New-York tribune., 1901-05-07
10 REBUILD JACKSONVILLE
WORK ALREADY BEGUN-BANK DE
fOSITS EXCEED WITHDRAWALS
TWO BODIES FOUND.

'achsonvihe, Fla, May 6 (SpeciaD-The most
gratifying experience of the day in this CITY
'ieS IN the fact that all the banks found az the
'i'Se OF office hours that the Withdrawals had
'' surpassed the deposits. thus showing the
confidence of the people in the future of the
'o"h- Preparations for rebuilding have already
peeuh and sites are being cleared of debris as
'he hrst step in this direction. 1t is announced
ihat new and better theatre will take the
pace or the old opera house near ST. James
Fark and one of the largest drygoods mer-
cIshts In the city has ordered goods in ad-
vance for the new department store he will AT
once erect Insurance men say that all losses
VIII be promptly paid and with this money in
hand it will be only a short time before a new
Jacksonville will spring from the ashes of the
old
AS against these encouraging conditions comes
the tragedy of the fire. Henry Baunepheau. a
prominent citizen. who was first reported dead
theh said to have been found, is tonight lying
IN ms grave. HIS Dody discovered in the
river to-day, the hands and face badly burned
His wife and are said to be in New-York
City The body of an unknown colored man
was also found floating with the tide, evidently
fire victim. Other bodies confidently
looked for, as eyewitnesses assert that at least
twenty persons were drowned at the foot of
Market-st.. forced into the river by the flames
which swept the wharf on which they had
taken refuge.
The widow of Solon Robinson whose husband
was member of The Tribune staff many years
ago. is thought to have perished in the flames
of her house in West Church-st. She was seen
to enter the dwelling while 1t was on fire. on
Friday afternoon but no one remembers to have
seen her come out again.
An old woman, Mrs Matte Robinson. was
probably burned to death in the Home for the
Aged, in West Unon-st. She refused all offers
from the other inmates to make her escape, and
when last seen was ClutChing TO her breast the
portrait of her SON Several deaths from pros
tratiOn have been reported. and the physicians
have their hands full.
Though the entire business life of the city IS
concentrated in the twelve blocks that survived
the fire. the best of order and good nature pre-
vail The militia still patrol the streets ana
guard the saloons. and to their presence Is
largely due the absence of disorder among the
negroes many of whom refuse TO work because
they can obtain. they say. all the food they
for the asking The relief committee is
however taking measures TO prevent imposition
upon the charity of the city and the country at
large and only the deserving Will receive aid
and the unworthy may be depOrted.
Solon Robinson, whose widow is thought TO have
been one Of the victims OF the Jacksonville fire,
purchased a farm near Jacksonville in 1870. and
lived there until his death in 1880. at the age Of
seventy-seven years He n native Of Connecti-
cut, and in early life became contributor on
agricultural topics THE Albany Cultivator.'
He afterward became agricultural editor Of The
Tribune. While filling that position he wrote
series OF sketches Of life in the city slums and
tenement houses. published in a volume with the
title Hot Corn; or, Life Scenes In New-N ork.
which had a sale Of fifty thousand copies in six
months He also the author Of Facts for
Farmers which had an equally wide circulation,
and of several other books