New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-05
CROWDS AT SCENE OF FIRE
ATLANTIC CITY TO BE CLEAR OF
Ruins SOON.
NEARLY ALL BURNED HOTELS WILL BE RE.
BUILTSUMMER BUSINESS WILL NOT
BE HAMPERED.


BE HAMPERED,
,.,a,+;c City. n j. April (SpeciaD.-Thou-
lands of people from this and nearby cities
s,+ed the scene of the serious fire OF yesterday
and ali day to-day the board walk ana the
beach front along the path of the fire were hned
',,+b ,eonle. Many of them tried to get through
ha line of the guards that was placed there
last evening but they were turned back, and 1t
os NOT until late in the afternoon when the
au had been taken off by the local authorl-
e.. that the relic hunter had the slightest op-
,-+,,nitx of getting any mementos. Then they
+airly swarmed over the ruins, and pieces OIL
crockerv. knives and forks and spoons were
80 from the debris and carried away in tri-
umph.
The work Of clearing the ruins was begun the
s,S+ thing this morning, and even while some
- the tirnbers still smoking they were
drawn out by laborers, carried to the beach ana
e+aclsea in great piles, and there. away from all
ao,,per Of communicating fire to any OF the
rpil6ings along the board walk, they were
,a5 IN The fire still burned amid the ruins,
ri oil day long the steamers, assisted by the
-rea,ns from the fire plugs, kept up an inces-
SAINT deulge Of water over the piles OF debris by
night they had all been cooled off Wherever
il had been possible to get the rubbish out OF
the way the work was done, and 1t VIII be only
. fezr DAYS when all evidences of the fire will
he removed so far as the rubbish is concerned
CLEARING UP THE RUBBISH.
The city had a gang of men at work clearing
away the rubbish along the burned section OF
the board walk preparatory to erecting a tempo
rory promenade until such time as the new
steel supports can be obtained for the new walk
Six carloads OF lumber. which was originally
intended for the rebuilding of the upper part OF
;,oIa- -bara he OLE
walk was washed away. was sidetracked near
,be centre of the city and the freight loaded on
wagons and carried at once TO the beach Many
NJ the great iron girders OF the board walk Were
twisted and bent as a piece OF light wire could
be in ones hands, and it Will be impossible to
use them again
They will be Strengthened out well as pos
sible, in order that temporary walk may be
built but already steel supports have been
ordered by the city, and they will be delivered
with all possible speed.
For a large fire the lack of startling features
was noticeable. The only exciting incident was
when the Philadelphia fire detail arrived, at
once drove their apparatus on the board walk
in the face of intense heat and dense smoke and
began TO fight the fire in place where some of
the local men had believed il impossible TO get
One other little stir was caused in New-1or
ave-. when stout gentleman by the name OF
STAN was seized with attack of heart trouble
while looking the burning building and
dropped dead
NEARLY ALL HOTELS TO BE REBUILT.
Nothing definite has been done toward the re
building Of the burned district as yet but it is
believed and stated good authority that near
ly all Of the hotels viii be rebuilt and that a
great number of the stores along the walk will
also be built again 1t said that Josiah
White & Sons, the owners of the Hotel Luray,
have already begun the negotiations for the
erection Of a magnificent structure of brick,
stone and steel to take the place of the hotel
which they have just lost 1t viii be built
the site of the old house.
The Bew Brothers have not made up their
minds as yet what they will do in regard to re-
building the Hotel Berkeley and the Stratford,
both of which they owned. George Bew, the
junior partner said to-day that he had had
hardly time to think about the future, for ne
had not yet fully realized that their houses were
still standing. They We're swept away so
quickly that it was Impossible for them to real
:ze their loss, and for that reason they had not
started as yet to make their plans for the fut-
BUSINESS WILL NOT SUFFER.
1t is likely that Mrs. Stickney will rebuild her
house in Kentucky-ave., and so will the pro-
prietor of the New Holland. But there is said
to be doubt about the city permitting the
owners OF theSe properties 10 Dulld frame SlrEcl-
ures The adoption of the city charter came
UP at a special meeting of the City Council this
afternoon, and it was the sentiment of the coun-
cilrnen that they would submit it to the people
at d special election be held in the near
future If they defeated the charter the respon-
sibility Of any future fires due to poor fire pro-
lection and bad building regulations would be
their shoulders. The charter will give the
city the right make building laws that viii
cause freproof buildings to be erected.
At the same meeting this afternoon adding to
the equipment OF the local fire department was
broached, and three first class fire engines were
ordered purchased at once 1t is contended that
If they had had three four engines of that
class here yesterday they would have been able
TO restrict the fire to the place where ii first
started.
Business viii not be in the least affected. 1t
will cut the hotel accommodation short to a
tain extent, but the busy will not be
on for several weeks, il viii be possible to take
care Of all the people without causing them any
inconvenience. As ii is time for the
summer crowd to come ali the rest Of the hotels
in the city viii be opened and the visitors will
be taken Of
The following table will show the corrected es-
Inmates of the losses and the amount of insur-
ance carried:
LOSSES AND ASSURANCES.
Places Loss.
Hotel Windsor. $4,000
Hotel TarltOn.. 5000
hee!ers pharmacy 1850 5ooo