The record-union., 1894-05-16
Great Destruction Wrought by a
Fire of Incendiary Origin.
A SPACE COVERING TWENTY ACRES
BURNED OVER
Over Five Hundred Families of the
Medium and Poorer Glasses. Com
sisting of over Two Thousand Peo-
pie. Rendered Homeless-Loss In
Property Placed at a Million Dol-
Special to the REcoaD-UNIoS.

Special to the REco2D-UNIoN.
Boston. May 15.-By the torch of an
incendiary tonight over million dol
lars worth of property is in ashes, over
five hundred families of the medium
and poorer classes, consisting Of over
two thousand people are homeless, and
many Of them who had little time to save
portion of their household goods are to-
night sleeping in the open air. Women
with babes in their arms and little chill
dren huddled close together, with only
the sky for roof, and a few mattresses
saved from the burning tenements for
bed, and no prospect of breakfast in the
morning.
The fire covered a space of twenty
acres. AS far as can be learned six per-
sons were injured; none fatally.
The fire started in the Boston League
Park, in a pile of lumber which was ly-
ing under the right-field bleachers, di-
rectly back of first base. In moment it
had leaped out to this, and, famed
by stiff breeze, it swept toward
the grand stand. So rapidly did the
flames spread that before the occupants
of the grand stand realized it the fire was
upon them, and they were forced TO flee.
1t was several minutes before the fire.
men were at work. The lett-fieId bleach
ers were next ignited.
Meanwhile the sparks had fallen upon
the houses of Berlin street and the flames
surged on toward fremont street. reach
ing out to the right and left, until the en-
tire square between the ball grounds and
fremont street, and extending north
from Walpole street to Burke street, was
mass of burning buildings. The Sher-
man kindergarten Schoolhouse, brick
structure, checked the progress OF the
| fire for only moment, and that, loo,
was quickly numbered among the sIruct-
ures consumed.
The buildings on the south side Of Wall
pole street were soon burned. The flames
shot down toward Coventry street, on
that side of fremont near the ball
grounds. They swept on in this direc-
tion for three squares as far as Burke.
AT o'clock the entire block along the
west side of fremont street, from Wal
pole to Burke, was mass of flames,
which swept across to the opposite side
and soon engulfed the buildings for four
| blocks.
By this time the residents of tenements
for nearly half a mile around had become
alarmed and were moving their property
into the streets and seeking places of
safety. So rapidly did the fire eat it's
way, however, that those in the block
adjoining fremont street did not have
| time to save their household effects and
barely escaped with their lives. By
| O'Clock the confiagration had crossed
| fremont to Cabot street.
| Shortly after o'clock several steamers
arrived from Lynn, Salem, Beverly,
Brookline and other places, and every
effort was made to stop the tire at Cabot
street. But it could not be checked, and
not until it had burned Cabot street half
way through to Warwick street, and
north to Burke street, was the limit of
the burned districts on the southeast side
of the ball grounds reached.
While the fremen were fighting on this
side, the fire was spreading from Walpole
toward Milford place, on the southwest
side of the ball grounds, and in half an
hour all the buildings in these blocks
were in ruins. The fire burned on until
it reached Ruggles street at one point, and
consumed the houses on both sides of
Chapel street, and laid low the structures
on Sunbury street.
At Ruggles street ON the west, and Ca
bot street on the southeast. the fire was
practically stopped. and at 7:30 was under
control, and IN no danger of spreading
further.
1t is estimated that about one hundred
buildings have been burned. The new
house of Ladder Company No. 12 and
Hose Company No. on fremont street
was burned. Alderman Bryanps resi-
dence on Walpole street and his store ON
fremont street are also destroyed.
Among other business places levelled
were: j. j. Mcnamara, wines and
liquors, Cabot street; Daniel Bernhart dC
Co., fremont street, liquors; Sterling
Provision Store. Sterling street; Gray's
photograph establishments, fremont
street; Gilmores block OF offices, Tre-
mont street; S. c. McEttricls, provisions,
fremont street. Councilman Connors
lost his house on fremont street and
many of his effects.
a special meeting of the Board of Al
dermen was called this evening to take
action on the exigencies OF the case, and
concluded to use the surplus of $4,000
now held by The trustees of the Johns-
town flood fund, and which was collected
for the sufferers by the flood at Johns
town, for the relief of the 1000 people
Ismade homeless by the fire. The meeting
was adjourned until tomorrow morning,
when some further means will be devised
to aid those in distress.
Prominent insurance men place the
loss at $1,000, coo, and the insurance at
two-thirds of the loss.
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Gov. Tillman's Views on Underwear.
Jerry Simpson is supposed to have
worn no socks at one time during his
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