The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-04

it developed in flames three blocks; Du-
val, Monroe and the north side of Ad-
ans. burning up the north side Of Ad-
ans destroying that entire section of
the city and running IA blocks to the
DuVal street bridge. st. LukeS hospital
was saved. The local military cOmpa-
MES We're called out to keep back the
crowds and the fire department began
to use dynamite to blow up the houses
a block from the fire and thus prevent
the fire from spreading. So fierce was
the blaze and SO strong had become the
wind that millions of sparks and flying.
burning shingles spread over five or six
blocks, setting the roofs of the houses on
fire in advance Of the main fire. The
flames reached Senator Taliaferro's res
idence and it went.
All efforts to save the Windsor and
the St. James hotels We're in vain. For
about an hour the guests in the Windsor
had been busily packing their trunks
and the vans went away loaded with
trunks and grips.
Leaping across the street from the
Windsor, DR.. Laells house caught fire
and then the Methodist parsonage and
in few minutes Trinity NJ Z. church
was mass of flames The opera house
block followed and the Richards and
Livingston boarding houses. A desperate
but unsuccessful effort was made to save
the Baldwin mansion, which was recent
" purchased by the Elks for SIS. 900.
plentiful in this district and caught fire
one after the other, causing the flames
to rise hundreds of feet high and quick
ly setting fire to the other buildings
across the street Suddenly there was
an explosion of dynamite and powder
stored in the Hubbart building and the
burning structure collapsed.
BULLETS FLY ABOUT.
Cartridges began to explode and bull
let's began to fly, and the effort to fight
the fire at this point was abandoned.
The new DurchOtt and the Gardiner
buildings We're soon q mass of flames,
and down the street the fire spread,
and the entire section of Bay street
from Market to Main street and ex-
tending five blocks back was soon gone
With irresistible force the fire swept
on, destroying the city building, the
fire department building. the armory,
the court house. the clerks Office with
the county records the criminal court
house, the city Jail and the high and
grammar schools and Catholic church
and orphanage, Mcintyre Methodist
church. ST Johns Episcopal hurch
and the convent DR.. r. H. Dean, a
prominent physician, reported the loss
of his two children, Helen and Francis,
to the police at noon DR. Dean thinks
the elder of the two, Helen, will be
found, but believes Francis is burned
to death in his Office. where they
sought safety. DR.. Dean collapsed on
the street after an all-night search, and
IN 12llll& was seriously injured
W. b. Barnett, president of the First
National bank of Jacksonville. also
tainted last night during the progress
of the fire. He fell into smouldering
ruins and was burned before he was
rescued. The terrific strain, added to
the warm weather, is telling on many
of those who We're active yesterday and
last night in rescue work, a nun Der of
cases of prOstration being reported up
to noon. Fire Chief Haney. who be-
came insane during the height of the
fire. is somewhat improved. He was
brought down town during the day in
care of two or three hremen, to view
the ruins Secretary of War Root to-
day wired the mayor of St Augustine,
rendering the use of the barracks at
Fort Barrancas est Augustine) for the
refugees. The offer was in turn trans
mitted to Jacksonville. St. Augustine
offers also to take care of one thousand
refugees with its own funds. Before
the fire reached the county jail yester-
day Sherih Price assembled all his
prisoners, 35 in number, and summon