Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-10

Savings institution, stands. All along the west side of Main street property is wiped out and on the east side also from Market to Van Houten streets.
 Along the south side of Rroadway, between Washington and Church streets, great damage has been done
 Van uouten street is reduced to smoIdering debris, so far as buildings are concerned, for some distance.
 Ellison street suffered from the neighborhood of Prospect street. on it's north side, as far as Church street. On the south side of this street there Is widespread ruin from short dis tance west of Main street to the par sonage of the Second Presbyterian church, near Paterson street.
 Market street is pile of ruins from Main street to the Market Street church on the north side and on the south side.
 Nowhere was the scene of devasta- ton more marked than north of the Erie railroad, in the district bounded by Sixteenth avenue and Market street There was simply nothing but ashes left to tell that busy and popu- lous section of the city had ever ex- isted.
 On Washingto street between Broad way and Market street there is prac- tically nothing left.
 Church street is wiped out on it's west side between Ellison and Market streets, as it is on the east side.
 It was in it's newest and best built portions that Paterson suffered, though some of the property which now lies in blackened heaps had an interest which came with age and usage.
 Neither the home of Jchn W. Griggs, formerly attorney general of the Unit ed States, nor that of Mrs. Garret 4. Hobart, widow of Vice President Ho- bart, was harmed by the fire, both be- ing well out of the path the flames took.
 Scores of persons were hurt and burned, but the loss of life is not thought to be great. There are many persons supposed to be missing, but in the excitement and fright most of these are supposed to be separated from their families and friends. Until order is brought out of the chaos which existed here nothing definite can be known.
 Paterson has, according to the last census, about 106,000 inhabitants, but recent growth has probably increased this couple of thousand. The prin. cipal industry is silkmaking, which gives 1t the name of Silk City. There are about forty mills of sufficient size | to be classed as such Besides these there are many small plants, employ ing from four to twenty persons, which work on the various lines of the busi- ness. The dyeing is largely done ir these small shops. More than half the population depends upon the silk trade The Barbour Thread works and the locomotive works are the other two l important sources of employment
 Paterson, N. J., Feb 1G.--The fierce confia grafton which burned it's WaI through the business center of Pater son yesterday has completely spent 1t! force and is quickly dying out in tht ashes and broken brick of it's ruin The firemen who hurried from othe cities to save the endangered city hay, gone back to their homes and Seyera companies of the local department have been ordered to their houses fo the rest and refreshment they so sore ly need. Conservative opinion inclin ed today to cut $2,0O0.OOO from Ih' aggregate loss of $1O,000OOO agree, upon yesterday, and $S,000,000 vii probably be accepted finally as tn actual cost of the fire. No tabulatiol of individual losses that can be ac cepted as reliable has yet been made and it will be several days before Sat isfactory figures can be prepared.
 Equany incomplete is the estimat of insurance. It was stated here to day that the insurance amounted t, between $4,OO0 GOO and S5,OO0.O0O. 5u was not clear. Several of the larges losers said that they had not yet hat an opportunity to examine their poll cies and that meantime they could no tell what amount they carried Prob ably no fire of equal magnitude an, widespread destructiveness ever pro duced an equally small casualty list Dozens of firemen and volunteers wh labored with them were slightly in jured by falling bricks and timbers burned by flying firebrands or tempo rarily. overcome by smoke, but only few of them needed either surgical o medical attention. The small casll alty list is explained by the fact tha the people had ample warning an, time to abandon their homes befor | the flames came upon them
 The fire made no headway dul ing the night and is now about con negotiating for the adjustment o pletely burned out. Banned by strong wind 1t burned up in place during heSearly hours of tIIe morning The firemen were completely exhaust ed after more than 30 hours contin uous service, but they remained q their posts and will go on until noth ing further remains to be done. I There was comparatively little snf fering on the part of those rendera, 1 homeless by the fire, and the arnaory churches and public shelters openo, their doors to but few applicants dur