New-York tribune., 1908-04-13

The Great majority of the buildings we're u
wood and were completely destroyed but
structures of other material were almost rs
ouickIv and thoroughly demolished by the
ferceness of the blaze
All the banks. more than three-quarterS OF
the churches. half of the business blocks anti
nearly all the schoolhOuses were wiped out
one hospital and day nursery were destroyed
In the turmoil many of the sick and lnhfm
found difficulty in obtaining assistance AMI
several of them had narrow escapes
Late in the afternoon the gale carried burn
inc, en,bers across Chelsea Greek and buildings
in East Boston caught but extensive damage
there was prevented by prompt and energetic
work by the tiremen-
PROMINENT BUILDINGS BURNED
An,on. the structures destroyed we're thirteen
churches. tvo hospitals, the public library the
city Hall. five schoolhouses twenty business
blocks and nearly a score of factories
The places burned included Frost Hospital
CbiIdren's Hospital Fiu Public Library
st. Stanislaus's Polish Catholic Church, Chest
nut street: First Baptist Church Central ave
nue.: central Unitarian Church. hawthorne
street: St Luke's Episcopal Church ,old build
ipcl. Hawthorne street First Methodist EpiSco-
pal Church. Cary avenue; Elm Street Syna-
cocue. Walnut Street Synagogue Chelsea Pres
bvterian Church. Peoples Afro-NethodiSt EpIs-
copal Church. ith street; Fourth Street nj
vqrsalist Church Fifth Street Congregational
! church Shurtleff Street Methodist Episcopal
Church Second Adventist Church New Ing
! land Telephone and Telegraph Company cen
| traI offices. Chaplin 4 SOden Car company
sbops Rosenfelt Brothers three story rag pick
tne. factory and the Tidewater Oil Companys
/ three immense tanks. near the easterly end oe
/ Marginal street
| Orber buildings destroyed were St Roses
/ Roman Catholic church, Broadway. loss $1,000
| 81 Roses Roman Catholic school. loss $4,000
/ State Armory. loss 100000; Sacred Heart Con
1 vent. loss $4,000: Young Mems Christian AsSo-
citation building. less $4,000; Boston elevated
railroad station and barn. loss $4,000, County
savings Bank. Chelsea Savings Bank, Chelsea
Trust Company, Winnisimmet National Bank
and the Provident Cooperative Bank Ths
funds of all these banks. with the exception of
the county Savings Bank. are stll in the vaults
The money and securities of the County Bank
were taken TO Boston before the FIRE reached
the building
The following properties were burned Hotel
| Savoy. Metropolitan sewerage and Pumping sta
tion. W. \. Snow Structural Iron Company
plant. chelsea Postoffice, Ruggles Lumber Com
pany yards. Williams Grammar School and
Frank r. Fay schoOlhouSe.
The streets over which the flames rushed in
cIuded Garter, Maple Spruce, Arlington, Ash,
Walnut Poplar. Chestnut and Cherry to Broad
way From broadway the tre spread to Bel
HnSham Hin From Summer street the fire
cut another pathway running diagonally across
Sd street Everett avenue and 4th street TO
ReIiusham street. The flames reached Broad
way. the principal street of the city, at point
between Sd and 18th streets, and destroyed the
Masonic Hall. Odd Fellows Hall and the Ben
nett Block
Tho ffyins embers and the showers of sparks
we're. carried across Chelsea Greek To the East
Boston district. and the East Boston engines
were obliged u return from Chelsea 10 protect
property in their district.
THE MILITIA CALLED OUT.
\ militia call by Mayor Beck of Chelsea
brought out the lSt C--lPany, CcaSt Artillery,
Captain Reufrew commanding. in order TO
guard property moved into the streets from