Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1894 — BIG BOSTON BLAZES. [ARTICLE]

BIG BOSTON BLAZES.

Two Thousand People Homeless—Loss, 81,000,000. At Boston, Tuesday night, over f1,000,000 worth of property was reduced to ashes and five hundred families, of the poorer classes, numbering at least 2,00(1 people, were turned cut of their homes. A very small proportion saved their household goods, and the pitiful spectacle of women with babes in their arms and hundreds of crying children, who were Compelled to spend the night in the open air with no resting place, appealed to the sympathies of all. Six persons were injured, none fatally. The fire was oi incendiary origin. The Board of Aidermen took prompt action for the relief of the sufferers. The London season will be graced by the presence of the Sultan, who has at last made up his mind to see the world a little.