The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-05
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE
IS 4 BLACEENED Waste

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money to get bread: all wee shared in
turn. over the gathering occasionally
shriiled ne mourning of negress
whose chiid was missing, to be fol-
lowed by sobs IN every key that told
Of the habit OF repression m the eau
casian and I'm the savage frankness Of
the African.
During the progress OF the IRE. hum
dreds of people moved their goods into
the streets. but il was Impossible to
get drays to carry the goods away, and
furniture, books and bric-a-brac were
burned.
Dr. stout saved his library by dig
Etug a hole ian his yard in which he
buried his books wrapped up in 2
blanket This plan was followed by
several persons. Some buried their
trunks i'm the same manner.
ljFays loaded with furniture and
trunks flied the streets all DAY. Home
less people slept on improvised beds
near their furniture IN quarters away
from the burned district. In the early
hours of the fire many people moved
-heir properts distances of "a half mile
or mile, only to find it necessary 10
move TT again. as the flames en-
crached- r. r. Cleveland. proprietor
of the Cleveland Fibre company, mace
the following statement today regard
ing the origin of the fire.
How the Fire Started.
outside the factory there is dry
ms platform 200 feet square. upon
wIich the moss is piled after it has
been ginned Twenty feet away there
are two negro cottages, and the CHM
ucy u one or these cottages was on
fire. This. however. is a frequent oC-
clurence- and once or twice before the
fibre of the drying platform had been
SCI afre from the failing SCOT Of the
chimneys of the cottages.
The men knocked of at u o'clock /
for dinner and We're wing around in
the shade. when one of them discovered
that from the middle Of the pile Of the
moss. -moke was issuing. This hav-
ing happened before. no importance {
was attached 20 it. and two men
grabbed buckets Of water and went to I
ecsinguish the fire. But the fire by
thls time had gained considerable head Z
Wa The hose was quickly brought !
into pay, bet the fire got away from 4
the men and the alarm had to be sent1
in.
There was no fire in the building. the 4
factory being worked with electricity, /
and it is six months since the boilers /
were I'm use. Every effort that could /
De Dfade TO nut out the fire was made
3ut The strong wind and the dryness of q
everything was too much Tor the men /
ar tho factory, and when the depart /
ment reached the scene. the pine !
buildings and the flying shingles made 4
it impossible 20 control the IRE.
The chairman Of the board of eoun- /
ty commissioners, Porchee ItFngfe.
said tcday: "A bin win be introduced /
in the legislature at once TO bond Du-
val county for perhaps $Z00. 900 TO re-
build The court house and the county
Jail- The Dill. is being prepared. I I'M
dersIapd that a bin for the issuance
of 100000 OF city bonds win be at once
introduced also OF this 100000 VIII
be used 90 take up the Judgment debts
of the city and the remainder to re- {
build the city buildings"
Prisoners Are Cared For.
The prisoners in the county jail. tllir-
ty-tive i'm number, including many for
serious ouenses, some capital We're
marched TO Riverside under heavy
guard before the fire reached them
This morning the prisoners We're token
by the sheriff to Green Cove Springs.
Fernandiua and st. Augustine The
county records were laced in the
vaults in the cour aiding Their
condition VIII not known until the
vault coOls
The disaster mas effectuaEv obIit-
Grated the dividing line between the
rlcn ana poor, and common CarastrO-
phe has made an akin. Women
wealthy yesterday, penniess today
sat on the ccrcing beside the beggar
Sharing aLke the pitiless fate that be-
fell them both. Tonight the sidewalks
ere tAronged with homeless people The
Wharves are crowded with sIeepers ana
every available craft In the harbor. has
been made into temporary hotel
Religious services viii be held t0r74or- {.
reluains @tanding. Fire Chief Haney (