The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-05
A SCENE OF DESOLATION
Continued from Pace Is

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me hre. many people moved THAR prop.
ery for distance Of mile saJ fonnu
a. nrcessarv 20 move II again as the
| names encroachpd.
r.. 4. Cleveland, president of the Ctevs
lsanu flpre company, made the following
statement regarding the origin Of the IRE;
nq,siue the factory there is a drying
Platform 2uo feet square upon which ihe
moss Is piled after 1t has been ginned.
twenty 1eet away there are two negro
e",t,ases and the chimney OF one OF these
u frequent occurrence and cnee OF ,Nice
before the hrc broke out Cd the driving
platform with fniIing SCOT from the cnin
neys OF the cottages. The men kno 'ked
on at II o'clock for dinner and were
I Hhg around III the shade when ono OF
.iein discovered that from the middle of
ihe pie OF moss smoke was issuing As
this nad happened before no inheritance
was attached to 1t, and two men seized
toe ssno of water vat ana went to extinsush
Roadway. Hose was quickly -eomynt into
play but the lire got away frou the men
ana ana an alarm alarm, had 70 be sent in, There
WAS no hrc IN the building, the factory
| being worked with electricity, and ~ Is
! work. W
'Eevery effort that could be made TO
put the lire out was made hut le strong
| wind was aided 10y the dryness of every
thlhg anu when the department arrived on
| the scene the intlammahe character OF
| the buildings and the rylng burning shin
gies. made 1t Impossible to control the
|
Chairman of the county commission "a
hoard Pocher l.. Engle, said today: a
/ bill Will be introduced In the legislature
AT once to bond Duval county I" rebiiil
,he court house and jail rho bill is beng
| prepared. am enabled to state that nn
! issuance of S5O00UU bonds win lie al once
provided for. About $500, 00O will be used
1 TO take up the Judgment debt of the city
ana the remainder to build city buildings.
! Pflsonors in the county jail thlrty-ave
III number, including many for serious o.
lenses We're brought to Riverside under
We're taken In charge by sheriff Grc,ne,
and they were taken to ST. Augustine.
The county records were placed in the
vnhlts of the court building
The disaster has effectiveiy ohliterAted
tue dividing line between the rich aud
poor, and a common catastrophe has made
| dies sat on the curb stone along with the
| begear, bemoaning the fate Of both Re
liglons services Will be held tomorrow in
| the open air.
Fire Chief Haney is improved tonight
and it is thought that he will recover fhe
children of DR.. p. H Dorne, reported as
burned ' or missing this morning, nave been
! found alive. DR.. Dorne's injuries are
slight. Colonel Barnett of the Bank of
Jacksonville Is not serio-sly hurt, Tn re
were many suffering from heat today.
| Jacksonville is in total darkness tonight,
save for the rcd reflection from the vast
| fields Of burning emhers that are now and
then famed into flame. Not trolley
! car mas Dren operated since noon ynStfI-
day Later this evening semi schedules
! we're maintained on the western end of the
Riverside line.
At I o'clock additional state troops ar.
| rived In the city to relieve those who had
been on duty for more than twenty-four
hours.
| Vast crowds are leaving the city on out.
going trains vet the multitude of homeless
! people on the streets does not appear de-
creased. The night scenes are pictures.,i
and pltiful About the entire dty a nun
her of soldiers and special policemen have
been stationed and at every corner sol,
dler stands guard. Notwithstanding the
! great excitement under which the city has
passed ana the anxiety of the night. the
city Is very quiet and no disorder has been
reported
At meeting this afternoon resolution
was passed forbidding the running of ex-
cursion trains into the city. Requests nave
been made by several planters for special
trains to Jacksonville, but the committee
has notified, the railways that il the trains
were run the eXCursionists Will not be al
lowed to leave tho ears
The negroes, though hungry and to.ror-
stricken. have so far shown no disposition
te give trouble and at o'clock the entire
city is reported quiet.
The debris on the eastern end of Bay
street Is burning briskly, but there Is no
danger of the flames being spread by SPARKS
unless the wind should pccome very high.
The Times Union and Citizen announces
tonight the receipt of nearly $1,000, con
trlbuted to the relief fund from cities
A slilboat that was at the boatyard was
made use of by Alfred BAH. a member of
the Jacksonville Rifles, who lives in Spring
field. suburb at Third and Main streets.
lives lest Mt that point. The shrieks aud
cries for help that came to my. cars. dur
Ing tbs first moments "f the four hours
that ! was In the river We're heart.render-
ing | was utterly helpless to aid them.
| am positive that at least FIVE persons
were drowned at that place ! got IN a
a.. ,a.sI - = Af.s INfals
There were about fifteen persons aboard.
two negroes among the number. When
we got into the boat every avenue of cs-
cape was cut on, We got line TO the
docks. 4 moment later the llnc parted;
TWO batteaux were drifting alongside ana
eight persons tried to get into them. In
the panic both boats capsized saw sew
ernl 90 down ana drown. Several of those
who got out of the sailhoat were swept
under the wharf nj the foot of Market
got TO the wharf and for four hours
held to the piiing. When | was rescued,
/ was badly burned about the head. felt
body float against my f leTs ana tr'eu 10
extraordinarily there were many lives lost
at the foot of Market street, says Arthur
GUNNER Of the GUNNER Lumber company,
1--WE beard the shrieks and calls for' help
ms we steamed from the wharf az the last
minute. We heard numbers OF persons
were in peril on the wharf and made for
nered in the docks Young CoNsettcr OF 81.
Augustine swan to tho steamer Edith and
we gave him line. The line either broke
or was burned, AT the same instant both
steiner ami boat were enreloned IN
dense smoke We got a glimpse of the frall
bont drifting inshore and then she dis
nppeared in the flames. The Edith steamed
toward mldchannel to escare and We heard
nronizlng cries for help. There Is no doubt
hut that all in the boat suffered fright
full fate"
The officers and crew of the Edith report
that thev saved sixty persons who had
iumncl int the river to escape the flames.
General Wyman issued tonight n number
Of tents for the sufferers.
GALVESTON ASSISTS JACKSONVILLE.
Galveston, Texas. May +.-over $1,000 vas
raised here this afternoon for the relief
Of The fire sufferers at Jacksonville, and
more will follow. Committees are at worN
collecting for the fund. and II Is growing
fast. Both rich and poor are contributing.
.she cotton exchange today shortly after
noon called n meeting and appointed n
committee to solicit funds. The committee
Is composed of ID. p. Henderson, Charles
Fowler, r. ]. Groce, John Seay and |. IL.
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