The sun., 1910-08-10
MILLION DOLLAR
FIRE IN BOSTON
Two Acres of the South End
Swept BY Wind Famed
Flames.
13 TOWNS AID IN THE FIGHT
Blaze Starts on a Wharf and
Shoots Up Albany Street
to Randolph.
13 TOWNS AID IN THE FIGHT

Dover and Albany streets few minutes
.i.er o'clock tonight swept up Albany
s,roa' N both sides as far as the Randolph
..,r., r.avgruund Before mldnl ght mo RI
man two acres of property VAS laid
,a,,s and more than a million dollars
CArag. Wa- don-
1Or've hudinE~ were burned and
,v.r'y-Hye damaged Seven fir"men were
N, red # the thousand who were at work
\,' -ncc 1894 has Boston seen a fir, "f
sr,n tore. ~ alarms were sounded
~,..u ha,r an hour. summoninG tn the
Some overy piece Of apparatus in the city
a Pn-rrr Before : o'clock tho value
- N. Metropolitan fire district Was cvl-
.iaurri ry 'ia arrival of engines and holp
ROW thirteen cities and towns surround
K Rrstou
Tna ire cama ~ an hour when Boston =
f.,s aut polio" depart ments were more
.r esS crippled. as more than a quarter
= the men IN each department were N
dr'y
fsa minutes after tn. first piece ~
.rr,rt'.s trrived on the scene a second
.,,r. yas sounded and then IN rapid
.,'r- OBJ" other alarms were sent IN until
finally Deputy Chief Grady. who is acting
'- 80 absence 81 Chief Mullen. had called
no -r"ne every piece of apparatus IN
'r.f .H'V
Nt.r IN" fire started a west wind was
4 .Nirg that sent blazing em hefs aquar-
'a- = % mils away We're It not tor this
.. tho fir"m.n would have easily kept
-.. N'af. tu tho BlaCker 4 Sh"pard &"
ararf. wh"r" = started
H,H.y"- IN" vi nd bleY With ~iCh
'.r,. that within hv" minutes after IN"
G~s 49, discovered ~ rad crossed nuvei
ard Albany streets IN both CORNERS and
- Hed a. II that entire part - "a"
S"4rn Ind were doomed
In. mr.. Wa discovered by the capita ~
- = srn,uu"r wh" IuSi pulled away from
the RlacZ"r 4 shepard wharf In mo-
rrsrI hi~ -lrl'~ suited IA the sounding
4 the ire alarm. Tho fr"m"n arrived
- ini q ii"rc" ilIl" eating Ito way through
tie great piles Il lumher. The flames
vent through the lunher ward TIL finally
'u- sHilr" lvFtsEI ~,JIdr" feet ui ground
was = ulaz.ng mas bppp-Ii" stood
'Wo story u r.d-u Nuld."E occupied Hu
ne ground floor A. a 'tlnuu w Jphu
hallr that were long aEn tssi'r"t a i,rrrl
Adjoining the wooden hall ruidluE
stood the fire department repair shop. a
niiilding Of five doors ThI- soon caught
ire and fifteen minutes after tn" first
tia-m was sounded n was flame from
.o''om to top.
Ar-oSs Bristol street stood a long fac
~ rtilding OF brick. wood turning
-gur This was soon burning Next &"
.' -,po.i the Reed Block on the corner ot
- roe htIf this with anPff "A
wAt.r rfIrtaIn. wIthstoOd the flames
Du'sIis towns within radius Of
B.'o, r~~pund.d notify AZ frSt IN"
R-trr authori'i.- did not realize the
S--f oger qf assistance came from chef
y " Bunker of Cambridge ~ was re-
.s"d Within a short time. however.
ne Bpetyn authorities sent IN a call =
Cambridge asking for all available en-
g.ue- Three engines " wsT" sent at once
IN. BOSTON department rhsn sent on
o. all for ard to many # the outside towns
ard cities and most - thos" who could
sTare men and apparatus made record
d, ,'Irus On the run 20 Boston Apparatus
va- sent bY Nalthan. Lynn. Medfori.
T..ros. chelsea Winthrop. Rever"
J. fF.rei' Somervili-. Hvd" Park. Newton
srrur.dRe and Brookhn".
Ttra- things az the start Of IA. fr. de-
'-rmtn.d It- east boundary the South
tty -yjendIng across 10 South B' S'un
'r". strong east wind blowing and two fr'-
beats
IN- heat ~ the FIRE a. the start was
..f.u-. II broke every window W.T.. IN
-.s '..t and the frem"n VINO arrived
81 ~ n 'hs scene had - work IN pa ~
- -. hoses. the second group spray yInE
o.. 'rsr 80 that the men might stand ~"
..srr."r heat
Al TO blinds of the bIg Eve and SIX
-..-v trick tenement houses on Dover
.-. Albany streets IN the path of th.
'--.s we're closed Bucket hrigad"-
.-i and wet down roof These f~o
.s- 70 a large measure prevented 'r-
''.u-.. plazt of the flames and the -parks
guIttng large area Of buildings
no woodwork ~ the Dover street
q" far as IN" draw caught and
.,-i The public bath houses and N"
..-. "pAt south of IN" brdg" cauEh'.
f.' vcro eNtlngtIzhed
,. pI.oes of FIRE apparatus had
scare from burning AZ th" cor
f Dover and Albany streets shortly
..'.- 'us start of m" fire They w"."
....y water into the building AZ '""
.at.' corner. wran the flames brOk"
.,. '.e -ide walls and over the top
YuIliing- sweeping across the
%" horses had been detached
H. 20 places of safety
dairy nomuenies IiIst arriving on
-a.r f.rri'd got DOZEN lines m work
.-r and formed water screen
= me men To have the apparatus
feat 80 places ~ safety
"' n Nre -faTfe0 from SPARKS on
... '.. .--rapa A. 2ji Dover street II
-r.r. through the windows driving
....' yr'"uei tenants to the street
..'' 'F 'rsr 'hs fire would spread 20 the
|ars and Turner. two siN story
.H..0" or rrIck houses IN Dover street D.,
.. 'r"r-su 'arrisd two lines 81 hose
= o." binding smoke down an
MO ~ araaWav between the fire
.." f'r 'g" hotels This act saved ~"
'r" va stopped IN Albany street
r-acled Nacauley place I'm
.r-.'s -Il" - The street u reached
60" Frank Read ~ 37s From
.'. -'r"'' IN" frRmsn directed
'.H o. ''f- poinf
- .r ~ , clock wall near Thayer
%. I'D over carving with "
'-HUen some ~ whom were
Say = fitzgerald directed the superiD~
'r" Bps'pn public bath build
I.'"T street 10 open the bath
rH' .gcss
- 'Ha 'rn ~ mo South End was at
1T IT.TFsv brlrr 81 out the Hve