The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-05
len Thousand People Driven From
Their Homes by the De
strOying Flames.
One Hundred and Forty-eight
Blocks Swept Bare of all
Buildings.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Nav 4-Jack-
sonviLe's great fire, which began YES
terday, has burned itself out. One hun
dred and forty-eigh blocks of a beau
tl1ul city have been laid waste The
loss will not be known even approx
mately for a week but 1t is believed
1t will amount to $10OO0,O0O There are
many rumors afloat OF loss of life, but
as every undertaken In the city was
burned out 1t IS impossible to obtain an
official report. One story which is per-
sistently reiterated Is to the effect that
party of men and women driven to the
docks by the fire were compelled to
jump into the water and that several
Of them were drowned. Mrs Hogan.
a negro woman, was burned in her house
and her charred remains were buried by
friends this afternoon. The burned dis
trtct Is thirteen blocks wide and two
miles long and extends from the St.
Johns river, where 1t burned ten docks
to the waters edge, to Catherine street
on the east, Orange on the west and
Davis to the west-this immense area
was swept as clean as a floor. The city
is under martial law and all of the avail
able state militia IS on duty in the
street. Some order IS being brought
out Of the confusion. Jacksonville is
facing the emergency calmly and has or
ganized for relief work
MANY ARE HOMELESS.
Ten thousand people are homeless and
many Of them left on afternoon and
night trains for st. Augustine and other
coast cities and nearby towns, while
| numerous river craft took many to little
places on the st. Johns river Supply
stations have been established in va
rious parts Of the city and all day long
they have been thronged by the
hungry. The prompt action Of Secre-
tary Of War Root in rendering the use
Of the barracks at Fort Barrancas near
st. Augustine. was received with graft
tude on every side. The East coast
train leaving here at 5 o'clock this aft
ernoon carried over 1900 people to St.
Augustine who hope to receive tempo
rary shelter from the government. A
committee was appointed at a meeting
Of citizens this afternoon to telegraph
/ the governors of various states to send
all the tents they can spare. 1t will be
weeks before anything like permanent
shelter can be provided for the homeless
thousands and Jacksonville VIII be for
some time a city Of tents. The relief
fund raised by the citizens at a meeting
this afternoon amounts to $4,000 This
was augmented today by telegra m
from the Armour company, Of Chicago,
instructlng Mayor BoWden to draw for
$1,000. Other subscriptions are being re-
ceived from many places. Jacksonville
has not yet made an official application
for aid. There seems to be some ob-
lection to this but 1t Is mainly based
on the assertion by many leading cti-
zens that Jacksonville and Florida can
meet the emergency and care for it's
own. The following telegram was re-
ceived from the governor:
Tallahassee, May 4.-MacWillams. Ad-
| jutant General: Your call for Gaines
will III 1Tlya nj an
proved. Have appointed L. Engle Brow
ard and Rogers special relief committee,
placing 500 coo at their disposal.
W s. Jennings, Governor
At 7 o'clock this morning Gov. Jen-
nings declared the city under martial
law. Col. Lowell, Of the First regiment,
is in command Of the troops. The fol-