The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-10
ACRES OF RUINS
IN PATERSON, N. j.
Continued From First Page.

spread ruin from a short distance west of
Main street to the parsonage of the Sec
ond Presbyterian chruch, 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 devastation
more marked than north of the Erie rSIi-
road in the district bounded by Six
teenth avenue and Market street. There
was simply nothing but ashes left to tell
that a busy and populous section of the
city had ever existed.
On Washington street, between Broad
way and Market streets, there is practi-
cally nothing left.
Church street is wiped out on its west
side, between Ellison and Market streets,
as it is on the east SIDE
1t was in its newest and best built por
tiOns that Paterson suffered though some
of the property now lying in blackened
ruins had an interest which came with
age and usage.
Loss IS ESTIMATED
AT TEN MILLIONS.
The cost of the fire has not yet been
counted with any degree of accuracy, and
it will be several days before there can
be a definite tabulation of losses and in
Surance.
In the confusion of the day and the
rigorous guarding of the burned districts
at night, it was impossible to locate a
majority of the heavy sufferers The es-
innate of $10000,000 will probably cover
the destruction broadly, and a group of
city officials who went over the city this
evening were inclined to scale that figure
down to between $7,50O,OOO and 100000
for actual property losses. Their esti-
mate made no calculation for loss on ac-
count of suspension of business.
The Western Union and Postal Tele-
graph companies, American District Tele-
graph company, and the Paterson, Pas
sale & Suburban Telegraph company,
were all completely burned out, with all
of their delicate and expensive electrical
equipment. Losses in many instances,
notably in the case of the trust compa-
MES will depend upon how vaults and
safes stood the test of fire.
Up to II o'clock tonight no serious acct
dent was reported at police headquarters.
Several fremen were overcome, but none
of them was incapacitated for more than
a few minutes.
FIRE STILL BURNED
LATE LAST NIGHT.
Late tonight the fire still burned, though
dt had been well under control since mid.
AFTERNOON.
The fine interior of the Hamilton club
which was the last of the buildings OF
prominence to suffer, was cracking, anG
its walls were redeemed by the glow from
slowly expiring flames within and around
Many of the citizens were still about the
streets, but the Gordon kept by the mill
tiamen was quite rigid
Scores of persons were hurt and burn.
ed but the loss CT life is not thought
to be great. There are many persons
supposed to be missing, but in the ex
element and fright most of these are
very likely only separated from their fam
ilies and friends
Until order is brought out of the chaos
which has existed here today nothing
definite can be known.
What started the fire is not certain
but it is thought that one of the feed
wires running into the car barns was
responsible.
Horses and wagons were taken posses
sion of by all who could tonight owner
ship counted for nothing. Frightened