The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-01-18
Pic BLAZE IN BOSTON.

rt.r,e. IN the Business Section Destroy
several Large Establishments, Causing
loss OF nearly %, 900, ,OO0--t ne Person
KILLED and Fifteen Firemsn injured.
BOSTON, Jan. 11.--Not since Than 's-
giving day three years ago has Boz on
be n threatened with such tir' as
broke out yesterday on Federal str
1t started in large building occu' ed
by Hecht Bros, wool dealers The G. 'se
is not definitely known, but the NJ Ia
said to have originated in the explo on
of a gasoline stove in the basement
An alarm was quickly given, follc yea
by a second and third, calling ali me
down town engines The fire quiz tly
spread through the entire Hecht b ID
ing and when the fremen arrive on
the scene the whole interior was J ass
of flames Adjoining Hecht Bros In
the same block were located Patterson
Bros and ]. Koschland & Co, vool
dealers, and the fire rapidly spread 70
their premises, despite the floods OF
water poured into the structures Inc
building Is six stories high, OF brick
/ Next south on Federal street were sev
eral old brick buildings occupied on th'
first floor by Chris Carven, liquors, thu
Carrollton cafe and McGarry & Murphy
liquors These were wrecked in success
sion by the flames The structures wer'
four stories high.
While the fire was sweeping thes'
buildings it was also making rapi
headway in the other direction. 1t ha'
communicated with an old waterwork
shed and a four-story brick warehous
in the rear Of the Hecht building, bot
stored with wool owned by Hecht Bros
Seven firemen were on the low roof O
the shed when the wall OF the ware
house fell over, injuring several
them, but not seriously. This fallin
wall carried down the roof of the shec
and the intense fire resulting aided
the progress of the fire through to sun
ner street The four-story iron buil'
ing numbered 1859 to 173 Sumner az
ioined the Hecht warehouse. In
/ building quickly took fire and was soc
, Quilted. 1t was occupied by w. A. Ste
son & Co, and G. b. Clark 81 Co.. Dol
leather dealers on the street floor, al
above by the Corey Leather Compan
Adjoining the iron front building
a the other side is the stone front bull
ing occupied by Pister & Vogel' leat
II er dealers, which was soon gutted'
O The following firms are involved
9 the conHagration: Hecht Bros b
r wool house, 2O7 to 219 Federal stree
d Loss on building complete. Patters
h Bros, dealers in wool, tenants oil Hec
o Bros, two lofts stored with S96,s
e mounds of wool. Loss probably $40
h 600. ]. Koschland & Co, ground flc
II and on loft stored with wool; loss
It heavy. w. A. Stetson & Co; u.
II Clark & Co., and the Corey Leatf
E. Company, leather dealers Phster, Voi
& Co. large wool house, very hea
al loss: George II. Goodhue Il Co, wo
IT, and White Bros, fancy leather; hea
RS loss. benjamin L. Thompson & {
IS leather; loss heavy.
tc A tangle of trolley wires in front
OF the Hecht building was an element
nj great danger to the fremen and
IN peded them very much In their work
as The total loss by the fire as estima
ne by the firms interested is sl,655,OOO'
TO The fire burned from $3.50 a. m. III
pie 8 p. m., destroying property valued
$4,000, OOO One person was killed
cal fifteen flremen were injured by fall
cId walls