Map of the Fire View of burnt region and key locations
Map annexed shows extent of a great fire with shaded area indicating burned land. It lists points A to M including Traveller Offices, Transcript Office, Pilot Offices, Cathedral Block, Old State House, Bew Post Office, Old Fort Hill vacant ground, Merchants' Exchange, Winthrop Square and Franklin Square.
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Transcript Office
Cathedral Block
Old State House
Postofice
Old Fort Hill
Fire in Boston under control at old office
Dispatches report the Boston fire at 83 State street now controlled with four wires connected to the old office. A New York telegram notes rumors of the fire spreading to the depot and toward the com, but later reports deny any extension since 2 PM. The alert stays within the burned district and is under control by 11:40 AM.
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First Dispatch
Boston
State Street
New Yorx
Third Dispatch
New York
Fie
Summer Street
Federal
Drake's Wharf
Fort Hill
Hamilton and
Peer Ware Kilby
Lindell
Central Streets
Washington
Rostox
Marsh & Co
Shrieve, Crump & Low
Providence
Western Union Company
Washington and
Temple Place
Wm. R. Storms & Co
Central Court
Storms
Summer
Washington Streets
Mess
Shrieve
Cramp & Low
Wheeler & Wilson
Lowell & Brett
A Y Marsh
Crosby .& Morse
Washington Street
C. F. Hovey & Co
Park’s Hotel
Jordan & Marsh
Avon Street
Avon Streets
Henry Ward Beecher
Henry W. Bellows
Mr. Beecher
Bellows
Roston
Jordan & Marsh's
Shreve
Crump & Lowe
Crump & Lowe's
Norwich
Connecticut
New Haven
Biddeford
Bridgeport, Co
New Bedford
Tdeertiser
The
Post
Gos Pel
Journal
Boston Insurance Companies
Globe
Shawmut
North America
Mount Vernon
Everett
Philadelphia
Meade
Board of Underwriters
Secretary Boutwell to curb Wall Street speculation
Special Dispatch reports that Secretary Boutwell, with Presidential approval, plans measures to prevent panic after the great fire. He pledges all possible aid to stabilize financial circles and stop speculative activity surrounding the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times and Chronicle
Boutwell
Wall Street
Boston Fire News Sparks Fort Warss Report
The November 11 update from Fort Warss, Inc. notes the Boston fire news and its developing implications. Details remain limited but indicate rising urgency for local responses and potential investigations.
Boston Inferno Engulfs Downtown in Firestorm Chaos
Nov 11 Boston endures a raging conflagration that devastates Washington to Milk streets. Firemen from multiple towns battle blasts of gas explosions, while Marines, relief committees, and city officials organize aid. Losses run into hundreds of millions with many families left homeless as the blaze spreads toward the Common and reaches the Post Office and Transcript buildings.
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Wlrich Gelling
Wash Street
Owers
Camrell
Ofelock
Milk Street
United States
Mavy Yard
Washi Street
Gaston
Damiell
Boston
Devonshire Street
Mom Federal
Washington Street
Mill Street
Hartford and Erie
Postoffice
Providence
Summer Street
Transcript
Trinity Church
Congress Street
Fed
Jordan, M .& Co
Temple Place
Boston Burned Fire Relief Fund Raised in Chicago
Chicago held a citizens meeting at the Board of Trade presided by Mayor Medill and raised 100000 dollars for Boston fire relief. A committee including Rev. Robert Laird Collier and N K Fairbank will deliver the funds this evening, amid renewed, but later contradicted, dispatches on Boston.
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New York
Boston
Etna
Hartford
Williamsburg
Lees
Lafayete
Phanix
Majora
Lin
London and Globe—loas
London
Sicence
Queen’s of
Liverpool
Hope
American Central
St. Louis
Farmers’ Mutual
York
Pennsylvania
American
London Assurance
Globe
Orient
National
Exchange
Ina
St. Nicholas
Lorillard
the Spectator
Albany
Metroplan
Sefd
Chicago
Missouri
Northwestern National
Continental
Hanover
Northanaga America
Philadelphia
Guardian
Amazon
Triumph
Atlantic
Brooklyn
Washington
Montauk
Merchants
Stuyvesant
International
Home
Wasninetos
Secretary of the Treasury
Merchants’ Bank of Baton
Treasury
Blackmore
the Board of Trade
Medill
Robert Laird Collier
N. K. Fairbank
HH. ¥. Johnson
Anx
Jeferecon
the Times
Cnce
the Tribune
T. Louis
Mt. Kenla
Brown
Cole
Robert P. Tansey
Detroit
Micn
Moffat
Baldwin
Michigan
Gen. Meade
Fourth Edition Details Insurance Losses in Boston Fire
The report lists companies suspended in Boston with Alps Flame Ohio and German America among those taking losses. It estimates total insurer losses in Philadelphia and notes forthcoming action by Secretary Routwell and Assistant Secretary Richartson regarding financial stability.
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New York
International
Relief
Humboldt
Alps
Flame
Ohio
National
Hartford
Standard
United States
Pacific
People's
Royal Liverpool
London
Piuilabel Patsa
Philadelphia
Hoste
Frostly
Panicky Feeling Dims as Wall Street Sees Quiet Day
New York reports a quieter Wall Street with little business in wool hardware leather and dry goods. Assistant Secretary Rick of the Treasury consults with bankers and merchants on market actions. Secretary Boutwell halts withdrawals of greenbacks to ease the market. Gold holds steady near 1133.
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New Yor
Wall Street
Rick
Treasury Department
Boutwell
Boston Fire Fallout in Indiana Special Session Looms
Indianapolis dispatch notes the True Board postponing Boston fire action until tomorrow as the Legislature plans a Wednesday special session. Republican caucus to nominate officers and possibly a U.S. Senator Morton unopposed. Short Horn Breeders meet November 27. Forger Jules St Cyr confesses after arrest in Payton.
