The Montgomery tribune., 1902-02-14

fire left them strengthless. frying
fire brands carried the confngration
over some buildings and around 9th.
crs. and IL therefore burned In an ir-
regular course. These brands finally |
cleared the tracks Of the Erie rail-
road and Rnmnpo avenue, and alight- |
ing on Straight street, started an
other great area OF fire, In which the
destruction and dcsolation wrought
was nearly az great rs In the first.
This second great fire started at
the angle Of Park avenue and Wash.
ington street, and swept almost un.
checked until on these two thor
oughfnrcs there was no more fuel.
On the right hand side OF Market
street Il encountered Sandy Hill Gem
etcry az barrier 20 check II, but on
the left hand side, at Carroll street.
II claimed 81. Joscph's church.n great
classic stone building. II was ON this
second great fire that the volunteer
ircmcn from the outside cities did
their most heroic and effective work.
They fell back only when they had
to. and when the natural obstacle
intcrposcd they seized the chance
and ptoppcd the fire.
The final and one Of the most des-
perntc fights of the day occurred In
mid.aftcrnoon, bnck In the first fire
ercn, a, the Hamilton club, situated
n, The corner Of Church and Ellison
rirccts. The handsome clubhouse
caught and the exhausted Hrcmcn
were rallied around II. They were
anxious Ia save the structure and,
besides. failure meant that the fire
might take new h.ndwny among the
propcrtiry adjoining the clubhouse.
The building was doomed, however,
but a torrent Of water kept the fire
Ia tho premises. The four walls OF
the clubhouse stood. but the roof
collapsed aud the inner was com.
| plctcly burned out.
To check disorder and prevent
crime Mayor lIinchliiYc and Sheriff
| Sturr tonight issued the following
proclamation;
"Whrrrns. Ily reason of the recent
fire IL Is necessary that prompt nc.
tion be- taken by the city aud county
authorities to protect the lives and
property Of our citizens by the strict
enforcement of the ordinances of the
| city and th, lnNa of th, state Of New
| Jersey.
Therefore. We. John Uin,blifre
| mayor of the city Of pnt,rson. nnd
| John NJ. Sturr. sheriff of th, county
| Of pas.nic. do b.r.by procInl,n. ,bnt
|
| in,, ar b,iny unon IA, nublic s,r..ta
| Of ,h. city Of pnt,rson within the
limits of th. burned district nfter
| ,h, bour nf : o',ln,is IA n md
amy person refusing or ncyl.etiny 10
| olcy this prcclnmn,ion shall IA, sub.
| i,.t ia nrrrst nnd punlsbncn,. House.
boId.rs nnJ nroner,v o,y,crs within
| ,h, sniJ Ji.trIc, viii IA, nt,o,y,J to
mss un,p giviny sn,isfnctnrv ron.
sop, nnd proofs "a IN. ot,,c,r ,r a.,
0,crs ,bo may bc nas,gn,J "a IN.
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Tbr,. rcii,f m,e,inrl ,,.r. h.iJ
durin, ,h, nft,r,nnn ,,o nr,,.i,,aI
onc ~ which yns n,,,nd.d t,' az,
Franklin Nurphv Mnyor .John II,nch,
lin, and Recorder C,o. n senior
vim. undcr The ci,y's charter ~ I,rc
mnrshnI Inn fc,y ,,,m,n,s ssoo yn.
handed IA ,l,, ,,ny,r fo, imu.,Ii,,,
use. but tb, chief mngis,rn,r snid
,hnt vhil, tho ,itv had suffered \
t,rrihl, visitation. IA. vns In n nosi
,i,n A., .,,. l,,, ,tor, ,,n. 49,, mn,
distress. The business section or IN,
city Ind becn practically wipcd out
hui the r,sidenc, por,ion which suf
fcrrd was that In which w,ll.to.de
citizens lived.
The armnry Of the Fifth rrpim.nt
wns made hcndounrtcrs for the rcli,,
~ amy persons dcylrous of assistance
but up To "A late hour no npulicnnt,
for helm visited the building. Mai
Geo. +. Olcott. who was In charge