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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1908
Page
5
The Chelsea fire leaves 10,000 homeless and $13,000,000 in losses. Mayor Beck reports $500,000 initial aid, later doubled, with Massachusetts cities pledging funds. He notes water was available, wind fueled the blaze, and outlines plans for razing dangerous walls and borrowing $1,000,000 to rebuild.
The C. E. Osgood Co furniture dealers announces that credit customers in Chelsea whose homes were destroyed and whose furniture was uninsured may receive full receipts for any amount due on destroyed goods. This relief covers unsettled accounts upon application at the Washington street store.
Mayor Beck received the national message of sympathy after the Chelsea disaster. The President offered services regarding the navy yard and Boston establishments while local relief efforts ran from the police station. Senators Crane and Lodge sent a joint, distressful note offering aid and asking to be kept informed of needs.
Henry Siegel Company in Boston promptly funded and staffed tents offering soup coffee and meals at the Chelsea fire scene. Cooks and equipment were deployed and tents will stay open late to feed the hungry. The Benefit Association voted to send funds to Chelsea for displaced workers from the Siegel stores.
Eleven Boston Fire Department officers and privates who were off duty rushed to Chelsea fire help. Fire Commissioner Parker sent letters of thanks naming Chief C A Perkins District 6 Chief C H W Pope District 2 Senior Deputy P F McDonough District 8 Captain F J Sheeran Engine 6 Lieutenant T F Quigley Chemical 3 Engineer F S Young Engine 3 Assistant Engineer J W S Crossman Engine 10 Joseph Murphy Engine 36 H B Heyman Engine 41 T A McLaughlin Engine 48 P A Tague Ladder 22.
The U S mail service was wiped out in Chelsea on Sunday but was re established early yesterday morning. Postmaster Edward C Mansfield and Assistant Postmaster Frank Haynes leased a new post office at 61 Park Street and set it up quickly. By 10 o clock Mansfield notified Washington that service had resumed.
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