SUMMARY OF LOSSES FROM THE 1908 CHELSEA FIRE

Real estate losses were valued at $12,450,000 Personal property losses were $20,000,000 Approximately $9,000,000 was covered by insurance			2822 buildings were destroyed 2121 wooden buildings 701 brick buildings
BREAKDOWN OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS			BREAKDOWN OF BUSINESSES LOST
1781 wooden homes	20 business blocks	2 hospitals	50 groceries	28 tailor & dressmaker shops
652 brick homes	28 wooden stores	9 schools	29 barber shops	21 real estate offiices
310 tenement houses	24 brick stores	13 churches	28 doctors' homes	17 insurance offices
166 wooden stables	3 fire houses	3 banks	13 apothecaries

BUILDINGS LOST PER WARD
WARD 1	WARD 2	WARD 3	WARD 4
892	646	870	414

ADDITIONAL RECORDED LOSSES
3000 shade trees	2000 cats (estimated)	1035 horses	150 cars
Water used to fight fire: 40,000,000 gallons at a cost of $1600 (Metropolitan District records)

LIST OF BUILDINGS DESTROYED IN THE 1908 FIRE
STRUCTURE	ADDRESS	ESTIMATED LOSS
Central Congregational Church	Chestnut and Fifth Streets	$80,000
African M. E. Church	Fourth Street	$10,000
Universalist Church	Chestnut and Fourth Street	$50,000
St. Stanislaus Catholic Church	Chestnut Street (between Third & Fourth)	$40,000
St. Rose Catholic Church	Broadway	$75,000
St. Rose parochial school	Broadway	$40,000
Sacred Heart convent	Broadway	$40,000
State Armory	Broadway and Library Street	$50,000
Mt. Bellingham M. E. Church	Bellingham & Shurtleff Streets	$25,000
Masonic building	Broadway & Third Street	$65,000
Granite Block	Broadway & Fourth Street	$65,000
Unitarian Church	Hawthorne Street	$25,000
New England Telephone building	Fourth Street	$20,000
Y. M. C. A. building	Hawthorne Street	$75,000
Boston Elevated Railway carbarn	Broadway & Gerrish Avenue	$50,000
Bellingham Car Station	411 Broadway	$10,000
Broadway Block	327 to 357 Broadway	Unknown
Central Labor Union Hall	108 Park Street	Unknown
Chelsea Trust Company	Broadway	Unknown
Christian Science Hall	217A Shurtleff Street	Unknown
Gould Hall Building	280 Broadway	Unknown
Hawthorn Hall	149 Hawthorn Street	Unknown
Bellingham School	Bellingham Street	$70,000
Knights of Columbus Hall	220 Broadway	Unknown
Knights of Malta Hall	234 Broadway	Unknown
Liberty Hall	Park Street	Unknown
Post Office Block	Chelsea Square	Unknown
Fitz Public Library	Broadway & Marlboro Street	$30,000
Pythian Hall	220 Broadway	Unknown
Redman's Hall	280 Broadway	Unknown
Frost Hospital	Shurtleff Street	$31,000
New Frost Hospital	Bellingham Street	Unknown
Frank B. Fay School	Everett Avenue & Fourth Street	$60,000
Shurtleff School	Shawmut Street	$50,000
City Hall	Central Avenue, Shurtleff and Hawthorn Streets	$80,000
Grand Army Hall	Park Street	Unknown
Old St. Luke's Episcopal Church	Hawthorne Street	Unknown
Everett Avenue Synagogue	Everett Avenue	$20,000
Popular St. Synagogue	Popular Street	$40,000
Elm St. Synagogue	Elm Street	Unknown
A Synagogue at	Fourth & Walnut Streets	$35,000
A Synagogue at	Fifth & Walnut Streets	Unknown
Hotel Savoy	227 to 237 Broadway	Unknown
Engine 1 Firehouse	Park Street	Unknown
Chelsea Day Nursery and Children's Home	Shawmut Street	$5,000
Shackford's Block	Broadway	Unknown
Newspaper Row	Fourth Street (Offices of Chelsea Gazette, Chelsea Pioneer and the Record)
Fire Department Headquarters	Broadway & Grove Street	$25,000
Chelsea Water Department	Hawthorne & Pearl Streets	$21,000
City Stables	Vale Street	$142,000
Williams School	Walnut Street near Fourth Street	$60,000
Broadway School	Library Street	$11,000
Central Avenue School	Central Avenue	Unknown
Highland School	Highland Street	$35,000
First Baptist Church	Central Avenue & Shurtleff Streets	$70,000
Shawmut School	Shawmut Street & Congress Avenue	$5,000
Chelsea Hose No. 3	Shurtleff Street	$3,000