The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-03-16
FIRES FIERCE FURY
A Large Business Block in Boston
Swept Away.


The Property Loss Esti mated at $4,000
OOO-Two Persons kmwn to- Have
Been KiIled-A Large Number
of Others Were Injured.
BOSTON, March IL One of the most
destructive fires in the history of Bos-
ton, next in magnitude to the famous
one of Thanksgiving day, 1888. and in
the same district, broke out shortly
after O'Clock Friday afternoon, and
before it was placed under control,
three hours later, had burned over more
than d square, had reduced to ashes
several of the magnificent new build
ings recently completed on the terri
tory burned over three and a half
years ago. had consumed property val
ued by conservative estimate at 81, $780,
900, had been attended by scenes of panic
and distress never before equaled in
the memory OF citizens now living, and
had destroyed at least two, and per-
haps many. human lives, and mangled
Dr. MANNED at least thirty persons,
some of whom will die of their injuries.
at 4:3,5 O'Clock the alarm was rung
in from box 81. 1t was soon followed
by second and then a general alarm.
The flames broke out in the
toy de, artment of Horace Part
ridge 4 Co.. vino occupied the fifth and
sixth floors OF the seven-Story building
corner of Essex and Lincoln streets,
owned bv L. L. Ames- The cause is at
present unknown. but the start is de-
scribed by those nearest it as resem-
bling the bursting of Il frecracker.
The names spread with Incredible
rapiditv, and in a very few moments
the entire interior of the building was
burning. There were many employees
OF the Partridge company at work at
the time. and the other floors of the
building We're sprinkled with human
beings.
The usual avenues of escape were at
once cut OFF and then began scram-
bic for life which sickened beholders.
The panic-stricken inmates fed to win
dows and roof Some escaped by
sliding down telegraph poles, 9TH
ers by leaping into blankets.
Several jumped to the pavement, six
or eight stories. and were terribly
mangled, and others-how many can
not now be told-fell back into the
caldron of flames or were overcome by
the dense black smoke, which suffocated
all who did not speedily escape.
The FIRE spread rapidly from build
ing to building, and despite the heroic
efforts Of the entire fire systems of
Suffolk county it was not controlled
until the whole square bounded by
Essex street on the north, Lincoln on
the east and Kingston on the west had
been leveled; also one building north
Of Essex street extending along Column
bia street, three more on the east side
of Lincoln street and one corner of the
United States hotel. south of Tufts
street, which corner contained the
emerge ncy hospital.
Among the losers are the following
firms:
Wocnsochet Rubber company, Barbour Bros,
thread, AmaZeune Machine company, CONSOLE
dated Last company. Merrick Thread company,
A. Packard & Co., R. NJ. Appleton, Hanover
Shoe company, w. c. Rogers, Larat Manu-
featuring company. Clanin, Larobe g. Co.,
United States Rubber company, Redpath
Bros, S. B. Thing g. Co., J.
A. Jaquitn Rubber company, Tapley
Machine company, Horace Partridge & Co.,
Hathaway. Soule & Harrison, j. S. Fogg. M. A.
Packard, Ewing Bros, Sanford Bros, j. F.
Ryan. c. ". Spur, Cape Cod Glass company
Sheures Bros. American Pie company, Otto
kreisman D. W. Rowland, Singer Manufactur-
ing company, Walter S. Barnes.
Following IS the list of dead so far as
known:
Leonidas H. Redpath, senior partner in the
firm of Redpath Bros. Manufacturing company
died from multiple injuries at the city hospital:
Fred Meadowcraft. % years old, jumped from
the third story and fell on his head, died on the
wav to the hospital
The injured so far as known number
about thirty.
Hoseman O'Connor of engine stated
to Il reporter that his engine was the
first at the scene of the conflagration,
and he was sent to the second story of
the Ames building to help save the
employees of the Horace Partridge con-
Germ. Said he:
have been through tonight shall remember
long as 1 live. When reached
the second story and entered the room
on the Lincoln street side the sight was most
pltiful. Men, women and girls frenzied
with fear, were struggling to reach the win
dows to throw themselves into the street
Taking one at time, lowered them by the
hands as far as I could, and then dropped them
into the nets spread for them below, at
the same time fighting the mad crowd
back from the windows. The cries of the
frightened creatures were heartrending, while
the men seemed to lose all presence of mind
and fought like demons. 1 think succeeded in
loxrn ~sn
say that there must have been at least thirty
who never came out of the burning building
alive
Defeat for Caprivi.
BERLIN, March 1.-THE committee
of the reichstag on the army bill has
rejected the first clause of the bill fix