Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-16
BOSTON SC0RCHED,
A Million Dollar Fire Ragged
Last Night.
THOUSANDS LEFT HOMELESS
The Fire Starts in the
League Baseball Park.
Many Families sleep without nooS
20 Cover Thcm-uciievrd 20 Have
Deen the work OF an incen-
dInry-Esumntcd Losses.


BY Ass ociatcd Press.
Boston, Mass. May i5.--By the torch
Of an incendiary tonight over a million
dollars worth OF property il III nahes,
over 500 families OF the medium and
poorer classes. consisting OF over goO0
people are homeless. and many OF Them
who had time to save "a portion OF their
household furniture. are tonight sleep
ing in the open air. Women with babes
in their arms and little children hud-
died close together have only the sky
for roof and the few mattresses saved
from the burned tcnemontS for bed,
and no prospects of brenkfaat In the
morning,
After o'clock the time for the work.
shops and business placca to close,
many pathetic scenes were witnessed,
fathers returning to find their homes
burned down to the ground and no
trace of their wives and little ones;
children who had been at work rs
cash boys and girls In the big dry goods
and other stores barred ont from the
streets where they resided and could
lind no traces OF their parents
starts IN ~ Hall Pnils.
rrbe AR. covored q, ammo az tse,ty
acres. and aa FAR ns can be learned
only six persons have been injured,
and none fatally The FIRE started In
the Boston League bah park in n pile
OF lumber which was lying under the
right Held hloachers directly back OF
fret base. In moment It had lcHped
OUT TO the seats ana fpnnod by orlsk
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gtrect and extendnr north fron, wal
pole street 10 Burke street was n mass
OF burning buildings. The sherman
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structed the progress of the fire for only
"a moment. and that. too. was numbered
among the structures consumed
brilliant MISS of Flames.
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wnlnote stre.t were snnr ti,,.,.,d nm
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homes of men and women who were
working with frantic energy 10 get out
their household goods and even before
they could remove them TO n safe place,
the walls burned and crumbled down.
At O'Clock the entire block along
the west side OF fremont street from
walpoe TO Burke was a brilliant mass
OF nnmes which swept across TO the
opposite side and soon enguifed the
buildings for four blocks. by this time
the residents OF the tenements for
nearly half mile around became
alarmed and were moving all their
property into the streets and seekinR
for places OF safety. so rapidly did
the fire eat It's way, however. that those
In the blocks adjoining fremont street
did not have time TO save their house
hold effects and barely escaped with
their lives. The streets were filled
with frightened women and children.
poor people who were trying TO save
mart OF their annil property nnd hur-
rylng firemen md policemen.
The Fire Under control.
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