Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-04-03
CONFEDERATION
AT ATLANTIC CITY,
Five Frame Hotels Along tho Famous Board
Walk Are Reported to Be in
Flames.
A HIGH WIND IS BLOWING
An Appeal for Aid Has Been Sent to Philadelphia
Three Engines Have Left the Quaker City for the
Scene Of the FIre-work Of Fighting
the Flames Difficult.

Illinois avenue and the Board Walk. A
south wind was prevailing, and the
flames were communicated to the Lu
ray hotel, adjoining on the north anc
this Is now burning. Hotels are crowd
ed close together at this point, and, as
nearly all are wooden, a great conf1a-
grafton is feared. Atlantic City has
called upon the Philadelphia fire de-
partment for help and three engines
left for the scene Of the fire at II
o'clock on special train. So far, no
request has been made to the Camden,
N. j., department for assistance. AT
Ills a. m. the Tarletan hotel had been
completely destroyed, and the Windsor,
Luray, Berkley and Stradford hotels
are now burning. The wind is high,
making the work of fighting the flames
most difficult.
STARTED IN A BATH HOUSE.
Atlantic City, N. j., April 3.-The fire
is reported to have started at Brady's s
bath houses on Board WalkA near Illi-
nois avenue. In few minutes it was
communicated to Smiths photograph
gallery and two small shops adjoining.
Within twenty minutes all these tiimsy
structures had been destroyed, and the
Tarleton hotel was in flames. The wind
drove the blaze toward the Windsor
and Luray hotels, and these, too were
soon a mass of flames. The Stradford
hotel, at Kentucky avenue and Board
Walk, one block north of the Tarleton
hotel, also caught fire. These three
buildings, it is feared, will be total
loss. The Hotel Berkley, adjoining the
Stradford, caught and was soon burn
ing fiercely. Board Walk is crowded
with thousands Of spectators. The ho-
tells on Kentucky and Illinois avenues.
adjoining those on fire, have been
emptied of their guests and furniture,
in expectation that they, too, will be
burned.
FIRE BET oND CONTROL.
Philadelphia April 2...At noon the
chief of the Atlantic City fire depart
meht notified the electrical bureau of
this city that the fire was beyond con-
troll
The fire is still raging, at noon, hav-
ing spread to the block north Of that
in which it originated. Young's Pier is
ablaze and will be total loss. Famed
by high wind, the flames are rapidly
spreading eastward along the beach
and the local fire department is unable
to cope with them. Marine Hall, on
Young's ocean pier, is on fire, and it
looks as though the entire pier will be
destroyed, as no line Of hose can reach
that point. Fralinger's fine Academy of
Music is on fire and doomed. Trailing
er's drug store, Partridge and Richard
sons notion store, Woolworth's five and
ten cent stores, Errico Bros. art store
and Moore Bros art store, all on Board
Walk, between New York and Ken
lucky avenues, are burned out. The
hotels Bryn Mawr, Rio Grande and
hotel Mervine, adjoining the. Academy
of Music, are afire and likely to be
burned to the ground. The Board Walk
has now been destroyed between New
York and Illinois avenues, as well as
half a dozen cottages in Westminster
avenue in the rear Of the hotel Berk-
ley, which has been totally destroyed.
The loss at present writing is estimated
at $2000,000.
2:2O-The fire Is now under control,
the firemen having checked 1t at New
York avenue. The estimated loss is
$2,OOO.0oo.
Eight hotels were entirely or partial
ly destroyed in the fire besides other
buildings. The wind is blowing in a
direction to carry the flames away from
the most valuable hotels and cottages.
1t is reported that six men were burn
ed to death-two policemen, two f1remen
and two musicians, said to be in the
ruins of the Berkley hotel The hotels
destroyed are the Windsor Berkley,
Stradford, Stickney, Luray, Tarleton,
and Evard.