Inferno Devours Boston Neighborhood Bleachers and Homes
A massive fire roars through Coventry to Tremont and Cabot streets injuring firefighters and residents. The blaze destroys 163 structures, including a $75,000 grand stand, while many residents flee with minutes to spare as flames push toward Walpole Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coventry Street
Cunard Street
Berlin
Trinant
Walpole
Box 215
Tremont and
Cabot Streets
Sawyer
Berlin Street
Walpole Street
Lincoln Street
Fire consumes Cabot Street block as Tremont blaze swirls wide
Flames leap from Tremont to Cabot streets driven by a stiff breeze. The fire spreads via open attic windows to the Windsor and Cabot corner, damaging multiple wooden houses while residents throw goods to yards for safekeeping.
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Tremont Street
Tremont and
Cabot Streets
Cabot Street
Windsor and
Treasury of Losses from Tremont Street Fire Sighted
Insurance figures for the Tremont street blaze range from 350000 to 1100000 with total loss about 400000 and 340 people homeless. Paired with names, addresses, and insured amounts, the report details area affected from Tremont to Cabot streets and the hotel impact and firefighting efforts.
167 Houses Burned in Tremont Street Fire
Complete list of structures burned and their assessed valuations. The fire destroyed 167 houses on Tremont Street including properties owned by John Stanton Bilot heirs RE. T. Paine and other listed owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Street
Griffith’s
Channell & Spinner
J. M. Brooks
Martin Regan
McDonough
Albert Lemery
Woods Bros
Cigar and Tobacco
John Stanton
Bilot Heirs
RE. T. Paine
Fire Weathered Fall from Grand Stand Area Fouled Insurer Losses
Insurers faced varied losses with estimates from $10,000 to $275,000 and a total loss approaching $500,000 after a large fire. Turner and Brown noted that major companies escaped heavy losses while home prices may rise due to the event. Several property owners on Cunard Tremont Cabot were burned out, with many taking to friends’ homes as women and children moved from the Shirley schoolhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Turner
Caledonia
Scotland
Niagara
New York
John C. Paige
Palatine of England
Orient.of
Hartford
Fire Association of Philadelphia
Imperial of
London
Michigan
Madison Park
William Percy
Walpole Street
L. Sommers
Tremont Street
M. E. Miles
Tremont
William Martin
Margaret Brennan
M. J. Morgan
P. H. Wilkin
Burke Street
Lizzie Haggerty
Cabot Street
A. W. Scott
Charles Milmore
Jennie Ray
Coventry Street
James O’neil
J. R. Archdeacon
William Connors
William Dunn
Jacob Meyer
Lenno
Sterling Street
Jacob Fowler
A. R. Blake
Eustis Street
John Fielding
Warwick Street
W. B. Fraser
John McNeil
Cramer Family
Freil Lord
Ss. J. McGraw
Hilmer Tobbenson
Sterling
R. Koellhoeffer
Cunard Street
Mrs. Handy
Michael Murdock
Cabot
Murdock
Turner
W. Brown
Waterstreet
Guardian of London
Guard of Philadelphia
Bullard
Bullard & Davenport
Phenix of
The
Queen
New Hampshire
National
American
Boston
S. W. Brown
Guardian Insurance Company
Baseball
Lewis Coleman
Cunard
Berlin
Alfred H. Currier
Robert Treat Paine
Charles EF. Jackson
Uriah H. Pollard
Stillman PB. Chubbuck
Walpole
Michael F. McBttrick
Sarsfield Street
Richard S. Whitney
John Stanton
William B. Bacon
James Martin
Sarah J. Millimore
J. Patterson
John Ingraham
Robert Laird
Catherine Hingley
Edward Fitzgibbon
Shirley
Losses Heavy to Them in Madison Square Scenes
Families describe severe losses at Madison Square as their households were stripped of nearly all possessions. The report portrays the hardship and impact on daily life following the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walpole Street
Sawyer
Madison Square
Injured Firefighters Treated After City Blaze
Emergency hospital set up at Joseph J. Howe drug store at Cabot and Tremont. Chief Webber suffered severe eye burns and was blinded, yet returned to duty. Several firefighters and residents including Amy Lapp and Mrs Ferguson were hospitalized with burns, fractures, or exposure. Continued on Page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. Howe
Cabot and
Tremont Streets
L. G. Collier
Bell
Winn
Gaffney
Groll
Carney Hospital
Webber
Cabot Street
Chief Webber
J. E. Murphy
Hoseman Fitzgerald
Engine 10
Sterling Street
Sawyer
Tolman
Everett
L. P. Abbott
City Hospital
Amy Lapp
Tremont Stret
Ferguson
Walpole and
Mary Asherlude
Cunard Street
Mary Riley
Tremont Street
James D. Fitzgerald
Broadway
Haircutting by Alland Bros Pompadeoar Specialists
For twelve years Alland Bros at 19 Tremont Row has specialized in physiognomical haircuts shaping both hair and beard to suit facial features. The firm leads in the pompadeoar style and grooming techniques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alland Bros
Tremont Row
Pompadeoar
Blood Purifiers and Kidney Health Claim
A noisy claim extols kidney health as the path to purified blood and cure of illness. It asserts the kidneys filter all blood every three minutes, removing impurities, and promises relief from fatigue headaches and bilious attacks once kidney function is restored. Thousands testify to the cure.
