The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-03-13
big Fire In BOSTON.
The Most Terrible OOnHageation Of
Recent years.
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
The Firs which Broke Ont About -Four o'slsek vas
Caused By an Explosion Il Firswerks Twenty
svs Lives Ios. Pire sprcsd Rapidly.


Eosrox. March II "A Gre which bids.
fair 10 ovcrtop tile memorable eoniia-
grafton which laid acres 81 strne.
lures IN ashes years ago started Friday
evening, and is still in progress Ii is
characterized BY appalling loss OF hui
man life, while the loss Of property
viii run away up IN the millions
More than twenty-five persons have
been burned TO death, and probably
twice that number have been fatally or
very seriously injured
The fire, which broke ont about Z
o'clock p IN. was caused by an exPlo-
sion OF fireworks in a factory. Several
explosions followed the first, and the
fire spread with alarming rapidity.
The United States hotel, m historic
structure, has been burned to the
ground. The old New Colony passenger
depot now used by express companies,
was soon IN flames and the fire was eat
ing rapidly 10 the north and west,
toward Washington street II got be-
You'd tho control Of the FIRE depart
ment in very few minutes, and tcle-
grams were sent TO the ncighboring
cities for help, companies from numer-
ous adjacent towns responding TO the
call
The fire assumed such dimensions
that Gov. Russell ordered out the First
and Ninth regiments Of the national
guard, 10 preserve order and establish
fire lines Scores OF burned and injured
people were taken into the Emergency
hospital, in the United States Hotel
block on Beach street. but that building
caught fire. adding to the scene Of hor-
ror. The board Of aldermen was hastily
summoned TO meet at City hall TO take
such action as might be necessary, and
it is impossible at this writing TO state
accurately the number Of persons killed
or injured or 10 estimate with accuracy
the amount Of property loss.
A rough estimate OF the loss places II
as high as 50, 900, 900. At T:30 the fire
was declared to be under control 1t
has been impossible as yet to recover
the bodies Of many Of the persons who
are known to have persisted.
AT I o'clock Saturday evening. No
l-vembcr ., 1872, a FIRE started. and In
fifteen hours destroyed $50 000, 600 worth
Of property and dozen or more human
lives. FAensthe Dire broke out Iii the
lengine-room Of the large dry goods
house 81 Tibbetts, Baldwin e Davis,
corner Of Kingston and Sumner street
The flames soon swept across Sumner
TO Winthrop avenue. down King street
and both directions Of Sumner street.
Engines were hurried from Cambridge
and the neighboring cities, but the
flames had gained such Roadway as to-
be beyond control, and spread with
furious force in every direction. BY
midnight they had reached the wharyesi
and were licking up the shipping in the
harbor.
Not until o'clock next day was the
appalling progress Of the conaagration
checked. The district burned over was
bounded by Sumner, Federal, Broad,
Center, Water, Washington and Bed
ford streets, the wholesale business
center Of the city. Nine hundred and
thirty business houses and firms were
burned ont and sixty dwelling and.
4 Lodging houses