Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-05-09
BLACK RUINS ALL ONCE
LEFT OF BEAUTIFUL
CITY
One Hundred and FOrty-eight
Blocks Laid Waste by
Flames---ThOusandS
Homeless.


Jacksonvi*l IS great fire, which
began yesterday, has burned is
self out. One hundred and forty
eight blocks of a beautiful city
have been laid waste. The loss
will not be known even approx
mateIy for a week, but it is be-
lieved it will amount to &c..
900, 900.
There are many rumors afoat
as to loss of life, but as every uns
dertaker in the city was burned
out, it is impossible to obtain an
official report. One story, which
is pe%rsistently reiterated, is to
the effect that a 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.
A negro woman named Hogan
was burned and her charred re.
mains were buried by friends
this afternoon.
The burned district is thirteen
blocks wide and two miles long,
and extends from the ST. John
River, where it burned ten docks
to the waters edge, to Catherine
street on the east, Orange on the
north, and Davis to the west.
This immense area was swept as
c,ean as a floor.
The city is under martial law,
and all of the available State
military is on duty in the streets
of Jacksonville. Some order is
being brought out Of the confuse
ION. Jacksonville is facing the
emergency calmly and has orr
gained for relief work. len
thousand people r homeless,
and many Of them left on the af-
ternoon and night trains for St.
Augustine and other coast cities
and nearby towns, while numer-
Gus river crafts took many to
little places on St. Johns River.
Supply stations have been estab-
lished in various parts of the
city and all day they have been
thronged by the hungry.
The prompt action Of Scores
tary of War Root in rendering
the use of the barracks at Fort
Barrancas, near st. Augustine,
was received with gratitude on
every side. The east coast train
leaving here at 5 o'clock this
evening carried over 1000 peo-
pie to st. Augustine, who hope
to receive temporary shelter
from the Government,
A COMMITTEES was appointed at
a meeting of citizsns this after>
noon to telegraph the Governors
OF various States to send all
tents they can spare to Jackson
vile. 1t will be weeks before any.
thing like permanent shelter can
be provided for the homeless
thousands, and Jacksonville, for
some time to come, will be a city
Of tents.
The relief fund raised by the
citizens of Jacksonville this
evening amounts to SIS, 900. This
was augmented tonight by a
telegram from the Armour Com
pany, at Chicago, instructing
Major Bowden to draw for ST..
900. Other subscriptions are be-
ing received from many places.
The city of Jacksonville has not
yet made an official appeal tor
aid. There seems to be some OBJ
lection to this, but it is based
mainly on the assertion by many
leading citizens that Jackson
vile and Florida can meet the
emergency and care for it's own.
The following telegram was
received from the Governor:
"Tsllabassee, Fla, May 4th.
"McWilliams, Adjutant- Gen.
eral: Your call for Gainesville,
Orlando and Starke companies
approved; have appointed Len
gle, Broward and Rogers special