Big Blaze In Boston

Boston, Nov. 29.- The most dlsastrous fire from which Boston has uffered since 1872 broke out about 8:30 Thursday morning in the six-story eranito building owned by Jordán, Marsh & Co., and occupied by Brown, Durrell & Co., dealers in dry goods, on Bediord s'reet, corner of Kingston. The great fire ef 1872 broke out at the corner of Kingston and Summer streets, and the alarm of Thursday's fire was rung in from the same box that did similar duty at that time, when nearly 8100,000,000 worth of property wa3 consumed. The first alarm rung in was immediately followed by the first general alarm in Boston since 1872. The burnt area covers only about two and one-half acres, and embraces portions of liedford, Kingston, Chauncey and Columbia streets, the section where are massed the large wholesale dry and I fancy goods establishments. Soms twenty large granite and brick blook were destroyed. These with their contents will involve a loss of 85,000,000. Six persons are reported missing. Pólice Sergeant Kimball, Patrolman Haynes and ex-Councilman David E. Barry rescued seven people - six women and one man - from the building at th corner of Kingston and Bedford streeta. The smoke had overeóme them and they lay prostrate on one of the upper floort. The origin of the fire is not deflnitel known, but is generally attributed to the electric wires. There are about 200 firms burned out and 100 agents of New York and Weitern flrms have had their headquartet destroyed. The seventy-nine insurane companies known to be interested carry an aggregate insurance of $2,600,000 on the burned property. Boston, Nov. 30.- The latest eitimate places the loss by the flre on Thursday at $10,000,000, on which th insurance amounts to $3,543,320, mostly in foreign campanies.