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Times and Chronicle
Indianapolis
True
Boston
United States
Morton
Jules St. Cyr
Payton
The Epizootic Sweeps Wheattown Horses
A horse disease outbreak hits Wheattown Pa with about twenty horses affected in the city and at M Farrell and Co livery stable. New cases emerge hourly and the spread threatens local mills and furnaces as transport declines. Precautions are underway to curb the disease as it spreads through stables and reported cases grow.
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Times and Chronicle
Wheattawn
M. Farrell & Co
Ness
Zee Rep
Epizootic Impacts City as Horse Supply Grows
Chicago dispatch reports horses on Wabash Avenue and Modien Street suffering from a disease, with oxen increasingly used by express and railroad firms to haul merchandise easing business relief. The weather remains fine and twenty four deaths from the epizootic were reported yesterday.
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Chicago
Wabash Avenue
Modiens
Expres
Mayor invites citizens to aid Boston sufferers at City Hall
Columbus dispatch reports Mayor Bull calling a city meeting at City Hall this afternoon to organize material aid for Boston sufferers. The item notes the Niles Iron Company certificate from Trumbull County with a $500,000 capital filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Times
Chronicle
CoLumats
Bull
Boston
Niles Iron Company
Trumbull County
Death of a Prominent Odd Fellow in Nashville
Obsequies for RB. I. jarry to the Grand Lodge of Tennessee and former U S Chand Lodge representative mark the passing of a notable Odd Fellow in Nashville on November 4. His death yesterday prompted extensive reparations and acknowledgments from the fraternal community.
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Odd
Nashville
Odd Fellows
RB. I. Jarry
Sec
Grand Lodge of
Tennessee
Chand Lodge
United States
Expiring Patriot and San Juan Decision Text
The Patriot suspends its publication after noting founders believed change in the National Administration was key. Horace Greeley’s nomination is linked to the paper’s fate, with White and Halstead facing Democracy for the organ’s end. Berlin envoy with Emperor William’s San Juan decision to arrive soon. French bottom merchandise duties spark State Department complaints, Treasury to decide duties.
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Times and Chronicle
Washington
The
Patriot
Horace Greeley
Greeley
Patriotts
Horace White
Murat Halstead
Berlin
William
San Juan
Bottoms
Pish
State Department
Treasury Department
Alleged Horse Thief Captured in Bellefontaine
A man calling himself Cherie Hareké was arrested by Marshal Sherman in Bellefontaine on suspicion of stealing a team of horses from James W. Mitchell of Paris, Illinois. He has one horse and a spring wagon, traced from Columbus, Indiana by feed sacks he used. He was twice removed from jail on habeas corpus writs, now held in Urbana on a charge of stealing five sacks of wheat from David Herr four miles north, with sacks from Troy, Ohio and Columbus, Indiana.
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Times
Veebana
asfCherie- Hareké
Marshal Sherman
Bellefontaine
James W. Mitchell
Paris
Ilinois
Colntybus
Ind
Vessel Lost in British Channel Disaster Claims 23 Perished
A Mauritius ship bound for Demerara departed Glasgow in late October and was lost in the North Channel near Point Patrick Scotland. Twenty three persons aboard reportedly drowned. The vessel may be the Mauritius from Glasgow or the steamship Mauritius from Dublin.
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Mauritius
Chanel
Point Patrick
Scotland
Glasgow
Demarara
Dublin
Evansville Journal Ownership Transfer on Market Sale
Col. John W. Forter sold his two seventh undivided interest in the Evansville Journal printing establishment to Claude G. DeBruler. DeBruler has three years with the Times and Chronicle of Cincinnati and will join F. M. Thayer in editorial duties of the Journal.
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Evansvil.l.8
Ind
John W. Forter
Evansville Journal Printing Establishment
Claude G. DeBruler
The
Times and Chronicle
Cincinnati
F. M. Thayer
Republicans Hold Grand Illumination For Grant Victory
Special Dispatch to the Times and Chronicle from Trontox O November 11 reports a Republican celebration with a grand illumination and a hundred gun salute on Saturday night honoring Grant's victory.
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Times and Chronicle
Trontox, O
Grant
Funeral of General Meade Falls to Laurel Hill Memorial
In Philapelahis on November 11 the funeral of General Meade was held. The remains were moved to St Mark's Church for services at 10:30 am then carried by gun carriage to a steamer bound for Laurel Hill Cemetery. The procession lasted an hour with Grant in citizen dress and Sherman and Sheridan in full uniform. Prices drifted. gold below 113 and stocks recovered slightly as the market quieted.
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St. Louis
Merchants’ Exchange
Boston
Brown
Genera Meade
St. Mark's Church
Wasung
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Waite and Pillot Co
Condition of the Stock Market Sends Insurance Statements
The stock market fell sharply this morning with declines of five to ten percent. Reports show suspensions of several firms including V. White, Pilot, Perry & Co, H.R. Wilcox, and RB J. Kimball & Co as their accounts were sold. The market steadied later and insurers largely report little or no loss, though major firms suffered the heaviest declines.
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New York
Pork merchant killed in hayload accident at dawn
In Maptsox, RF White a noted local pork merchant was thrown from a hay load at about 10 o clock when his horses started frightened breaking his neck and right arm. He died instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maptsox, MD
RF. White
Archbishop Purcell Visits Ursuline Convent
Archbishop Purcell left the city Saturday on an episcopal visit to the Convent of St Martin of Tours in Brown County. The Ursuline nuns devote themselves to education and will confer the rite of confirmation on many children under their charge during the visit.
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Purcell
St. Martin of Tours
Brown County
Hagats
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