative estimate of thu tota
loss IS ss.5ao.eoa The insurance vii
amount to about $4,000. 600.
1 The saddest feature of the fire Is th.
loss Of life. which can nor be definitely
known. bat the number OF dead /