Woodbridge Ladies' Cycle Club Minstrel Show at Cambridge
Last evening the Woodbridge Ladies' Cycle Club staged a minstrel show at Odd Fellows Hall Cambridge to raise funds for a club house. The event drew wide local support with many tickets sold and notable performances including Topsy Turvy credited to Captain Nina Corey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbridge Ladies’ Cycle Club
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Cambridge
Topsy Turvy
Nina Corey
Bassett
Perkins
Dave Harvey
Dr. Currie
Jack Fecitt
Lon Peck
Kerrison
Asa Windle
Bald
Waltham
Sanger
Tyler
Springfield
Butler
Stearns
Smith
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John McMally
John Callahan
Michael Kerry
Clapp
James Lambert
John Kingston
Agnes Conaboy
Hugh MclInery
James Malmore
Windsor Street
John Haggerty
Baltimore
Coventry
Walsh
Michael Walsh
Sunday
Providence Tracks
Columbus Avenue
Trefoont Street
Canute
Sarsfield
Benton
Bostons
Warwick
Windsor
Roxbury
Franklin School
Mary A. Kingsley
Aaeese
Louisa Siebert
W. B. Bacon
Louis Max Nee Ee Ewee
Wlizabeth Jones
Sayeun
AVTOR
Hugh Brady
Thomas Fay
Eaaeui
T. J. McDonough
D. Lucey
J. H. Hayes
Margaret Lucey
Mary B. Cleary
J. Jackson
Mary Sullivan
M. Schiltner
McFarland
Michael Bolles
E. C. Reilly
D. M. Richards
Henry Ashton Peter Hannafin
Mary A. Conner
Ellen S. Knapton
Martin Gross
Thomas Bennett
W Harrington
W. Revineus
John Cotter
Mary Ann Ford
John H. Cotter
J Coogan
Berlin Eee
Enwee Street
Joseph Coggan
John Dolan
Ccs
Ceses Esis
Dan Herlihy
Annile Reardon
James Minchin
Eteaee
H. Lavender
Jane B. Harding
Patrick Dailey
John Sheehan
Saekee
O’connor
Dennis Herlihy
Sense
Delia Robinson
H. B. Crannell
Eeeeeeeees
Eeees
Sova
John May
EB. Chubbuck
Robert Austin
Sarah M. Edgerly
Daniel Bernhard & Co
Sterling and Cabot Streets
Shawmut Avenue
Ladder Company 12
Hose Company T
Walpole School
Walpole Streets
Iaan
James B. Thayer
Patrick Brown
Boston Baseball Club
Benton Street
James Casey
Alice Martin
Bridget Gibney
H. &. K. Batchelder
M. F. McGettrick
William Pope Heirs
Weeee
Andrew Gallagher
Louis Max
Margaret Lynch
Christine Hall
Philip Surdell
Peter Strauss Murtagh Doyle
Margaret Klein
W. H. Agey
Margaret Scanlon
Thomas Malloy
T. Ruffin Heirs
Schdsaetan
Lawadis Eae
Mary A. Horn
C.ceesesee
Elizabeth A. Coosetove
Elien McGettrick
M. A. O'Connor
W. D. Hunt
A. Aytod
Aebiee
Tan Peter Riley
Wuipisseteds
K. Ayres
Eee
Enweee
Samuel W. Clifford
Frank J. Maloney
Court Street
Post
Warner’s
Connecticut Cycle and Surety CO
Main St
Conn
Lovell
House of Lovell
John Wood, JR
Chelsea
Rantoul St
Beverly
Sudbury St
URN Credit House
Washington St
Jordan, Marsh & Ca
ST. Mary’s A. G
St. Mary’s
Congress Street
Harvard
H. C. Lakin
E. Hollister
W. H. Vincent
E. B. Hill
A. W. Blakemore
J. Boardman
I. L. T. Hildreth
F. Rowe
A. Blake
H. D. Bannister
Fred Lord
J. B. Hurd, Jr
Capitol
Bridgeport
Consolidated Electric
Samuel L. Treadwell
Consolidated Electric Light Company
Hugh R. Garden
Henry C. Davis
California
Blanchard
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