Boston Post in Boston, Massachusetts

Fire incidents and losses around Boston area report

A series of blaze reports overnight and early Sunday describe incendiary or suspected incendiary fires. Incidents include a second floor water closet fire at 247 Washington street under the Saturday Evening Express stairway causing under 150 dollars damage and a stolen editor’s overcoat, a lumber yard blaze at Blacker and Shepard on Albany street with about 500 dollars loss, a Causeway street lumber storage fire gutted with about 2500 dollars loss and insured, a 26 dollar dwelling blaze at Washington Foster streets Brighton, and an excelsior mattress fire at 687 Washington street causing around 25 dollars damage to bedding.