New-York tribune., 1901-05-05

The burned district is thirteen blocks wide
and two miles long. and extends from the st.
Johns River. where it burned ten wharves. 10
the waters edge. 10 Catherine-st-. on the east.
Orange-st on the north. and Davis-st.. on the
west
The city is under martial law and all Of the
available State militia Is on duty in the streets
OF Jacksonville. Some order IS being brought
out OF the confusion. Jacksonville is facing the
emergency calmly. and has organized for
lief work
Ten thousand persons are homeless, and many
ot them left town on afternoon and night trains
for 81. Augustine and other coast cities and
nearby towns, while many river craft took others
% little places the ST. Johns River. Supply
stations have been established in various parts
of the city. and all day they have been thronged
by the hungry. The prompt action OF Secretary
Root in rendering the Of the barracks at
Fort Barrancas. near ST. Augustine. was re-
ceived with gratitude every side The East
Coast train. leaving here at O'Clock this after
noon. carried over Two thousand persons TO ST.
Augustine, who hope 20 receive temporary shell
ter from the government
A committee appointed at meeting OF
citizens this afternoon 10 telegraph the Gov
ernors OF various States 20 send all the tents
they can spare TO Jacksonville. II will be weeks
before anything Ike permanent shelter be
provided for the homeless thousands. and Jack
sonville for some time come Will be city OF
tents.
RELIEF FUND GROWING.
The relief fund raised by the citizens OF Jack
sonville al a meeting this afternoon amounts
70 $4,000. This augmented tonight by
telegram from the Armour company at Chicago
instructing Mayor Bowden TO draw for $1,000.
Other subscriptions are being received from
many places. The city Of Jacksonville has not
yet made an official appeal for aid. There seems
to be some objection TO this but il is based
mainly on the assertion by many leading citi-
zens that Jacksonville and Florida can meet the
emergency and care for its own.
The following telegram was received from the
Governor:
Tallahassee. Fla, May 4.
McWiams, Adjutant-General
Your call for Gainesville. Orleando and Stark
companies approved Have appointed point L.Enge.
placing $4,000 at their disposal
". s. JENNINGS Governor.
Att O'Clock this morning Governor Jennings
declared the city under martial law. Colonel
Lowell. Of the 18th Regiment, is in command OF
the troops. The following troops. in addition
10 local companies. arrived during the day and
are on duty: Governors Guards. Tallahassee;
Columbia Rifles Lake City; Suwanee Rifles,
Live Oak, and Gem City Guards. Palatka-
Major Bradshaw. utiAeT Aoiohti ASoNtll, is III
immediate command of the troops. The city is
patrolled and the entrances to the burned dis
trlcts guarded 10y sentinels. Military headquar-
ters have been established the vacant lot
behind the Federal building. Passes are neces-
sarv 70 enter the lines in any part OF the city.
The suburbs Of Jacksonville stood out to-day
like oases in the desert Of desolation From
Pridre-st TO I.aura-st. a thin fringe. three
blocks deep. stands uninjured along the river
front hut 10 the eastward. northward and west
ward Of Hemming Park an unbroken bed OF
ashes meets the eye. in which gaunt chimneys
rear themselves like monuments in a forgotten
city.
WHERE FAMILIES ARE CAMPED-
on every vacant lot in the territory surround
ing the burned district families are camped
Some had piled furniture about them. spreading
over this a blanket which made a tent In
many cases this covering was only enough for
the baby. Some had brought frying pan. some
a coffee pot some had money 10 get bread-all
shared in turn
While the fire was in progress hundreds or per-
sons moved their goods into the streets nut IL
was Impossible to get drays 10 cart the goods
. away and furniture books and bric-A-brac We're
piled up DR. Stout saved his library by digging
a hole I'm his yard in which he buried his