Year: 1872

The news Of the burning Of Boston was received
in this city with incredulity at first; but as the
fun truth Of the frightiul disaster broke upon us
New YORK was aroused as by an earthquake. Men
rushed to their business places to learn how they
were affected. The papers were read with even
quarres0me avdity to 1nd what and how
much was destroyed. The hotels, the clubs,
the telegraph Onices were filed with ex-
cited beings all brimmng over with the
one absorbing topic. Many OF the insurance
companies in the lower portion of the city opened
their of1ces as on week days. The scene was one
universal pandemonium, in which selfinterest was
all predominant. Had the fire been in this city
the anxiety, the feverish, sickening dread could
scarcely have been stronger. All our business men
were in some way Interested in the interests OF
Boston. and our merchants were as intimately
Identified with


THE DREADFUL EVENT


as those who themselves belonged to the desolated
city, The fire In Chicago caused us to give forth
an unusual cry Of sympathy. But our pockets
were comparatively safe. In this case the fire
burned into our hearts with that acute nerceness
which keeps spelbound the man at the gambling
table. 1t was rage moro than sympathy which
impelled US. No description can do any justice to
man who sees fade away in moment the results
0fyears OF patient toll, and yet our city yesterday
knew twenty thousand such men-twenty thou
sand crazy, despairing men whose hope and whose


The HERALD gives below general review of the
feeling in the city, at the hotels the clubs the tee
graph offices and the newspaper Offices succinct
summary OF New York merchants who have suf-
fered by the fire and the extent OF their losses
glance at the insurance companies, q conversation
with A. I. stewart, and all the points by which we
fcelm0st acutely the results Of the burning of the
good city Of Boston.


A. T. STEWART ON THE FIRE.


Lac NO q HCR n rtaW IoI
magnificent marble palace Of A. T. Stewart, corner
of Thirty-f0urth street and Fifth avenue, for the
the disastrous calamity. Mr. Stewart, In Company
with Judge Hilton, and third person. received the
reporter very cOurteOusly but stated that he did
not wish to be formally interviewed. In reply to
the question II he had lost much by the fire, he
stated that he had not that it was mere bagatee,
and that he was fully insured, but that he did not
insure himself, was errOneOusly reported by
people, He stated that the Offices Of the firm have
been burned down, but that he did not think
that the dry goods houses had lost very
heavily by the fire, as they had not much case
that he believed that the people OF Boston, like the
people OF Chicago, have good deal OF energy, and
that they would soon rebuild the burned portion
OF their CITY, >-budge Hilton remarked that
New England owned all her railroads
and all her banks and insurance companies,
recover very quickly from the shock of the dread
ml fire. AS to the insurance companies, Mr.. Stew
art stated that Boston was no doubt heavily in
sured in the Hartford and New York, but not so
largely as was commonly believed in the English
companies Having no further information to give
Mr.. Stewart courteously returned the salutation,
after which the former withdrew