The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-11
A BIG BLAZE AT BOSTON.
SEVERAL LIVES LOST IN THE
BURNING Bull LOINGs.

The Big Ames Block the Starting Point
ofthe Fire-Many Hands at Work on
tho Different Floors-Escape Cut Off
Almost in a Twinkling.
BOSTON, MASS, March IO.-Fire broke
out about 4 o'clock this afternoon in the
building owned by F. L. Ames, corner of
Essex and Lincoln streets, and involved the
entire block. The fire was under control
shortly before O'Clock. The area burned
over comprisef practically one whole SQUARE
bounded on the north by Essex street, on
the east by Lincoln street, on the south by
Tufts street and on the west by Kingston
street.
In addition to this square, one building
on the north of Essex street, extending
along Columbia street, was burned; also
three buildings on the east side Of Lincoln
street, also one on the. south side Of
Tufts street. the Emergency hospital, which
was part of the United States hotel, and the
rear corner of the hotel. The loss will prob
ably reach S3,0O0,OOO. Three unidentified
dead bodies have been taken from the ruins
and there are supposed to be many others
yet undiscovered. The injured number
about thirty.
MANY MANUFACTURERS BURNED OUT.
BosToN, March 10, 10 P. M.-The burned
buildings were full of manufacturing enter
prises of all kinds-boots and shoes,
machines, rubber goods, plush goods, leather
goods, glass and veueerings One of the
principal firms was Horace Partridge &
Co., dealers in fancy goods, and the fire
originated on the premises of this firm on
the sixth floor of the Ames building. They
employed about thirty clerks.
Every floor of the building had number
of people employed and among these were
most Of the injured. The girls were over
run aud trampled upon in the panic.
Three men and one woman were seen 60
hang from the parapet of the building but
owing to the network Of telegraph, tele-
phone 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
Leonidas H. Redpath, a merchant, another
Is fireman named Robert j. RestauX.
Two bodies are not identified. One is a
girl too badly burned to be recogniza BILE.
Most of the casualties were at the Ames
building, where the people were hemmed in
without warning. Later estimates on the
loss increase the amount to S4,50O,00O.
Among the sburned buildings were sew
eral recently completed on the territory
burned over three and a half years ago,
START OF THE FIRE.
The cause of the fire is at present un-
known, but its start is described by those
nearest il as resem bling the bursting Of fire.
crackers The flames spread with in
credible rapidltY, aud in very few mo-
ments the entire interior of the building
was burning. There were many employees
of Partridge & Co. at work BIT the time and
the other floors Of the building were sprink-
led with human beings. The usual avenues
sNFa of bs,
gan scramble for life which sickened the
beholders. The panic-stricken inmates fed
to the windows and roof. Some escaped
by shining down telegraph poles, and
others by leaping into blankets
and nets. Several jumped to the pavement,
six stories, and were terribly mangled, and
others, how many cannot now be told, fell
back into the csidron Of flames or we're
overcome by the dense black smoke which
sutfocated all who did not speedily escape.
ALL THE FIRE FIGHTERS OUT.
The entire fire department of the
city was speedily on the scene.
bridge, Newton. Quincy and Brockton
arrived later by train and aid WAS requested
TO be in readiness from more distant cities.
Fortunately further help was not needed.
Vest crowds of people began at once TO
flock to the scene and as q matter Of pre-
caution Gov. Russell speedily order
ed two companies of militia under
arms, and proceeded to the fire in
person, where he was soon joined by May or
Matthews. The fire spread rapidly from
building to building and despite the heroic
efforts Of the entire fire system of Suffolk
county was not controlled until the whole
square had been leveed
The Ames building was occupied by the
folio wing firms: Woonsocket Rubber Com
thread Cf ma
Machine Company, Consolidated Last Com
pauy, Merrick Thread Company, A. Pack
ard q Co., r. NJ. Appleton, Hanover Shoe
Company, w. q. Rogers, LariaG Manu-
featuring Company, Clsdn Lattrobe & Co.,
United States Rubber Company,
Redpath Bros, boots and shoes; ;
S. B. Thing & Co., j. A. Jacqueth Rubber
Company, Tapley Machine Company,
Horace Partridge & Co., fancy goods;
Hathaway, Soule & Harrington, boots and
shoes; j. S. Fogg, boots and shoes; NJ. A.
Packard, Metropolitan Sewerage Com
Eany and Testing Department; Ewing
Bros Sanford Bros, blankets;
plies; c. W. Spur, veneers; Cape Cod
Glass Company, Sheuer Bros, fancy
leather and plush goods; American Pin
Company, Emigh & Lohll, collars and
cuffs; Otto Kreisman, boots and shoes; ID.
W. Rowland, Liverpool pills in glass jars.
The building, Nos. GA and 68 Lincoln
street, was occupied by the Singer Manu-
featuring Company, boot and shoe ma
chimes: Nos. 20 to a. Baxter, Stoner q
Shenkleberger, shoe leather; Nos. 76 to 50,
Swain & Fuller & Co., shoe machines; W.
y. & g. w. Labers. sample rubber stamps;
Joseph Vanness' office, A. L. Perkins Ma
chine Company, Baxter, Stoner & Shenkle-
berger.
The three largest buildings burned, the
d Durrell were Nof modern con-
struction and built in the most
non-oombustible style possible for mercan-
tlle use. The Brown & DurFeu building
ha1 front wall OF sandstone and rear
walls Of brick. The Ames & Lincoln build