The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-26

y,-, Leather Company in Boston street,
..Aoro seventy five hands were ut work.
All escaped. although many were obliged
hmp from second and third story
u5rdovs. one Of these. Charles Lee,
,.,,o both legs in a thirty foot jump
no A number Of the leather
.,,n,oyces were sent to the hospital.
4, io;so o'clock tonight twenty-five
,,ants in the leather district had been
burned
The fire spread to the residential Sec
49,, in ward and destroyed from
e,r to seventy-Hve houses. Then It
continued swirling through the frame
aus,l,ngs into Ward 3. and finally
cached Ward 5. where the most FASH
,o,,b,, folks of the city live. Most
-, those residences are detached and
49,, surrounded by beautiful grounds.
Many are very old.
The flames licked up handsome homes
limos, the entire length of Lafayette
.,rect Salem's most beautiful thorough
fare, doing its work of destruction on
,,,h sides Of the street at the same
tine
Tho public schools Saltonstall and
y,,es went down before the flames. All
,he houses on the side streets west Of
81, ,faye,tc street were destroyed.
some Of the Losers.
The list Of principal buildings de-
sroyed include the Watson Building,
three story structure at Boston and
Tssex streets.
The John Hathaway bakeshop and
the old Watson harness shop, now
.o,erated by T. j. Sweeney OF Salem.
Seven houses in May street, owned
ty tie Cannon estate.
Factory Of Patrick Creedon and his
residence.
Homes Of Mary G. Corliss. J. w. Nc
Kenna, George II. Marshall and John
Cray.
Tsnemcn, house owned by Jacob
.Ilrnes.
Tenement house owned by ]. Web
Ger Dane
Two dwellings, Of the Pitman estate.
The Din House, owned and occupied
~ the Misses Dix and Joseph Fuller.
p. Creedon & Co.'S four factories and
the factories OF the Car Leather Com
rany Mari Bros, Arthur T. Way Com
pany. Inc. Dane Machine Company,
Highland Tanning Company and O'Keefe
Leather Company.
All the stores and dwellings between
Putnam street and Highland avenue
and west Of Boston street were burned.
The Quinn houses. on Boston street
were the next to disappear In the
flames.
Big buildings saved.
The big buildings of the American
Hide and Leather Company. the Cass
and Daley's factories. including the VIC
tory factory, were saved. as the wind
blew the flames away from them.
The fire then leaped across Highland
avenue to the b. J. Muligan shoe stock
factory, on Green place, of Phelps
street. which was soon ruined, as was
group of business buildings at Bos-
ton and Essex streets. including the
drug store of T. A. Roche. the store
of James Murphy, Home and Variety
store of Mrs. Higgins, the Winberry
building. and several smaller stores, tbs
jennings block, at Boston and Fowler
streets.
At o'clock the fire leaped over int,
the French district. which is populated
ny at least 10000 persons. There wal
great difficulty in arousing the residents
10 their danger and the heads of man,
families insisted on remaining in tn,
district to save their effects.
From this point the fire attacked
Mil No. OF the Faumkeag Cotton
Company. which gave employment t
$500 persons. The mill was destroyed
Five other plants in the lower par
Of Ward were burned.
ST. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
which was recently completed at a cos
az $4,000, was burned. st. Joseph
Convent and st. Josephs Parochis
School were also wiped out. The sister
and children succeeded in getting on
safely.
The orphan asylum, conducted by tn
wy hIoO caught dlltT twenty
sisters had escorted their $50 charge
10 81. Mary's school. The asylum prop
erty was destroyed.
shoe Factories In Ashes.
After o'clock the fire spread to tn
business section and twenty-five sho
factories were all practically burned.
II was about Q o'clock when the stat
Of the Salem Hospital realized that Their
was no safety for the patients, owing t
the nearness OF the blaze then bearin
down upon the hospital The alarm wa
given and the physicians and nurse!
pressing automobiles. wagons and am
balances into service, took all tn
patients to various public institution!
where they We're made as comfortable
O. possible on cots.
The fire got such terrific headwa
IN the early part of the afternoon tba
telephone calls were sent to nearb
Towns for firemen and policemen.
Fire companies from Boston. Haver
Ill., Lynn, Lawrence. Beverly, Peabod.
Msrbehead. Danvers and even as IL
away as Quincy, Newburyport an
Hloucester were fighting for dear III
Tonight, helping the local fire depart
ment stay the blaze in this str.cke
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