New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-11
A BIG FIRE IN BOSTON.
THE TOTAL LOSS MORE THAN 81, c5o,oOo
WOOL AND LEATHER DEALERS THE PRINCIPAL
sUTFERERs-F IGEMEy INJURED BY
4 FALLING WALL


Boston JAM IO-Nof since Tia TX giving Dav three
years ago has Boston been threatened by serious
fire as that which broke out this morning in Federal
i; The fire started IN large luldirg occupied ny
liccht Brothers. wool dealers. No. 2lo fe1craiS..
wal.h also faces Atlantic ave- The flames ere said
originated in The explosion Of gasoline stove
in the basement. The total loss by til" fire Is es'i-
mated at SI.Gj00C0.
An alarm Quickly given followed by n second
md third calling all the downtown engines. The
flames auc.y sprend through III" entire H"cht pu'ld
Ing ard when the r'm we'd on the rs' aa IN the
whole interior was ablaze Adjoining tIecht Brothers,
In the same block, the stores OF Patterson
Brothers and the J. Kosland Company. wool Dealers
the fire rapidly spread their premises, despite the
floods Of water poured into the structures The build
ing is six stories high, OF brick. faced with stonc
Srx to II On the SOUTH In Feierast. where several
I'D four-fo brick buildings, occupied on the first
floor by c. Carven, liquors the tarrollton cafe ana
Mct;ary & Murphy liquors. These were wrecked In
succession by the flames.
While the fire was sweeping them, II was also
making rapid Roadway In The ether direction 1t had
communicated with an old waerworks shed and q
foursory brick arsEOuse In the rear OF the lIccht
building. both stored with wool. owned by Iiecht
Brothers Seven fIcmen were on the low roof OF
the waicrworks shed when the walls Of the ware
house fell over. in!rring several Of ;lem but mot
seriously Til, falling wall carried down the roof OF
progress Of the fire through ID summer-sr.
The four story iron front building numbered leo to
l73 summer st. adoined the Hecit Brothers, ware
house. The building quickly took fire and soon
mined. 1t was occupied by W. A. Stetson e. Co. ana
T. Clark Co.. both leather dealers. fhc street )or:
aud above by the Corey Lea her Company. Adjoining
This struc.ue the other side, is the stone front
building, occupied by Prtr V0gcl leather dealers,
which soon burned out. The stone front building
,cc,uicd hy G. II (iOndhlp a Co. denicrS and
White Brother, fancy leather. next attacked, and
In ten minutes the entire upper lorton OF II was In
hamc. The only structure remaining In the con-
lnuOus line Of structures was the curved front brick
building at Federal and summer SITS, behind which the
fire made It's way 10 summ"rst. and which was
threatened Oh two sides. The frcm.n made deter.
mined effort 10 H. bu; tho flames finally got the
better OF their efforts.
lIccht Brothers had hand Of wool
c.timat AT 100000 POUNDS. They sod on Immls-
sion. handling much Western WOOL They hay, largo
business connections in san Fr1n"isco and among
the largest wool dealers IN Boston. j. A. Koshland
estimates that he hid sto.rd about l,:0o0O pounds
OF wool {. H. G0odn, lost 10000 pounds.
The firms that suffered by The fire estimate their
losses follows: R-cht rTothers, stock. $780,
COO on building s100cOo: insurcd for s.OOOOO
Iron bnildngS. Mes. 1C0-I73 Sumner-st.. $4,000;
Corey Leather Compan". $4,000: ". \. stetson 4
co.. $3.50. 900: c. B. Clarke. $4,000 Granite build
Ing. Nos 1919 Sumncr-st belonging to the Preston
estate. $50 900: White Bros 4 Co.. stock, $780,.
, coo: q. II. Goodhue. $4,000: y. ". Rice & Co,
wool denlers. loss $4,000. Ill BY water fu insured
Paterson Brother. aers In WOOL. tenants OF Hecht
Erothegs, two lofts "a; No 213. stored with 396,033
pound, Of wool. loss probably 500 900: Insured fe
$50 600. !. Koshlnnd. No. J1 Federal st. ground moor
, and loft stored with wool. loss heavy; insured
for $4,000.
Joseph =. Barker reporter for The Boston Trans
crlp- went 10 the fire ut O'Clock this morning. since
which time he has been neither hear. from.
III, employers helIcvr that r" has been buried be-
meath The falling walls
tongIs OF tclirv Wires IN front Of the Hccht
building was an element OF great danger 70 the hre.
men, ard Impedej them considerably In their won
before the power cut one